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jt512
Jun 1, 2011, 4:00 PM
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funnelator wrote: Standardization is great for newbies. After that people improvise. That they improvise in a way you don't agree with doesn't necessarily make them any less safe.
Standardization of commands is (or was) great for climbing. You can (or used to be able to) go to pretty much any major crag in North America, pick up a new partner, and be on the same page as far as commands go.
Sure, experienced partners tweak the system as they see fit, but it is beneficial to have a climbing-community-wide set of standard commands to fall back on when climbing with an unfamiliar partner. "Off belay" accidents occur when one climber has his own private definition of that term.
In reply to: And I didn't say as long as the climber and belayer think they are communicating effectively.
You missed my point.
In reply to: Jay, you are a consummate sophist in that you post adroitly but often speciously and without substance. And you have last word-itis.
You ought to look in the mirror before making accusations like those.
Jay
(This post was edited by jt512 on Jun 1, 2011, 4:12 PM)
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