Sport Climbing 5.14d

[Snoep76239]

A boulder problem? Looks more like a gravity problem.. or more precisely a lack-of-shit-to-hold-on-to problem...

[bzman149]

awesome job! how long does it take to be able to climb that hard?

[paintballpro5050]

@bzman149 lol a decade for alot of people

[Kemics101]

climb it yourself, then criticise :P

[firstascent1]

its def a boulder problem, its not even a highball. though a fun climb it looks like.

[etiennechausse]

maikou666 ur just stupid 5.14d is 9a

[martinmedeski]

i wish i could climb like that

[maikou666]

easy job, for me its like 4a

[boxsterwelby]

it's sketchy for sure, but it's a boulder problem. rope or not, it's a boulder climb.

[DutchMasterStatus]

most of you kids are retarded, you have to go there to understand, the holds make your door frame look like monkey bars, and its overhanging

[ringdingrenno]

tough talking you guys but no way your doing a v14 or something

[louiejack6]

That's pretty much a top rope.

[bxrockstar]

yea that area is no joke!!

[tonytrento]

yes..nice....

[davervr6]

what, give it a bouldering grade its not a sport climb even if you are on a rope. There are some cruxes that are longer then that climb.

[SomewhatStaid]

That's why they have the hybrid grade, V14d. It's long and scary enough that almost nobody would do it without a rope, especially with that ledge in the middle of the landing, but it's short enough that a bouldering grade makes a lot of sense.

[JTK239]

fuck the french kevin jorgensen bouldered that

[chossclimber83]

hard stuff.. but a rope?

[elvis237]

Jesus, that looks THIN.

[berryski]

Nice climb bro, for those of you who have never been to waimea cliff, this is a climb in Rumney, NH. REPRESENT! i highly recomend going to even just look at this wall..its mind-blowing!

And probs to this you dude for climbing that, i was there this summer to climb at vader cliffs(also sick btw) and i nearly cried just looking at the fly.

[Patisthemandotgov]

Oh I totally agree, the holds are so small.

[artkings]

French are good climbers...9A...that's very hard ! I applause !

[StefanTroll]

what was it boulder or a route?

For a route too short, but there`s no 9a-rated bouldering in the world!

[rockicetrail]

if you go to the crag, youll se how huge it is, its real big

[pdxmirage]

umm yea there is. Ali-Hulk is a 9b bouldering problem in spain that was set by dani andrada.

[humanchewtoy]

good stuff...phoque the haterz.

[juikm]

Look, he got up it, no wieght on the rope- it counts! Ok, so he used a rope, meaning he doesn't crack his ankles if he falls off, big deal, it didnt make any difference to the climb. You should be applauding the guy for sending something so obviously thin and seriously hard, not speaking him down. If ethics mean so much to you, go climb in walking boots tied into a bit of shipping rope round your belt loops, without any chalk or modern gear. Grow up guys.

[ElTheJono]

F A I L because

1. toproping isn't a send

2. this isn't a 5.14d, it's a 20-foot v14

[ElTheJono]

very impressive climbing though.

[Rock0nsight]

id like you to say that in his face,, sharma too coz he tr-ed that one..

AND, this isnt supposed to be a lead route anyway. its a boulder problem, bolted because of the hideous landing.

honeslty who are you to say that, these guys have spent their whole lives committed into climbing, with ascents that set the limit for climbing,.

[ElTheJono]

wow that was dumb.

[metalwest]

solve a v2 and then talk.

[ElTheJono]

v2? everyone and their grandmother boulders at v2 chief.

[campusmang]

my grandma cant climb as hard as u

[iclimb8]

lamest ethics ive ever seen.

[lives2live]

since when is top roping a send? Have the standards seriously dropped that low?

[elvis237]

I think some dude bouldered that piece.

[enfingret]

who are the other 2 who have sends this? dave graham is one of them right???

[treebierd]

jason kehl I think. If im not mistaken I think he did it as a boulder problem.

[enfingret]

thanks. it most scary without a rope, with that landing

[781391]

@treebierd Kevin Jorgeson also sent

[TankJacked]

yeah the senders so far are tony lamiche, chris sharma, dave graham, and jason kehl.

[Rock0nsight]

luke parady apparently sent it

[BigPerm5000]

@enfingret Kevin Jorgeson bouldered it at the Northeaster

[bryantuten]

@enfingret Kevin Jorgeson has sent it as well

[BewareOfOranges]

@enfingret Kevin Jorgeson as a boulder problem

[TankJacked]

i personally don't count wheel of life as bouldering.

[treebierd]

Dai Koyamada has done an insane amount of boulder problems V13 and higher. He is one of the best in the world for sure, even without his Wheel of life send.

[TankJacked]

oh fuck yes he's insane.

[Rock0nsight]

yeah crazy, and to think how much shorter he is compared to these guys.. if you see his send on dreamtime, wow that must have been v16 for him since everything is like 1 foot away compared to sharma on it.

[CDPuffer]

sry but jason kehl dident do the wheel of "LIFE" :P not time lol

[treebierd]

there is no way kehl could hang with dai koyamada haha. I dont think anyone could personally.

[fackinjacksack]

@treebierd - calm down... koyamada is not THAT strong. i mean, clearly he's one of the best in the world, but wheel of life as v16!? chris webb parsons did the 2nd ascent before he had ever sent v15. how could a climb without any moves harder than V12 somehow be v16? it's not. it's 5.14d, as ethan pringle said.

[treebierd]

If length of route defines "boulder problem" or "route" then Wheel of Time V16 is a 5.15b route without a rope. At the time of the first ascent no one had bouldered this route so it was given a sport climbing rating. I think Jason Kehl has since bouldered it, so we can call it a V14/5.14d route/problem.

[metrowriter]

Traditionally, top-roping doesn't really count as free climbing, but here they make a point of keeping a lot of slack in the rope so that no 'help' is gained by the rope. It seems like the TR is only to keep the guy from flying off the ledge behind him. As short as the climb is, I would also stray away from giving it a YDS rating. A Hueco (or 'V') rating would be more appropriate. That said, V14 would be the equivalent, not V12.

[climbtraditioinal]

It's not a 14d if the whole climb is a top rope. A damn hard (v 12) boulder problem. Good climbing, though wrong rating.

[enfingret]

i have reäd that they have given the grade v14d or something like that. and they said it is a boulderroute.