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Artsay - that's a very good use for it i hadn't used mine like that before, i kept looking at how many i did for numbers sake - i guess and thought i'd try something different. If (probably when) i reuse ticking i'll try that out - thanks.

The only way to become a better mental climber is take the WHIPPER! Climb up to the anchors, yell back to your belayer, "Victory Whip", position your feet so you avoid taking the upside-downer, and let go! YIPPEEEE!

Oh and the tick list idea is not that bad of an idea if it works for you. Everyone is different.

Stewy911 wrote:The only way to become a better mental climber is take the WHIPPER! Climb up to the anchors, yell back to your belayer, "Victory Whip", position your feet so you avoid taking the upside-downer, and let go! YIPPEEEE!

I'll try it

I both agree and disagree with you Wes. Sure I feel a little insecure when people have climbed a ton more stuff than me. But that's my own issue... those people usually are not the people bragging about the grades they send though.

The thing that bothers me are the people that (whether they admit it or not) base the climbs they they are going to climb more on a number than on the actual climb. Maybe it's just my way of saying I don't want others to care what I've been on or not.

The other thing I like doing in my guidebook is leaving myself beta (cams to bring up, moves, etc) so if I come back in a year or two I'll know what to do. I don't want to make other people have to read my beta to myself.

Wes wrote:dhoyne, if you are secure in your own climbing, then that will not change regardless of if you fill out a public or privite list. And as for the "I'm better then you.." part, I would say that a person who has ticked more higher grade routes then me is, gasp, a better climber. Why is it wrong for someone to be a better climber?

Tick lists are not good or bad, they are just a record. If you have issues with your climbing, ticking or not ticking is not going to fix them.

dhoyne wrote: The other thing I like doing in my guidebook is leaving myself beta (cams to bring up, moves, etc) so if I come back in a year or two I'll know what to do. I don't want to make other people have to read my beta to myself.

that is a good idea - a gear guide so to speak.

Ray needs to get back to work on his guidebook and stop climbing so much, otherwise I will never catch up with him on the ticklist!

yep 2 that!

dhoyne wrote:

The thing that bothers me are the people that (whether they admit it or not) base the climbs they they are going to climb more on a number than on the actual climb.
with your climbing, ticking or not ticking is not going to fix them.

I admit that I like the harder numbers (even though I suck at them) ... the moves are more fun, more challenging and I get a better ab work out on them.

all good advice friends - thanks. climb hard and enjoy every move

less mental-something-or-other, less self-recre-whatevering,
Less thinking, More climbing.