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General Climbing Discussion

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Hardest Oz Solos? 11-May-2004 At 11:26:36 AM (removed)
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I used to do a lot of soloing - you could easily tick over 20 routes in a day that way - but nothing especially hard - I think Pilot Error was probably as "difficult" as it came. 'twas never scary though, your focus is so much greater that your risk can be lower than when leading or (especially) scrambling.

How many soloing deaths have there been in Victoria versus leading/scrambling/abseiling deaths ? The mind is so much more switched on. I'm not saying it's safe, but there's so many other parts of climbing that aren't completely safe you'd be naive to isolate soloing.

Having said that, Dave Jones was going to go and solo Spasm (25) once, decided at the last moment he would lead it instead just to make sure and fell from the crux. Lucky boy.

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