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Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: Bubba on November 27, 2002, 07:25:18 am

A few years ago this problem had a fierce reputation, especially after first ascentionist Chris Sharma jokingly said it might be V16, although now the consensus is more like V12.

(http://www.cragx.com/articles/issue15/bishop/images/bishop_03.jpg)

Now, French boulderer Anthony Lamiche has flashed it, and also repeated the Specter (V13) at the Pollen Grains.


(source ukClimbing.com)

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: Bubba on December 02, 2002, 10:33:55 am

And yeserday the flashing frenchman has also done the Mandala sit-start at a nice, comfy V13......

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: Bubba on December 03, 2002, 09:48:36 am

There's a video online of the Mandala sit-start and others on petzl.com (http://www.petzl.com/petzl/home)

Click the banner at the bottom of the page to find them...

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: dave on December 03, 2002, 09:54:29 am

That banner does fkall when i try and click it......

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: Bubba on December 03, 2002, 10:54:38 am

didn't with me a couple of times, but then worked...odd. It's Flash, so ensure you've got the latest player, might help?

I'm going to wait 'til I get home before viewing them anyway, might not go down too well at work  :roll:

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: dave on December 03, 2002, 11:09:15 am

Works now - crazy european web shit.

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: Bubba on December 03, 2002, 11:16:26 am

Worth watching?

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: dave on December 03, 2002, 11:27:21 am

its quite long, but to be honest i don't know if its just my monitor but it didn't seem to be shot that amazingly, just a few people doing it then some guy doing the sit start. Might have been better with headphones though...

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: Bubba on December 03, 2002, 01:21:28 pm

Not seen it all, but it all looked very dark and dingy, with a lot of it shot against the sky so you can't see what's going on. Boy looked strong though. I'll probably download the Evilution one as that problem's gobsmacking.

Title: Mandala flashed !
Post by: Bubba on January 10, 2003, 09:46:53 am

According to 8a.nu, Alasdair McLeay from Bangor has just flashed the new, harder (hold has snapped off) version of the Mandala, at a rather tasty V12.