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beaner_says_hi
Apr 2, 2003, 10:41 PM
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Would you consider yourself sport or trad, and why did you pick it?
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drkodos
Apr 2, 2003, 10:48 PM
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Old School Trad....
(mostly because I suck at Sport Climbing. Weakness coupled with unathletecism leaves me wimpering on most climbs above 5.11. Because of this I chastise and deride sport climbing and its practioners as being "Unpure" and corrupt to the nature of true climbing, TRAD)
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polarwid
Apr 2, 2003, 10:50 PM
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:lol: DITTO to drkodos...
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fanederhand
Apr 2, 2003, 10:55 PM
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Both are great but TRAD is where it is at. But Alpine Mountaineering ... that is true climbing for the summit.
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flying_dutchman
Apr 2, 2003, 11:11 PM
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trad, cause thats what most climbs are in my area. My ultimate goal is mountaineering, though. Anything vertical is awsome in my opinion.
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alpnclmbr1
Apr 2, 2003, 11:14 PM
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Alpine for the soul
Trad for your head
Sport for endurance
Boulder for power
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cloudbreak
Apr 2, 2003, 11:15 PM
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I climb.
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naturalhigh
Apr 2, 2003, 11:32 PM
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alpnclmbr1 - couldn't have said it better myself
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misha
Apr 2, 2003, 11:37 PM
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BOULDERING
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sandbag
Apr 2, 2003, 11:38 PM
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The solitude and the serenity of being wrapped in the roaring blanket of silence on top of an alpine peak.
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rendog
Apr 3, 2003, 12:00 AM
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i climb therefore I am...if I don't climb therfore I'm not
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jerrygarcia
Apr 3, 2003, 12:02 AM
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fanederhand
Apr 3, 2003, 12:24 AM
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In reply to: Alpine for the soul Trad for your head Sport for endurance Boulder for power
Alpnclmbr1 your my kind of climber ... right on.
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tenn_dawg
Apr 3, 2003, 12:46 AM
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"The Roaring Blanket of Silence"
Right on sandbag. Right on.
Travis
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jono
Apr 3, 2003, 1:03 AM
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sport. never learned trad. looks expencive :roll:
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evolate
Apr 3, 2003, 6:40 AM
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any way that gets me outside and upward bound
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apollodorus
Apr 3, 2003, 7:49 AM
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Trad B Rad. Doing it up on a faux-natural line is WAY better than following a line of bolts. After all, a good trad line has the potential for off-route mistakes (FA?) that can be quite good.
Sport climbing is like golf: put your number of strokes on the card and calculate your handicap.
Trad climbing is like climbing: you meet and defeat the rock as it was meant to be. You attain a summit. Your affliction degenerates: Walls.
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vertical_planar
Apr 3, 2003, 7:54 AM
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In reply to: Alpine for the soul Trad for your head Sport for endurance Boulder for power
I really liked that but let me paraphrase it according to my beliefs
Alpine for the soul
Trad for your head
Sport for the flow
Boulder for purity
If I had to use the four elements I would say
alpine is air
trad is earth
sport is water
bouldering is fire
:)
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bigeyedfish
Apr 3, 2003, 8:32 AM
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sport - i like cranking out hard moves...working sequences...training for hard climbs. basically for the challenge. trad is a different type of challenge. once i find reward in ripping up a hard climb, leading a lower level trad just doesn't give me the same accomplishment.
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beaner_says_hi
Apr 3, 2003, 9:30 PM
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I love these responses. They're varied, a lot of different perspectives, and all refreshing.
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triptothesun
Apr 3, 2003, 9:40 PM
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DONT KNOW!!!!!! :cry: :( :!: :!: :!: :x :roll:
T! :)
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alpinerockfiend
Apr 4, 2003, 3:28 AM
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Following an aesthetic line of rock in alpine terrain that leads to a summit is where it is at for me. Doing so with no or a small amount of gear intensifies the experience for me, making it more rewarding.
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