dustonian wrote:sure, but I'm talking from a climber's perspective. They are just two different animals: like alpinism, real (ground-up) trad climbing is by nature full of risk, uncontrollable objective hazards, and personal commitment/responsibility. Sport climbing by contrast is about athleticism and beautiful gymnastic movement, and if bolted well most of the risk is engineered out and under the climber's control (given a good belayer & well-maintained equipment). Sure the end result may look the same, but you asked what the difference is, and in climbing style and process are everything.
I wouldn't call this a climber's perspective. I would call it a trad climbers perspective.
Yeah, it would hardly be accurate to call myself a trad climber anymore the way things are goin these days....the sport is just too good here and trad is, well, pretty average for the most part... but to me anyway, "climbing" means doing both.
dustonian wrote:Yeah, it would hardly be accurate to call myself a trad climber anymore the way things are goin these days....the sport is just too good here and trad is, well, pretty average for the most part... but to me anyway, "climbing" means doing both.
agreed
Rebolting the RED one stainless steel glue in bolt at a time!!
I put two sport lines in next to Iron man. One starts off of the same first pitch anchors and the other is going to pull through a small roof to gain a ledge then pound on to another set of anchors. BTW the first pitch is a free solo and comes in around 5.2
If you give a man a match, he'll be warm for a minute. If you set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
