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jbrown2
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Im not asking how many people on RC do. I am wondering in general. How many people in the world climb or have climbed 14.d
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Dec 11, 2011, 7:02 PM
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camhead
Dec 11, 2011, 7:38 PM
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jbrown2 wrote: Im not asking how many people on RC do. I am wondering in general. How many people in the world climb or have climbed 14.d
Check here for a starting point, then add a few other folks who have not joined 8a.spew yet, like Sharma, Caldwell, Trotter, Taylor, Usobiaga, Hirayama, Andrada, Bereziartu, ok, this is getting complicated. It's more than 6, though.
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dancottle
Dec 11, 2011, 8:54 PM
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Sasha DiGiulian is the only female though and it was just recently she sent it.
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lena_chita
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Dec 11, 2011, 10:26 PM
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dancottle wrote: Sasha DiGiulian is the only female though and it was just recently she sent it.
Sasha is the first American female to send 5.14d. Neither first nor the only otherwise.
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dancottle
Dec 11, 2011, 11:04 PM
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woops i guess i misunderstood that vid tittle i saw
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tH1e-swiN1e
Dec 12, 2011, 12:48 AM
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A lot more than you'll know about. I know quite a few crushers who dont compete or have sponsors of anything of the sort so you never hear about sends. Just climb and crush.
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jbrown2
Dec 12, 2011, 1:29 AM
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Some friends just cruised the internet for a bit. We came up with almost 200. That is alot of strong people.
Next question how many climbers are there in the world.
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lithiummetalman
Dec 12, 2011, 1:59 AM
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In reply to: Next question how many climbers are there in the world
A quadrillion+
if you include ants, animals,reptiles,plants and humans that can climb.
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newrivermike
Dec 12, 2011, 2:54 AM
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This list is a bit aged and is now far from complete but a cool reference anyway:
http://escalade9.wifeo.com/grimpeurs.php
And just to add to what was said about Sasha. She was the third female after Josune and then Charlotte Durif who just recently climbed PPP (5.14d) in the Verdon.
9a is the new 14a. Hundreds have climbed the grade. A more fun game would be something like, What European country has not produced a 9a climber?
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JasonsDrivingForce
Dec 12, 2011, 3:23 PM
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How many climbers can climb 5.15a? Does that number go to just a handful?
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rangerrob
Dec 12, 2011, 3:34 PM
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How many 5.14d trad climbers are there? hmmm
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jacques
Dec 12, 2011, 4:11 PM
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rangerrob wrote: How many 5.14d trad climbers are there? hmmm
Fortunately, climbing hard and challenging ourself in an unsight route is qualify by sport and trad climbing.
I wonder how many hours of training (any sport) and rock training do we need to climb 5.14? and how many people can afford so much time?
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lena_chita
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Dec 12, 2011, 4:54 PM
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jbrown2 wrote: Some friends just cruised the internet for a bit. We came up with almost 200. That is alot of strong people.
Double or triple that to get closer to a real number, IMO.
jbrown2 wrote: Next question how many climbers are there in the world.
It depends on your definition of a climber, for starters.
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sp115
Dec 12, 2011, 6:09 PM
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curt wrote: rangerrob wrote: How many 5.14d trad climbers are there? hmmm Probably about as many 5.14d trad climbs as there are.  Curt
Funny AND true...
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superchuffer
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In reply to: and how many people can afford so much time?
go to rifle and get back to us
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healyje
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0.000034% of the demographic.
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camhead wrote: rangerrob wrote: How many 5.14d trad climbers are there? hmmm Get over yourself with limited view of ground up being the only acceptable trad practice. The term, today is definitely used to describe routes that have clean and removable protection. The term sport climbing was more or less created in the early 1980's for Americans. Prior to that, people like Ray Jardine were already working routes. Have a look at the guidebooks of the major climbing areas that require removable protection and you'll see that very few people buy into your version of the term trad.
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rangerrob
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Gonzo, I'm not defining trad...that was done ad nauseum in a previous post. I just asked how many people can lead a ground up, placing pro, 5.14d....pretty simple question. Don't read into too much.
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Dec 15, 2011, 5:18 PM
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dancottle wrote: woops i guess i misunderstood that vid tittle i saw
You may not have, there seems to be some confusion about her being the first American woman, or the first woman in the world to send that grade. At an event two weeks ago I am pretty sure the MC introduced her as the first woman to climb 5.14d.
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jomagam
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DouglasHunter wrote: At an event two weeks ago I am pretty sure the MC introduced her as the first woman to climb 5.14d.
Is there anything behind that other than misinformation ? I've heard some people questioning Charlotte Durif's ascent, but I don't really understand why. Are there any doubts about Josune Bereciartu's climb, or its rating ?
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