Number of pitches

Post by **Sunshine** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:50 am

All Zeppelin
All the time

Post by **young'n climber** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:55 am

when i first met terry:

terry: so what kinda music u like kid?

me: little bit of everything

terry: like?

me: um i dunno, you heard of led zeppelin?

terry: pfh!?, have i heard of led zeppelin *sighs and says in his head* (damn punks these days)

Post by **J-Rock** » Wed May 11, 2005 1:03 pm

Back in the early days of climbing... way before our time (before the nylon ropes, the fancy bolts, cams, etc.) the leaders simply didn't fall. They couldn't take the risk. The game of rock climbing was mainly based on one skilled climber ascending to a ledge where he could brace himself and offer rope assistance to a weaker climber below. Each section was called a pitch, and though modern pitches might be as long as 200 feet, early pitches were defined by the distance to the nearest secure ledge.

Post by **Meadows** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:00 pm

pigsteak wrote:so see meadows, your entire question is suspect....it's her fault.

um, I changed the question to ask about routes ... goofy.

Post by KD » Wed May 11, 2005 3:03 pm

Meadows wrote:
pigsteak wrote:so see meadows, your entire question is suspect....it's her fault.
um, I changed the question to ask about routes ... goofy.

Meadows you're doing that editing thing again.

Post by **Meadows** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:14 pm

I edited before this thread took off.

Post by **pawilkes** » Wed May 11, 2005 5:04 pm

i try to get 7 in day. someone once told me that was a good number to do in order to improve. if i can get more than that in a day im super happy, especially if one of them is an actual send

Post by **Spoonman** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:03 am

Seven routes in a day is the standard minimum. It usually takes two or three to get warmed up - two or three burns on a project or two then maybe a burn out session on twinkie or bare metal or the like.

One good way to improve is to get on a route you have wired (fairly hard level), and do it when fatigued, then do it again (cleaning the draws on TR), then don't untie and do it again!

In the spring..........do as many routes as you can, in the fall you might save some for sunday.

PIG.......relative to a "pitch" what does a 70 foot 5.13 feel like compared to a 150 foot 5.7?

Post by **MartyV** » Fri May 20, 2005 8:57 pm

A typical day for me is 4 to 6 pitches at the Red. Depends on who is in the party and how strong everyone is. The optimum group size is 2 or 3, in order to do the most routes, if all are doing the same routes.

As long as I'm exhuasted at the end of the end when driving home it don't matter how many routes we did.

Post by **D_avidB_ell** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:27 am

hahaha i might get onc pitch in. i need some new friends too climb with. any takers?
david