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deannimal
Jun 18, 2002, 6:27 AM
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I SLIGHTLY perfer repelling. You just get this high from safely falling off a cliff.
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duskerhu
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Maybe you should check out
rappelling.com then...
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krustyklimber
Jun 18, 2002, 7:17 AM
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Climbing!
Jeff
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rickoldskool
Jun 18, 2002, 7:39 AM
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WHAT?
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rico
Jun 18, 2002, 8:20 AM
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Climbing forever!!!!
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kunzie
Jun 18, 2002, 10:36 AM
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Climbing. Definately
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doosh
Jun 18, 2002, 1:58 PM
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I can't believe this thread even exists.
I should start a business:
WHY SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT, WHEN I CAN DO IT FOR YOU !?!???
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ktwo
Jun 18, 2002, 2:47 PM
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MY GOD MAN ! How could you even dream of putting this post on here?! I hope you like to burn in FLAMES!
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mauta
Jun 18, 2002, 2:52 PM
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This topic suggest me the following:
WHAT IS BETTER,
EATING OR WASHING THE DISHES?
JUAN
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duracellbunny
Jun 18, 2002, 2:52 PM
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Climbing forever!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with Juan!!!
Climb safe and hard!!!!!
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killclimbz
Jun 18, 2002, 2:57 PM
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Rappelling sucks.
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cajunclimbere
Jun 18, 2002, 3:01 PM
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I think that rapping has to do with climbing. Reason being it’s easier to Rapp down after you set up top rope especially if your lazy like me. If I had to choose between the two though I would say climbing because it’s a little more challenging to get up a rock then down.
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jman
Jun 18, 2002, 3:31 PM
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I'm getting a feeling that since this is a rock climbing forum, most people are going to say they like climbing better than rapelling.
Climb on.
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pushfurther
Jun 18, 2002, 3:41 PM
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i prefer repellin'. i like to lace up my combat boots and wear camo pants and my favorite budweiser shirt.
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findaway
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Dude, don't feel bad about people exclaiming their surprise that this question was even asked...(I'm on the verge of joining them) it's just that everyone here is basically a climbiing addict and given the choice between never climbing again and never breathing again most would say "Well I figure I can get one good shot at that short project of mine befor I run out of breath."
Maybe a little extreme but you get the point
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hunter
Jun 18, 2002, 4:20 PM
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Deannimal,
Dude(ette), If rapping is your thing then enjoy it! But yeah, you aren't going to find many around here that prefer it to free climbing.
If you like rope related stuff more than free climbing you might try caving some day, seriously!
Rappelling and Jugging is what it's pretty much all about. Instead of whimpy little 25 meter rapps you can do 300 meter ones instead! Of course that makes for a whole lot of jugging to get back out
Have fun and don't let these rock rats get you down
Hunter
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jcs
Jun 18, 2002, 5:07 PM
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Is rapelling a sport? I thought it was the way you got down from a climb????
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deafclimber
Jun 18, 2002, 5:43 PM
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climbing is more fun and more challenge. i think rappelling is more risky than climbing is...
happy climbing !
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rock_climbin_06
Jun 18, 2002, 5:53 PM
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I definitely prefer climbing. Most of the time if I'm not being lazy I climb up and down the rock. Rapelling isn't really my thing. This really is a weird forum since this is rockclimbing.com!
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pwsk
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Maybe we just have a little language barrier here...I think in today's world "rapelling" refers to what actors do to get the feeling of being in the special forces, and having big guns and lazer sights
Sometimes though, climbers are called upon to "Abseil".
Abseiling is an inherent part of climbing since if there is no way to walk down one must either basejump or Abseil.
I've been in this climbing thing for over 6 years and climbing is what it's about for me, but I wonder what the guys/gals who've climbed "Torres del Paine" or "Trango Tower" say about abseiling? Maybe, descending from their few thousand feet climb, they say:'Wow, check out the view dude...!', and continue to enjoy the abseil to safety.
Enjoy and be safe
L.O.D.
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apollodorus
Jun 19, 2002, 7:49 AM
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Rappeling is what you do to get back to the ground after fixing three or four ropes. Also, you might have to rap to free your pigs when they get stuck under a roof. You can also rap down from the top to cut the pigs loose, if you took a chance that the last traversing two pitches could be hauled together. You might also rappel as part of a descent. Other than that, I don't know why a climber would rap at all.
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bmgard
Jun 19, 2002, 9:32 AM
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climbing
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climbracer
Jun 19, 2002, 10:39 AM
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Climbing!!
I'm in my own world, just me and the rock.
Kathy
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biggernhell
Jun 19, 2002, 8:10 PM
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Sorry about everyones reaction, but as you can tell a post like that on this site is otentially dangerous.
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rocky_al
Jun 19, 2002, 10:16 PM
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both of em.rappeling is fun but its easy to,climbing is more dificult and more
chalenging . Ya climb up and you rappel down.
Am i right.
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