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Title: The Island repeated
Post by: Duma on October 30, 2008, 01:11:30 pm
8a.nu are reporting that Nalle Hukkataival has repeated the Island - 4 days work, and confirms 8C
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: neil h on October 30, 2008, 01:28:24 pm
beast

dont tell kook
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: philo on October 30, 2008, 10:43:44 pm
excellent news and a truely hard problem. looks ace too
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: dontfollowme on October 30, 2008, 10:45:00 pm
Is that it? Thought was in Font?
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: philo on October 30, 2008, 10:51:44 pm
Quote
"I think the grade is right for this problem, especially for shorter people. I had problems making the big span move and I had to use intermediate holds and I was completely stretched out. It took me four days to complete it.
It's interesting to see how very good shape for outdoor climbing helps for comps, as I was only #25 in the European champs."


copied the wrong bloody thing haha meant to post the link to the item not the photo of the climber
i hope there is footage and good photos of it.
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: a dense loner on October 31, 2008, 03:25:39 pm
nalle is no stranger to very hard climbing, so he would need neither for people who aren't ignorant to be satisfied
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: philo on October 31, 2008, 03:51:12 pm
i didnt mean it as a proof way, just like the climb and want to see more footage! pssssyche
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: miki on October 31, 2008, 04:46:13 pm
"I think the grade is right for this problem, especially for shorter people."
how tall is Nalle? because i donīt think he is very short, i would say 1,75 m  :shrug: maybe short for a finnish :P
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: stevie haston on November 01, 2008, 01:06:43 pm
Micki, he,s 1.73 ish, graham is supposed to be 1.78 but looks very tall to me, the prob looks ace and must be stacks harder for the finnish nail. Anyway can we claim as being british?Stevie.
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: neil h on November 01, 2008, 02:20:23 pm
mister kook is not as tall as them guys, but managed to span the moves

(http://www.maisonbleau.com/oldsite/kook1.jpg)


although its his lifetime project to climb the thing in question
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: r-man on November 02, 2008, 01:07:55 am
Micki, he,s 1.73 ish, graham is supposed to be 1.78 but looks very tall to me, the prob looks ace and must be stacks harder for the finnish nail. Anyway can we claim as being british?Stevie.

mister kook is not as tall as them guys, but managed to span the moves

If the numbers given are accurate, then yes he is. I'm 176cm and Kook is taller than me. 176 equates to 5'9 and a half. Ish.

DG didn't look especially tall when I saw him at the works lecture.
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: n_man on November 02, 2008, 07:49:54 am
He has a huge ape index though. Apparently equivalent to somebody 6 foot 7 tall.
Title: Re: The Island repeated
Post by: neil h on November 02, 2008, 11:08:09 am
I have been climbing with DG he is smaller than me but god that man has arms. Kook is way shorter than me and I have a couple of inches on reach.

What kook lacks in reach he more than makes up in power.....


Anyway fine effort by all that can climb it, I couldnt even pull of the ground  :bow:
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