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Non-climbing applications of climbing strength 11-Aug-2010 At 8:47:39 PM kg

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Dearest Estuardo,

It is nice to see you are back in your true Chockstone form to officially take the illustrious award for the best adaptation of my initials - ever!

>You backed off a 3? Are you one of those "trad 2, sport 3" kinda guys?

I agree that it is poor form to back off a grade 3. The grade I provided is more an indication of how easy the climbing was and, despite the rock looking solid, how quickly I into trouble as the cliff face started to crumble away 15 metres off the deck. I will admit though, my left leg does wobble less with fear when I have a nice bolt below me as opposed to a dicey RP.

>More to the point, I'm intrigued to know whether one of your "lessons
>learned" was whether you were more of a shit climber than you are surfer
>or the other way around. Perhaps you are equally shit at both? Please
>share.

My apologies if my post gave you the impression that I think I am good at either body boarding or climbing relative to the lofty heights you must take these sports to. I just wanted to share an experience about how my climbing ability got me into more trouble than had I not had experience with the sport.

Sincerely,
‘Cagey’