How long has DG been in font? Had he tried either kheops or 'the island' problem before?ie. he seems to have done them both quite quickly. He may be right at the top of his game, a level of fitness that could drop off in the following weeks? but it seems as though he doesn't find 8c that hard.
"How'd it feel?"
Impressive line in compression, and an old project from the ages back. Huge moves in between slopers and always at my full extension, so very intense climbing. As the weather has been really bad, and my left hand pulley injury keeps me from crimping, I have a been lucky with this one. 3 days of work; hustlin'
Just heard on the grapevine that Mickey Paige has done Kheops Assis. So does that make him first Brit to do 8b+ in the forest?
Its *Page* He did the stand up to kheops last christmas and just did the sit a couple of days ago. While he's been out there he has also done Narcotic direct 8b and Gecko 8a+
Some dude called Graham has put up another 8c in the Forest: The Island, at Coquibus Rumont.
Dave Graham news - Dave was back at Font recently and once again has gone off! He opened the super crimpy "Sideways daze" 8b at Cuvier-Rempart, repeated Mad Maxx 8b and Surplomb de la Mee 8a+ on his last day in Font, Partage 8a+ over 3 rainy days, Duel 8a, Hibernatus 8a, Neverland 8a, Controle technique 7c+, La Chose 7c+, De la terre a la Lune 7c+, Raideur Digest 7c+, Innacesable Absolu 7c highball, Maudit Menage 7c highball, Megawatt 7c, Pancreas 7c. Les Beaux Quartiers 7c+, The bloc 8a, Megalithe @rocher greau 7c, L'arete 7c+ and Evidence 7c+ @ boissy aux cailles. Dave flashed Misericorde 8a and Petite Folie 7c+.Below is an excerpt from 8a.nu about Daves theorising on bouldering grades. "If Fatman and Gourmandise are 8a+, Mad Maxx is 8b, Sideways Daze is harder 8b, and Spectre (Bishop) is 8b+, Nothing but sunshine (RMNP) and the fly(as a boulder problem) are hard for 8b+ and Centaur and Automater (both RMNP) are closer to 8b(way closer than fatman and gourmandise) Black Lung (Joe's valley) and Buttermilker (Bishop) could both be 8b as well considering they are way harder then the 8a+ problems in font; ie fatman and gourmandise, partinaire, and partage-hard then the other three."
Bit slow there dude:http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,8905.msg142600.html#msg142600
Completely missed that At least I added a name and a pic
Just heard on the grapevine that Mickey Paige has done Kheops Assis.
Have a look at page 4
