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onbelay_osu
Feb 11, 2003, 6:59 PM
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I am wanting to get into aid, but do not have the money to start so parrdon my ignorence, but i was reading rock and ice and they had some real great multi pitch climbs that looked like real fun trad, but it was rated for example A2 5.6 or C2 i know what the Aid rating is but the C2 i do not know and want to know.......thanks
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wigglestick
Feb 11, 2003, 7:06 PM
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The same question was asked in the Gearheads (?) forum about a week ago.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=25226&forum=40
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rrrADAM
Feb 11, 2003, 7:07 PM
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C is for Clean Aid climbing... There is a trend toward using gear that will not mar the rock, instead of "nailing up" a line with pitons, the removal of which leaves "pin scars", etc.
Clean Aid uses any gear that will not mar the rock.
[ This Message was edited by: rrradam on 2003-02-11 11:09 ]
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copperhead
Feb 11, 2003, 9:15 PM
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Quote:
Clean Aid uses any gear that will not mar the rock.
Clean refers to any gear that is placed without the use of a hammer. See cam-hook/ sandstone debates...
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rrrADAM
Feb 11, 2003, 9:32 PM
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Gotcha... Thanx.
Aid is a little outside my area of interest.
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passthepitonspete
Feb 11, 2003, 10:26 PM
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Guys, this post is redundant.
You can find out everything you never wanted to know here:
Ask Dr. Piton ... about aid ratings.
Before you ask a question that has already been answered, it might pay to check the Index to Dr. Piton Stuff.
[this post could be deleted at the liberty of the [font color=maroon]moderator]
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twrock
Feb 12, 2003, 1:33 PM
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Oh, c'mon, just let people ask. If others don't want to reply, that is their prerogative. This discussion of what to do with redundant threads has raged plenty of times around here. So wigglestick points to a possible answer, rrradam gives his own, copperhead adds to it, what's the harm? Without this exchange, some people might never have noticed the technical difference Bryan pointed out. I don't think that is such a bad thing to have happen.
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atg200
Feb 12, 2003, 6:41 PM
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i agree. this is a forum after all.
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