kevbone Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Awesome [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Its funny how the political threads are on fire....but nobody cares about super human rock climbing. Chris Sharma is amazing and there is much to be learned on this video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 yea seen that vid. nice. but i'd be like be shuttin up with the venga venga vamos vamos please yo now. btw, what was the biggest thing you learned from that vid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Impressive speed of execution, which points to the amount of rehearsal that goes into that kind of climbing. I hate the rehearsal bit yet there is paradoxically little doubt that it leads to greater on-sight ability. I suspect the catch is that the amount of time spent climbing on-sight is inversely proportional to that spent rehearsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gertlush Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Climbing is definitely not a spectator sport, if they'd said it was 5.14d would you have been able to tell the difference? Now those videos of the one guy free-base-wingnut-soloing the Eiger, that was cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky_joe Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Climbing is definitely not a spectator sport, if they'd said it was 5.14d would you have been able to tell the difference? probably...sharma would have onsighted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Climbing is definitely not a spectator sport, if they'd said it was 5.14d would you have been able to tell the difference? probably...sharma would have onsighted it. You cant onsight a climb that you personally bolted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 come on man, i wanna know what you learned from this vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Have you ever watched a 5.14 climber climb in front of your eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 As if there's another way to watch something than in front of your eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Have you ever watched a 5.14 climber climb in front of your eyes? yes, right in front of my very eyes, many times, and still wanting to know what you learned from the vid. i'm not testing you here, just genuinely interested. i wouldn't be asking if you hadn't mentioned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenSeagal Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I learned how to climb 5.15 by watching this. Thank you for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Sloppy footwork, missed a clip. Yawn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Sloppy footwork, missed a clip. Yawn... Actually I thought it was weird how he clipped almost every draw. He usually skips many in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I learnt I suck and will never climb like Sharma. Course, I guess I already knew that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 i'm not testing you here, just genuinely interested. BS.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Well, it looked like Dwayner could do it if he really wanted to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmo Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 i'm not testing you here, just genuinely interested. BS.... no man, i know i've flung poo, but i was curious about your learning. i couldn't figure out what it was, so i asked. like, was it that you learned what kinda shoes he wears, or that he tries hella hard, or he keeps truckin, or yells a lot, or what. or that the euros shout a lot of encouragement and speak european. i don't know what it is, and you are playing coy. i am simply curious, sincerely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 i'm not testing you here, just genuinely interested. BS.... no man, i know i've flung poo, but i was curious about your learning. i couldn't figure out what it was, so i asked. like, was it that you learned what kinda shoes he wears, or that he tries hella hard, or he keeps truckin, or yells a lot, or what. or that the euros shout a lot of encouragement and speak european. i don't know what it is, and you are playing coy. i am simply curious, sincerely. More poo flinging..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Kimmo, you're better off having a conversation with your bowl of breakfast cereal than you are trying to have even a rudimentary discourse with Kevbone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 i love women, but i do deny them my essence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky_joe Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 kimmo, you'd better stick to the banter you and i share than trying to start shit with boner...he hasn't got more than a walnut for a brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtguide Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Impressive speed of execution, which points to the amount of rehearsal that goes into that kind of climbing. I hate the rehearsal bit yet there is paradoxically little doubt that it leads to greater on-sight ability. I suspect the catch is that the amount of time spent climbing on-sight is inversely proportional to that spent rehearsing. You got that right. Sharma has a couple of things going for him. One, he has a superior ratio of body weight to grip strength. And two, he has an absolutely relentless, indefatigable work ethic. A couple years ago at the Banff Mt. Film Fest, they showed a film of Sharma attempting the first ascent of a huge sea arch, about 100 yds. long, in the Adriatic. The apex of the arch was a good 60 or 70 ft. off the water. That'll give you a pretty good smack, hitting the water from that height. They showed every single one of his 38 or 39 attempts and failures, falling into the sea, until on the last attempt he was finally able to do the entire length of the arch in one shot. All attempts on the same day. Pretty amazing endurance and determination, a hell of a lot of swimming and climbing over one long hard day. Gotta hand it to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 i'm not testing you here, just genuinely interested. BS.... no man, i know i've flung poo, but i was curious about your learning. i couldn't figure out what it was, so i asked. like, was it that you learned what kinda shoes he wears, or that he tries hella hard, or he keeps truckin, or yells a lot, or what. or that the euros shout a lot of encouragement and speak european. i don't know what it is, and you are playing coy. i am simply curious, sincerely. Mostly what I learned after viewing this MULTIPLE times (and of course you get an improved understanding every time you watch)....is that Chris (yeah, even though we've never met, I feel like I know him well enough for the first-name reference)....Chris...Oh my gosh, he just doesn't quit! I don't think the word impossible is known to this man-child! Just makes me wanna throw the Gri-Gri in the car and go fling myself at my project RIGHT NOW! If I ever see him down at the Vertical World, I'm gonna just walk right up to him and hug him. And I'd do that, because he seems so REAL, you know? Like, I mean....he's like this total icon and everything and yet I'll bet he's the kind of guy who would just indulge a totally anonymous guy like me in some fascinating conversation. God. GOD! That's it, I'm outa here. I'm heading out to Exit 38 RIGHT NOW! That's what I learned. BTW, the route he's climbing, is that an old bolt ladder? Anybody know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 ...and so begins the March of the Cunt Brigade. Raindawg? Any comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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