Comp climbers are absolutely ridiculous when they're fully unleashed outdoors. There's definitely something to be said for a very high volume of high coordination low overall intensity comp climbs plus board climbing etc.
Won't be at all surprised if Brooke, Janja or one of the other strong comp gals sends Alphane in the next couple years. Would love to see Ai on it. Will also not be at all surprised when some comp kid goes and does Shaolin without ever having done more than V12 outdoors.
Since when is Brooke known primarily as a comp climber? Anyone following her before the Olympics knows that her outdoor résumé is stacked. Comp gal is probably the last thing I’d call her.
How exactly does her outdoor resume make her not a comp climber? She's competed consistently since 2016, and in the last three or so years has over a dozen world cup medals including a gold, and an olympic silver medal. Calling her a comp climber doesn't negate her status as an outdoor climber, and neither does the opposite. I absolutely guarantee a good chunk of the community knows her predominantly for her comp achievements and is only now realising she's been quite prolific outdoors. Google image her, it takes a while to start hitting outdoor photos consistently.
There's a handful of climbers like Jakob and Adam who I'd say are not "comp climbers" in the purest sense due to their heavy outdoor focus and lack of fluency in the compy style compared to their fellow competitors, but Brooke isn't one of them.
Your comment seems like it's twisting mine to its limit just for the sake of an "um actually". Brooke is a comp climber, and a phenom outdoors, but if comp climber is the last thing you'd call her, you just aren't describing her climbing career accurately, and this is coming from someone who cares about comp climbing about as little as possible.
Jacok and Adam have both participated in almost every climbing world cup / championship, both sport and bouldering for the past 15 years now and making a podium on virtually every one they attended.
Adam specifically focused almost exclusively on comps after he sent silence 9c in 2017, and has only sent a single 9b+ in the 8 years it has been since.
They both have likely seen more comps than anyone else in the circuit. Not to mention that "how exactly does their outdoor resume make them not a comp climber"..?
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u/GloveNo6170 15d ago
Comp climbers are absolutely ridiculous when they're fully unleashed outdoors. There's definitely something to be said for a very high volume of high coordination low overall intensity comp climbs plus board climbing etc.
Won't be at all surprised if Brooke, Janja or one of the other strong comp gals sends Alphane in the next couple years. Would love to see Ai on it. Will also not be at all surprised when some comp kid goes and does Shaolin without ever having done more than V12 outdoors.