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Josephine: I did Uclimb with a friend last June at the New. Had a blast, so I went back on the weekend of Bridge Day and hired a guide. I've looked at the Uclimb site to see if they had anything planned for this year, and it looks like they haven't planned anything for this year (or maybe they haven...

Heh, when Truello said "rope gun" I thought he was being a smart-aleck. I had visisions of some dude with an air-ram gun that throws rope. "Hey, you think I can 10.5 rope through both of those rap rings in one shot?" :D Josephine, cleared it up for me. Yeah, the thought of asking...

What the hell is slingshot toproping? Is that versus seconding, because the rope goes up and then back to the ground, like a slingshot? :roll: In one of Luebben's books, he describes it as "In slingshot top-roping, the rope runs from the belayer up to the top anchors and then back down to the ...

der uber , thanks for answering. The guidebooks always indicate trad or sport, and I'm not quite off of the top rope yet. So guidebooks have left me thinking, "Yeah, but it can it be top roped?" :oops: I've been reading plenty. I've been out with guides. I've collected a modest amount of ...

So a top rope is trad if you plug in pro to make the anchor, and sport if you clip into bolted anchors? I only ask because most of the guides I've read describe a climb as either trad or sport. I dunno, I suppose you can really top rope anything, right? The only difference would be that there will b...

Yes, it is. I'm an hour north of you on 75.

Spring is here, and I'm looking to go climbing, but I'm the only guy I know in flat land Ohio that (ahem) climbs. I had to clear my throat, because I just started last year. I capable of top rope up to 5.9 (I've been about half-way up a 5.10 :mrgreen:) I have, however, had a little (really, very lit...

I started climbing last summer (@ the age of 37 ), so please forgive me this question . . .

Slingshot top-roping - Is it trad or sport?