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did this involve the Inhibitor?

Cromper wrote:

dustonian wrote:used to be 3 rules in freesoloing: don't fall, don't spray, always make sure you can (probably) downclimb. somewhere along the line rule #2 got lost.

You can witness that rule 3 got lost with me as well.

LOL!! At least it was a high-end route, Honnold!

clif wrote:did this involve the Inhibitor?

I wish it was as cool as that haha

yeah, i've free soloed the first three jams of that route, down climbed and never told anyone about 20 times. i'm not counting this.

Free soloed my basement steps today without the banisters or walls for balance, suck it Chris.

right on. i opened my canned peaches with just my finger. have you thought about replacing the steps with a climbing wall?

No, cause at least when I'm hammered I can slide down the steps on my ass and not have to worry to much.

sounds like what you've got in your basement is better than what i've got

dustonian wrote:used to be 3 rules in freesoloing: don't fall, don't spray, always make sure you can (probably) downclimb. somewhere along the line rule #2 got lost.

When was #2 ever the norm? Even by today's definition of spray, Bachar publicized the hell out of his exploits (the wager sign in camp 4, TV specials, photo ops).

And yeah, I tend to think that, for me, soloing becomes contrived when you have to end in the middle of a blank face and rap/lower off (Chainsaw, BOHICA). But for other people, it is fine. Most of us think soloing at a crowded crag is rude, and it probably is by the mainstream standards of climbing culture. But why doesn't a noob misusing a cinch evoke the same discomfort and hostility as a free-soloist at a crowded crag?

Most of us get uncomfortable at a strong mutant soloing a 5.12 in front of us. A guided group will get uncomfortable at a 5.12 climber soloing a 5.8 handcrack in front of them. A bunch of tourists may get uncomfortable at any of us climbing roped and taking whips in front of them. It's all a sliding scale.

that's true, Bachar was kind of a spraylord in his earlier days.