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Grit Ground Up 29-Apr-2012 At 5:49:59 PM Hagges

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On 29/04/2012 Davidn wrote:
>On 29/04/2012 dalai wrote:
>>@Davidn - you really do have an unhealthy obsession with numbers and
>don't
>>seem to be able to comprehend anything beyond that...
>
>Look, I get that it's hard mentally. Om man ni pad me hum. Or is that
>om man ni 12 pads me hum?
>
>I make my decisions on what to climb based on a few things, including
>the grade and whether my legs/ankles are likely to snap (again). If you
>call a high crux V8 a V5, or similar, then you're just trying to get people
>hurt because they won't be able to physically manage the moves, and might
>fall and get hurt. Therefore grades matter. Call it unhealthy, call it
>number chasing, call yourself the next Buddha for all I care! It matters.
> People can see the height, but they can't necessarily see how hard the
>crux might be if they work ground up.
>
>Going by what Dave J said - would you happily jump on a route that could
>be anything from 23 to 30? Don't lie, Buddha is watching.

I really truly give up