Ridiculous comments from 8a.nu

Post by **woman** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:00 am

"ah missed onsight by hitting a hold in the wrong spot."

Post by **blakeleathers** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:03 pm

if you still get to the top with 2 hangs its still an onsight correct?

best one i have ever heard from someone.

Post by **Andrew** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:16 pm

From some prissy sounding girl named Rachel, "I would have flashed but I am too short and weak.

Post by JR » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:36 pm

The word is out. It is no longer impressive to send a Red River 12. Now, you have to flash it or warm up on it to be cool. This person didn't nab either of these achievements so they thought they would at least try to tell us that they were in the know.

I am pretty impressed that this person had the audacity to really go for it. The coveted warmup/flash of a Red River 12. Nice Spray.

Post by **lena_chita** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:24 pm

blakeleathers wrote:if you still get to the top with 2 hangs its still an onsight correct?

There is a formula:

Count the total number of bolts (anchors don't count).
Divide the total number of hangs by total number of bolts. If the resulting number is less than 0.2, you can report it is an "almost-onsight" or "coulda-flash".

So your question is missing the essential information to answer it. Two hangs on Return of Chris Snyder is "almost-onsight", but 2 hangs on Tissue Tiger is an honest hangdog.

Post by **bcombs** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:46 pm

I think it is a fair statement. "I two hung that route onsight". It means what is says, you two hung it on your very first attempt without any prior beta.

So many rules to remember!

Post by **tutugirl** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:42 pm

LOL

Post by **woman** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:07 am

Andrew: I would have flashed, but I am too tall and stooooopid.

Post by **THB** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:12 am

bcombs wrote:I think it is a fair statement. "I two hung that route onsight". It means what is says, you two hung it on your very first attempt without any prior beta.

So many rules to remember!

I understand what you're saying... and it makes sense... but you've got to consider the context that the word onsight is being used in. for example, on 8a, when someone lists a route as an 'onsight' it means that they sent... you can't 2 hang a route and onsight it at the same time...

Post by **bcombs** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:19 am

Thanks for clearing that up.