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lead vs second grade gap 24-Jun-2011 At 9:54:23 PM HumphreyG

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I definitely agree with the 'leap into it' approach with top roping but I (generally) won't bother with it - I feel like I'm cheating. There's some thing about leading a climb that you get to a certain point and you think "f#ck it, I'm so far past my lasty piece of gear I can either let go now (and just give up like a sport climber - ha ha ) or I can carry on and see how far i get before i really fall off". Thats the addiction of trad isnt it?? Sport you can just plop off any time - just like a gym.

I would like to point out that as a mid to high teens grade climber I'm probably not pushing the grade like some of you but, hey, its all relative yeah? At my level I don't really see any excuse with it being a trad climb as the protection you should be putting in should be completely bomber anyway at this level.