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I prefer bouldering and free climbing. What do you like best?
I prefer bouldering and free climbing. What do you like best?
Poll
Your favorite typee
| Lead climbing | 9% | 9% - 1 | ||||
| Sport lead | 0% | 0% - 0 | ||||
| Top rope | 18% | 18% - 2 | ||||
| Free climbing | 45% | 45% - 5 | ||||
| bouldering | 27% | 27% - 3 | ||||
| Total: 11 | ||||||
Well, I must say I can't pick a favorite, but I'm not a big fan of sport lead as I come from the old school " the leader must not fall. " Sport climbing tends to be very hard, and falling is part of it, plus it's sad to see bolts placed next to perfect gear pockets. I guess I like to feel in control. My hardest sport lead was a .10b and my hardest crack lead is .10c, which is backwards from what most people do.
Bouldering is really free, yet committing. It's social and can be done while drinking beers and hanging out. I have a couple of First Assents credited in the back of Robert M.'s Joshua Tree bouldering guide. There is nothing comparable to running laps on Gunsmoke in Jtree for a total body/mind workout.
The whole 70+ feet of Gunsmoke your feet never are more than 5 feet of the ground, but it's wicked hard traversing from right to left. PIX:
Lead climbing moderate crack routes up to about 5.10b is my favorite. There is something cool about " stitching " up a pitch with natural protection. Long multi-pitch routes in the 5.8 zone are the very best, and on those we would move as fast as possible. Me and a buddy did Cathedral Peak which has a 800' face and is about 2 miles from the road in a little under three hours, car to car.
Alas, top roping is mostly what I do these days as we usually have the kids with us.
This is from my last climbing trip to Joshua Tree, Indian Cove some toprope.
Bouldering is really free, yet committing. It's social and can be done while drinking beers and hanging out. I have a couple of First Assents credited in the back of Robert M.'s Joshua Tree bouldering guide. There is nothing comparable to running laps on Gunsmoke in Jtree for a total body/mind workout.
The whole 70+ feet of Gunsmoke your feet never are more than 5 feet of the ground, but it's wicked hard traversing from right to left. PIX:
Lead climbing moderate crack routes up to about 5.10b is my favorite. There is something cool about " stitching " up a pitch with natural protection. Long multi-pitch routes in the 5.8 zone are the very best, and on those we would move as fast as possible. Me and a buddy did Cathedral Peak which has a 800' face and is about 2 miles from the road in a little under three hours, car to car.
Alas, top roping is mostly what I do these days as we usually have the kids with us.
This is from my last climbing trip to Joshua Tree, Indian Cove some toprope.
free climb, of course it's about all i can do in my gym, the have a lot of fixed rope walls but thats boring. plus i like getting on the ceilings and falling back on the pad.
Does canyoneering count? Because that's what I vote for.
Bump.
Just found this video
I've done some climbing in the verdon gorge and hope to try out the route done in this video with my uni climbing club.
the ridge that starts in the background is probably one of the scariest climbs I've done. It starts just above the waterline and although it doesn't look too tough, on a windy day the waves are huge and are daunting. My dad's climbing friend got pulled off the rock in a freak wave and died from the undertow which shows it's it's pretty extreme depending on the sea. It's called Commando Ridge.
Also hope to climb Kilimanjaro with my uni next christmas and hopefully there should be some decent ice climbing on the glacier.
Just found this video
I've done some climbing in the verdon gorge and hope to try out the route done in this video with my uni climbing club.
the ridge that starts in the background is probably one of the scariest climbs I've done. It starts just above the waterline and although it doesn't look too tough, on a windy day the waves are huge and are daunting. My dad's climbing friend got pulled off the rock in a freak wave and died from the undertow which shows it's it's pretty extreme depending on the sea. It's called Commando Ridge.
Also hope to climb Kilimanjaro with my uni next christmas and hopefully there should be some decent ice climbing on the glacier.
Last edited by ..teddy..jimmy (2009-04-11 13:36:25)