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...
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.
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.
News New Route on South Face of Alaska's Mt. Dickey by Tom Livingstone and Gašper Pintar
Tom Livingstone and Slovenian partner Gašper Pintar have made a first ascent on the south face of Mt. Dickey (2909m) in Alaska's Ruth Gorge over four days, naming the line 'The Great Wall.'