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Rivet hanger

Trad climber
Barcelona
Nov 13, 2012 - 10:43am PT
No photos Jeremy?
badreligion

Trad climber
Barcelona
Jan 22, 2013 - 10:02am PT
A litle respect David is Catalan the same land that Silvia Vidal one of the best ... May be the route is not correct but Richard didnt act like a climber he looks like a american marine !!
In our land aid climbing is still alive and there is a sauvage and traditional methods that in yosemite can increase the grade etc ok no matter just the way he made this was very bad .

Richard say in 2009 " American team will know the Truth about this route " thatīs explains hismentality like tea party ...
Da_Dweeb

climber
Jan 22, 2013 - 10:40am PT
notreallyanaidclimber

Trad climber
CO
Feb 1, 2013 - 01:04am PT
A couple of questions for Rivet Hanger and Bad Religion

 are "hole counts" not kept during aid ascents in Spain?

 is such "forceful" enhancement of placements considered ok there?

I somehow doubt that is the case, because Silvia Vidal, Adolfo Mendinabeitia, Jesus Galvez and many other great aid climbers from Spain have climbed plenty in Yosemite, certainly more than enough to understand the concept of keeping hole counts, of "sustainable" aid climbing, of not "forcefully" enhancing placements and other.

I am trying to understand if Pelut's approach is the result of the Spanish aid climbing culture or if he is his own invention.

It would be great if Rivet Hanger and Bad Religion could give some perspective.

 Are "hole counts" not kept during ascents in Villanova, Montrebey and Montserrat?
 Can you use chisel and hammer to enhance placements at wish in those places?
 is the concept "if you drill it, fill it" new to Spanish aid climbers?
 is the concept that "a hole is a hole is a hole" new to Spanish aid climbers?

may be the aid climbing in limestone and conglomerate is different enough to justify not caring about these points?

Thanks much
Rivet hanger

Trad climber
Barcelona
Feb 1, 2013 - 10:49am PT
"notreallyanaidclimber" it's a great name for you and Jensen!

The problem with the American high inbred coefficient aid climbing community is that do not even know what a wood wedge or a lead head is, some basic things that in Europe has been used for years because in addition of granite, here we also do climb on soft rocks like conglomerate, sandstone or limestone. Perhaps the "new wave" stopped in the late 70's?
That's why all of you and God Jensen keeps thinking that FA drilled so many holes and even lifted up a saw to cut the wood when they just placed lead or wood+piton in natural holes! But instead of asking first, Jensen turned the route into a bolt ladder on the pretext of "if you drill, you fill", when they didn't really drilled. My God, the same "person" that in Wings of Steel drilled more than 150 batholes! A great example of coherence for the next generations (have a look at Ammon's report on Rock&Ice #198 december 2011)! Or maybe it was just pure blind rage against foreign climbers...

And in addition, a lot of Catalan climbers come every summer to repeat hard aid routes like Sea of Dreams or Zenyatta Mondatta in Yosemite, including Pelut. Perhaps you should come to Europe to climb and learn some other tactics...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 1, 2013 - 11:29am PT
Yes, learn new and valuable tactics like placements 70 or even 80 cm apart! Up yer game!
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Feb 1, 2013 - 11:34am PT
What is it about wood wedges you guys don't get. They aren't sustainable, neither is trenching. These tactics are not acceptable in North America. We don't come to Spain and tell you guys how to treat your rock, so why don't you give us the same respect and go home if you're not willing to play by our rules! Artificially manufactured danger is just that. Artificial!


Go climb a building!
Rivet hanger

Trad climber
Barcelona
Feb 1, 2013 - 12:00pm PT
Wood wedges are not sustainable? My god!
If you fill a hole with wood and then place a piton, that's not a sustainable tactic? The wood can be removed without difficulty...
If you fill a little hole with lead wich has a little wire, isn't sustainable tactic? The lead can be removed with ease...
Wow, here in Europe are widely used. Come to Spain and France and you'll see!
Or is just a problem of fear? Because hanging on a ladder of leads is not the same that hanging on a ladder of rivets...
I begin to understand a lot of things! My god, my god, my god!
j-tree

Big Wall climber
Classroom to crag to summer camp
Feb 1, 2013 - 12:15pm PT
What do you do when you realize that you couldn't be a better troll than RH even if you tried?
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Feb 1, 2013 - 12:22pm PT
No wood wedges aren't sustainable because each time you place and remove it, especially in a mud infested place like the fishers, you damage the rock, requiring a bigger piece of wood. Pretty soon you're bringing 2x4's up with you.


I don't think you really understand how fragile the "rock" is. It's not even really rock. More like petrified mud or to use a term that you might understand, really old wet dirt.
Rivet hanger

Trad climber
Barcelona
Feb 1, 2013 - 12:30pm PT
DON'T TRY IT IN THE USE, THESE ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE TACTICS!



Rivet hanger

Trad climber
Barcelona
Feb 1, 2013 - 12:32pm PT
And then, beaks do not damage the rock? Obviously the mud can resist better against iron than against wood...
And what's up with coppers and aluma heads? They can be used in the Towers as they are sometimes used (even for the same Jensen)?
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 1, 2013 - 12:33pm PT
Lead, yeah, that's good for the environment.
TwistedCrank

climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
Feb 1, 2013 - 01:10pm PT
I mean really. Who fukking cares?
raymond phule

climber
Feb 1, 2013 - 01:55pm PT

when they just placed lead or wood+piton in natural holes!

Cool! They found a completely natural line of perfect holes spaced a convenient distance apart.
raymond phule

climber
Feb 1, 2013 - 01:59pm PT

aid routes like Sea of Dreams or Zenyatta Mondatta in Yosemite, including Pelut.

When did Pelut climb in Yosemite? Which routes did he climb?
Paul Brennan

Trad climber
Ireland
Feb 1, 2013 - 06:04pm PT
This still alive? At least its climbing related. Interesting to see wall climbers bashing each other, and non aid climbers bashing certain aid techniques. I think what's needed is an impartial party, with no cloud of controversy hanging over them (not offering judgment on you Richard, just an observation) to do the 3rd ascent and report back to clarify what's going on up there. Or that Spanish guy could go to Yosemite and do the 2nd ascent of some Klaus route. There must be some unrepeated ones. It wouldn't definitively prove anything, but would strengthen his case.

In reference to all the vaunted aid horror shows of europe, where are they? I might have to move back to Ireland soon, but don't want to give up wall climbing. Information on interesting European walls would be appreciated.
crunch

Social climber
CO
Feb 1, 2013 - 06:16pm PT
Hey Rivet Hanger

Lead used like this:


What is this called?

Is this called plomo?

And pitons and wedges in holes:


What is this called?

is this called empotradura?

Thanks!

BASE1361

climber
Yosemite Valley National Park
Feb 1, 2013 - 06:25pm PT
American high inbred coefficient aid climbing community

Can you please give us this equation? And how are you calculating your coefficient? Please take into account striking a beak 69 times and beating it into submission will change your calculation.

And when you run the numbers for this rather complicated problem you've discovered please also take into account gear placements every 6cm(Spanish standard) vs. every 2-3 meters (USA standard)
would be a factor.

Spanish rating A6

Yosemite rating A1 bolt ladder.

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 1, 2013 - 07:00pm PT
Don't worry Klaus, he wouldn't be able to follow one of your routes as they aren't an unbroken line of holes.
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