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news / Re: There’s a bloke fighting this weekend

« Last post by Moo on Today at 05:34:58 pm »

Exactly the argument has to take into account the entire context of a fighters career.

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news / Re: There’s a bloke fighting this weekend

« Last post by Wellsy on Today at 04:37:51 pm »

You can put him in the conversation for the greatest boxer of all time, I’m not sure you can categorically call that yet.

By the standards of the time I think Usyk is definitely a contender. I'm not sure about all time, but it's always hard to compare across eras. Like how the top legendary football teams from the 70s would be thrashed now. That said I'm not sure if it's the same in boxing. Usyk vs the titans of the 60s and 70s would be hugely interesting and of course, unknowable

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: Spad climbing

« Last post by SamT on Today at 03:23:00 pm »

Finally clocked where this is.  Surely this whole lump of rock should be left to be the pinacle of adventure trad climbing.  If you want to top rope the E9, then surely you have to earn your ascent, with all the faff and bollox that involves.  Surely not a huge chore to climb the 2 star E1, or E2 to get up there, which if you're talking multiple days, you'd surely have wired to the point of it being trivial.

Whatever happened to going about your business quietly

Hard when the lump of rock in question is the focal point of a hugely popular tourist beauty spot and picnic area.

 

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: Spad climbing

« Last post by Will Hunt on Today at 03:09:16 pm »

Does the 5b ascend kitty litter peak limestone?

Yes.

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: Spad climbing

« Last post by jwi on Today at 02:35:11 pm »

This is extremly confusing without knowing the crag. People are toproping an E7 (or possibly a 7c+?) and cannot simply solo a 5b to get up a toprope? So they must install a via cordata instead? Surely not? Does the 5b ascend kitty litter?

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: Spad climbing

« Last post by ToxicBilberry on Today at 02:15:14 pm »

Whatever happened to going about your business quietly with as little fuss and impact as possible? Alternatively why not rig a circus up at the crag and spray all over the internet about your personal journey. …. Nowt wrong with a bit of spad climbing now and again.

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: Spad climbing

« Last post by Bonjoy on Today at 01:59:49 pm »

Yes, I don't think Ilam is on access land. It's in a National Nature Reserve and there was a programme to dedicate NNRs as access land that started in 2015, but there were stated exceptions to this based on terrain and conservation, either of which might plausibly apply in this case. https://magic.defra.gov.uk/magicmap.aspx is the most definitive online record and it doesn't show it as being access land.

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news / Re: significant repeats

« Last post by Duma on Today at 01:36:32 pm »

Anak Verhoven has climbed La Planta de Shiva in Villanueva del Rosario for her first 9b. She joins Laura Rogora, Julia Charnoudiere and Angela Eiter as the only women to have climbed the grade.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7CYw_OtgML/

Just did it again without kneepads. Crazy how good she is! Still being ignored by the other channel I see.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7OpRWCNFct/?igsh=MTU2YnFyMjFtb3BkZA==

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MoonBoard / Re: Moonboard - climbing by numbers or rather LED lights

« Last post by SA Chris on Today at 01:24:07 pm »

Yeah, we are going through the preventing / mitigating process at the moment. But the difference between two holds next to each other is (literally) chalk and cheese, and the affected holds are randomly scattered.

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MoonBoard / Re: Moonboard - climbing by numbers or rather LED lights

« Last post by Bradders on Today at 01:00:32 pm »

I'm not sure how the lamination part works, but my experience of holds made from plywood is they are catastrophically susceptible to condensation. Far more so than any other material. Presumably the laminating is supposed to help?

I also have had it where holds in different places on the board are affected differently despite being made from the same material, which I imagine is something to do with airflow etc.

Lots of advice on the holds thread around preventing / mitigating condensation.