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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:18 pm
by meetVA
pawilkes wrote:not to be an asshole but on "climbing.com" they say its a "classic crack". how can something less than a couple years old be "classic"?
maybe because the moves are so stellar?
i hear a lot of people comment on a route being "classic" in the sense of the flow-rock quality-etc, the general aesthetics of the route being in line with other high-quality climbs.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:12 pm
by marathonmedic
because all climbs are called either classic or choss?

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:28 pm
by Steve
Well I'll be, I've done that route. Guess I've never seen it from that angle before.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:31 pm
by squeezindlemmon
Believe me, Steve, I felt so stupid coz I couldn't guess what it was at first either. It's like not knowing your own children's names! :o

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:33 pm
by strum
marathonmedic

there is a climb here called "classic choss" :lol:

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 5:50 pm
by ABACUS
Cant something be an instant classic?