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roflcakes
Mar 1, 2007, 3:52 PM
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I think his bouldering style is raw as f&*k, just go watch him here www.momentumvm.com, and prepare to see the baddest style ever. Its probably cuz he sleeps up side down.
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Mar 1, 2007, 4:04 PM
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roflcakes wrote: I think his bouldering style is raw as f&*k, just go watch him here www.momentumvm.com, and prepare to see the baddest style ever. Its probably cuz he sleeps up side down.
Wow thanks for wasting my time, that was the worst video I've ever seen. The narrators voice is horrible. At least I saw the kehl vid first, now I know not to bother with the rest of the mag.
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unrooted
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Well I lied and was again very dissapointed, I watched the wright video in the creek, what a lame vid. Runout on sketch gear? Didn't look that runout to me, maybe at the top where he could have easily thrown something in, but sketchy gear???? on a pink point??? WHY????????????????????
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roflcakes
Mar 1, 2007, 4:17 PM
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dood, you kinda look like cedar wright. (LOLIPWNEDYOU)
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unrooted
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roflcakes wrote: dood, you kinda look like cedar wright. (LOLIPWNEDYOU)
I wish I could climb like that midget.
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The cedar wright video is one of the weaker videos on there.
I liked the Kehl video if you just mute the unnecessary attempt at humor by the narrator. Anytime you can see someone sending Black Lung or other Joe's Valley problems it makes me want to go out and boulder.
The video of Ethan Pringle doing Haroun and the Sea of Stories at the Buttermilks is pretty cool in my opinion.
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roflcakes
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Yes didnt, ben moon put in a sick problem (black lung) there.....what about the sloped traversing top out by Kehl. WAY SICK........my reaction too I am going to go to Joes Valley THIS SUMMER....YES STOKED
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Mar 1, 2007, 4:45 PM
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I'm not a boulderer but I always seem to notice that weirdo. Is he an attention seeker or something? The hairdo, the picture of himself half cut away in Rock and Ice a few months ago... weird
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You just don't understand the creature yet do you .............you have alot to learn young padawan
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dhaulagiri
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He said he's never going to Bishop again after some locals harassed him for looking the way he does. Not sure what his point is. The whole spawn of satan thing seems to be working out pretty well as far as getting sick strong goes.
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i doubt jason kehl sleeps upside down...believe it or not he's a pretty normal, down to earth guy. He's been climbing at my local gym for the past 2 or so weeks helping set problems, and if you'd never watched any climbing vids, you wouldn't know he's famoso...until you watched him crank some v##'s like most ppl pull V#'s
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roflcakes
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Kehl is just not afraid to do whatever he wants and some people dont like that in a person, I find it bad ass.
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lodi5onu
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jeez roflcakes he's probably going to be even stronger once you get off his nutz!
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reg
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roflcakes wrote: Kehl is just not afraid to do whatever he wants and some people dont like that in a person, I find it bad ass.
good publicity too! it's nothing more then "shtick"
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Mar 1, 2007, 5:30 PM
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Sick? It's funny you should mention it. Whenever I see him (in a video or something, he hasn't come by the house), the name Pukie Smurf always comes to mind. So, maybe he is so sick because he is Pukie Smurf!
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Mar 1, 2007, 5:31 PM
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Good climber or not, his little photo blurb each month in Climbing magazine is the biggest waste of space I've ever seen. He seems like the freak in school that will do anything for attention, I'm not impressed.
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Mar 1, 2007, 6:08 PM
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Except that, since he's a sponsored climber, it's his job to get attention.
Personally, I far prefer him getting attention with his photography and overall strange persona than I would him getting attention by, say, climbing things that everyone else knows are off limits and then filming and promoting the shit out of it.
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I talked to him briefly in squamish last summer and he seemed pretty chill. Didn't actually know it was him until I was told. Everyone needs to stop hatin.
Either way he is sick strong.
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Mutant strong, who seems to have been trained to ignore both fear and pain. Don't judge a book by the cover. He is comfortable being himself and I think it is far better than being what everyone thinks he should be. Selling out? If he did, at least he did it on his terms. So smooth and controlled to watch.
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I agree. He lets his climbing do most of his talking.
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Proto
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kehl is beat...the dude is 30. His biggest achievement is evilution!!! v12, uhhh climb four more grades then well talk about jason being bad.
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reg wrote: roflcakes wrote: Kehl is just not afraid to do whatever he wants and some people dont like that in a person, I find it bad ass. good publicity too! it's nothing more then "shtick"
Yeah, I have also been struck more by his relentless self-marketing and promotion than by his "sick" style... in terms of these skills, he is one of the best...
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dhaulagiri
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Proto wrote: kehl is beat...the dude is 30. His biggest achievement is evilution!!! v12, uhhh climb four more grades then well talk about jason being bad.
How do you explain ascents of Black Lung (V13) and first ropeless ascent of The Fly (V14ish?)
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I would definitely not call him a "self-promoter". What you have to realize is that companies, magazines and video people promote Jason because he has a unique style, is interesting, and climbs really well. The dude soloed Dave Graham's hardest route (until he did his new 5.15a in Switzerland)! He has also done numerous hard boulder problems and really scary shit. To say that Evilution is "only V12" is unfair. It is also high as shit with the crux 35 feet off the ground. A testament to its difficulty is that it was established several years ago, is in the middle of one of the most popular boulderfields in the country, yet has only been repeated once or maybe twice. Compared to Fred Nicole's Terre de Sienne in Hueco, supposed V15 established last year and has already seen 4 repeats (his other V15 Techo de los Tres B, which was established a year ago has had about 10 repeats mostly by climbers you have never even heard of.)
The truth is Jason is just an eccentric guy. He is a rad artist also (go see his website cryptochild.com) Regardless, he is bad ass and worthy.
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So, I'm in the grocery store, waiting in the checkout line. I (along with many other people i see) am unexplainably drawn to the trash f-ing tabloids while waiting to pay for my food. So today I see " Shocking Suicide Drama!" or something like that on the cover and the big photo on the front was Jason Kehl... or so I thought. Turns out it was just Britany Spears after a melt down, same haircut as jason sports in some videos ive seen. this got me thinking, and i seem to remember seeing footage of jason at some karaoke party singing "hit me baby one more time". connections? i don't know. maybe im just making all this up..
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chainsaw
Mar 1, 2007, 11:53 PM
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If Kehl and Brittney had a baby together would it be born with a shao lin skullet?
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jakedatc
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Proto wrote: kehl is beat...the dude is 30. His biggest achievement is evilution!!! v12, uhhh climb four more grades then well talk about jason being bad.
Do you like Tommy C better cuz he's a nice clean cut boy who doesn't climb as hard as most of the top guys right now? And on video is as exciting to listen to as a creaking door? But i bet in person he's a pretty cool guy(or not and he's fooling everyone)
so he likes to be strange.. who cares.. sharma is a stoned out hippy that's like whoaaaaaaa rock climbing is so special all the time.. Jason's persona is far more interesting.
video not bad.. the narrating wasn't too good though. He has alot better video out there..
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jakedatc wrote: Proto wrote: kehl is beat...the dude is 30. His biggest achievement is evilution!!! v12, uhhh climb four more grades then well talk about jason being bad. Evilution *ONLY* v12? Dude Sharma BAILED off that.. was too much of a pansy to top that shit out. Do you like Tommy C better cuz he's a nice clean cut boy who doesn't climb as hard as most of the top guys right now? And on video is as exciting to listen to as a creaking door? But i bet in person he's a pretty cool guy(or not and he's fooling everyone) so he likes to be strange.. who cares.. sharma is a stoned out hippy that's like whoaaaaaaa rock climbing is so special all the time.. Jason's persona is far more interesting. video not bad.. the narrating wasn't too good though. He has alot better video out there..
I am not saying kehl sucks cause i like caldwell. All pro climbers are lame. Climbing is not about sponsorship or image. Fuck image, who cares what statement your making while climbing. Climb to climb.
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Trust me, sponsored climbers climb because they love it, not for the money. Only the top couple of climbers in this country actually make enough to support themselves. Most of them would be doing it even if they weren't sponsored because they love it. To say you think all sponsored climbers are lame is pretty juvenile. Don't let your jealousy dictate your feelings towards people you don't even know.
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roflcakes
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I think this forum took a bad direction, I am pretty sure I like Jason Kehl because of his relentless pursuit of topping out bad ass climbs. Not because he looks like a twisted gothic indian. Or who his sponsors are, i am motivated by people, who give it their best, I am not concerned with the image. " I don't have prana clothes, I dont wear climbing competition shirts everywhere I go, I don't take my shoes off after every send" I of course, do like a person who, does not care about going pro, he just IS pro, he is old, and don't care, he just climbed for years. You think the verm is going to quit climbing. FUCK NO. John Gill wont until he dies. This underlying tone of, I think i know what you think, is stoopid. I like to climb, and want to get better. I think Kehl is waaaaaaay sick, and he is badder than i might ever get. The Fly was sick as hell. I am sure, Kehl is not even close to bieng done climbing, even Fred Rouhling after all the world bashes him for his "manufactured climb" still tears it up, (besides all the sandbagging he does-LOL) he at least has the desire to get better. If you are focused on going pro in two or three years, then you could probably shove a lump of coal in your ass and take a diamond out of it, cuz it makes a person up tight. But, dont pretent to be above everyone else because you think you can be. I know i am an underachieving college student, BUT I didn't take a pansy ass major. Get off your shit stand Proto.
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roflcakes wrote: I think this forum took a bad direction, I am pretty sure I like Jason Kehl because of his relentless pursuit of topping out bad ass climbs. Not because he looks like a twisted gothic indian. Or who his sponsors are, i am motivated by people, who give it their best, I am not concerned with the image. " I don't have prana clothes, I dont wear climbing competition shirts everywhere I go, I don't take my shoes off after every send" I of course, do like a person who, does not care about going pro, he just IS pro, he is old, and don't care, he just climbed for years. You think the verm is going to quit climbing. FUCK NO. John Gill wont until he dies. This underlying tone of, I think i know what you think, is stoopid. I like to climb, and want to get better. I think Kehl is waaaaaaay sick, and he is badder than i might ever get. The Fly was sick as hell. I am sure, Kehl is not even close to bieng done climbing, even Fred Rouhling after all the world bashes him for his "manufactured climb" still tears it up, (besides all the sandbagging he does-LOL) he at least has the desire to get better. If you are focused on going pro in two or three years, then you could probably shove a lump of coal in your ass and take a diamond out of it, cuz it makes a person up tight. But, dont pretent to be above everyone else because you think you can be. I know i am an underachieving college student, BUT I didn't take a pansy ass major. Get off your shit stand Proto.
Law Student?
Rhetorical Logic?
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here: lemme settle this little tiff for you n00bs:
pro-kehl: gargle his ballz. he'll love it.
anti-kehl: write hate mail to the people he gets free shoes from, uh, i mean his "sponsors".
the other 99.9% of us will continue to NOT wonder who he is and WILL wonder wtf you idiots are talking about.
there. all fixed. m'kay?
p.s.: for those of you who are concerned with him being so sick, why not pool your resources and get him some flowers and a card?
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bob, I thought kehl was your son? It's like the opposite of darth and luke. Or maybe he's Burt Bronson's kid - what with the sickness and illness and all.
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bvb
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you may be onto something there, sidepull -- i mean, with the odd baldness and all -- i'm thinking -- maybe he's in chemo??
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blah... pro climber gossip is so wack.
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kehl is sick because he sold his soul to the devil to be the greatest boulderer of all time. i dont think i would ever sell my soul, but i think kehl might have the best idea yet. rockstars have it way beat. they will die and live in hell, all from a drug overdose....kehl will join his master after years of pulling hard shit, and then succoming to a 35ft fall off of a dyno to a sloper topout.
not only will it never get a FA, his death will be on video for all to see. the landing will be jagged rocks that leave him in peices. he will become the "Pre" of the climbing scene. it will be so badass....that is why kehl is sick, he knows whats going to happen and he aint trying to avoid his fate.
i will make the first t-shirt...a picture of kehls face and below it "SICK" and thats it, it will sell like hotcakes for sure
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LOL, sounds like you sold your soul too
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Wow...........
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bernard.......dood, you need to get a life, because, you dont truly understand the concept behind bieng a pro....go pull plastic you wanker...."bows to Kehl" ....leaves room
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....no, but i understand the concept of correct spelling
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miavzero wrote: roflcakes wrote: I think this forum took a bad direction, I am pretty sure I like Jason Kehl because of his relentless pursuit of topping out bad ass climbs. Not because he looks like a twisted gothic indian. Or who his sponsors are, i am motivated by people, who give it their best, I am not concerned with the image. " I don't have prana clothes, I dont wear climbing competition shirts everywhere I go, I don't take my shoes off after every send" I of course, do like a person who, does not care about going pro, he just IS pro, he is old, and don't care, he just climbed for years. You think the verm is going to quit climbing. FUCK NO. John Gill wont until he dies. This underlying tone of, I think i know what you think, is stoopid. I like to climb, and want to get better. I think Kehl is waaaaaaay sick, and he is badder than i might ever get. The Fly was sick as hell. I am sure, Kehl is not even close to bieng done climbing, even Fred Rouhling after all the world bashes him for his "manufactured climb" still tears it up, (besides all the sandbagging he does-LOL) he at least has the desire to get better. If you are focused on going pro in two or three years, then you could probably shove a lump of coal in your ass and take a diamond out of it, cuz it makes a person up tight. But, dont pretent to be above everyone else because you think you can be. I know i am an underachieving college student, BUT I didn't take a pansy ass major. Get off your shit stand Proto. English major? Law Student? Rhetorical Logic?
Other: Emo kid who believes the only people who understand him are his "friends" on mySpace.
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bernard wrote: ....no, but i understand the concept of correct spelling
can you spell "Kehl sucks at climbing?"
i sure hope so.
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Kehl, interesting fellow. In my opinion very inteligent. He has made some daring climbs and has created an image for himself to pay the bills and the trips, i have no problem with that. Im more impresed of his ability to self promote than the climbng itself. although you have to respect the ascent on The Fly and Evilution
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I didn't read anyones posts, just want to put out some positive vibs and say that I hope he feels better.
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