[Jaspersharpe]

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews.lasso?l=2&keyid=36168

Impressive.

[dave]

nice, you can't beat a bit of wireless flash.

[r-man]

Awesome stuff.

Either those mats are twice as large as normal, or Barbara is a very tiny human.

[Paul B]

Not to piss on anyone's bonfire however:
http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,5477.0.html

Very impressive nonetheless...

[Nibile]

i didn't even remember posting that.
anyway everyone on 8a.nu has taken it for 8b.
anyway i don't care i just want to climb.
 

[Houdini]

nice, you can't beat a bit of wiry flesh.

Yeah, she is kinda ripped.

[Paul B]

Hmmm call me a pedant but I DO care.

[Houdini]

Hmmm call me a pederast but I DO care.

But I've seen your bird . . .   

[Nibile]

no no paul,
i know it's something important, if you get on the news, to have things clear and honest.
mine was the comment of a man thrown into work, with a flesh that's turning grey from the neon lights.

[Jim]

majority take 8b

http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/Search.aspx?SearchType=ASCENTS&CragName=Magic+Wood&AscentName=Pura+Vida&AscentType=1

[Paul B]

I have to say i'm still more than a little dubious.

[dobbin]

Nige and I looked at this and it looked like a very swiss 8b to be honest. There are actually good holds on it for instance. Thats not to say it isnt, as neither of us pulled on, but it looked distinctly more feasible than other problems at that grade. Taking a grade consensus off 8a.nu is an interesting one - you could argue that this is what people think it is and thats why they put it down as that, or you could argue that people are putting down what it says in the topo and not what they think it actually is? how many take the guidebook grade, and how many are honest enough to claim what they actually thought it was worth? I take guidebook grades. Except if I think they are miles out. Oh, its all subjective, one mans poison blah blah and all that - its a great effort by a very talented young climber, lets not get over excited about whether it is or it isnt. Well done Barbara.

[Omega]

defo a midget

http://www.planetmountain.com/img/1/1890.jpg

[grumpycrumpy]

Awesome stuff.

Either those mats are twice as large as normal, or Barbara is a very tiny human.

The mats are normal sized , she's just a long way away from them ..

[GCW]

Chris Core in action, labelled as 8a+ here:



Gotta say, the line doesn't inspire me.  Sorry 

[Houdini]

majority take 8B

Golly!  What a total surprise! 

[Jaspersharpe]

I was going to ask in the original post if there was any question about the grade (being as it's where it is) but after seeing that DG et al had taken 8B I didn't bother. Should have done a search on here really! Interesting and I agree that it does matter.

Seen that video of Core before but the way he absolutely fucking paths New Base Line is always worth watching again.

[Houdini]

Speak for yourself, Sunbeam.


I've been pondering more important issues, for example, why the fuck does Core still tuck his shirt into his trousers?  This is on a par w/ Fiends' socks.

[Jaspersharpe]

 

Surely not quite as bad an offence as that!?

[The Sausage]

...has nobody else noticed that the news link gives the grade as 8a+/8b... it doesn't even seem that 8b is being claimed. It very soberly mentions that Mrs Zangerl is pushing the limits of women's bouldering, not smashing them or anything.

Although I also think these things are important, bouldering grades are very hard to quantify. However I think if a problem is consistently a first/only ascent by a person of a problem of a certain grade, it indicates a borderline grade at best.

[The Sausage]

Just went back to the news item. It says "with this ascent...she has explored the current limit of female bouldering".

[Percy B]

Consensus seems to be soft 8b from everybody that's done it. My question is this? Who cares about the grade? I've seen her climb and she is an absolute machine - way, way stronger than any other female boulderers I have seen climb. Commenting on grades of problems based on other climbers comments on websites and not on your own experience is a waste of time. If you've done the problem then you can tell the world you think Pura Vida is only 8a+ and its not as impressive effort to climb it as everybody thinks. If not, why not keep your comments to yourself? Sometimes a few people on UKB seem far too quick to put down other climbers efforts without any basis in personal experience.

[Houdini]

And so sayeth Saint Percy of Sheffield . . .

[Jaspersharpe]

...has nobody else noticed that the news link gives the grade as 8a+/8b... it doesn't even seem that 8b is being claimed. It very soberly mentions that Mrs Zangerl is pushing the limits of women's bouldering, not smashing them or anything.

They've altered it since yesterday.

[dave]

who's saying its not impressive Perc? no-one.