View Full Version : Crazy strength (pics)
IronFist
02-21-2004, 01:34 PM
One arm lever (http://photos.rockclimbing.com/photos/50/5006.jpg) (I think that's what a lever is)
One finger pullup (http://photos.rockclimbing.com/photos/95/9579.jpg)
One arm chinup with weight (http://photos.rockclimbing.com/photos/95/9581.jpg)
Looks like a one arm chinup with only 3 fingers? (http://photos.rockclimbing.com/photos/134/13489.jpg) I dunno.
From here (http://www128.pair.com/r3d4k7/HomePage.html#Gymnastics). This guy says the world record for a 20ft rope climb is 2.8 seconds!
jun_erh
02-22-2004, 12:33 PM
I saw a guy on the rings the other day. the olympic rings. dude was strong
LOL good to see you have finally discovered John Gill,now start Rock Climbing or bloudering.:D
PS search Fredric Nicole for some other mind blowing BW strength stuff.Or just go and check out a V14 problem.
IronFist
02-22-2004, 11:02 PM
What's a v14 problem?
rubthebuddha
02-22-2004, 11:19 PM
don't fall for it, ka. make ironfist do his own googling. :mad:
:D
blooming lotus
02-23-2004, 12:56 AM
that looks very cool :p
I think I'd like to work up to that :D
hehehe...luv that weighted panty thing ;)
good pics..cheers :cool:
IronFist
02-23-2004, 01:47 AM
Originally posted by rubthebuddha
don't fall for it, ka. make ironfist do his own googling. :mad:
:D
All shall obey my "google for me" commands!
No seriously tho, I did google it and I didn't learn anything. I got one link to a climbing site, but it was "there are V14's in America" and that's all it said. I assume it's a type of cliff or something. So I'd like a better definition here.
The rest of the results were other things that randomly use V14 in their descriptions.
Happy to explain
V14 is the top end of the bouldering grade scale at the moment(I think V15 has been done??)So a V14 boulder problem is a couple of metres of hard core body tension and movement.
Fredric Nicole is a Swiss climber/boulderer who does a pinky one armed chin in a tape sling.Video footage some where.Check out Campus board work and Bachar ladder work as well.
Go to a local climbing comp or boulder comp or even better a local sport climbing area and ask which is the hardest problem/route,then see if you can get anywhere on it:D
Ford Prefect
02-23-2004, 11:05 AM
Just go out and climb and don't care what grade it is you're climbing. Just have fun. You can always make it more difficult of you want to. ;) Oh, and bring a crash pad.
IronFist
02-23-2004, 12:31 PM
Originally posted by Ka
Go to a local climbing comp or boulder comp or even better a local sport climbing area and ask which is the hardest problem/route,then see if you can get anywhere on it:D
Um, can I start on an easier one, please?
Actually I've climbed a wall once. They had one outside at some event when I was in college. I think he said it was 31ft tall. I climbed the easiest side (vertical, no negative grade parts or whatever it's called when it the surface leans toward you). I was actually kinda scared (haha) cuz I don't like heights that much. But I made it to the top. Hell yeah. Afterwards, my friends said I used my arms too much. Like I would grab the next grip and pretty much do a pullup up instead of pushing with my feet as well.
Also, I remember that it was kinda cold outside that day, and when I got to the top, my hands were like frozen in the cupped position that you grab the grips with :D It was fun.
Ford, what's a crash pad? Just a mat to fall on or something?
Meat Shake
02-23-2004, 01:33 PM
"You can always make it more difficult of you want to."
Yeah, drink a sixer and smoke a blunt before you go.
LOL Yeah start on easier if you like,but I thought you wanted an idea of how extreme the top end is.Checking out a V14 or a 5.14 will do that for you.
Nothing wrong with jumping on stuff you can't do in climbing,in fact thats generally how you get stronger.
Splat mats are a bouldering item,basically a foldable peice of high density foam that cushion your jump or fall off a problem.
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