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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Oct 16, 2016 - 10:10am PT
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Handjammies funny, maybe needs to keep hands pretty for a modeling contract? But with the slightest amount of commitment he'll be doing pretty hard core stuff beyond what most of us can dream of ever doing.
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D'Wolf
climber
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Oct 16, 2016 - 11:52am PT
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Huber never climbed cracks either. Tore up J-Tree then promptly tore up the valley. Theoretically (based on the numbers), Adam's a better/stronger climber than Alex was when he got here. Could be very interesting...
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Oct 16, 2016 - 12:23pm PT
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Looks like he's doing what we all did to get the Valley dialed. Start on Generator Crack and go from there. Off to a flying start. Go Adam!
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2016 - 03:34pm PT
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If you take a look at Marlow's video it seems clear that he knows his way around what to do with feet in a crack.
Guy's gumby stage is gonna be about ten minutes long.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 16, 2016 - 03:41pm PT
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That upside down foot jamming was way wacky! Dude sounds like he could make spending
money teaching English in Camp Four.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Oct 17, 2016 - 12:43pm PT
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What's up today?
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TLP
climber
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Oct 17, 2016 - 01:24pm PT
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Largo, there are two kinds of flying starts in the Valley. I did the other kind.
but we sucked it up and ticked a classic the next day.
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Oct 17, 2016 - 01:30pm PT
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crøtch
climber
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Oct 17, 2016 - 01:34pm PT
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Two of his goals are onsight the Salathe and free the Dawn Wall in a day. Which do you think is harder?
I'd like to think that onsighting the Salathe is harder given that you only get one chance and that some strong folks have tried it without success. I would love to see that go down. Good luck, Adam!
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shiro16
climber
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Oct 17, 2016 - 11:01pm PT
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Hi,
Mildly unrelated, but did part of the flake 2/3rd the way up Generator crack break off? In the first picture of Ondra in the crack, the flake looks to be about 2 feet shorter. Perhaps my memory is going.
Thanks,
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Oct 18, 2016 - 12:20am PT
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After trying the rubber gloves in the gym, I'd definitely say they are an aid. I could hike my fat old ass right up the overhanging hand crack, much to the surprise of the skinny youths cranking V10s on either side of me. But, an elaborate tape job is just about as good, it just falls off more easily. Using that sort of aid when doing a crack climbing crash course seems like a smart move, to conserve skin while learning.
For Generator Crack, maybe a latex bondage outfit would be the way to go?
Ah, how I will be missing the El Cap Report!
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brotherbbock
climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Oct 18, 2016 - 02:23pm PT
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Ondra is God!!!
Thanks for updating guys keep it coming.
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Impaler
Social climber
Oakland
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Oct 18, 2016 - 02:34pm PT
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It mildly bothers me when I see comments like: "...and easily hike his way, with a few falls, through the next two pitches..."
Makes me think that whoever wrote that is a pretty shitty hiker. Not the first time I've seen something worded that way - it seems to be increasingly more common.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Oct 18, 2016 - 03:10pm PT
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Leading the pitches with all the fear definitely felt super hard, but once I had the rope from above, the moves felt OK.
Gear?
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Sacramento
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Oct 18, 2016 - 03:13pm PT
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I feel like we are watching an auto race. Everyone claims to be watching for the winner but secretly yearn for the crashes.
I only have 3 words for the Ondra:
YOU'RE
GONNA
DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS. Pound a pin, drink a Cobra.
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Matt's
climber
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Oct 18, 2016 - 03:16pm PT
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hard to understand what "hiked the climbing, with a few falls" means. Does that mean that he climbed quickly and efficiently, but had to take a few times?
I wonder when the last time ondra fell on a 13A was...
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