Closed Trad Lines

Placing a cam? Slotting a nut? Slinging a tree?
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Should trad lines be "closed" as a personal project?

No. Never.
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Sure. If you find it, tag it.
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Sure. If you clean it, tag it.
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Sure. If you add anchors, tag it.
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No. More climbers makes the FA even sweeter.
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Red tagging any route, trad or sport, is ignorant.
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Sure. Stay off my line punk. I can tag anything I want, for any reason.
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RRO
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Post by RRO »

i think on-site soloing would be the only logical choice, the rest is just childs play.
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pigsteak
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Post by pigsteak »

rro..i already rapped the line...did I blow my big opportunity?
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RRO
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Post by RRO »

yes, you have no nads. please return your drill, gear and rope to me. thanks
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Horatio Felacio
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Post by Horatio Felacio »

you rapped it? you fucking fag. might as well bolt the whole thing. besides, it's not like it's going to be all that good anyway. just another pile of shit trad route in the red.
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rhunt
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Post by rhunt »

question? What is the difference between a trad route, a gear route and a mixed route? In my head all three are different..
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Crankmas
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Post by Crankmas »

trad and gear route would be the same and mixed would have some form of fixed pro, bolt, pin etc.
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rhunt
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Post by rhunt »

So a route (at the Red) that is a crack climb with a bolted anchor is a trad line? And a route (at the Red) that is a crack that tops out is also a trad line? A mixed line (at the Red) would be one of the above routes with a fixed piece of gear?
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rhunt
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Post by rhunt »

Wait...is a cam that is stuck in a crack fixed gear? Or how about a nut that is stuck in a crack, is that fixed gear?
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pigsteak
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Post by pigsteak »

rhunt...

good questions all...but remember pigsteak corollary 31-a

"real climbers don't climb trad at the Red"

so it is really a non-issue.

ho, yes, i rapped it to chop all the bolts so i could lead it in a "more noble" fashion....after rapping it, i realized that it might be a tad harder than i first thought....but i'll be damned if i re-install the bolts.
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haas
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Post by haas »

RRO wrote:yes, you have no nads. please return your drill, gear and rope to me. thanks
what do you need all that crap for if you are onsight soloing?
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