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Re: [Gmburns2000] Do you rest on your gear?:
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zeke_sf
Aug 28, 2007, 3:37 PM
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I've fallen on gear more than rested on it. If I get up to, say, a 5.10B offwidth and realize I have no chance at it, then I'm much more likely to rest. If I think I have a chance at it, then I'll gun for it. Improving aid skills on free climbs is also a useful skill I'd like to get better at. I've taken the more push myself on gear approach than what Vegastradguy espouses. Then again, I've only pushed myself on climbs that pro relatively well. I think you learn pretty fast when you place yourself in a higher stress situation, but cruising up climbs that are moderate to your skill level is also useful. I suppose resting on your gear depends on how much you trust your gear, and whether your goal is to just get up a particular climb or if it is to free that climb. I'd say you learn more by pushing yourself to where you might fall because you'll learn to push yourself and start succeeding, whereas the decision to rest on gear will only enforce that habit.
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