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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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May 14, 2014 - 08:51pm PT
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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May 14, 2014 - 09:00pm PT
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not related to Ondra, but related to czech climbers.
Not at all overhanging 4inch ow in Czech Republic, but here what they do in IC
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Belly Full of Bad Berries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDM_QuCHkOU
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WBraun
climber
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May 14, 2014 - 09:07pm PT
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Belly Full of Bad Berries
Whoa ... good lead.
Looks real tough and IS!!!!
I would have loved to see how Dale Bard would do on this when he was in his prime BITD .......
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OldEric
Trad climber
Westboro, MA
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May 14, 2014 - 10:40pm PT
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Agreed most people on this forum would like to imagine him failing. The older they are the more they seem to have invested in seeing him and his young "whippersnapper" peers meet their come-uppance. After all these kids aren't the real hard men of yore. Well news flash old timers - your ship has sailed. The times they are a changin (the old timer really "dig" cliched 60's references)
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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May 14, 2014 - 10:50pm PT
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yeah, dude already did wogu.
wish he lived here-- i'd love to see him up on woeml or whatever.
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Laine
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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May 15, 2014 - 12:15am PT
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I wasn't being snarky and the amount of fixed gear is irrevelant to my definition "trad". It would just be nice to see this kid crush some Yose splitters, [though] how hard is it to stick your fingers in and twist, right?
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Lasti
Trad climber
Budapest
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May 15, 2014 - 02:04am PT
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Definitely not hatin' on Ondra, giraffe-neck or not, he (and other 'sporto wankers') have proved many times that they have the skills to take on trad, bigwall even alpine challenges. Not all of them have the affinity to try, but a lot of the determination and focus needed for 'bigger' exploits are also invaluable for climbing 100 9a routes (WTF? seriously? yes: http://eveningsends.com/climbing/adam-ondra-95-climbs-9a-harder/);
Having said that, the routes in this video are pretty mellow for 'world class' status. They are regularly climbed by people you have never heard of.
But again - I am sure he could, and will, climb much, much harder.
Lasti
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Blakey
Trad climber
Sierra Vista
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May 31, 2015 - 09:22am PT
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Jeeeez......Of course Ondra couldn't climb a crack - he's European isn't he - no hard cracks to be done in Europe, even less in the part of the world he comes from.
Particularly if you discount the difficult, runout, off widths in Dresden and across the border on the Czech sandstone, (On which he grew up) Mello, and other Italian granite crags. And of course no one else from Europe has ever managed to do any hard cracks in the US have they?
Oh, hang on a sec, a couple of weedy Brits did do quite well I recall, but then they cheated by preparing themselves with a bit of training in a (god forbid) cellar....... I think they concluded their trip when they couldn't find anything hard enough.
I have little doubt that if he wanted to, Ondra could come over to the US (and if he needed to, learn some crack skills in short order - like those other shite Europeans, the Hubers did.) He probably just can't be arsed, and let's face it why should he be - there's more to climbing than the just Valley.
Steve
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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May 31, 2015 - 09:48am PT
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I would love to see him pull a Sonny Trotter and become a top gear climber
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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May 31, 2015 - 09:51am PT
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weedy Brits....
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Truthdweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA (stuck in Jersey)
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May 31, 2015 - 12:21pm PT
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how hard is it to stick your fingers in and twist, right?
"the minimum technique that you need by putting your fingers in and turning 'em" 00:23-26
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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May 31, 2015 - 09:12pm PT
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I would have loved to see ... Dale Bard ... when he was in his prime ... What was that, like last week or something. Dudes still wiry and firing : }
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Sep 26, 2018 - 02:46pm PT
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kinda fitting that a video of "silence" is best watched with the sound off
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 26, 2018 - 02:50pm PT
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That goes for every climbing video I’ve seen so far.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Sep 26, 2018 - 03:07pm PT
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That was super impressive.
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