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General Climbing Discussion

Poll Option

Votes

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Yes, Freeclimbing roped-lead-soloing

10%

Yes, Aidclimbing roped-lead-soloing

10%

Yes, Freeclimbing top-rope soloing

33%

Yes, Aidclimbing top-rope soloing

Yes, all of the above

15%

Yes, Lead free climbing soloing (nil rope).

15%

Yes, Aid Lead soloing (nil rope).

No way Josê!

15%

Topic Date User

Roped Soloing - Who Does It? (for OP) 6-Sep-2008 At 11:47:08 PM stonetroll

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I climb by myself regularly, and have done so for about a year and a half. Climbing with a fixed rope on self-belay useing a Petzl ascender ( jumar ) attached to my harness as my catch and the Petzl croll as a back up. It's a great way of getting climbs in when your buddys are out of touch or you just wanta be by yourself. But wank wank .... solo is SOLO, that means climbing without pro' or ropes. To climb on a rope and call it solo is an oxymoron. To me it makes more sense to call it what it is and that's top rope self-belay or lead self-belay. Either way getting into self belay can really open up your world and opportunitys for climbing. Keep safe groovers.