which whipper is scarier?

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Which whipper is scarier:

Poll ended at Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:52 pm

a. big gear whipping
1
3%
b. small gear whipping
15
43%
c. active gear whipping
3
9%
d. passive gear whipping
9
26%
e. bolt whipping
7
20%
 
Total votes: 35
meetVA
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which whipper is scarier?

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Alright y'all which is worse and why?
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Post by rhunt »

I gear whipper is way more scarier than bolts....but a whipper from HF is the scariest of them all :mrgreen:
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Post by meetVA »

ARgh!
E. is supposed to be "bolt"...grr.
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Post by rhunt »

meetVA wrote:ARgh!
E. is supposed to be "bolt"...grr.
redo the poll I need to change my vote
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Post by SCIN »

I'm going with bolt whipping because usually the falls are longer than on trad lines.
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Post by 512OW »

Bolts are way fuckin scarier. Shit makes me nervous.
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Post by Yasmeen »

Hahaha-- I almost forgot about the classic exchange this weekend!

Kris, above a bolt: Being runout above a bolt is so much scarier than above gear. I'm getting all nervous.
Yasi: Just pretend it's a cam beneath you-- jerk-test it to ease your mind!
Kris, after jerk-testing the bolt: Um, that was a bad idea... it's a spinner...
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Post by rhunt »

I guess the tradies say bolts and the sporties say gear.

The scariest falls for me are the ones that are totally unexpected, like when holds break or my foot cuts and I am not in the middle of making a move. Then again, sometimes when it happens so unexpectedly, I'm at the end of the rope before my brain can even process what just happened, then I'm just pissed I blew an onsight or redpoint.
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Post by Yasmeen »

I don't know which I find scarier... whichever one has the weirder fall, I guess. Big falls don't bother me, but the potential to fall onto a ledge and crack something into pieces makes me sweat a little.
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Post by Meadows »

:lol: :lol:
Yasmeen wrote:Kris, after jerk-testing the bolt: Um, that was a bad idea... it's a spinner...
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