You're tall Dave you don't weigh 82kgs and don't climb 8a, so I don't mind sitting here being told I'm talking bollocks when my outrageous statement has pulled up one name so far.
http://www.freakclimbing.com/modules.php?name=People&rop=showcontent&pid=18might be a bit old but apparently 78 is the max for malc and I am sure he was unbelievably light in his late teens/early 20s (there was a profile in OTE or somewhere where he said his weight which was approaching 9 stone or something stupid but I might be confabulating)
Here's the article. I found it easily, by googling "malcolm smith broccoli"http://www.planetfear.com/articles/What_Happened_to_the_Young_Ones_Malcolm_Smith_100.html
Malc told me he mainly trains on the weights these days and thus is a bit heavy for hard climbing. I bet he can still climb 8A (and the rest) though!
What Dave said. I think what Dense is saying would carry a lot more weight if we were talking 8B or above (which is the level most of the examples raised are operating at anyway). 8A isn't that hard any more is it?He has also confirmed I am even better than I thought I was, so a worthwhile thread.
I think what Dense is saying would carry a lot more weight if we were talking 8B or above
this thread has inspired me to climb 8b just to prove JB and Dense wrong!
Quote from: Jim on January 27, 2014, 09:16:25 pmthis thread has inspired me to climb 8b just to prove JB and Dense wrong!I was thinking the same thing. You, me and Lagers against the doubters! 8A here we come!
Dunning? Steve's really tall by all accounts, so could maybe join the club.
mind you, Tomtom is trying for it and I felt like I could climb as hard as him when we were out the other week...
I agree with Dense on this even though I'm on the big end. I'd say for 5'8", 60-65kgs is optimal climbing weight. Add about 2-3kgs per inch. That's skinny, but well within the high end athlete ranges.... Doesn't mean there aren't exceptions, just what most would fit into. Everyone thinks of Fred as a "big" guy, but he's 5'10-5'11ish and I'm pretty sure in his prime weighed about 70kgs.
Ditto Willackers, surely - but does it count if all your 8as have been dynos?!
If he's really six foot he's a terrible slouch. Obviously a lot skinnier now than his bouldering days though.
Quote from: a dense loner on January 28, 2014, 01:51:21 amDunning? Steve's really tall by all accounts, so could maybe join the club.I had a couple of conversations with Dunning at the tor last year where weight was mentioned. IIRC he said he was currently 12 1/2 or 13, but when he was doing Hubble and Hooligan he was something obscene like 9 1/2! :