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places to visit => indoor walls => competitions => Topic started by: Fiend on September 24, 2019, 10:05:11 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHThdHW1fM for anyone that missed it. Keep the volume low as the commentary is mostly dire (repetitive breathless gibberish) as is the music (wedding music - boke).
Good fun despite the somewhat cringey overall vibe. Some really cool boulders and just the right balance of difficulty. Nice to see some minging crimps and also people outwitting the parkour and turning M2 into a rather great problem (W2 a bit boring as it was quite familiar). Not sure who set the crack on M3, we need to see the Wide Boyz on that.
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Enjoyable comp I thought.
I enjoy LL's commentary - he actually gets excited about climbers, Sasha's - not so much. She's not a comp climber (has she ever competed?) and has a rather monotone delivery, so not sure what she brings to the role.
For a "rock" stars event - the music was laughably awful.
Good problems though, and I like the knock-out format - mostly as men and women get to compete separately.
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(has she ever competed?)
I think I'd take her comp record over his.....
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*Frantically Googles*
Ah - silver in bouldering in 2011. I've learnt something!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_I7K7BOnAWs this is a pretty nice one from her too. No slouch. Sorry Durbs I couldn't get on with LL :blink: but at least it was good overall.
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Oh yeah - she's an incredible climber, don't get me wrong - just not known (to me) as a competition climber.