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USnavy


Aug 5, 2009, 12:38 PM

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Re: [ptownclimber] Take!
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ptownclimber wrote:
How harmful is it to the learning experience to take when climbing near one's limit?
Quite rather harmful IMO. So very often I see beginners climb at their limit (5.9) and call take to rest on a bolt. I respond by yelling, "just climb until you fall, don’t take!!!". Unless the fall is dangerous or you’re on questionable gear, there is no reason to call for a take. If your calling for a take above the bolt your wrong. You don’t want your belayer pulling the rope steel cable tight on a fall unless you’re over a ledge. If you’re going to fall, fall. Don’t call for a take unless it’s imperative to minimize the fall distance to avoid injury and in such case you should never have to tell the belayer that for they should be able to see such themselves.

Climbing until you fall is the benchmark of being a solid lead climber. Thats one of the ways you can tell an experienced leader from some rookie thats just messing around. If you want to lead harder routes you need to be able to push it to the max on lead. Being able to push it to the max on lead requires you to understand that falling is part of climbing and that it will happen (often).

Now if you’re calling for a take on a project that you cannot redpoint (yet) so you can look at the route and work the moves, that’s fine. But if you’re calling for a take because you’re scared, you need to get out of that mentality.


(This post was edited by USnavy on Aug 5, 2009, 12:43 PM)



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