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Chockstone Forum - General Discussion
General Climbing Discussion
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Sport climbers - why don't you climb trad? |
29-Jan-2013 At 9:17:24 PM |
White Trash
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On 27/01/2013 ratherbeclimbinv9 wrote:
>Not sure that's really fair Tor. I think (predominately) trad climbers
>generally give out far fewer stars than sport climbers. Pretty much the
>whole ACT Granite was written with the approach that if you wouldn't walk
>over hot coals while being subjected to a whipping to get to it, it doesn't
>deserve a star. 3 stars means you'd give up your shot at heaven (or whatever
>reward your particular religion offers) for it.
u should see onsights guide. lots of stars in there.
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>IMO people will most often give stars to a route when it's at their limit
>- maybe that's why sport climbers give out more, because you can be closer
>to your limit. Which is a big part of why many lower graded routes are
>great but have no stars. You tend to forget something that's easy.
peeps also give stars when they have little experience of a range of other climbs to compare with.
>
>BTW, there are closer trad cliffs and tors than Booroomba for north-siders.
> (and how's the shoulder??) |
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