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guangzhou
May 18, 2012, 8:53 AM
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USnavy wrote: SylviaSmile wrote: 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? haha, apparently I am not the only one that has noticed this. People in Yosemite often like to pull down on some V10 moves to reach the top of a rock that can be climbed via 3rd class on the back end.  But, the point of boudlering is not to get to the top of the rock as efficiently as possible. Actually, its more like getting to the top as inefficiently as possible. The idea is to build strength and technique pulling on the hardest possible moves.
Bouldering is a lot like climbing, it's more about the chosen route than reaching the top.
You can scale the face of El-Capitan in Yosemite or you can walk around back. Both will put you on the summit.
One is called rock climbing, but the other is called hiking.
(This post was edited by guangzhou on May 18, 2012, 10:00 AM)
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Post edited by guangzhou
() on May 18, 2012, 9:59 AM: Added word "but"
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Post edited by guangzhou
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