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Abseilers. What are your opinions about them? 26-Jul-2017 At 8:05:24 AM Karl Bromelow
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On 25/07/2017 martym wrote:
>On 21/07/2017 Karl Bromelow wrote:
>> But amongst the climbing community "recreational
>>abseilers" will always be considered rather goofy, sad and into it for
>>silly fairground thrills or deluded perceptions of toughness rather than
>As opposed to climbing? One man's thrill is another man's dawdle...
>
>>for any genuine physical challenge or the beauty of movement and the
>pleasure
>>of complex problem solving in a usually magical environment.
>Surely you could apply that same sentence to abseilling? It requires mental
>and physical toughness; some problem solving and usually in a magical environment.
>
>I love the abseil into Pierces Pass via Mirrorball Pinnacle - i've heard
>Weaselburger is quicker, but Mirrorball is such a fun experience. Same
>with the cave network around Boar's head. I can see the appeal of just
>doing that for the sake of it.

And as I said, "I realise this is just my biased perspective."

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