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When the pressure comes.... 9-May-2012 At 10:39:18 AM Winston Smith

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On 9/05/2012 shortman wrote:
>So your climbing your latest grade 9 project and trying to get the onsite
>and your meters above your last gear with some sketchy maybe grade 10 moves
>coming up and your leg starts shaking and your mind starts to doubt....what
>do you do?
>
>Push on?
>
>Retreat?
>
>Think stuff it and run the rest of the climb out?
>
>Dog it, because your pumping out and settle for another grade 8 next week?
>
>Note: Anyone climbing above grade 11 can't respond because you guys don't
>understand the intricacies of low grade climbing and you are all totally
>out of touch with shit climbers and reality.
>
>

Considering that most first timers can get up routes in the neighborhood of 14 I'd suggest that your budding, possibly troll-like, grade 10 lead climber should push on with steely determination and the knowledge that he/she could easily club 4 grades harder on top rope.

PS I regularly sweat my way up grade 10s, usually loudly proclaiming that they're undergraded by at least 6 grades.