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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:14 pm
by TankAzz
dmw wrote:Allah gives the best catch in the universe, or so I hear...
yes he is very gentle :lol:

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:09 pm
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

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:19 pm
by Meadows
I definitely prefer soft, but not when I'm dropped half way down the route.

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:52 pm
by dhoyne
I weigh over 200 lbs. I always get soft catches.

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:06 pm
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.

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:54 pm
by ynot
A hard catch is really bad on the spine. You'll pay for them when you get older.

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:21 am
by pigsteak
as bad as running?

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:20 am
by ynot
good question. I don't know. I'm just going on experience.

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:07 am
by Toad
You like it hard! Don't you? Don't you? Yeah...Harder!! Harder!! Harder!! ... then soft.

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:39 pm
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