Why I'm Gonna Chop the Bolts on Adam Ondra's Silence (5.15d)

Great read. 
https://www.climbing.com/people/unsent-why-im-gonna-chop-the-bolts-on-adam-ondras-silence-5-15d/

Dave K wrote:

I get that the article is meant to be satirical, but it makes some interesting points whether it means to or not.

I think very often satire is used as a vehicle for complicated truths that are made easier to swallow by virtue of the delightfully outrageous way they are presented

Can someone climb it Trad and skip the bolts? Wouldn’t that 100% shutdown Ondra and really point the finger at his style?

Dylan Pickle wrote: Can someone climb it Trad and skip the bolts? Wouldn’t that 100% shutdown Ondra and really point the finger at his style?

Have you watched the video of Ondra climbing this?  There's a single shallow flaring crack feature he puts his foot in upside down. As a trad line it would be rated 15d X.  The real question is can anyone else climb it at all. 

What are we trying to point the finger at? What's his "style"? Hes insanely good at all climbing disciplines except maybe speed. 100% shut down a guy who onsights 14d and flashes 15a? Haters gonna hate.

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article is really old brah ...

That dude climbs approximately 67 times harder than I ever will, but holy shit is he annoying to watch with those unholy screams he lets out.

Ska ggs wrote: mountainproject.com/forum/t…

article is really old brah ...

yes.

Michael Anthony wrote: That dude climbs approximately 67 times harder than I ever will, but holy shit is he annoying to watch with those unholy screams he lets out.

Nah. youtube.com/watch?v=9AU8fMo…

PNW Choss wrote:

Have you watched the video of Ondra climbing this?  There's a single shallow flaring crack feature he puts his foot in upside down. As a trad line it would be rated 15d X.  The real question is can anyone else climb it at all. 

What are we trying to point the finger at? What's his "style"? Hes insanely good at all climbing disciplines except maybe speed. 100% shut down a guy who onsights 14d and flashes 15a? Haters gonna hate.

Nope didn’t watch. Don’t dig that dude too much. But I definitely am not criticizing his style myself. I’m just asking from the POV of the author of the article. I kinda figured and hoped no one else could climb it. That means the author is being a whiner and our elite climbers aren’t sandbagging.

Okay, then go chop Cookie Monster in Yosemite...stop chopping, stop bolting cracks, problem solved

JWatt wrote:

Nah. youtube.com/watch?v=9AU8fMo…

I stand corrected

Ska ggs wrote: mountainproject.com/forum/t…

article is really old brah ...

I MADE IT RELEVANT AGAIN BRAH