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igcuesta
Mar 18, 2003, 9:47 AM
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A week ago, Ramón Juliá sent "La Rambla", a new 9a+ propposal in Siurana (Spain). After the FA Ramón was filmed climbing the route. You can download the video at
http://desnivel.com/tus_paginas/videos/ramonrambla.wmv
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danl
Mar 18, 2003, 11:48 AM
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Holy Rope drag batman! That deserves a 15a rating just for fighting the 30 lbs thats pulling down on your harness
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phil_nev
Mar 18, 2003, 2:17 PM
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i agree, looks like just clipping adds 10 grades. The line snakes a bit everywhere....
I was getting really frustrated, he didnt even start to make it look hard till he got 3/4's the way up.... even then the rope drag seems the only thing holding him down...............
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chouca
Mar 18, 2003, 3:08 PM
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Wow, that is a stout effort! Very smooth and collected for 5.15a. He must have really wired the thing during redpoint attempts. Based on the footage, the route looks like it zig-zags alot, or maybe it just traverses. Nice transitions on the edit, looked very smooth each time the camera angle changed. Thanks for posting the video.
Marc B.
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miker
Mar 18, 2003, 3:39 PM
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Sweet!
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mowz
Mar 18, 2003, 3:46 PM
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so sick
-Mowz
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soze
Mar 18, 2003, 3:56 PM
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That Rocks!
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daisuke
Mar 18, 2003, 3:56 PM
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that looks too easy to be a 9a+! (not that I could do it)
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craggy
Mar 18, 2003, 4:15 PM
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was it just me who noticed right at one of the pumpy cruxes near the top the camera shot had a hickup? ie. he possibly fell reaching for the hold but was cut out of the shot? looks uber though...
Craggy
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mike_ok
Mar 18, 2003, 4:24 PM
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give us more videos! ;-)
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lox
Mar 18, 2003, 4:29 PM
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In reply to: Holy Rope drag batman! That deserves a 15a rating just for fighting the 30 lbs thats pulling down on your harness
Uninspiring.
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tanner
Mar 18, 2003, 4:40 PM
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Smooth!! Thats all I can say.
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russman
Mar 18, 2003, 4:47 PM
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Holy Smokin Moses...I would agree with the Rope-Drag and deffinatly looked like it zigged and zagged alot....
like I could do it 8)
very cool....nice shootin
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kriso9tails
Mar 20, 2003, 2:42 AM
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Regrip much? I'm not much into watching sport videos, but that was kind of a cool line. Something sadistic in me wanted to see him bail when his foot crossed the rope closer to the end there... I can't help it if I'm depraved.
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danl
Mar 20, 2003, 5:34 AM
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ok you're right it just looks like a v4+ boulder problem after 60 feet of jug hauling.
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That was looong. It didn't look like a 5.15a though, aside from the endurance it must take. I'm waiting for a repeat, then I'll be amazed.
Jimmy
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misha
Mar 22, 2003, 6:58 PM
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uuuuummmmmmmmmmm, so who decides that it's a 5.15. How can you grade something at that level? It seems better of calling it a "really hard route".
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xanx
Mar 22, 2003, 7:23 PM
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i always though routes were graded based on their cruxes, and boulder problems were graded based on the whole problem (i.e. length, how hard each move is, ect...). if so, the rope drag and length wouldn't really merit the 5.15a grade. still looks really long and hard though.
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igcuesta
Mar 22, 2003, 10:27 PM
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This guy (Ramón Juliá)
1- Has onsighted 2 well confirmed 8b+.
2- Has done 8c+ on the second try.
3- Has climbed 9a before.
4- Has been on the top positions of the climbing world cup.
5- He has given like 50 tries before sending the route. Some very strong climbers, like Dani Andrada (with more than 150 tries- yes 150!-), have tried the route without success.
So I think the 15a propposal is at least beliveable, though confirmation is needed as in the case of some other routes like Realization, Akira, Orujo, etc.
As far as I know Ramón is going to spend his Easter holidays on El Chorro and I have been said that he is going to try there Orujo. He is also planning a trip to Ceüse so maybe Realization and Akira are on his viewpoint.
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igcuesta
Mar 22, 2003, 10:39 PM
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And, obviously, he is not sending the route on the video. On the video he is only repeating the different sections of the route, The route was sent a week before.
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weaselman
Mar 22, 2003, 10:46 PM
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when i clicked on the link, all i got was a whole bunch of mysterious coding characters. do you have another link i could try? i really want to see the video. thanks.
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vertical_planar
Mar 23, 2003, 12:53 AM
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He just makes it look so easy...
:shock: :O
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dlintz
Mar 23, 2003, 1:20 AM
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That's no 15a, he didn't even scream. :lol:
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funktimonious
Mar 23, 2003, 10:31 PM
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I liked the video because the silence really added to it...but you couldn't see the holds at all, half the time he was hidden by an overhang, and there's no sense of the route in its entirety. The REALIZATION video blows this thing out of the water. I can't really comment on the climb, because it's not represented well, but I think Josh Lowell (the guy who shot Realization?) should go make a good filming of this route.
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igcuesta
Mar 23, 2003, 10:52 PM
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In reply to: when i clicked on the link, all i got was a whole bunch of mysterious coding characters. do you have another link i could try? i really want to see the video. thanks.
Just "save as" after all the mysterious coding characters are downloaded, and you'll get it...
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