Prolly already been posted, but sharma

[RuMR]

got a third ascent of La Rambla...

[matt_warfield]

Yes, if the slacker had been two days faster, it would have been the second ascent. What a loser.

[sexual_chocolate]

now when the hell's he gonna go give Akira a shot?

[matt_warfield]

Yes, and I wonder when the Euros will try Sharma's Mallorca route. It's got a little overhead to it......

[sexual_chocolate]

I would imagine it's been tried by a few already.

As has Akira.

[G-spotter]

Edu and Ramonet are gonna beat him to the first repeat of Chilam Balam too.

[kevbone]

Wow, Sharma put a rope on? Cool.

[kix]

fanboys.

 

 

 

[kevbone]

He looks cool with long hair!!!

[G-spotter]

[RuMR]

fanboys.

 

 

you know you wanna have his lovechild, dont'cha kix?

[kevbone]

fanboys.

 

 

you know you wanna have his lovechild, dont'cha kix?

 

RU I thought you wanted to have his ass love child, or love his childly ass!

[RuMR]

kevbeenedboned...

 

you done playing in the street?

[kevbone]

kevbeenedboned...

 

you done playing in the street?

 

Yes. Sowweee dad!

[David Trippett]

sorta related....anyone care to guess when we'll see 5.16? Seems to be headed in that direction quickly....David Lama and Adam Ondra are like what? A combined age of 28?...and are sending hard 14's with astonishing regularity. Pretty soon 5.13 will be "moderate", if it's not already. I'm going curling

[G-spotter]

5.13 is already mainstream. Look around BC as an example, in pretty much any small sized climbing community - Revelstoke, Pemberton, Golden, Cranbrook, Nelson, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Mission... I don't know about Terrace but maybe up there too.. there are established 5.13s and local climbers that climb at that level. Most of whom no-one has ever heard of except other locals.

[Weekend_Climberz]

I wonder how hard of an ice grade the kiddo could pick his way up

[David Trippett]

Curling! Yeah!

 

 

[StreetBoss]

5.13 is already mainstream. Look around BC as an example, in pretty much any small sized climbing community - Revelstoke, Pemberton, Golden, Cranbrook, Nelson, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Mission... I don't know about Terrace but maybe up there too.. there are established 5.13s and local climbers that climb at that level. Most of whom no-one has ever heard of except other locals.

 

If you look in the old Climbing - Rock & Ice rags the hot flashes were Lynn Hill onsighting 12d or the amazing onsight on 13a. Now days dudes are gunning for "How to climb 5.13" instead of the 5.12 standard of being elite. It's funny how you can work your ass off to send a 12c and the kids these days casually say "oh it has a cruzin 5.12 finish". I'm getting so old

[Weekend_Climberz]

I belay 5.15c

[kevbone]

I belay 5.15c

 

This is funny!

[RuMR]

5.13 is already mainstream. Look around BC as an example, in pretty much any small sized climbing community - Revelstoke, Pemberton, Golden, Cranbrook, Nelson, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Mission... I don't know about Terrace but maybe up there too.. there are established 5.13s and local climbers that climb at that level. Most of whom no-one has ever heard of except other locals.

 

If you look in the old Climbing - Rock & Ice rags the hot flashes were Lynn Hill onsighting 12d or the amazing onsight on 13a. Now days dudes are gunning for "How to climb 5.13" instead of the 5.12 standard of being elite. It's funny how you can work your ass off to send a 12c and the kids these days casually say "oh it has a cruzin 5.12 finish". I'm getting so old

 

then those same kids go fall off of a nice 5.10 cruiser valley route...

[gertlush]

Yeah 5.12 still seems pretty elite when you're plugging in gear...I've heard of a few 5.14 trad routes but few & far between.

Edited December 6, 2006 by gertlush

[sexual_chocolate]

prolly mainly cuz face lends itself better to hard climbing, and few cracks in limestone, home of most hards.

 

and it's harder to chip a trad line into existence!

[RuMR]

There's one in PA! Full blown sawed into a quarry...i believe it was bolted for pro though...