tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21280038.post3953536928546998281..comments2023-10-08T09:56:05.560-06:00Comments on The Straight Dope: World’s Hardest Climb?Steve Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17639176315514772554noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21280038.post-3981191345570155722011-06-05T15:35:49.129-06:002011-06-05T15:35:49.129-06:00Steve: "Adam is a grade ahead of the top of t...Steve: "Adam is a grade ahead of the top of the tree, and two grades ahead of the general hero! So he's a grade up on Sharma/Paxti/Ramon etc and two up on all the other stars. He is in a league of his own on rock."<br /> <br />Jack: Anything else to say? <br /><br />Steve: "Adam really impresses me in many ways. I can relate to him, he's a climber, a rock climber. Relative to the indoor guys he's weak, but on rock he has all the strengths. People forget climbing strengths are not just about 'strength'. You need power, power endurance, then flexibility, finger strength, tenacity, technical ability, footwork, ambition and more. He has all of these.<br /> <br />Also his attitude is great, he's just a climber like us all, psyched for his mates on 8as, and keeping his efforts in perspective. I heard recently a top hero begrudgingly saying Adam was good, 'but he's weak, he's no good indoors really, he has faults'. Adam would never come out with this, he's just doing his stuff!Steve Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639176315514772554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21280038.post-73423267547294118202011-06-05T15:34:24.854-06:002011-06-05T15:34:24.854-06:00Steve McClure says he's weak, too:
http://www...Steve McClure says he's weak, too:<br /><br />http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=3790Steve Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639176315514772554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21280038.post-37854623242764100282011-06-03T20:20:12.197-06:002011-06-03T20:20:12.197-06:00Besides calling himself weak he also sits around a...Besides calling himself weak he also sits around and talks about how "it's very hot" even though he's wearing long pants and a jacket.Lots of insulationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21280038.post-19724543275195319532011-06-03T13:15:15.959-06:002011-06-03T13:15:15.959-06:00Yawn.
Done something very similar, only diff was ...Yawn.<br /><br />Done something very similar, only diff was that mine was angled 30 degrees in the other direction.<br /><br />Glad to see climbing videos are at least trying to break out of the mold.<br /><br />I think climbing should have different weight classes like boxing. Doesn't seem like a level playing field when you got a mutant like that. I mean, I gained 2 pounds just looking at his lunch.<br /><br />Chris' arms looked thicker than Ondra's torso.<br /><br />jJoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21280038.post-23818690537947718812011-06-03T10:21:25.482-06:002011-06-03T10:21:25.482-06:00that kid is seriously impressive.that kid is seriously impressive.HDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536041517383018882noreply@blogger.com