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Top climbers aren't as skinny as they used to be, Why?
freezeus wrote: Unless I'm growing in my mid forties(other than around my middle), Chris is not close to 6' and Dave who I've met on several occasions is not 5'10". Next time I'll bring a tape measure and end this dispute once and for all...:)I've stood right in front of Sharma and looked him in the eye. I'm 5'10" 1/2" and he's definitely taller than me, probably at least an inch taller |
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everyone's met and compared their height to Sharma, getting jealous! It's really tough to tell someone else's height from your own point of view b/c our eyes are not at the top of our head, and we are always standing a bit aways. that is why i can see the top of the mountain from the ground even though it is taller than me. if i was up against i wouldn't be able to see the top. anyway sharma is taller than me, i wonder he would be bored enough one to to check out this thread and see tons of ppl debating how tall he is. probably misinformation he propogated on those sites to keep the debate up |
divnamite wrote: You got worms!LOL |
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new data for the Sharma height/weight discussion: espn.go.com/espn/photos/gal… |
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Not sure how far back you are checking or relating to, but I think most ultra climbers today are pretty fit, thin, but nowhere anorexic. Old school guys were burly muscle guys (John Long, Joe Brown)but not sure what era you are looking back to for a reference. Gymnastically fit guys and girls are out there today, nobody seems that thin or under nourished in my opinion. |
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And here he looks a few inches shorter than Ondra, who calls himself 5'11". |
Gokul wrote:And here he looks a few inches shorter than Ondra, who calls himself 5'11". mediadb.alpin.de/news/18ca8… I like the elastic Sharma theory.They're staggered in that picture, not to mention, Ondra has crazeh hair. |
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6'4 200lb. yea i drink beer |
Jesse Newton wrote:6'4 200lb. yea i drink beer5'9" , near 200 lbs., and drinking plenty of beer,,yeah I'm fixin' for the fat boy harness this year for sure. |
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J. Newton is the man. I love that the big guy's personal pic is him carrying a pack on a hike - a lot different than the kids I once heard at the New carrying a stick clip saying they couldn't do a certain approach because it would make their legs too big. |
Brendan Blanchard wrote: They're staggered in that picture, not to mention, Ondra has crazeh hair.Even if you account for the stagger (not a big effect), and shave Ondra's head, I think he'd still be an inch or two taller than Sharma. |
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"Top climbers" as in  |
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uffff...first step is the hardest... |
Sanllan wrote:uffff...first step is the hardest... Hi all, my name is Sanllan I weight 192, stand 5´6" and I am FAT =(Screw it man, just climb and have fun. The weight will come off, or it won't. I'm short and skinny, nobody gives a fuck. Unless you are famous, apparently. |
Sanllan wrote:uffff...first step is the hardest... Hi all, my name is Sanllan I weight 192, stand 5´6" and I am FAT =(Shhhhhhhhhh it.. I'm 6' 3" 260! |
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Welcome bill... Welcome |
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Check out photos of John Dunn, the Irish dude, not the guy from Rifle. He was sending mid .14 in the early to mid 90s, and was a nice pudgy 200+. |
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Calling an Englishman Irish could get you in trouble :). John Dunne was from Bradford in Yorkshire, north England and he was one of the first people to climb 5.14d sport and climbed mid 5.14 on gear. Though he is a very big boy he could also do a one armed pull-up from the first time he tried. |
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You are also welcome Schmuck. want to tell us how you feel? maybe share with us?. |
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Could partly be related to the ever increasing size of the general American & changed attitudes regarding body size/appearance. |
