hard or soft

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Hard or Soft?

Poll ended at Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:58 pm

Hard
8
19%
Soft
11
26%
Either/or doesn't really matter
7
16%
depends on the route
17
40%
 
Total votes: 43
TankAzz
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Post by TankAzz »

dmw wrote:Allah gives the best catch in the universe, or so I hear...
yes he is very gentle :lol:
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longlegsrule
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Post by longlegsrule »

what's trad? :lol:

I think that's a whole different ballgame and completely related to how and what you're climbing....so I'm talking about sport
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Meadows
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Post by Meadows »

I definitely prefer soft, but not when I'm dropped half way down the route.
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Post by dhoyne »

I weigh over 200 lbs. I always get soft catches.
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RRO
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Post by RRO »

kato wrote:This question would be much more relevant if you specify- sport or trad?
not really man, with trad or sport as long as its a clean fall a soft catch will put less stress on the placements/bolts/humans just the same. give me a clean long fall anyday over a short ankle breaker.
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Post by ynot »

A hard catch is really bad on the spine. You'll pay for them when you get older.
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pigsteak
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Post by pigsteak »

as bad as running?
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ynot
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Post by ynot »

good question. I don't know. I'm just going on experience.
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Toad
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Post by Toad »

You like it hard! Don't you? Don't you? Yeah...Harder!! Harder!! Harder!! ... then soft.
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kirker
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Post by kirker »

RRO wrote:
kato wrote:This question would be much more relevant if you specify- sport or trad?
not really man, with trad or sport as long as its a clean fall a soft catch will put less stress on the placements/bolts/humans just the same. give me a clean long fall anyday over a short ankle breaker.
I don't think your suppose to fall when climbing trad :P
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