UKC

Romain Desgranges is one of those competitors who is almost always very close to top. Always reaching the final, sometimes the podium, but with one brilliant exception*, never victorious.
*Romain became European Champion in his home town Chamonix, France in 2013. The whole town partied all through...

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In reply to UKC News:

His problem, clearly, is that he's only "300% dedicated to climbing." Surely any fool knows that unless you're at least 400% dedicated you're wasting your time even bothering.

Incidentally, that totem boulder looks ace!

In reply to john arran:

I'm not so sure John. If 100% dedication means all your time is spent climbing or training then 300% is three times that. By my calculations that works out at a whopping 72 hours a day! Seven days per week. Or maybe it's just 24 hours a day, 21 days per week. Either way that's hardcore. Jan Hojer only trains 14 hours a week and won the World Cup without the need for hyberbolic percentage clichés.

In reply to stp:

Very good point. He's already been training all year and it's still only May.