Flash Effort

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How much effort do you put into your flash attempt?

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512OW
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Post by 512OW »

Toy wrote:
And beta isn't always right. Chalk does give you an idea of where to go and what sequence to use. Thats not a real onsight... just a "sport" onsight, which is actually a flash.
Doesn't the crack tell you where to go in trad climbing?
Sure. Just like the rock tells you where to go in any type of climbing. The crack isn't added by other climbers. It was there in the beginning...

What an idiotic statement....
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Post by der uber »

I don't try to flash something that I know will be a longer term project - in that case I'm starting off Goddard style.

If I usually do well on the grade and have flashed at that level or close to it before, I will gun for it.
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Meadows
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Post by Meadows »

512OW wrote:
Toy wrote:
And beta isn't always right. Chalk does give you an idea of where to go and what sequence to use. Thats not a real onsight... just a "sport" onsight, which is actually a flash.
Doesn't the crack tell you where to go in trad climbing?
Sure. Just like the rock tells you where to go in any type of climbing. The crack isn't added by other climbers. It was there in the beginning...

What an idiotic statement....
Then you can't onsight in trad? Just curious - not being smart.

I had this friend who used every non chalked crimp next to well chalked jugs on classic routes like Fuzzy. Is that onsighting or just goofy? Actually, isn't hold discovery a frequent occurence in sport climbing? It often means a lower grade for the route though.
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Post by Yasmeen »

It's an FA! Ask him what he wants to name it and I'll put it in the guidebook right away.
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Post by Yasmeen »

After all...
piggie, in the tick spray thread, wrote:um, tomdarch, that is for when we have to take gumbies like you to the crag and wait for you to hangdog up our warmups...we tick those "crappy" holds on your proj because our proj is over the top of yours. those "crappy" holds are what we campus off of to pass the time.
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Post by Meadows »

Ha, I'm sure it should be something like, "Lead Astray" or "Work Offline?"
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Post by pigsteak »

after all, yasmeen....blfffffffttttttt
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Post by Yasmeen »

Pig, I can't help that I commit everything you write/say to memory so that I can use it against you later. It's kind of like breathing for me.
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Post by Pru »

mmmmm, bacon
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Post by Toy »

Sure. Just like the rock tells you where to go in any type of climbing. The crack isn't added by other climbers. It was there in the beginning...
Talk about redefining geology. What do you say about that Dr. Ho?

The big man had the foresight to create those cracks "in the beginning" huh? Was that one of the displays you saw at your fieldtrip to theCreationist Museum? I guess he knew there would be people out there that itchin' to scale vertical wall, tempt gravity, yet too weak to compete in the sport climbing arena.
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