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INTERVIEW: Dave Who? Dave Barrans - That's Who!

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 UKC News 04 Jun 2009
[Dave Barrans 320, 4 kb]Dave Barrans has had quite a run of form on the competition circuit recently. He qualified for the final at the Vienna Bouldering World Cup last week in first place, with a very good chance of success, until a shoulder injury dropped him back to 6th place overall (still beating the likes of David Lama, Christian Core and Adam Ondra).

The 27 year old Yorkshireman from Oxenhope works as a route setter, mainly for Manchester climbing centre, and UKClimbing.com tracked him down to find out a bit more about him:



Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=47732
 chris_j_s 04 Jun 2009
In reply to UKC News:

Seems like Dave is a man of actions rather than words! Still, good stuff and always inspiring to hear about someone who is going really well.

By the way, excuse my ignorance but what is a compression problem?
 Adam Lincoln 04 Jun 2009
In reply to chris_j_s:
> By the way, excuse my ignorance but what is a compression problem?

A problem with lots of squeezing, as opposed to just pulling down hard.

dunc 05 Jun 2009
In reply to Adam Lincoln:

I occasionally get to see him bouldering at Manchester. Absolute beast.
 James Oswald 05 Jun 2009
In reply to dunc:
Agreed
 Andy Farnell 05 Jun 2009
In reply to james oswald: A very modest, easy-going, crushing machine.

Andy F
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