Pull the rope?

Gaston? High Step? Drop Knee? Talk in here.

Do you pull the rope and lead the route?

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Total votes: 46
 

Spragwa
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Post by Spragwa »

That's why you're my favorite
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.

-Everlast
Guest

Post by Guest »

For real, What's not to love?
hoss
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Post by hoss »

Leading a climb (i believe) is the only way to respect the climb. Hanging around on TR doesn't make you climb the route as it was meant to be climbed. Besides, unclipping draws on TR is (in my opinion) way harder than lead clipping. It's not that I never TR, Maypop is super fun to TR from Mr. Bungle, I just think it's a bastardized form of climbing.
Today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fuck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
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Post by Guest »

Who you calling a bastard "hoss"?
hoss
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Post by hoss »

not calling anyone a bastard, I'm just saying that TRing (in my opinion) is a bastardized form of climbing.
Today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fuck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
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Post by Guest »

Hey fucker, I'd ease up off that strong language if I were you.
Spragwa
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Post by Spragwa »

Woohoo! I'm a bastard!
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.

-Everlast
toddc
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Post by toddc »

I lead and TR, but I find leading much more fun and rewarding. Top roping is like playing touch football. You can go out on the field and do all the moves without the fear factor. It's fun and a good way to develop your repertoire of moves. You can execute that perfect slant without fretting about the middle linebacker who's waiting to take off your head. Now, on game day when you have on the pads, it becomes a whole different game. You can feel the butterflies, and There is much more stimulation. Before you run that slant, you know someone will be waiting for you with open arms! That's the same kind of stimulation that Wes eloquently described earlier.
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Post by Guest »

At least he didn't call us bastards,right Spragwa!
hoss
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Post by hoss »

it seems as though some of you don't have a strong grasp on the english language. I didn't call anyone a bastard I said TRing is a bastardized form of climbing since while on TR you can do things such as swing out and deviate from the intended path of the climb, thus making it a bastardized climb. No one is a bastard unless their mother slept around. :twisted:
Today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fuck himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
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