http://climbingnarc.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-james-litz/ So obsessed with climbing it hurts... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:30:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://climbingnarc.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-james-litz/comment-page-1/#comment-9281 Kevlar Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:40:16 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=5097#comment-9281 later that night tragedy struck. later that night tragedy struck.

]]> http://climbingnarc.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-james-litz/comment-page-1/#comment-9115 Munky Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:25:33 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=5097#comment-9115 I was in school in Boone, NC where I first heard about James and his unbelievable strength. I would see him around the boulders every once in awhile (always not climbing) with an unassuming stare on his face and slightly hidden grin, as if he had just gotten away with the greatest heist ever. I knew the guy was in another league but not until one night at the local gym did I see how impressive this guy really is. Everyone was bouldering (the majority of us were above average climbers who had climbed V8/5.13, or harder) but we all knew that we did our lines and James did his, none of which the rest of us could even touch. Then the single most impressive thing I have ever seen happened, he hung off of door jam (open handed-not in the crimp position) one-handed and while hanging his entire body on those 4 fingers he turned his fingers into a crimp position and proceeded to lock it off down to nearly his belly. HOLY SHIT- are you kidding me? I was, and still am convinced that he is a mutant, not of this mammal tribe but of some other non classified species. I was in school in Boone, NC where I first heard about James and his unbelievable strength. I would see him around the boulders every once in awhile (always not climbing) with an unassuming stare on his face and slightly hidden grin, as if he had just gotten away with the greatest heist ever. I knew the guy was in another league but not until one night at the local gym did I see how impressive this guy really is. Everyone was bouldering (the majority of us were above average climbers who had climbed V8/5.13, or harder) but we all knew that we did our lines and James did his, none of which the rest of us could even touch. Then the single most impressive thing I have ever seen happened, he hung off of door jam (open handed-not in the crimp position) one-handed and while hanging his entire body on those 4 fingers he turned his fingers into a crimp position and proceeded to lock it off down to nearly his belly. HOLY SHIT- are you kidding me? I was, and still am convinced that he is a mutant, not of this mammal tribe but of some other non classified species.

]]> http://climbingnarc.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-james-litz/comment-page-1/#comment-9083 hosebeats Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:44:19 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=5097#comment-9083 I saw James working on F'ed in the A. Alli nails the description exactly. It just looked like he was casually climbing something that was pretty easy for him. Then he would just fall off, "Whoa, that was tough." Dude's a beast and a nice guy. I saw James working on F’ed in the A. Alli nails the description exactly. It just looked like he was casually climbing something that was pretty easy for him. Then he would just fall off, “Whoa, that was tough.”
Dude’s a beast and a nice guy.

]]> http://climbingnarc.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-james-litz/comment-page-1/#comment-9067 Narc Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:35:14 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=5097#comment-9067 If you had stopped in ten sleep there probably would have been an earthquake and all the rock would have been swallowed back into the Earth. If you had stopped in ten sleep there probably would have been an earthquake and all the rock would have been swallowed back into the Earth.

]]> http://climbingnarc.com/2009/08/where-in-the-world-is-james-litz/comment-page-1/#comment-9066 Tony Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:20:49 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=5097#comment-9066 We drove through ten slee on our misadventure this summer, and it looked fantatic, and had we seen a mechanic in the town we'd have stayed the night and climbed there. We drove through ten slee on our misadventure this summer, and it looked fantatic, and had we seen a mechanic in the town we’d have stayed the night and climbed there.

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