I just really dig on the ability to get the rope up higher, to go beyond what you perceive as limits. It doesn't even feel like climbing when I have a top rope--always training.

I really dig on the companionship of teammates who swap leads. In fact, I always climb harder when I am swapping leads. And after I belay a leader, I am always fixing for the next lead (unless typical excuses prevail [scared, tired, sleeping, under the influence]).

I sincerely believe the lead is always worth not carrying the pack. Holy s%& yes.

For me, this is part of my personality. I do have a weinerschnitzel, irl.

Why does your profile say you lead and follow 5.1 ?

C'mon anything under 5.6 is really a solo. Its not even worth a rope.

Maybe a few in Josh.

Are you kidding?

Thats the way to influence a thread - base your knowledge on a person based on what's in their profile - that many people never bother to change.

Why are all these posts cropping up again? There was a nice silence for over a month. Let's go back to that.

Why are you insulting someone climbing level. Why under 5.6 is a free solo. Why not under 5.10 or 5.12.

I can think of a few 5.5 or 5.4 pitches I doubt you would solo. I know I wouldn't. I'm sure the 5.6 third pitch of East Buttress of El-cap isn't on your list of pitches to solo anytime soon either.

I'm an aspiring ACMG rock guide, therefore need to lead for training.

Why does your profile say you lead and follow 5.1 ?

C'mon anything under 5.6 is really a solo. Its not even worth a rope.

Maybe a few in Josh.

Are you kidding?

From your profile:

Trad: 5.7 5.10c
Sport: 5.8 5.10b

So you only lead 5.7, but suggest that you solo anything under 5.6 unroped? Sure...

Why I lead? It's the only way to truly experience climbing.

Norway is beautiful. My favorite artist is Eduard Munch. I went to his museum.

I've never climbed there, but you have the alps . The ratings are different.

There are hard 5.6 in some areas like Joshua Tree and in Yosemite.

However a 5.1 is easier than walking up a flight of stairs in the United States for most 3 year olds.
Even scrambling is harder.

Maybe its just an oversight, or a simple mistake.

Finally !

It's funny because I've climbed with a few of these " elite alpha males" and they have said they won't even lead anything under 5.12,
but would belay me on whatever 5.10 I wanted.

Just in case someone saw them.


Kind of a "Hugh Hefner" with all the playmates?

..However a 5.1 is easier than walking up a flight of stairs in the United States for most 3 year olds...

I don't think "flight of stairs" means what you think it does.

In any even let me put it terms you’ll understand:

I like to lead, for the same reason my cat likes to chase a string. My favorite cats are Siamese. They’re from Egypt, not all, but originally. I once had a cat that ate ice cream. I would feed it to her on a fork. “Oh well”, I used to think, “if only you had an opposable thumb”. Has anyone seen a cat climb? They don’t use ropes. They like to chase string. I like to lead for the same reason.

I saw a cat climb a tree once. But it was because my dog was chasing her. My dog chase lots of things. Some with four legs some with two. I wonder how many legs she has chased in all? You know in some races they have different segments they call legs. Another type of race is one in boats where they use oars. Called crew. There are two types - sweeps - where you just pull on one oar with both hands and sculling where you have an oar in each hand. In England there are lots of crew races on the Thames such as Henley. And The Boat Race. That's between Oxford and Cambridge. My daughter spent time at both Oxford and Cambridge. She met her husband at Oxford. He was the president of the OUMC (Oxford University Mountaineering Club). They do a lot of climbing. In England. Both boys and girls. My dog is a girl. She chased me up a cliff once. It was 5.3 slab. She almost got it. But couldn't quite. Probably because she is a girl. I am a boy - so I led it for her. It's only natural. Shall we go around again? wheeee

I went to England once. Took a photo of my wife in a stone circle as a fertility blessing. Turns out she was already pregnant by 1 month. Our first child. A boy. Or second child is a girl. Both climb. We went on two trips where I promised the boy he could do his first outdoor lead. We didn't get to climb on either trip. So the lad no lead. My wife still has upper back issues from carrying the kids when they were babies. That and she has sore rotator cuffs from punching so much. We got rid of our cats and I hate the dog next door. That leaves me to get the rope up. More fun going up the front, than round the back.

Sometimes the back door is a nice variation. I tried to get in the backdoor of Stonehenge once. That's a stone circle in England. Very well known. Perhaps you have heard of it. Built by the Druids. They are not Christians. In Scandinavia they also had non Christian groups in the old days. Vikings and what not. They had horns. Both the boys and girls. All very horny I guess. Oslo in in Norway. There is a famous painting by Munch in a museum there. "The Scream". Reminds me of girls trying to lead.

I saw a tv show about vikings, the archeologists have found evidence that the warrior men lived together in a separate house. They had shirts, and decorated them. I don't think they bouldered, but since they had iron, they might have done ice. Vanilla Ice would have made a good viking and boulder. Snorli Sturlesson is my favorite, he led. He was bold.

Yes , You are pretty hardcore. Good luck with your training and becoming an awesome guide.

I think I am related to Eric the Red. He had a beard too. But his was red. Mine is grey. Maybe mine turned grey because I got scared leading. But i have to because I am a boy.

I think I am related to Eric the Red. He had a beard too. But his was red. Mine is grey. Maybe mine turned grey because I got scared leading. But i have to because I am a boy.

I think you need something in your life, and it starts with a "c"