| 8a Questionnaire |
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| What do you like the most in your climbing life? | climbing and learning how to climb hard even though i'm weak. finding ridiculous beta that is actually the easiest way for me. |
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| What is a memorable story in your climbing life? | 2009-uh
sending soul slinger before sending any v7's or real v8's...that was so mentally important for my improvement. has done wonders.
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| Who are your climbing heroes and why? | kevin jorgeson...highball bouldering master. dave graham. crimp master crimp. sharma, for obvious reasons. people who know how to climb. |
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| Which climbing destinations could you recommend and why? | BISHOP. hueco. i want to go to rocklands INSANELY bad. |
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| What are your climbing plans and goals for 2009? | 2009-send a v7 outdoors? hopefully...get at least a few more v6's under the belt...
2010-i basically destroyed my '09 plans after bishop/hueco...so i want to have crazy high expectations but it could just be a disappointment. for sure send at least 1 v10. thatd be nice...if i had another day in hueco *sigh* |
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| For which areas can you give advices through a 8a message? | bishop, some hueco, some tahoe |
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| What is the longest time spent on a project? | 2009-a lot...but just cause i dont get to go back and cause i get on problems that are 4 grades harder than what i climb...
2010-i dont really send projects. (see above) |
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| What is your scorecard goal for 2009? | 2009-one v7. at least 5 6's total. fuck it lets make it all 6's and 7's.
2010-very high expectations of myself. i know i can send at least 1 v10. lots more 9's and 8's. a v7 or 8 flash...pretty sure i can flash highbrow. i have recently gotten very confused with grades...i think that indoors is roughly 2 grades harder than outdoors...the scorecard is just creating stupid inflation. |
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| How much money do you spend yearly on Climbing Gear, Gym and Travel etc? | 2009-lots. not as much as rope climbers probably. lots on shoes and i use copious amounts of chalk.
2010-numbers going up as i travel and climb in better places more often. |
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| How could 8a.nu improve? | stop being contradictory and siding with climbers with opposing viewpoints. |
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| Which climbing shoes are you using? | 2009-solution, venom, miura vs.
2010-solution, random evolv's |
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| Climbing memories and adrenalin for 2009? | 2009-bishop. going again in dec. gonna be so cold. bishop in december was insanely amazing.
2010-hueco in january. crazy good climbing, not driving and rules. my first v10 (sort of, its soft, could be a hard 9), pseudo flashing it at 1 am. |
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| Hopes and thoughts for 2010 and the future? | 2009-send harder and harder. travel to each and every state and climb in them. take some sick photos.
2010-send harder. set goals that are ridiculous and do it. im really sick of grade inflation, and my scorecard represents that. it really frustrates me to see people on 8a inflating grades to get more points.
the future? my CURRENT lifelong goal is to climb the mandala...its exactly my style and a beautiful line...i think i can do it. its understandable if you doubt me. i dont really care. its going down. |
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| Interesting climbing scene development the last 10 years? | 2009-ive only been climbing since july 2008, i have no idea.
2010-i still have no idea, but it seems like grade inflation is a big problem. fuck that shit. |
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| When and Why did you start climbing? | July 2008 after coming back from france. its like skating but less painful. now ive started to travel from it, why else would i go to texas? |
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| Which indoor gym is the best? | ROCKNASIUM |
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