" -red pointed the first pitch of Strevels Gets in Shape...12a my ass! "
Well, it was the first 5.12 I ever on-sighted then (1991)... Maybe some holds have broken?
weekend report
Compare Strivel's Gets In Shape (1st Pitch) to the following....
Stay The Hand (12a) - Roadside
Ro Shampo (12a) - Roadside
Wild Yet Tasty (12a) - Left Flank
Buddha Hole (12a) - Solar Collector
The Chronic (12a) - The Mother Lode
...and tell me that Strivel's isn't harder than all of these climbs. Hell, Wild Gift took me less tries then Streve's to do...go figure
In my humble opinion Strivel's 1st pitch is 12b.....as all of the above 12a's feel easier to me than Strivel's does.
Now, I have heard, and it is possible that a foot has broken off Strivel's at some time over the last 10 years, has anyone known this climb long enough to answer this question
After looking at the online guide book there is no distinction between the first pitch/set of anchors and the entire route..where as the Bronaugh book lists the first pitch as 12a and the entire route as 12b. Maybe the new consensus is that the first pitch is 12b as no one really does the upper section.....not that any of this really matters it is just something else to babble about instead of doing work
Stay The Hand (12a) - Roadside
Ro Shampo (12a) - Roadside
Wild Yet Tasty (12a) - Left Flank
Buddha Hole (12a) - Solar Collector
The Chronic (12a) - The Mother Lode
...and tell me that Strivel's isn't harder than all of these climbs. Hell, Wild Gift took me less tries then Streve's to do...go figure
In my humble opinion Strivel's 1st pitch is 12b.....as all of the above 12a's feel easier to me than Strivel's does.Now, I have heard, and it is possible that a foot has broken off Strivel's at some time over the last 10 years, has anyone known this climb long enough to answer this question
After looking at the online guide book there is no distinction between the first pitch/set of anchors and the entire route..where as the Bronaugh book lists the first pitch as 12a and the entire route as 12b. Maybe the new consensus is that the first pitch is 12b as no one really does the upper section.....not that any of this really matters it is just something else to babble about instead of doing work
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Strevels sure ain't easy. I consider myself a pretty ok boulderer and those moves always feel tough to me............especially the accuracy move trying to hit that pocket.
I laugh whenever I hear the Urban Legend of "It's just a V3 boulder problem!"
I've bouldered at pretty many places and I've never been on a V3 as tough as Strevels.
I laugh whenever I hear the Urban Legend of "It's just a V3 boulder problem!"
I've bouldered at pretty many places and I've never been on a V3 as tough as Strevels.
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rat dick and pil did out on a limb a while ago. said it was bad to the bone marrow.
strevels is easy. got on it a month ago or something and it felt way easier than scissors or motha. you guys are just weak girly men.
strevels is easy. got on it a month ago or something and it felt way easier than scissors or motha. you guys are just weak girly men.
Yo HO!! Just got me a code red and some funyons big dawg!!! SHIT YEAH! - Ray, excited about his breakfast
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