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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Never clipped a bolt my first four years climbing.Pulling gear/placing gear,that was it.Started clippin' about my fifth year.Almost got killed sport climbing about twenty years later.Stupid,stupid mistake!Got complacent.It's all inherently dangerous when on vertical terrain.I think a solid mentor is about the best thing you can do.Main thing:Don't get complacent.
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Andrew Bisharat (? sp) wrote a book about sport climbing. I have seen it and it has everything you need. Good luck.
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Prod
Trad climber
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I don't have the best impulse control
Well Locker, the hardest part is admitting it...
Prod.
PS. WTFAMS
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Reed is a good sport.
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Reed101
Gym climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2013 - 07:17pm PT
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its okay guys have your fun.
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Prod
Trad climber
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This spring we ought to get together and put that route up.
Barefooted.
Prod.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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I hope the OP has a thick skin and a good sense of humor. I'd be stoked if he or she checked in and let us know how it's going. Start a thread and you'll get good answers, mostly. Some people will give you sh#t, but it's easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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HOURS!
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Prod
Trad climber
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EDITED:
a bit of a hike...
But not real bad...
I'm in.
I assume based on the thread they are sport climbs. Or bolted trad lines...
Prod.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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I'd say get yourself a copy of this book+dvd:
Pretty well done. The best all-in-one gathering of sport climbing practices and tactics for working/redpointing routes that I've seen.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Isn't "sport climbing is neither" a circa 1984 Vermism?
actually, I think you can attribute that remark to one Jim Bridwell.
Bridwell also opined that sport climbing was like a one night stand. Lots of fun, but no commitment.
I like sport climbing. at my age, I am becoming more risk averse
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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The quote "Sport Climbing is neither" comes from Mark Wilford who also had some bumper stickers made up with the same quote.
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Butch
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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LOL... you guys are funny. Was it Confucius who said "If one want's to make sport climbing more sporty .. one should put up sport climbs with the implicit intent that "for whom all that follow" ...he he he.. bring your own hangers" ...
But then again ... I can't talk .. I can't even climb anymore.
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Scole
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Sport climbing is easy to learn. Just grab the quickdraw, pull up on the rope, then repeat. After a 100 or so tries you might actually try to climb the route with the gear pre-clipped.
Sport climbing is a great training tool, but should not be confused with climbing
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Both John Long and Lynn Hill got injured sport climbing. Heck they both could have died. Sport climbing breeds complacency under the guise of it being low risk.
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Reeotch
Trad climber
4 Corners Area
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Naysayers!
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SPORT CLIMBING IS FUN!**
Pushing your limits "sport" climbing (or bouldering)will improve your "trad" climbing abilities. Period.
The reverse is also true.
Frankly, I think many on here are limiting themselves by being naysayers.
"I don't sport climb"
"I don't trad climb"
"I don't climb indoors"
"I don't climb outdoors"
"Aid climbing is not real climbing"
"I only aid climb"
"Bouldering is stupid"
"Toproping is stupid"
WTF!
Get over yourselves and your categories already. I'm sick of this anti-everything BS.
Become a well rounded climber. If you pursue bouldering and sport climbing diligently, I guarantee you will bump trad climbing abilities to the next level. You will be stronger, more confident, your movement will be more efficient, you will start to see options you would not have recognized before. And, again, it works both ways. Seems like it should be obvious.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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"The way I learned is the only way for everyone, anywhere, ever. Hip belays, 50m ropes, four scrounged hexes, blahbaddy f*#king blah.........
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Sport climbing probably does suck if you climb 5.9
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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I am with Reeotch on this. Don't understand why the hate for sport climbing. Personally, I went sport climbing only about 6 times in my life. But I went for the pure joy of movement over rock. Did get challenged, and did experience fear just like I would if I was trad climbing. It does not have to be a nut or a piton from 1956 40 ft bellow you to enjoy moving over rock.
This elitist attitude usually comes from insecure people who want to think the way they do things is better way than others do things. Small peepee syndrome. Remember, climbing is a personal way of self expression. If your way is sport climbing, than enjoy it and don't mind all the haters.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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All the best "Tard" climbers are "Spurt" climbers.
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