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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 23, 2011 - 11:08pm PT
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question is obvious. Haven't found a satisfactory answer, so I put it to the Taco.
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Johnny K.
climber
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:12pm PT
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There are numerous "good" climbers who climb in the mountains....
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Johnny K.
climber
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:14pm PT
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hahaaa
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:18pm PT
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gud climbers or good climbers?
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coastal_climber
Trad climber
British Columbia
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:21pm PT
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Maybe if all the routes were bolted
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Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:22pm PT
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If by "good" you mean climbing hard numbers the two are somewhat mutually exclusive. To pull hard numbers, you need to train power and strength, not endurance and altitude. Slow twitch vs fast twitch muscle, or something like that, right? There are exceptions, like the Huber Bros, but generally speaking if someone is drawn to the mountains they will train for that. If someone is drawn to hard movement, they will train for that. That's my oversimplification.
Josh
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nature
climber
back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:23pm PT
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bwaaaaha haha haha -- locker --- bwaahahah hahahaaaa!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:23pm PT
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i screwed a dead chicken last night.
no wait'''
that was cosmic
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:30pm PT
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what about a piss bag for drinking your own piss?
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nature
climber
back in Tuscon Aridzona....
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:40pm PT
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I'm honored.
Now excuse me while I go "Brew Up"
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Sep 24, 2011 - 12:21am PT
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I once asked a similar question.
Why don't guys like Tommy C. put up new routes on Middle Cathedral?
I was told that Tommy said he only had time for "good" rock.......
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 12:23am PT
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I mean, Christ, if I could climb 5.12 confidently, I wouldn't dick around with projecting a 5.13a at some shitttty crag -- I'd be in Patagonia or the Bugaboos or the (Canadian) Rockies climbing something soulful at a lower grade
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 24, 2011 - 12:29am PT
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let Donini chime in to this one. . .
or maybe Jello, or Jack Tackle, or Rolo, or Rick A, or Werner, or. . .
The list is long, mr troll
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Sep 24, 2011 - 12:33am PT
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... if ya gotta ask...
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 24, 2011 - 12:45am PT
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i climb in the mountains all the time,
do i have a news crew follow me?
hell no.
they dont even like me, the news crew
i wanna hear about david lee roth
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Sep 24, 2011 - 06:32am PT
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That is a very general question.
Obviously, there are fewer climbers venturing into the big mountain ranges, than out on the local crags.
If you mean climbers who climb up to 5.13 trad and then take that skill to the big mountain ranges in the world--there are even less. That is to be expected, but there out there in increasing numbers; male and female.
I just came back from the Ambush Peak area of the Wind Rivers--a favorite place and close to my heart. I was climbing with an old friend Jim Donini.
One week before our arrival, Madeline Sorkin pushed a new 5.12 line up the face of Ambush Peak.
She is one of the many younger generation out there doing it, and I have other friends here in New England who do it every year.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Sep 24, 2011 - 06:58am PT
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If you call pebble wrestlers good climbers then you may have a hard time finding many in the mountains. Other than the few select media hound pebble wrestlers there are scores of great climbers in the mountains...
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Sep 24, 2011 - 09:50am PT
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one has to be an "allrounder"one who climbs ice and snow just as well as rock.
one doesnt hear aboot that here on the taco its mainly a rockclimbers site.
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The Alpine
Big Wall climber
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Sep 24, 2011 - 11:32am PT
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Plenty of good climbers climb in the mountains, I think that your definition of "good" climbers is off. There are plenty of no-name mutants out there in the backcountry crushing rocks and establishing FA's. The fact you've never heard of them before is beside the point.
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