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Big Trad Thong. 17-May-2011 At 11:37:27 PM crazyjohn

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>The moral is that specialists are much shitter climbers than they appear
>to be when you meet them in their natural habitat...............I won't
>start on about some of the Blueys sport-climbers, who would probably shed
>8 grades on a hypothetical interstate trip!

Like zac and lee who crushed el cap repeatedly? And every other crack in oz. Massively scarry shit. And Patagonia... etc. Jarmilla in anarctica? Etc. etc. Im not sure about the concept of 'specialist'. If you are a good climber, you just climb. Use your imagination, suck it up and figure it out. Specialist really just means lazy climber.

Hey about big trad thong. Thanks for the beta! I was kind of sticking up for the route because it has a killer name! I was hoping to climb it but after seeing those photos... Well... They pretty much tell the story. LAME.