trad rating vs. sport

Post by **Rollo** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:28 pm

this thread is funny... please continue.

Post by **pigsteak** » Tue May 11, 2010 12:30 am

Wolf wrote:
pigsteak wrote:[

call me next time you think you have to wait in line to clip bolts..I can turn you towards a hndred quality sport routes wiht no waiting...
Are you going to trick him into Curbside?

lol..of the 8 routes I bolted at curbside, 5 of them are quit good, or even excellent. so trick him? sure.

Post by JR » Tue May 11, 2010 3:30 pm

pigsteak wrote:
Wolf wrote:
pigsteak wrote:[

call me next time you think you have to wait in line to clip bolts..I can turn you towards a hndred quality sport routes wiht no waiting...
Are you going to trick him into Curbside?
lol..of the 8 routes I bolted at curbside, 5 of them are quit good, or even excellent. so trick him? sure.

The proportion of good climbs at curbside are consistent with the rest of the Red's sport crags with a few exceptions. I am with you Pigsteak. Wildfire is really quite good.

Post by **anticlmber** » Tue May 11, 2010 3:34 pm

if you're waiting in line to clip bolts you might need to walk a few more feet right or left

Post by **TradMike** » Tue May 11, 2010 9:04 pm

pigsteak wrote:playing with cute clanky metal things, getting in 3-4 pitches in a day, and calling it a "climbing day"....trad is more about getting out of climbing than anything.

Sounds more like a lot of the sport climbers I see out there. A typical trad day for me is a 5 mile hike in, 12 pitches of climbing and then 5 miles out both ways up hill with a 40lb pack in the snow.

Post by JR » Wed May 12, 2010 1:37 am

TradMike wrote: A typical trad day for me is a 5 mile hike in, 12 pitches of climbing and then 5 miles out both ways up hill with a 40lb pack in the snow.

This sounds pretty bad ass.

Wait a minute..."up hill both ways"?

Post by **pigsteak** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:43 am

shoot my sport partner rjackson carries 80 pounds, and I have no idea what is in his pack...no idea whatsoever.

Post by **anticlmber** » Wed May 12, 2010 12:49 pm

your lunch motherfucker!!

and your big girl panties.

Post by **TradMike** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:00 pm

JR wrote: Wait a minute..."up hill both ways"?

That was just throwing in a little embelishment at the end... maybe not both ways.

pigsteak wrote:shoot my sport partner rjackson carries 80 pounds, and I have no idea what is in his pack...no idea whatsoever.

He's secretly training for Trad climbing but doesn't have the heart to tell you. I bet he sneaks off on your off days to enjoy Trad climbing.

Post by **rjackson** » Thu May 13, 2010 2:42 am

Don't forget the carry-on...

NOTE I always love this thread, no matter how many times it circles around. And just for the record, again, it may be the same rating system but it's far from equal. Like looking down train tracks; they may appear to converge but the further down you travel the more you realize that no matter how close they seem, they just don't touch. (Hmmm, Frank 'always' says it better.)