jt512
May 17, 2012, 5:09 PM
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SylviaSmile wrote: Ok, so this question keeps coming up in my mind: is bouldering really the best way to get up a given rock, namely, the boulder? I don't mean highball bouldering, which to me kind of looks like a short free solo, but more like those really overhanging problems you see on climbing videos. If the goal is getting to the top of the boulder, doesn't it make more sense from a practical perspective not to start underneath an overhanging section of it, but rather to walk around it and go up an easier way? For a lot of these smaller boulders it looks like you could literally just walk up it. Or are there really just a lot of medium size anvil-shaped boulders and that's where this style comes from? Oh, and lest anyone think I am hating on bouldering, this video is one of the most awesome climbing videos I have yet found. Oddly enough, Sylvia, the goal of bouldering is to find the hardest way up the smallest rocks. Jay
(This post was edited by jt512 on May 17, 2012, 5:10 PM)
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