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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:55 pm
by ynot
If you are any good at trad there's no fidling around placing gear. goes in fast, first and gets clipped. Just like a bolt.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:20 pm
by SCIN
I guess I'm no good at trad then. Regardless, you still have to carry that shit on you while you're climbing. Crack climbing kicks ass but traddies overemphasize the coolness of the gear. That's like being a race car driver and spending all day talking about the latest seat belts and fire extinguishers.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:33 pm
by ynot
when you hang a 4.5 and two number 5's off your harness its like having a full rack on. Doesnt it bang you in the skull when you get upside down in the crack?
I kinda like that tune at the end of the movie too.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:40 pm
by SCIN
Yea, that's what happened to me.....banged in the head by Camalots too many times. You finally figured it out for me, Ynot. Thank you.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:38 pm
by 512OW
SCIN wrote:I guess I'm no good at trad then. Regardless, you still have to carry that shit on you while you're climbing. Crack climbing kicks ass but traddies overemphasize the coolness of the gear. That's like being a race car driver and spending all day talking about the latest seat belts and fire extinguishers.
Word to your mama.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:50 pm
by the lurkist
I'm serious though. Gearing up for a trad line anymore feels like I'm putting a costume on to climb. How can climbing a line with shit dangling all over you feel as pure as heading up a line with just a rope and chalk bag (draws pre-hung)? Doesn't mean one is better than the other. I'm just saying I think the whole "trad is pure" is bullshit. It sure don't feel pure. Climbing without having to think about protection is pure climbing.....focused on movement not rubiks cube solving.
words of wisdom.
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:39 am
by SCIN
Fuckin' A "words of wisdom" you tall sack of dogshit!
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:46 am
by pigsteak
finally, someone with more time on their hands than I....the fore-SCIN rants on...
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:39 pm
by krampus
Forget the spray, forget the rating. Its all about the pucker factor for me. So when I am geared up on 5.8 or 5.9 crack performing a sketchy move on a questionable piece of placement, my ass puckers up just the same as if I were on the crux of a 5.11 sport.