Video!

CWIF 2011: Highlights Film from The Climbing Works on Vimeo.

Nice wall, nice routes, nice holds and nice video editing. My opinion anyway.

The new TM's new look

Interesting boulder comp

For those who need more incentives to compete

2011 HEART OV ZTEEL • Highlights! from Jon Glassberg on Vimeo.

must learn from Natasha Barnes. if you're gonna fall off, at least grab some cash while doing it. :p

looking back

i cant believe im saying this... but its the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL for me!!! having gone through my most epic last girls training in nus, its really gonna make me miss the team lots. hope i'll have time to come back to climb with you guys again. but before im off, i thought it'll be nice to take a walk down memory lane, at least for the juniors! haha.

to let you guys know i'll never forget.....

ali baba - still looking the same! haha.


serene - hope ur ankle gets better!


lamb - dont study liao, come gym climb.


just for fun: limzy the great


presenting our new team manager:


janet - part of nus once! ;) haha.


chris. hahahaha.


ailin - may you grow to be like cass and terrorise ur juniors too. :)


our girls team manager:


yu don - arm fix back liao, can climb already. haha


yong cong


kaiyan


and mr ah beng aaron

How to Save a Life

A very nice read :) Adam Ondra signs up to be placed on a Bone Marrow donor's list. A process of getting a small blood sample to be kept in records and called up if there's someone in need which may or may not ever happen at all. Ondra's thought on it, what made him agree and how the interviewer puts it subtly across.

After reading through the article and following the link on the page leads to a worldwide bone marrow donor programme. I found out that we too can register in Singapore. http://www.bmdw.org/index.php?id=addresses_members&no_cache=1&tx_spdirectory_pi1[mode]=detail&tx_spdirectory_pi1[modifier]=zip&tx_spdirectory_pi1[value]=19&cHash=e4dac07ce1

Copied from http://www.climbforlife.it/site/en:

We were in Madagascar, during one of our rare days of rest, and Adam had already climbed Tough Enough. While rested doing nothing at all Adam was doing pull-ups on a raft in the roof of our hut.We were discussing bone marrow and I could see he was curious to know more about the topic. “You take a simple blood test and then you are registered in the world wide potential bone marrow donor data-base and you then remain available until you become 55 years old, for anybody who may need a bone marrow transplant compatible with yours. The possibility of the donation actually taking place are very very low because compatibilities are rare, but at least your are there, ready for anybody who might need your help regardless of who or where he is in the world.

Adam was gazing at me, with his one thousand billion neurons that sometimes seem to be elsewhere but actually are always there, focused on the discussion.

“And what happens when a compatible donor is found?”

“Well, you’d be a lucky man! You’d know you were saving somebody’s life. Some bone marrow is grafted from your hip bone, employing either local or total anesthesia. In 40% of cases instead, a peripheral blood graft is sufficient, taken from the veins of the arm. What is taken from the donor is reformed within 10 days.”

“Uhm, it sounds easy. And why did you decide to do it?”

“Eh…I am a climber within, Adam, and for many years I have been at the centre of my own dreams. Climbing gave me, and still does gives me a wonderful life. Often, this situation made me live as an individualist but there comes a time when you want to make also other people, dream. I am here in Madagascar and I enjoy being a belayer for you and not only because you are Adam Ondra. Well, being a bone marrow donor is a bit like stopping the rope for somebody who is about to fall, and maybe you’re the only one capable of doing this…”

Adam looks at me, and as if to apologize says: “ But I am totally focused on my life as a climber…” “And rightly so! You are 17 years old and you climb the way you climb! Thankgoodness you are concentrated! But it i also becasue of this that one becomes a donor, because at times, we climbers, and these days not only us, forget that outside of our personal dimension there is the whole world, there are other people. You see, becoming a bone marrow donor is like taking a homeopathic pill against your individualism, a natural medicine that gives us a social conscience.”

Adam gazes into nothingness and only he may know what his 1000 billion neurons are working on. But I know that these few words will not be lost in trails of thought. I am aware that Adam is not a superficial person and is not one of those people who, for laziness or something else, bury their heads like the ostrich.

A few months go by and no more is said on the matter. The 5th of February also goes by and the young Czech comes of age. Between two climbing trips to Spain, where he climbs one line after the other, I receive a phone call: “Hello, this is Adam, I just wanted to tell you that I became a bone marrow donor.”

While climbing, I got used to being amazed by Adam but this news really hit me and I was deeply touched.

And now some thoughts by Adam himself.

Pietro dal Pra

When looking back at my previous life, I feel like my parents and also my friends have been ruled by my needs, I was enormously lucky that they have been often compliant to sacrifice for myself, sometimes belaying myself in freezing conditions, driving the whole night in order to let me climb the next day. In order to fulfil my dreams, so much effort just for me though I often do not realize this at all and take it all as way too obvious thing. But when thinking about it I feel like owe a lot to other people. I could never imagine living better life than now I do, but I am wondering, do I really deserve it? Well, I can work on myself hard and not to lose my target out of grasp, but I have had always had the best conditons and the best support.

Not everyone has such luck as myself, not everyone is “merely“ lucky enough to be healthy as most of the others and just go climbing, enjoy every day without any serious helathy problems at least while being young. To become a potential marrow bone donnor was quite an obvious choice for me, there are people on the world who might need me to save their lives, I asked myself if it was worth of sacrificing one week of life (if there will ever be person for whom I would be useful) for way longer and happier life of another person. Yes, the operation might be awkward, might hurt, it would avoid me to live my ordinary life for at least 1 week, but for me, it is definitely worth of it, what about you?

Adam Ondra

evidence of effective training

The Czech Republic...

featuring Adam Ondra, on 1 of the 9a's in Frankenjura, Germany...

ADAM ONDRA - DER HEILIGE GRAL 9a from BERNARTWOOD on Vimeo.

and a nice homely video featuring some cool moves we'd never see in our plastic gyms, with kid Spiderman!

Bouldering in the Czech Republic from BERNARTWOOD on Vimeo.

new comment box

Hi, due to the great proliferation of the facebook disease , the facebook integration at our nus climbing team blog has took yet another step forward, to position ourselves as one of the most tech savy climbing teams on the planet.

From now on please click on the title to go to the comment section of the post and you can comment there, it will also directly display on your facebook activity so that others can also see and comment

i hope more people can start using this blog more as well.

PS. i dunno why its got pink, i didnt choose the color.

i thought the team had 1 rabbit

Action Directe

Somehow this route never gets old to me. A testament to pure finger strength.

Psyche Dope

The Battle in the Bubble - Boulder, CO from Zack Sticcs on Vimeo.

2010 Bouldering World Cup from Nicholas Hayes on Vimeo.

ABS 2010 - Women from Hayden Eatchel on Vimeo.

ABS 2010 - Men from Hayden Eatchel on Vimeo.

Carlo Traversi Jade

Nicest clearest footage of Jade.

Carlo Traversi Sends Jade V14 from DPM CLIMBING on Vimeo.

Memories of Fontainebleau

Another video of Fontainebleau. I think this is the best shot video of all that I've seen. There are many classic problems, shots of climbers cooking their meals in the gite, travelling to Paris during their rest day, playing cards in between attempts.

But more importantly, the areas featured are those that I visited during my Eurotrip with Edwin, Yixiang and Peining. The first problem you see, La Marie Rose, oh god.....a 6A which spanked the hell out of Edwin and me (hey the heat was scorching then). And the second problem, Eclipse 7C, one which I had about 30-45 minutes to fail on (I'll be back to send it). And Cul de Chien, the desert you see, is a mystical place. Where do you find a pristine white desert in the middle of a temperate forest? You gotta go there someday.

Not your typical climbing trailer

Dedicated to the fans out there! Personally, I haven't heard about this event before neither do I know how is it gonna be so spectacular. But the trailer video promoting this event is really very different. Makes me curious how they plan to hype it up and also look forward to the next trailer of the series :)

Part 1:

HEART OV ZTEEL • Pt1: Missing from Louder Than 11 on Vimeo.

Part 2:

HEART OV ZTEEL • Pt2: I Want to Play a Game from Louder Than 11 on Vimeo.

Cool Kindergarden Teacher

Short not bad video. I like the first two para found on the video page. No wonder I can't climb 8b+ yet :(

"Jen Vennon had just accepted a scholarship to the University of Florida, where she aspired to become an engineer, when some friends took her climbing for the first time. With a childhood spent in gymnastics, Vennon took to climbing immediately.

“I quickly realized that engineering school in Florida wasn’t going to work out with my newfound climbing schedule,” she says. Vennon gave up her scholarship and transferred to the University of Tennessee to be closer to climbing, and get a degree in early childhood education."

Jen Venon: She's Got School Teacher Socks from Prana Living on Vimeo.

Weclimb

Just thought I had to share this video I picked up from deadpointmag.com.

The editing is great, nice music, there are no grades shown and the rock looks great. But what's nice about this video is that these guys are giving back to community and charity by doing what they love. Pretty much like what the Climbing Sub-Club is doing. Good job, guys.

Maybe you can think about giving back to the community in some sense. If climbing has made life more bearable or colourful for you, maybe it is worthwhile to spread the love.

Enjoy the video.

WeClimb! from Chris Cresci on Vimeo.

Pachamama

happened to watch pachamama again..
to those that haven watched it, its a great climb

to those that already did : as i was watching it again i heard at the 3:08 min mark a familiar voice.. do check it out and tell me whose voice is that.. lol

It's a (Boulder) Season to be Jolly

Another boulder comp video: The recent ABS Comp held last week. An unexpected champ for the guys category who owned the usual favourites :) And the volumes and walls are pretty cool.

The ABS 12 National Championships: Stop #1 of the 2011 UBC Pro Tour. Boulder, CO. from NE2C on Vimeo.

Anyway, after every comp Sean McColl participates in, I'll religiously visit his blog and and hope that he'll post a writeup for that comp, which he usually does. I like his comp blog posts cos he describes the route very vividly and I can almost imagine how it's like to be in his place trying the route and competing in a comp at an international level.

Dark Horse Championship

2011 Dark Horse Championship & Behind the Scenes from Jon Glassberg on Vimeo.

I like the explanation for the name of this competition and the moustache guy!

shameless plug (:

hey friends!


i will be starting clinics in the very near future, and so if you're interested in some potential cheap and friendly dental services at FOD, we have free screenings for you!

the sessions will be a preliminary screening to see if you are suitable for current or future treatment.

right now we are dealing with the specialization of periodontology (gum health), and if you are suitable for treatment, you can register and begin treatment as my patient!

alternatively if you have other conditions, you can either hold on for when i begin work on that field, or be referred for senior or post-graduate treatment. or you could visit your regular dentist outside :p

monday 14th and 21st Feb, 10am-1pm are the first slots i've got at the moment, but there will be more opportunities in march, so do let me know if you would like to come for screening!

thanks!
Nicole