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ryhawk
Mar 20, 2002, 3:44 PM
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if ya can't tell i'm a new climber, but i'm an avid hiker. when i hear the word topo i think topographic maps. what are topos in the climbing realm?
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rrrADAM
Mar 20, 2002, 3:56 PM
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Same thing... Topographics. i.e. Maps
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ryhawk
Mar 20, 2002, 4:07 PM
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sweet........i feel like less of a tard now. thanks
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jdtschida
Mar 20, 2002, 4:10 PM
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well, not exactly. a regular topographic map has lines showing the elevation changes of hills, valleys, etc. A climbing topo shows the edge of the cliff and where the different routes are from the top. It might show features like where the cliff curves in or out, etc, but no the lines showing elevation changes, since it is vertical...
at least that's how all the maps I have looked at are layed out.
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qacwac
Mar 20, 2002, 4:19 PM
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They are the same but there not. The reason is because of what topography means-Detailed, precise description of a place or region. (accordng to dictionary.com)
So while a typical hiking topo has trails, water, lines of elevation to show elevaton change and stuff like that marked because on a hike that stuff is really important, climbing topos are about one primary thing, giving precise description of where the cimbs are. So if you look at one of them you'll probably just see the outline of a wall or boulders and then something denoting if there is a graded climb on it and what it is.
So as rrradam said they do the same thing but they don't look much alike.
This is all to the best of my knowledge, I've only seen a couple of climbing topos but that's how they were.
A typical topographical map has all the lines showing laitude, terrain features, and all that stuff. Most climbing topos (at least that I have seen and the ones from Drtopo.com) aren't that detailts
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ryhawk
Mar 20, 2002, 5:00 PM
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where do ya get um? online?
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miagi
Mar 20, 2002, 10:06 PM
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i think either yahoo maps or mapquest.com has them
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jcclimber
Mar 20, 2002, 10:24 PM
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Climbing topos detail sections of rock. They include dihedrals, flakes, steep sections, slab sections, bushes, etc...However climbing topos usually add information such as gear placements, fixed bolts or pitons, height, etc...They just provide a very detailed route description!
Jake out
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case22
Mar 20, 2002, 11:52 PM
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Sometimes you can even get the maps from somewhere around the crag. We got one when we went to Kentucky at the local gas station!
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