Isaac Caldiero of American Ninja warrior Fame
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Damn the dirt bag dream come true. This is a great nation where even the poor can rise up and be someone. The land of opportunities. |
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I think it's funny that to the media he's a busboy first and "mountain climber" (no, he's a rock climber) second. Why are they defining him by his (former) day job? Gripes with media coverage aside, congrats to Isaac on achieving your goals and winning a cool mil! |
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So next year will we see Honnold, Caldwell, ?!? |
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Actually that would be funny as heck if a bunch of professional climbers pushed out the goofballs who show up year after year with their crazy obsession. |
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Congrats Isaac! Dan Stirton wrote:I think it's funny that to the media he's a busboy first and "mountain climber" (no, he's a rock climber) second. Why are they defining him by his (former) day job? Gripes with media coverage aside, congrats to Isaac on achieving your goals and winning a cool mil!I hate the formulaic storylines they present for everyone and wish they'd shorten them. They were probably ecstatic to get the one competitor crying about the death of his mom and I felt like a creepy voyeur from how long they lingered on his welling up tears. Sure, give a little back story for the competitors but move on to the athletics! |
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I hated the formulaic storyline on the guy who lost his mother & grandmother too. They did a better profile on Issac showing a bunch of bouldering vignettes. |
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Dan Stirton wrote:I think it's funny that to the media he's a busboy first and "mountain climber" (no, he's a rock climber) second.I just looked at the SLC coverage of this and they call him a professional rock climber. This probably makes up for that nasty fall he took when he fell off the Psicobloc wall in the rain at Park City month or so back. |
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Not going to lie, I was rooting for Greg. That guy is so chill, happy, a full time job, dad, 38, crushing it. Wow. And the professional climber only beat him up the rope by 3 seconds! Good work to both but Greg gets my hats off. |
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To quote Frank Zappa "It's the slime oozing out of your TV set" |
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Pete Spri wrote:Not going to lie, I was rooting for Greg. That guy is so chill, happy, a full time job, dad, 38, crushing it. Wow. And the professional climber only beat him up the rope by 3 seconds! Good work to both but Greg gets my hats off.+1 |
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Bryan Manning wrote:So next year will we see Honnold, Caldwell, ?!?Nope. With all due respect to their climbing ability, Isaac is way way better in the style of climbing that translates to ANW. Shit, I'd be willing to put money down to go head-to-head against those 2. Pete Spri wrote:And the professional climber only beat him up the rope by 3 seconds!Calling Isaac a professional climber is a bit stretch/misleading. Dude is definitely sponsored, but he sure isn't making a living solely (or even mostly) out of it. |
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Ninjas gotta ninj |
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Congratulations to Isaac. Good to see a climber get it - but wait; he's one of the best climbers in the world! You gotta love TV though, no? |
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Look guys, according to the show, he's the only contestant that "solos V5.14 routes". |
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Congrats to Issac Caldiero! |
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Adam Burch wrote:Look guys, according to the show, he's the only contestant that "solos V5.14 routes". Of course he won it.+1 I hope one day I can be added to the short list of v5.14 climbers haha! I was wondering if anyone else caught that! |
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Adam Burch wrote:Look guys, according to the show, he's the only contestant that "solos V5.14 routes". Of course he won it.That announcer hadn't a clue, but I think the guy said one of the only "climbers" not "contestants"? Must be some kind of nomenclature only the badasses can use for not-so-tall solos? Solo? V11 highball? Pretty damn impressive regardless of what you call it. "Ropeless Ascent of The Present(5.14a)" 5.10 website mountainproject.com/v/the-p… |
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Just so we're clear, I wasn't bagging on his ability, I found humor in the tv person's description. |
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Yeah, I've seen about 3 of those ANWs, and one happened to be the one w the V5.14 comment :-) |