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What are most common grip types at Gramps/Araps? 12-Jul-2017 At 1:08:21 PM jacksonclimbs

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TBH I thought it would be a relatively quick question with two or three responses, but this is an interesting discussion either way.

As I said earlier, each to their own. If people want to tick soft sport routes on day trips and spray about it to their friends, what does it matter? If they enjoy that, good for them. So long as they aren’t machine gun bolting trad lines, the various facets of climbing can co-exist.

On training, Wendy – I pretty much agree with you for the most part re: weaknesses core and just getting out on real rock, although I think that for the ambitious weekend-warrior sport climber like myself, finger strength needs to be built and maintained over time. In my experience, I’ve found what WWAS mentioned, that it can be hard to maintain it, and build it, through only climbing.

WWAS – I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting the Bush family but I really enjoyed Texas. It’s quite a diverse place despite its reputation. It’s cheap living and everything really is bigger – I’m having trouble adjusting to living in this shoebox townhouse in Melbourne that is apparently worth the same as an equally located 5 bedroom house with a swimming pool in Houston.