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David Lama beats up rocks?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:14 pm
by itmeansgod
I'm pretty sure no one else on here is a climbing magazine reading gumby like myself, but the latest issues of both Climbing and Rock and Ice have short features on David Lama, a fifteen year old kid who just climbed like a million 5.14s within seconds, all while making love to 3 international supermodels. What I'm confused about is his hand position in the pictures (Climbing p. 24 and the cover of R&I). In both of these pictures, one of his hands is just in a fist, right up to the rock. I'm guessing this is either some super secret grip technique that they teach you in mutant climber school, or he's punching the rock until it lets him send. Thoughts?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:47 pm
by SCIN
He has really short fingers which allows him to apply more torque due to a shorter fulcrum. The dude is amazing though. He's a Nepalese dude. In the video Karma they mention that the people from Nepal are the strongest humans on earth. I think David Lama is proving this.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:52 pm
by itmeansgod
You might be right, I've noticed the short finger = strong thing before (a la Jeremiah's midget thumbs) but, at least in the Climbing magazine picture, it totally doesn't look like he's using his fingertips on the rock at all, it just looks like he's punching it. Even on the Rock and Ice cover, it seems like he'd have to either have no fingertips at all or be in a deep jug.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:26 pm
by SCIN
I think he's punching the rock. If you look close you can see his knuckles are really bloody in all of the pictures. He punches holes in the rock which creates jugs.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:33 pm
by itmeansgod
I'm pretty sure you're right. What a fucking badass. Maybe I should trade in my hangboard for a bag.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:45 pm
by SCIN
That's a good idea. He's getting a bunch of shit though because he's fucking up all of these classic 5.14 lines by punching holes in them. Personally I stand behind him because he's still naturally cranking.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:20 pm
by RRO
the future is here. que eye of the tiger
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:22 pm
by SikMonkey
In the video Karma they mention that the people from Nepal are the strongest humans on earth
It's from all the sherpa work and yak wrestling.
Mj
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:23 pm
by DJMike
So I tried punching the rock as you guys suggested. In the epic battle between man and stone...the stone won.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:30 pm
by itmeansgod
RRO wrote:the future is here. que eye of the tiger
I'm pretty sure that
this is the future of climbing:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns? ... 624945.800