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Re: Can Everyone Climb 5.14?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:55 pm
by One-Fall
A few years down the road, and even more of our group have took the time to climb a (or many) 14.
Good job to Kyle, J, Kenny, Dru and Kris (to name a few that participated in this conversation).
Anyone change their opinion?
Re: Can Everyone Climb 5.14?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 2:10 pm
by caribe
Need to stop trying to climb 5.12 trad and focus on something a little more attainable like 5.14 sport.
Re: Can Everyone Climb 5.14?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:22 pm
by krampus
Not one of those mentioned above is any real suprise, for them, it was only a matter of time. My answer doesn't change, but I don't even remember what my answer was.
Re: Can Everyone Climb 5.14?
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:37 pm
by TradMike
Re: Can Everyone Climb 5.14?
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:21 pm
by harabagl22
If you dedicated all your time to training and climbing sport routes in one particular area. Hyperspecialize. I think so.
Re: Can Everyone Climb 5.14?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:01 am
by StepLEFTskyline
In spain people climbing 14a is fairly common, at least more common than in the states. But who knows maybe the grades are just super soft.
Re: Can Everyone Climb 5.14?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:55 pm
by vaclimber
The question is unclear, so I have two answers:
1) Can you pull a random adult from a population and train them over years so that they would *always* get to 5.14? No, absolutely not.
2) Can you pull a random, athletic adult from a population and train them over years so that they would *always* get to 5.14? Again, the odds are against it.
3) Can you pull a random, athletic teen from a population and train them over years so that they would *always* get to 5.14? This is trickier, but I think many would make it if they were truly able to dedicate the time and effort.
4) Can you pull a random baby a population and train them from a young age to get to 5.14? Probably. I guess the best way to find out is to make climbing an olympic sport and see how China does.
The question not asked, but implied:
Are 5.14 climbers at that level because of natural ability or hard work? The answer: probably both, just like the top 0.1% of any sport or other endeavor.