Bolt the cracks and stop hiding...

[clif]

yeah....so i've been trying for months to read through this thread and just can't do it. was it explained why, if placing gear is no harder than clipping bolts, one would want to bolt cracks?

thanks.

[45percent]

yeah....so i've been trying for months to read through this thread and just can't do it.

Keep working at it. I know some people use big words, but just sound them out.

[L K Day]

yeah....so i've been trying for months to read through this thread and just can't do it. was it explained why, if placing gear is no harder than clipping bolts, one would want to bolt cracks?

thanks.

No, it was not explained. Because they're being duplicitous.

[512OW]

It was explained in the very beginning. Because then all the trad fags wouldn't have an excuse why they only climb 5.9 anymore. They'd all quit.

[clif]

so the idea is to bolt cracks to thin out the crowd?

[pigsteak]

so the idea is to bolt cracks to thin out the crowd?

nooooooo........the idea is to quit giving people excuses for sucking.

[DriskellHR]

SO whats your new excuse piggy

[ahab]

It was explained in the very beginning. Because then all the trad fags wouldn't have an excuse why they only climb 5.9 anymore. They'd all quit.

what about those who swing both ways, AC/DCs?

[clif]

its NO MORE DIFFICULT

quit giving people excuses for sucking

thanks--i think i'm starting to at least see the genius here, i may never understand....

to summarize: in making an exchange of no difference (or of even diminished difficulty) people will stop sucking.

yes, we need more windmills in the red.

[512OW]

clif...

The traddies use "the difficulty of placing gear" as an excuse for why cracks are harder. If we bolt them, that excuse goes away. The grades won't change for 98% of climbs, but then the traddies won't even be able to get up 5.10 BOLTED cracks, so they'll have to stop hiding behind their suck.