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Why are the gyms focussing on toprope? 31-Jan-2008 At 2:15:11 PM Rich

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On 31/01/2008 Macciza wrote:
>On 31/01/2008 dreamingof8a wrote:
>>Okay, so maybe to sum it up a bit . . .
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>And it really does little for leading on rock (except make you expect
>a ring every 1.8m) . . .
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>All those other stamina, clipping, falling arguments are just silly .
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Uhuh. So you think that someone who had been leading indoors consistently would have gained no experience and therefore no advantage over someone who'd only been toproping consistently (same grade) when leading outdoors (sport)?

>Most people who learn to lead in a gym still need to learn to lead for
>real . .

Of course but there's not THAT much more to learn when talking about sport climbing.

>Or else they just complain about how 'run-out' everything is.

Don't people anyway? ;)
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>Remember people were learning to climb outdoors before gyms appeared .
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