Congratulations Sarah W.!
Sarah was the only one last week whose answer to the Weekly Challenge I received. The answer to last week's question is:
Skyler Weekes holds the world-dyno-record at 8.69 feet.
In October 2008, he almost tied his record with an 8.5-foot dyno in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado.
It took Skyler 76 days to finally send this project.
That's a lot of dyno!
In October 2008, he almost tied his record with an 8.5-foot dyno in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado.
It took Skyler 76 days to finally send this project.
That's a lot of dyno!
This week's challenge:
Spend enough time in climbing and you may hear the phrase "before sticky rubber". What is "sticky rubber", and how did it change rock climbing? When did it first arrive in the US and through which shoe company was it distributed? Who was the high-profile American rock climber that helped make the first "sticky rubber" shoes famous?
4 comments:
Stealth C-4 folks!! The best rubber out there. I am a 5.10 addict.
THanks,
In 1982, a climbing shoe called the Fire (pronounced fee-ray) was introduced to the climbing world. It had sticky Spanish rubber. This new sticky rubber made it possible for climbers to stand on rock slopes where before they had slid down. The Fire started a shoe revelotion.
--I found the above info in The Climber's Handbook by Jerry Cinnamon.
What is "sticky rubber"?
Soft iron added to a climbing shoe to create more friction
how did it change rock climbing?
Climbers could easly stand on rock surfaces were they use to slip
When did it first arrive in the US?
1982
through which shoe company was it distributed?
Pioneer Victorian climbers
Who was the high-profile American rock climber that helped make the first "sticky rubber" shoes famous?
Rene desmaision
In 1982 the fire climbing shoe featuring a sticky Spanish rubber was in introduced in to the climbing world. This shoe revolutionized both shoe designs and climbing.
Boreal is who manufactured the fire shoe.
I have not yet found out who the american climber was that helped make the shoe fire famous.
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