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German climber living in sWITZERLAND, Pirmin Bertle recently managed to make the first ascents of two 9a's in 75 minutes at his local crag Charmay, Switzerland.
You would think this means it must be two variations of the same route, but as it turns out, even though Chromosome X and Chromosome Y do...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=67123

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC: Looks amazing and the rock looks fantastic. But I had to turn away early on, emotionally spent from the rapid cuts and the numbers and info that kept coming on the screen - it was a bit like Top Of The Pops 2 in fast forward.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

great vid that....glad to see that he likes his beer and wine.

In reply to Niall Grimes:

Lordy, you're not wrong. That was some input! You should have stuck with it though, there were some quality English scene descriptions such as 'then you are delievered by a proper kneebar' which are alwasy fun to see.

Great climbing obviously etc.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

3:50... Wow

In reply to JH74:

As are words like alwasy.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

Skill!

Really enjoyed this vid myself, really liked the music - especially for the first route, as well as his team colours!

I just wish I had such a cool name...

"I have done Chromosome X. I could go home now. But I bet that f+cking baby's crying and the wife'll be stressed. Maybe I'll hang on here and do another 9a."

In reply to Niall Grimes:

gotta say i was really impressed by the blow-by-blow details, how many moves, number of attempts etc.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC: Have I missed the point somewhat as I thought what an awful film, annoying music, bad subtitles/ text and dodgy translations! Have I got mixed up with another film which appeared to have a sub plot about a plumbing issue which someone had apparently come round to fix?

In reply to climber34neil:

youtube.com/watch?v=nr_CJL1YQRc&

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

Imagine my relief when he clipped the anker. But wait, there is this other one, a few bevvies is all that's required, what a man.

In reply to jonny2vests:
Clipped the what??

In reply to Wide_Mouth_Frog:

The anker. Watch it.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

Enjoyed that, thanks

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

I strangely liked it. I thought i wasn't going to at first but actually ended up enjoying the commentary and the quirky phrases. I feel it gave a bit of insight into his, and the routes', character. It's not as if you have an edge of your seat video to watch as you know he does the routes and it's not death defying trad so it's nice to connect in a different way.

Strangely i did my hardest sport route to date just after totally stuffing myself with a 3 course meal and finishing off leftovers. There may be something in it ?

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

Loving the euro style film making!

In reply to Somerset swede basher:

Euro to the core!! That was awfully enjoyable.

In reply to DrGav:

That's odd, cos I thought it was poorly styled over indulgent shite. He's not trying to be retro and quirky, he's just Swiss-German.

The routes look short jugfests and pretty easy to me ... And he looks pish weak......! ;/


Holy crap !

In reply to jonny2vests: No, he's German. I'm not Austro-british just cause I've lived in Austria for a bit. The routes look good and I liked the break down to help understand it, but putting phrases like 'gentle 8b' in is the sign of a narcissist.

In reply to Jurgan C: I imagine that really it's because he has tried them so much he's probably thought about it a lot. He's probably just psyched.

In reply to Niall Grimes: perhaps. Irrelevant anyway. I reckon if you climb two new F9as in an evening you earn the right to be a bit narcissistic.

In reply to Jurgan C:

Oh yeah. Same deal though, a box head is a box head.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

Mighty impressive climbing - the vid. less so perhaps. Clearly where I'm going wrong is not having a 'voluminous meal' beforehand!

In reply to jonny2vests:

I think I agree with that description! And still found it enjoyable in a slightly Euro awful way.

In reply to DrGav:

Me too. All these well shot videos are bcoming a bit formulaic - after all there is a limited amount you can do with the subject especially when the outcome is already known