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?
clif wrote: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 wrote: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.
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.
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken."
-Tyler Durden