[Wood FT]

Hearing about the great burn off of Megos By Dave got me thinking -

what/who are your best burn offs?

[Fultonius]

What's this what's this? Care to elaborate on that one?

[36chambers]

Years ago I once watched Dave Birkett have a quick play on a 7A at Boulder UK which he didn't quite do. Naturally, my friends and I dedicated the rest of our session to trying it and I just about did it.

Does that count?

[Paul B]

I heard Caff couldn't do RnP, does that count?

[andy_e]

Other than the inevitable "I flashed L'Angle Allain and Ondra didn't" then nothing to report.

[Fiend]

Seb on some problem in the Foundry bouldering comp (he refused to lunge for a hold, I didn't).

Smally aka "Scotland's Weakest E8 Climber" on the blue and yellow swirl V6 at Ratho last weekend.

Readza on Pillar Of Judgement "Yeah go for it Fiend, it's a good rest ledge before the crux at the top", didn't tell me he was rescued from the ledge...I wasn't.

There's probably a few more in the "very talented / good climber vs Fiend on the one thing that plays exactly to his strengths at that given time of the day and/or tries really hard when said good climber is being very casual and relaxed" vein.

[Monolith]

I don't think Richie Crouch ever did small wooden crimps to jug on the old Dispensary board.....

[Wood FT]

What's this what's this? Care to elaborate on that one?

Dave did the joker and Megos did not

[dave]

What's this what's this? Care to elaborate on that one?

Dave did the joker twice (LH first and RH first methods) and Megos did not

[andy popp]

What's this what's this? Care to elaborate on that one?

Dave did the joker twice (LH first and RH first methods) and Megos did not

Did not repeatedly? Hasn't he failed on it more than once?

[dave]

I understand from Johnny Footwork the fateful session when I did it was Alex's second session on it. Only found that out this week though.

[Richie Crouch]

I recall getting up both el poussif and l'arrache coeur in grim damp conditions whilst shauna and pooch both failed to...more to do with being a lanky twat than skill! 

[dave]

Must be a fair few Sheffield folk out there who burned Pooch off on the grit by all accounts, unless she literally didn't set foot on it at all.

[Will Hunt]

I understand from Johnny Footwork the fateful session when I did it was Alex's second session on it. Only found that out this week though.

You must feel like a billionaire 


Somebody just sent me a PM on Facebook saying "Will, you should post about burning off Adam Long on The Storm". This absolutely didn't happen but I'm utterly delighted that the rumour has circulated unchallenged.
What actually happened was that I did the Storm in the morning when it was in shade, and then, at the end of the day when it was in the full sun, I think Adam tried it once and then moved on, safe in the knowledge that he can do it with a chalk up and French blow mid-crux.

I don't often burn people off. In fact burning someone off has to be rare by it's very definition. You can only really burn someone off if they're better or the same ability as you, and you can only expect to properly outclass them when they're having a shit day and you're having a great day. But when it happens it's one of the best feelings in climbing. I don't believe anybody doesn't like burning off other people. I posted, semi-earnestly about this on UKC recently: http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=652964#x8430715
As you can see from the dislikes, there are lots of people who have never had the quiet pleasure of completely vanquishing someone else, and instead pretend that they like the views or stepping on a crunchy leaf in winter or some other tedious shit.

[Wood FT]

it's one of the treats of climbing, non-competetive competition. I relish the chance the burn off my mate steve, the bastard moved to France to make it more difficult.

[fatneck]

  and great thread!

I still bask in the glory of the one and only time I ever burnt Crouchy off - Toe Dragon at Sheep Pen about 12 years ago 

I also once did a V4 I'd done before faster than Mike Adams...

[Wood FT]

Realised I should've called this thread The Great British Burn Off but the moment has passed.

[Doylo]

Lee Anderson.

[Will Hunt]

Burning off the great and good is all very well, but you know in your heart that when it happens it's probably because they weren't trying very hard (see my climbing of I'll Bet She Does and Crankin' Rankine's refusal to pull on). Burning off your fellow mortal mates is where it's really at.

[andy_e]

Lee Anderson.

It's a thread about burning off, not bumming off.

[Doylo]

Lee Anderson.

It's a thread about burning off, not bumming off.

Thought they went together?

[Coops_13]

Burning off the great and good is all very well, but you know in your heart that when it happens it's probably because they weren't trying very hard (see my climbing of I'll Bet She Does and Crankin' Rankine's refusal to pull on). Burning off your fellow mortal mates is where it's really at.

Burning off 36C on Crimpy Roof because he doesn't know how to jump 

[cjsheps]

Flashed a CWIF problem that spat off Melissa le Nevé.

...aaand that's pretty much it.

[Will Hunt]

Burning off the great and good is all very well, but you know in your heart that when it happens it's probably because they weren't trying very hard (see my climbing of I'll Bet She Does and Crankin' Rankine's refusal to pull on). Burning off your fellow mortal mates is where it's really at.

Burning off 36C on Crimpy Roof because he doesn't know how to jump 

That was also his excuse even I burnt him off on Fluide 

[tomtom]

Lee Anderson.

It's a thread about burning off, not bumming off.

:D