Grid Bolting at the Red

[clif]

clint eastwood is crying

[aburgoon]

To be against grid bolting is to be against sport climbing.

I disagree.

[shear]

NICER is indeed a word.


...and linkups in the red are retarded. WTF is a 2 bolt link up doing at Drive by?

[OZ]

I'm against. I'd opt have routes that are more isolated from each other rather than having to stand shoulder to shoulder with other asshole climbers and listen to their inane comments all damn day long.

And, what RRO said.

[dustonian]

Absolute Zero looks like a nice line & makes sense aesthetically (the start of The Nothing looks like shit & 99% of climbers can't do it anyway). You've really got to look at each route on a case-by-case basis. In this case it works since you're standing on a big ledge that divides these routes in half anyway. Are you guys really that ethically or aesthetically offended by this to talk so much shit about a route you've never tried or probably even looked at recently?

[tbwilsonky]

You've really got to look at each route on a case-by-case basis.

but it's probably best to come up with a generic one-size-fits-all plan despite the obvious differences between various situations. i mean, heaven forbid there's any grey area in rock climbing.

[aburgoon]

Are you guys really that ethically or aesthetically offended by this to talk so much shit about a route you've never tried or probably even looked at recently?

Earth to Dustin, this be the internet. If it were a real place, it would be a video store full of intentional flatulence.

[dustonian]

Oh yeah, what about farting in a crowded elevator and feigning offense??

[pigsteak]

Oh yeah, what about farting in a crowded elevator and feigning offense??

that's clearly what I was trying to do here....

[512OW]

We're a little late on this one. That wall was overbolted way before the linkup went in. In fact, I'd venture to say that the link up IS the actual line. It takes the line of least resistance to the ledge, then follows the only natural feature (that isn't rotten rock) off the ledge.

Sport: We gridbolt, therefore we are.