Snake Dike on Half Dome isn't a sport route though, you need gear for the 5.7 pitch down low. I will say the 5.4 bolted pitches are runout, and so are most of the sport routes in Hueco, but many were intended to take suplimental gear, hence not true "sport routes"
J-Rock wrote:I'd ask Porter why he put the bolts where he did. Maybe he had a reason for it. Perhaps he wanted it to be spicey and dicey. Likewise, it could have been a mistake that was never corrected.
My understanding is that Porter doesn't much care anymore.
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
haas wrote:Snake Dike on Half Dome isn't a sport route though, you need gear for the 5.7 pitch down low. I will say the 5.4 bolted pitches are runout, and so are most of the sport routes in Hueco, but many were intended to take suplimental gear, hence not true "sport routes"
I didn't have supplemental gear when I did them hence to me they were memorable sport routes. And Snake Dike IS a sport route. It was done that way on the first ascent. Most people just make it a mixed route for safety.
TradMike wrote:And Snake Dike IS a sport route. It was done that way on the first ascent. Most people just make it a mixed route for safety.
i would think that it, as many other bolted routes, are not "sport" routes. i've always understood that the "safe" falls on bolts and the character of the route were what made them sport routes.
heady, largely run out, DFU routes are bolt protected "trad" lines.
i'd say that Walk on the Wild Side at Joshua Tree is a bolt protected trad line...in no way would i call it a sportclimb.
