jjanowia
Jul 15, 2010, 5:29 PM
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I conjecture more people are responding "runout" because they've been in that situation and can relate, e.g. far fewer climbers have been involved in a serious accident/self - rescue situation with fractures or loss of consciousness.
A similar conjecture I'll make is that the majority of pitches being climbed by readers of this forum are of a cragging / single-pitch nature not too far from your car / crib. I'm not saying ya'll didn't climb the Nose or whatever, but that probably most of your pitches are climbed at your local crag. If most of your climbing time is spent single-pitch climbing at a small crag that isn't too remote, then you're also more likely to run into the "pumped above pro" situation than the "self-rescue" situation (beyond, say, lowering an injured climber to the ground). Hence you remember that last time where you yelled to your belayer "Yo, I'm gripped" or whatever, and the memory is scary.
(This post was edited by jjanowia on Jul 15, 2010, 5:34 PM)
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