Shaunawad MBE

[moose]

more of a slow, creeping artillery assault that progresses so slowly it kills more of its own closely following soldiers than the enemy.

 

[roddersm]

Not keen on the triple discipline format myself and think speed is the odd one out - it's a pretty niche event.

However I can see the logic in the format put forward and presumably the hope from the IFSC would be to have 3 medals and individual events in future if this proves a success.

 

[ferret]

Fair point. But those are the ones no one watches. Every one just watches usain bolt any way. If bouldering and sport would be no problem why where they so adement to involve speed climbing?

Gymnastics is one of the most popular events in the Olympics, the rest I agree not many people watch

 

[Will Hunt]

Shaunawad collects her MBE from the palace today. I know we're all supposed to be good republicans here and think the monarchy is terrible, but I say good on Shauna, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. If I ever meet her at the crag, that is how I shall address her. In fact, I think we should insist that comp commentators give her her full, unabbreviated title in future.

 

[mark20]

Has she got 'MBE' added to the lettering on her van yet? :2thumbsup:

 

[Wellsy]

Shauna did Pampelmousse recently and also something else that got 8A in the guidebook but she says is soft.

Given she gave birth merely months ago I'd say that's pretty chuffin impressive and worthy of a mention.

 

[Bradders]

In case anyone misses it; casual mention in a random Instagram story (at the end of a long sequence of Insta stories) from Shauna that she did Hydro 8B at Ogmore recently and "forgot to post" about doing it!

 

[yetix]

I heard she did it in about an hour too.

 

[Fiend]

In case anyone misses it; casual mention in a random Instagram story (at the end of a long sequence of Insta stories) from Shauna that she did Hydro 8B at Ogmore recently and "forgot to post" about doing it!

Mum brain!!

 

[Wellsy]

She's such an absolute machine, like it was easy to forget when she wasn't doing anything (for obvious reasons!) and now she's back and banging out 8Bs in a session every month

 

[SA Chris]

And prior to that her focus was mainly on comps in the run up to the Olympics, as well as a few setbacks due to injuries. So glad she's gone back to outdoor beast mode and is hitting form.

 

[thunderbeest]

I wish some of the current competition climbers did some outdoor crushing. Would make it easier who to cheer for.

 

[SA Chris]

I wish some of the current competition climbers did some outdoor crushing. Would make it easier who to cheer for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76ZP4u09WE

My finger cringes at the thought of that move.

 

[Bradders]

Amusingly Steve Mac-esque self-deprecation in an interview with Shauna on the other channel, on her ascent of The Hydro...the holds "seemed totally impossible" and she "couldn't fathom" holding them. In fact she "wasn't sure if I should try The Hydro". But then did it second go :-\:lol:

 

[remus]

Any eagle-eyed people knowledgeable about Pedriza bouldering know what this might be?

 

[remus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRFKYbsOIkY

 

[SA Chris]

That you answered yourself in under 10 mins is impressive.

 

[Fiend]

That you answered yourself in under 10 mins is impressive.

Not entirely surprising for remusbot industries!!

That looks like terrible beta for an impressive offwidth chimney.

 

[spidermonkey09]

At this point I think the entity ukb knows as 'remus' is in fact a powerful data scraping computer programmed to pick up and analyse any and all climbing content from the internet for relevance and significance before posting it if it ticks enough boxes. Its like EARL, the lighthouse from the simpsons.

On another note, whatever Shauna's skincare routine is, it clearly works. No idea how shes climbing so hard so consistently on granite.

 

[remus]

At this point I think the entity ukb knows as 'remus' is in fact a powerful data scraping computer programmed to pick up and analyse any and all climbing content from the internet for relevance and significance before posting it if it ticks enough boxes. Its like EARL, the lighthouse from the simpsons.

:lol: This gets more and more true every day.