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I really like the Dave Graham interview at 8a.nu. It really captures his non-stop energy and mental approach to climbing. As I think has been mentioned he did 3 v14s in the last few weeks in Hueco. and one of them slash face second go almost flashing it. He is so sick strong!!!

I think he thinks about climbing in a very different sense than most climbers and you can see a little of that in the interview.

http://www.8a.nu/site2/?IncPage=http:// ... 1&UserOK=1

It makes me want to climb!

Kinda met him in Hueco this year. Next to Aaron Black, he was just about the coolest person I ran into that I didn't already know. He does have a crazy amount of energy.

Yea I learned so much from hanging with him in Swizz. He has a way of conveying his motivation and enthusiasm really effectively. and he knows more about movement than any climber I have ever seen. He would do moves that seemed really unituitive and they would work perfectly.

for example, he threw with the wrong hand for a hard deadpoint and it should of caused a massive barndoor, but he found this way to cam his big toe and keep his foot on. he was climbing with Tony Lamiche and Tony was convinced it was not possible even after dave stuck it. "Thees makes no seeense, Dave" Finnallly after seeing Dave stick the move 2-3 times Tony tried it and stuck the move immediately. They both single-sessioned the problem which had been over graded at v15 and then prompty downgraded it to v12. Sick!

He sees more and tries harder than most anyone.

merrick wrote:....He sees more and tries harder than most anyone.

OK fanboy, I'm calling bullshit on this one. No way he tries harder or climbs better than Ivan!

i think you mean no one makes more noise than ivan. nyc what what!

I'm super inspired by watching Dave climb. We always have Dosage 3 playing in the gym when we're climbing and we just rewind the Swiss Gneiss segment w/Dave throughout the night. I think I have everything he says in that segment memorized. He's a very technical climber for sure. His recent sends in Hueco just blow me away. It's amazing that there is someone out there that strong. I can tell from the video that he is super motivated too. It motivates me just to see how motivated he is. It's good that there are people like him out there.

I'm totally motivated by how motivated you are by his motivation! (no, really! I really want to climb right now!)

Dave weighs about 60 lbs, he should really be able to fly
--total underachiever