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General Climbing Discussion

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Quotes 27-Apr-2010 At 5:06:16 PM skink
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On 27/04/2010 spicelab wrote:
>"There should be a separate grade given for how hard it is to find the
>easy way...." - one day hero.
>
>What I love about this brilliant quote is that people always expect kudos
>for doing a climb the "hard" way, but they can be quickly put in their
>place if they're told that they just weren't good enough to find the easy
>way. How do you train finding the easy way?

Yep, nice quote, kinda distills climbing to it's essence - those who make it look easy aren't necessarily stronger, just better.

Kinda similar to the semi-famous climbing quote "Be good... and if you can't be good, be strong." - now who said that...

Good advice I heard recently which probably addresses training to find the easy way - after getting up a route you found challenging, climb it again (you may have to rest...) - the theory is the first time you may have been climbing 'badly' even though you got up the route. The second time around you will be more relaxed and will possibly find better ways to climb it (being a bit tired also forces you to climb smarter). More a sport climbing thing, but a trad climb option too - depends how scary it was :o)

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