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Soloing - A question of ethics? 24-Oct-2006 At 11:44:22 AM Nick Kaz

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On 24/10/2006 shiltz wrote:
>All climbing involves an element of risk. To a non-climber the experience
>of watching roped climbing is much like sydneymatt describes watching a
>solo climber. In contrast I find, as a climber, watching a solo climber
>does not particularly worry me. I get a lot more spooked watching a nervous
>leader who is obviously out of their depth.

True that, not many people solo outside their abilities.

Soloing ,generaly, is like walking on the edge of the freeway, keeping it to the side and you will be fine but crossing the white line is playing in heavy traffic. You don't that see many people on the side of the freeway, but the ones you do are rarely in the traffic.