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rastafarout
Sep 6, 2008, 4:19 AM
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Whyyyyyyyy? :)
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Lazlo
Sep 6, 2008, 4:24 AM
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I had to get the rope up there!
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Maddhatter
Sep 6, 2008, 4:24 AM
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Why not?
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rastafarout
Sep 6, 2008, 4:26 AM
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Yeah,but i heard it's can be quiet dangerous! 
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Lazlo
Sep 6, 2008, 4:27 AM
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Maddhatter wrote: Why not?
...choss. 1/4" spinners. Core shot. No ham sammie.
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Maddhatter
Sep 6, 2008, 4:30 AM
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I've pulled and my share of 1/4" by 1" button heads in the black hills (SD) and put real bolts back in. LOL
It is true that the reasons some lead are the same reasons some don't.
A great man was once was asked "why do you climb the mountain" He said "Because it's there"
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Lazlo
Sep 6, 2008, 4:36 AM
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Maddhatter wrote: I've pulled and my share of 1/4" by 1" button heads in the black hills (SD) and put real bolts back in. LOL It is true that the reasons some lead are the same reasons some don't.
The last time I asked my self "Why the hell do I climb?" It was when I reached my belay only to find a single 1/4" button head with a home made hanger. Next to it was an empty hole. What happened to the other bolt I wonder? It scares me to think.
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Lazlo
Sep 6, 2008, 4:38 AM
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Maddhatter wrote: A great man was once asked "why do you climb the mountain" He said "Because it's there"
George Mallory, if I recall correctly.
((Edited because: I answerved with 'Ed Hillary' I'm changing my answerve to George Mallory. Yeah, I know. Cheap.))
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Maddhatter
Sep 6, 2008, 4:39 AM
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I have removed 1/4" button heads in J-Tree and WY also. Some people just should not put up new climbs. Plain and simple.
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Maddhatter
Sep 6, 2008, 4:40 AM
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Lazlo wrote: Maddhatter wrote: A great man was once asked "why do you climb the mountain" He said "Because it's there" Ed Hillary, if I recall correctly.
Yep
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granite_grrl
Sep 6, 2008, 12:18 PM
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'cause that's climbing.
Besides, you don't want to deal with rope always getting in your way, do you?
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Lazlo
Sep 6, 2008, 1:03 PM
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granite_grrl wrote: Besides, you don't want to deal with rope always getting in your way, do you?
This is the one reason I don't like TR
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HR1
Sep 6, 2008, 1:44 PM
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Maddhatter wrote: A great man was once was asked "why do you climb the mountain" He said "Because it's there"
George Mallory
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tomcat
Sep 6, 2008, 2:11 PM
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Leading is climbing.Everything else is practice for it.
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Maddhatter
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HR1 wrote: Maddhatter wrote: A great man was once was asked "why do you climb the mountain" He said "Because it's there" George Mallory
I knew it was one of the two. Or both. LOL
Still a great answer.
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dingus
Sep 6, 2008, 3:30 PM
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I started leading because of two things:
1. Most of the climbs I wanted to do couldn't be top roped and I didn't know any other climbers.
2. From the start climbing for me has in some measure about the acquisition of an ever-expanding set skills. I dig the whole experience from pebble pulling to suffering on the sides of mountains. Skiing, glacier travel, snow climbing, ice climbing, winter camping skills, winter mountaineering skills, free climbing, aid climbing, walls, short hard trad, long moderate trad, long hard trad, back country any of the above, sport climbing, bouldering, hiking, peak bagging.... leading is a big part of all them.
Cheers
DMT
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subantz
Sep 6, 2008, 3:31 PM
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I wanted to be the best of the best of the best. Besides how was I going to get into a climbing gang if I couldnt lead. I wanted respect from the other climbing gangs. In a world of war between sport and trad. I wanted to be a quikdraw killa. So I started leading and earned the respect I deserved. Gang wars thats why I joined. yup......
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taydude
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Cuz I wanted to pick up the crag bunnies and they think that top roping is teh lame. Plus the rope ruins the view of my amazing muscles as I'm pulling down hard.
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dingus
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subantz wrote: I wanted to be the best of the best of the best. Besides how was I going to get into a climbing gang if I couldnt lead. I wanted respect from the other climbing gangs. In a world of war between sport and trad. I wanted to be a quikdraw killa. So I started leading and earned the respect I deserved. Gang wars thats why I joined. yup......
Ya gets beat into this gang ya gets beat out.
Best answer yet ^^^ btw
DMT
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Rocknovice
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Because it makes me feel alive.
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geezergecko
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"It's a scary job but some ones got to do it!"
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Feller
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boulderd for a really long time. loved it, but got a little bored with it. I learned a lot as far as technique goes and definitely got my weight training up...but then I got ambitious and wanted to do all those cool bouldering moves...but....40 feet in the air. Top roping is dumb...so....sport climbing it is!
trad is coming up next :D too bad that's super expensive...
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milesenoell
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Because I wanted to play with all those cool bits and pieces that all the ballers have. They just look so cool.
Actually it was largely because the local crag had lots of 5.10s (mostly b's and c's) but then kind of jumped in to 5.12s with almost nothing in between. Since I could climb all the 10s but none of the 12s, it made sense to make the 10s harder than flail at the 12s. The problem for me was that I was the most experienced climber in my circle, so finding anyone to even learn with was hard, and learning from someone was totally out of the picture. Mock-leading on a TR-solo setup was how I finally started practicing lead and meeting more experienced climbers.
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chossmonkey
Sep 6, 2008, 10:38 PM
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rastafarout wrote: Whyyyyyyyy? :)
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