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Climb Quality - how do you rate it? 14-Sep-2012 At 9:49:38 AM Climboholic

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On 11/09/2012 Cliff D wrote:
>On 11/09/2012 Climboholic wrote:
>>On 11/09/2012 One Day Hero wrote:
>>>On 11/09/2012 nmonteith wrote:
>>>>Your right Damo - that was an oversight!
>>>>
>>>>Length = sustained and exposed for me. A 50m pitch is always better
>>than
>>>>a 20m pitch, but only if the rock quality is good for that length.
>>>
>>>However, a 200m route can be great even if all the individual 10m sections
>>>would be garbage on their own. The Warrrumbungles is an excellent example
>>>of an area with crap rock, crap moves, crap pro, but brilliant climbing.
>>
>>Bloody good point, well made!
>
>How can a climb be "great" Climboholic if the rock is shit, and you may
>as well be on a stairmaster because all the moves are boring, and you may
>as well be soloing because the pro sucks? Given that climbing is about
>moving; and good pro offers safety, what do you think makes climbs in the
>the 'Bungles so great that it could forego these other aspects of climbing?
>
>EDIT

People have already covered it, but what makes the Bungles great is that the climbs are memorable!

I've done dozens of climbs at Nowra and apart from walking away feeling like I'd had a penis enlargement, the only thing that I can remember about them is the offensive names. I've done 3 climbs in the Bungles and they were all experiences I'll reminisce about when I'm old.