pwscottiv wrote:
jonoj wrote:
How about:
Trad / Sport - refering to the route itself (dictated by how it was opened).
Gear / Sport / Toprope / Second/ Solo / Aid - refering to the climbing style of any subsequent ascent.
eg: I toproped a hard single pitch trad route
I lead an easy sport route on gear
I lead a trad route on gear
I seconded a trad route above my lead level.
I aided up a super hard sport route
My 0.2c
I don't see how the original methods used for climbing the route has much significance at all. And, for the most part (except aid-routes that are now free climbed) the same methods are used on every ascent... You don't really hear about trad routes getting bolted or vice versa.
jonoj wrote:
I lead an easy sport route on gear
I lead a trad route on gear
Hmm, now I'm really confused as to what exactly your reasoning is... How exactly is someone going to lead a sport route with cams and chocks? Do you know what a sport route is?
And how else are you supposed to lead a trad route? Are you going to pound bolts into the crack? Do you know what a trad route is?
