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Re: [Kstenson] clean first time top-rope = ?:
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jt512
Mar 7, 2011, 7:10 AM
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Kstenson wrote: phang_nga wrote: Rmsyll2 wrote: Yes, I am ignorant, as we all are until more informed. Is there an accepted term for doing a route top-rope clean first time that includes doing it clean first time, rather than simply dismissing top-rope as being unworthy of such distinctions? Sorry you feel like you'd get flamed for asking this question. There are a lot of pricks on this forum who seem to find pleasure in treating folks like they're idiots for asking questions. I'd say 'job well-done'. A top-rope doesn't physically help you up a route. It does give mental comfort, but the actual climb, if not aided by the rope at all, is still a clean climb in my opinion. To lead it would be a bit more impressive as it would add the mental challenge as well. Where do you normally climb? Actually my friend, you are wrong; very wrong. Have you ever even climbed lead? Having to lock off on one arm and hold that position while you unclip a quickdraw from your harness, clip it into the bolt and then clip your rope into the draw makes climbing lead far more strenuous and tiring than top roping where you simply climb continuously except for rests.
One way to make the clip less strenuous would be not to unclip the draw from your harness while locked off. It's not like locking off helps you get the draw off your harness, is it?
In reply to: I've just made the transition from Top roping to lead . . .
Has it occurred to you that as a beginning lead climber that you might not be as knowledgeable about the difference in difficulty between top roping and lead climbing as someone who has been lead climbing for many years?
Jay
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