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davidji
Social climber
CA
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One of Hans's "tricks" some may not be aware of is his intense training.
If you can, come by his fitness for climbing class Tuesday nights at Diablo Rock Gym in Concord. I haven't attended since before my achilles tear, but expect to again.
When he's training for a nose record, he'll invite class attendees to join him on some of his early morning workouts. He'll keep moving for about the time it takes him to climb the nose, alternating between routes, bouldering problems, and various exercises, all of which get scored on a worksheet he created.
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TomLambert
Social climber
Yosemite, CA
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>> One of Hans's "tricks" some may not be aware of is his intense training.
Cheater!!!
If you start allowing people to train, there's no knowing where the record might go!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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congratulations on being the thread the NYTimes referred to in today's paper...
Speed competitions remain a fringe activity in the clubby world of rock climbing, and they are not welcome by everyone. Some traditionalists say climbing is an opportunity to be one with nature, more lifestyle than sport, and see competitions as little more than a sideshow. A discussion of Florine’s and Hirayama’s quest in an online forum on the Web site Supertopo.com described it as “yet another meaningless record.”
“Seems like a beautiful climb” a climber named Sven wrote. “Why the rush?”
and SuperTopo was linked in the online article...
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