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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:12 pm
by Artsay
It depends on the difficulty. Hard routes I may only get 3-4 pitches in. Easier routes, more along 6-10. I once did 13 pitches when Pocket Wall was open but that was a whole wall of 10's.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:16 pm
by Sco Bro
I average 4-6 routes on a day. 10's the most I ever did in a day, the least is zero.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:40 pm
by strum
did a 11 pitch route in the black yesterday.
but usually 5-6,
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:36 pm
by Spragwa
Usuall 4-6, depending on difficulty.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:11 pm
by J-Rock
10 was always my standard goal before we started bolting. Now we usually only climb 4 or 5 routes a day (sometimes more/sometimes less). We often bolt 1-3 routes in a day and sometimes climb 2 or 3 others. Many times we might climb several different variations of a route before deciding where to place the bolts.
Since I used to live in northwest Indiana I would often go to Devil's Lake in Wisconsin on the weekends to climb on the red quartzite. One day I was all alone so I brought my crashpad, shoes, harness, and a rope. I set up a toprope on a popular climb and walked along the cliff asking people if I could climb whatever route they had a rope on at the time and telling them that they could go climb on my rope that was already set up. I did 27 different routes that day and bouldered quite a bit too. Of course that was back when I was training regularly (eating well, stretching daily, not drinking, etc. and climbing really well). I flashed all of them except for a 5.12b that took me 2 tries. I ended up completing more than 400 routes there in less than 4 years.
As for bouldering I usually try to climb at least 20-30 different problems in a typical day (the majority being V4 and under) with a few V5s, V6s, and an occassional V7. One time at the Happys outside of Bishop I completed 69 different problems on a VB circuit for a rest day. The next day I needed another rest day so I spent the day scrambling around Tuolumne Meadows.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:46 pm
by ReachHigh
Usually I get 4-5 sport-trad with 11 trad pitches at fortress being the most.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:04 pm
by Ascentionist
One...every four months.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 3:18 pm
by Steve
These days if I get on more than 2 routes in a day than I'm doing pretty good.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 4:13 pm
by Don McGlone
I think of it all as just one big long pitch...
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 4:17 pm
by KD
Don McGlone wrote:I think of it all as just one big long pitch...
Life's a pitch then you climb.