Dave Graham Bouldering Dreamtime

[mdk623]

let me settle this grade crap its b3 bitches

[guitarherodw]

@mdk623 technically it's B2... B3 means it's only had 1 ascent. any B3 that gets a second ascent is automatically downgraded to a B2

[Project360Films]

is this like a right of passage to climbing fame?

[fixer50]

Dave is in his own league.

[L1Articwolf]

its actually been downgraded to a v14 due to chipping... damn shame

[azhum]

Do you mean people intentionally chipped it? If so, fuck that shit man...

[LucaBoulders]

@azhum people who think that they're failing the problem cause the rocks dirty as opposed to them failing cause they can't climb V15. Then getting carried away with wire brushes and cleaning the holds to the point that they change it and make it easier.

People shouldn't use wire brushes to clean rock, if you cant get it off with a toothbrush then it's part of the rock

[inderida2000]

@L1Articwolf yeah i hear about that. was it before or after sharma did it though? still awsome climb though!!

[boxsterwelby]

the difference in betta is incredible. Dave did it with all bumping and never allowing his feet to cut. Sharma skipped holds and just campused 2 or 3 times and dai did explosive moves that were very powerful. How do you rate something like that? they all found ways, but for 1 it might be a v13 and for another a v15.

[yogandclimber]

at that level if one person say's it's only a v13 then they'd probably downgrade it

[huyiy]

totally true this must have been like a foot more reach for dai.. if dave rates this v15 must have been v16 for dai

[huyiy]

@boxsterwelby very very very good point... dai is so little and short height and span compared to these guys its gotta be harder for him in V rating

[jrpimpdog]

dreamtime has been downgraded to V14

[somegi9]

yeah, i heard that a bunch of idiots scrubbed the top slopery bit with wire brushes and made it more jug like. so stupid!

[Sharma17]

Dave has a knack of making things look so crimpy, or is it that its the opposite for chris?

[Jonas223XC]

This man is amazing.

[asdf2000]

he climbs at night so no one can see him cheat

[asdf2000]

it's too bad so few people understand jokes

[Bmikee2]

anyone know the name of the song? great video

[OBdizzy]

Tosca(artist),  "Suzuki in Dub"(Track)

G-Stone(label), It's richard dorfmeister, half of K&D.

[jrpimpdog]

he is sick!

[elcomedor1]

V14? not V15? or was it V15 before the broken hold?

[Meahtots]

who cares about the grade of it?

it doesn't matter, its still an extremely hard route.

[elcomedor1]

who put up the first ascent on this?

[enfingret]

I believe it is chris sharma.

isn there a hold broken of now?

[thefox31]

Fred Nicole put up the FA back in 2000, actually. As to whether it is chipped or not, Nicole claims it is, Graham claims it isn't. Either way, it's now graded at V14 (8B+).

[enfingret]

what hold was suppost to be chipped??? im dying to find out.

[thefox31]

I'm kind of curious about that too. I don't think that the magazine (Gripped) that I read about it in said.

[monkeyapeman]

sick!

[amayalluqu616]

that`s sick bouldering!!!! :O

[bleh2you]

dave rockin the zlippers! i've got me a pair...EDGING MACHINES!

[climbmac]

Dude those are V10s not zlippers

and if you argue no toe rubber that was the V10 '06 update

[bleh2you]

uhm...okay. i guess i don't know my own shoes then

[peetanui]

Dude, this was filmed in 2002...

[OBdizzy]

5 stars. Cheers for the tune, climber, problem, photography etc. Nice post.

[pauldrumsfunk]

you're born with fingers like that and fucking finaly someone puts good music in a climbing vid...cheers for tosca

[robertjoellewis]

How can I get fingers of steel like that? Is it more than just muscle? (i.e., tendon, connective tissue strength, etc?)?

I can only han g on the ledge of my apartment door (fingertips only) for max 12 seconds.

[SeanSingle]

thats pathetic

[bongosock]

A friend of mine got me into fingerboard training, and it was great! Try doing sets of: 5 seconds hanging, 5 seconds resting, on, off, on, off. Then when that gets too easy, hang some weight off your climbing harness. You'll get strong!