Climbing the wall

[Ihavenojob]

Is this a new Olympic event ? Fecking amazing, probably the best thing I've seen in ages.

 

[crystal ball]

Wait till you see Karate Kata, WTF ????

 

[wobs]

Is this a new Olympic event ? Fecking amazing, probably the best thing I've seen in ages.

It was awesome. But so to was the skateboarding. We watched the men's Park event. It was great to see them succeed, but also how they clearly enjoy each other succeeding, and the commentators who clearly know their stuff, but are also hugely enthusiastic.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Is this a new Olympic event ? Fecking amazing, probably the best thing I've seen in ages.

I commented on that, in an earlier thread. Yep, amazing agility and speed.

 

[jeds]

New to the Olympics but sport climbing has been around for donkeys years and there are World championships etc. Lead climbing is closest to actual rock climbing but it may interest you to know that bouldering is also a real thing. When climbers are on their own or don't have time to complete a full route, they'll go to the nearest crag and practice on difficult low level problems - maybe up to 10 or 12ft off the ground. In many climbing areas you will find huge boulders and some of these can present the most difficult problems, thus the name bouldering. Some of these boulder problems are well known and get included in climbing guide books. The speed thing is purely a climbing wall thing.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

The speed thing is purely a climbing wall thing.

They opened a brand new wall here recently, just as UK Ltd closed down due to covid

 

[crystal ball]

Same here, just re opened, not that I will be troubling them