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Tassy's hardest trad climb 24-Apr-2014 At 4:23:55 PM taschris

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>Yeah well its not an entry into goatfest or any big film, its just to
>show people some of the climbing with a quick editing job. Simey was just
>baiting me, big surprise!
>
>About green pointing pleasant screams direct.... Last time I checked Adam
>had pulled out the piton(s?) next to the bolts and has not sent it. Maybe
>I am out of the loop. But if he did send it with or without hammering in
>more pitons it would not change the grade! How does clipping a piton instead
>of a bolt make the climb harder?
>
>Also, Hubris was led mostly ground up. The gear is good and falls are
>safe. It crosses a sport climb that unfortunately has bolts by the crack.
>Pleasant Screams Direct has very little gear except for the bolts!. After
>weeks(months?) of top roping the route and searching for gear placements
>Adam decided to hammer in pitons anyway. Basically PSD does not exist as
>any kind of "trad" route. Its exists as Adam's fantasy at the moment and
>I hope it stays that way.
>
>You should climb PSD if you havent already! And Hubris! Or maybe any of
>the other trad routes that actually exist. Thanks for the input Ben.
>cj

Heya cj

I agree with Ben, smells like a trad conspiracy here against another climber to make u look good. Though I'm curious what your pinnacle ethics are in reference to "Hubris was led mostly ground up", what does that mean? Just a tad of toproping that your hammering Adam for?
Any why don't you check your facts before dissing someone else, a friend of mine belayed Adam on his route and said he spent 6 days on it in total (not weeks or months) then led it first go, and placed loads of gear tho small stuff by the sounds of it.

If others are having fun, whether it leading grade 20, who gives a hoot.

Yours
Chris