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Could Ondra onsight Incredible Hand Crack?

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Altered Ego · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 0

No layback, real climbing techniques. I doubt it. How awesome would be to see him fail on that thing up there all screaming and shit.

harrison t · · Bozeman, MT · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 871

you're a dumbshit

Conor Mark · · Sacramento, CA · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 700
Travis Haussener · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2012 · Points: 60

What does Ondra climbing a bunch of gritsone "sporty-but runout trad" routes have anything to do with pure crack climbing.

I think the question is valid just dumbly worded, the real question is how would Ondra, a hardcore sport climber, fare on some of the worlds best trad pieces?

IHC would be easy for a 130 lb pro, however what about air swedin, or swedin ringle, what about the rostrum, or seperate reality...I think these are more formidable questions and/or problems for him.

Frank Stein · · Albuquerque, NM · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 205

As a kid Ondra learned on Elb sandstone (see Adrspach)...Which is mostly...crack climbing.

Jeff G · · Colorado · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 1,098

Incredible Hand Crack?? You really think Ondra would have any difficulty on that thing?
There probably isn't a trad climb in the world that would take him more than a few tries to do.

Highlander · · Ouray, CO · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 256

Alex Huber learned to crack climb in a few days, a week later he free climbed el Cap. For someone who onsite 5.14 and can climb 5.15, crack climbing is child's play. I am sure Adam would have no problem hiking any cracks of those grades with some one just showing him how to jam, otherwise he could lie back anything without breaking a sweat.

taipan jam · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2015 · Points: 30

You make a good point highlander, didn't Huber do like one 5.8 (Peyote Cracks??) then onsight Wangerbanger?... My memory is fuzzy.

sarcasm · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2010 · Points: 445

Reminds of the time my friend (who is always saying dumb shit) was telling me about how he saw a video of Sharma flailing on a 5.7 crack climb. He was laughing about it and explaining how Sharma had no crack experience. Then a couple months later I was watching a climbing video of Sharma sending Moonlight Buttress free. Just as like a fun experience, to get a break from projecting .15s.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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