In reply to tombeasley:
You are correct Targa is a great place to visit and with good conditions the rock is fantastic if a little rough on the skin.
The video is also very good but unfortunately let down by the text that goes with it and that on the blog connected to it as well.
Although the vid shows no grades some of the footage coupled with the text imply that they have climbed certain problems that are certain grades including 3 8b's
Psoas Mole is a classic hard problem of the area and can be seen in the vid, but the starting position they are using is around 4 moves in (hard moves as well) to the problem and I think if I remember correct would only get 7c/+ from here. They also show a repeat of a Nacho problem, but again started in the middle of the problem and not down either left or right as it was originally done and repeated.
They then have photos on the blog on various named hard problems which are not where the hard climbing is. These photos could have been done by climbing problems in the 6's and then up above where the hard climbing is located.
My main point is that the guide can be misleading as to where to start problems and then videos such as this come along and people then think the problems start where shown in the videos and this leads to confusion over grades and route descriptions as time goes by.
Do people think major media players have a duty to check the media is factually correct that they are distributing?
T
A cool bouldering video about a great looking area in the South of France - check it out!
