holdplease2
Feb 13, 2007, 3:58 AM
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Hey Bill:
Yup, I saw the reason, and I know that the gym requires you to do it one time during a belay test.
And prolly everyone has done 5-10 practice falls at one time or another, myself included
I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that Gail opts to do this after every climb. This is what I'm talking about.
Certainly, I don't mean to criticize Gail (Whom I've not met) or anyone else. Just stating my opinion on why I think that (for me) regularly whipping into a system when other options are available might not be the best idea. (...in the event that you've had enough practice falls, whatever that might be.)
Practice falls are great. Gyms are great. Most belayers are great. Wing onto your system hard regularly, and someday, something is not going to be great.
Need proof of this? See thread title.
I'm hoping that you get perfectly well soon, Gail. And please don't think I mean to criticize you, I'm just throwing out a contrary opinion to the "Falling is Super OK" thing that I see around so much.
-Kate.
(This post was edited by holdplease2 on Feb 13, 2007, 4:02 AM)
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