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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => Topic started by: MattH on September 23, 2008, 05:41:30 pm
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Didn't see many of the UKB sheffield core last night, but you guys missed a treat. Dave G is at least as cheerful, syked, and bonkers on stage as he is on film - part super keen "dude", part nu-skool Dawes, and part American comedic delivery. It was a high octane lecture with quite a few laughs, quite a lot to think about, and just a hint of WTF occasionally....really good. One of the best lectures I've been to and definitely recommended for those further North on the rest of the trail.
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I agree. I heard bad opinions on the sharma lecture but this one was really cool and I was really impressed :thumbsup:
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Well put Fiendy - was worth the trek down after a long day out, when all I really wanted to do was chill. I was very impressed by how he'd managed to organise his random thoughts into a cohesive and entertaining lecture. The bit about being taught different things by different rock types was especially good.
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More importantly, I hope you asked him the cutting and crucial question?
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Cheers for feedback, was swithering wether to go, will see if tickets are available still.
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I hope you asked him the cutting and crucial question?
Unfortunately not, I wussed out, there was a perfect moment at the end when it all went quiet for the last question too, but I didn't man up!
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Went last night and agree with Fiend's review - it was certainly an interesting window into the mind of DG. Thought his presentation was well put together - good photos and well structured.
Glad to hear that even the wads get depressed by getting spanked in Font as well!
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More importantly, I hope you asked him the cutting and crucial question?
...which is?
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I too wish to know what the cutting and crucial question? :shrug:
So, I should be thinking of going to see Dave should I? I am tempted but it's a Sunday night and I'd miss the Strictly results show... :-\
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Plus the desire to squeeze may be just too much.
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More importantly, I hope you asked him the cutting and crucial question?
...which is?
HOWDIT FEEL???
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Did anyone ask if he's got any aspirations to climb whilst he's here? (Has he climbed in the UK before?)
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Did anyone ask if he's got any aspirations to climb whilst he's here? (Has he climbed in the UK before?)
yes, he has big plans over here apparently. he said he will be back for a 2 month stretch purely to climb and wants to do pretty much every hard sport route in the country and a few grit E9's while he's at it! Hubble, Mutation and Northern Lights were mentioned.
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Was very entertaining. And yes, DG had a whole list of UK things he was psyched for - Steve M's routes, raindogs, hubble, onsight of mecca, stuff at LPT...he even mentioned Parthian Shot, End of the Affair and Braille Trail. Having reeled these off, he then admitted the next few weeks he had a full lecture schedule and no time to climb. He said he'd love to spend time in the UK, but somehow I doubt our wet and gloomy land will tempt him away from the ever dry euro sport, or all the places with incredible boulders and new lines to be snapped up.
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I recon given recent weather we could struggle to find a 2 month period where the grit E9s are going to be in nick AND those sport routes will be dry! Wonder also if he'll still be psyched when he clocks the amount of sika on em.
be good to see him over here though, personally i'd be much more interested in seeing what he can do here rather than chris. bring it on.
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Agreed, bring it on. I'd be really interested to see DG on some grit routes and boulders. Would he lead the grit routes? I dunno if he has any trad in his background. Would be cool if he had a go though.
(Parthian shot was dry yesterday. Hope the fella who took a big ground fall is ok.)
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(Parthian shot was dry yesterday. Hope the fella who took a big ground fall is ok.)
nasty :o
maybe the same person who had a rope on it a few weeks previously when it was far too hot.
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Given that he's not due in Ambleside until Thurs, and that it's a pretty mint day today, shirley some of the Sheffield locals will be trying to get him to of the Eastern Edges? It's not like the Plantation's a hour's drive or owt...
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Gotta be some problems here for DG to go at. If he has a go at the Impossible Groove I wanna be there to see how that turns out. What else would give him the required levels of syke?
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(Loving Bonjoys work with quotes in this thread.)
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DG is out on the grit as we speak according to cocktalk.
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Given that he's not due in Ambleside until Thurs, and that it's a pretty mint day today, shirley some of the Sheffield locals will be trying to get him to of the Eastern Edges? It's not like the Plantation's a hour's drive or owt...
He is currently at the Plantation with among other Matt 'The Mincing Log Lifter' Mini Pickles
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I like to call him "The Lumberjack".
If there's a big log that needs shifting, Mini Pic has surely got to be the man. He currently has very good form...
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One of the best lectures I've been to and definitely recommended for those further North on the rest of the trail.
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seconded. best question of the night definitely which superhero he would choose to be.
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I enjoyed the comedic ramblings, especially the fact that he's weak.
Was most disappointed that he didn't mention The Big Bang. Who else could be a suitable candidate?
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Was most disappointed that he didn't mention The Big Bang.
Yeah I was a bit non-plussed as well. Wtf, if you are going to make the effort to come to Trywn why put Sea of Tranquility above The Big Bang if you are climbing 5.15a?
Who else could be a suitable candidate?
I don't see a mad scramble for this one. We may have to wait for some time...
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How do you insert 2 quote bubbles from the same author into one reply, without the whole thing turning into one big quote? Please can somebody explain? :wall:
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Ahhh the mysteries of the quote function....;) 8)
Weak my arse. This is the same as Steve Mac. Yeah yeah okay they're weak in the arm etc etc, but that's all just bloody fine when you weigh half as much as everyone else and no doubt have uber-finger-strength.
P.S. Superhero question WTF :yawn: Someone should have asked him about rampant over-grading. Quite amazed he didn't mention it AND I forgot all about it. Maybe that's a good thing...
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just make sure each bit you're wanting to quote has both the start and end quote tags. you might have to copy and paste a bit.
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just make sure each bit you're wanting to quote has both the start and end quote tags.
OK
you might have to copy and paste a bit.
Fine, I have quoted you with the same end and start bits around both quotes. If this doesn't work I am turning to drink :alky:
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Was most disappointed that he didn't mention The Big Bang. Who else could be a suitable candidate?
Yeah because obviously he should have reeled off a list of every hard sport route in the UK, I mean God to think he didn't even know the name of Steve Mac's new route and got Raindogs and Rainshadow mixed up - honestly ::)
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Hooray, cheers Dave ;D.
Yes Fiend, I agree there was no mention of the overgrading phenomenon :-\, most puzzling. Re his alleged weakness, one has to wonder a little bit what that's all about. Maybe its just creating a 'sensation' for the media or summat...
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Re his alleged weakness, one has to wonder a little bit what that's all about. Maybe its just creating a 'sensation' for the media or summat...
Or perhaps it's just that "arm wise" DG and SM are actually weak in comparison to some of the one armer beasts around. I know it seems a bit disrespectful to the truly weak (us) to hear these awesome climbers saying they're weak but I can understand what they mean. It also shows that you don't need to be able to do numerous one armers to climb very very hard but if you don't have strong fingers then forget it.
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Aye. And I bet you don't get many good climbers who are FAT and WEAK IN THE ARM even if they have bionic fingers...
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Aye. And I bet you don't get many good climbers who are FAT and WEAK IN THE ARM even if they have bionic fingers...
Agreed Fiend!
Inspiring to hear about Dave's travails with arm strength, I guess his finger strength is just off the chart and so if the holds on a problem are small then he's all over it. Its just the buckets on those overhanging 14d's where the holds are too big for him :lol:. Go figure...
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Enthusiastic and random, at times bizarre, but highly recommended. Boy's clearly a bit nuts.
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was really good lecture and he is genuinely quite funny.
oh and he was trying the ace the "campus" way but with no swing.
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i doubt very much that he was trying the ace the campus way but with no swing
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i doubt very much that he was trying the ace the campus way but with no swing
its just what he said, i wasnt there so couldnt say on the matter
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What Dense means, is that The Ace is the sit start to The Joker. He'd have to cut loose and then try to campus the last move. Even if he cut loose, he'd be allowed the swing, as he'd have done it from sitting.
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He'd have to cut loose and then try to campus the last move.
Sheesh!! That would be about 9d.... ::)
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ah right i get you now! oh well :shrug: