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General Climbing Discussion
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undersized carrots at the county |
9-Jan-2011 At 8:14:03 PM |
spicelab
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Well said Rowan.
On 8/01/2011 Wendy wrote:
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>I'd argue that carrots have crap all to do with the character of the place.
> I don't define character in my climbing by a chalkbag full of bolts plates
>and having to bung them on a carrot. I think someone else argued that
>in terms of technique and ability, there's no real difference between skills
>required to clip a carrot or clip a ring. I remember the county for long
>pitches of thin, verticalish face climbing with the odd stonker crack line,
>a few steep wierd things like walking wounded and fabulously euphemistic
>descriptions of scarefests like comfortably numb. The carrot doesn't rate
>a mention.
These sentiments are oddly out of place with your history of arguing in favour of preserving traditional character and style - and not just in Arapiles.
I'd like to extend an open invitation to belay to you on a route at the County near your limit to watch you demonstrate that locking off a crimp at your waist to fiddle on a boltplate and thence fiddle on a quickdraw, while 20m up and seriously pumped, is not discernibly different "in terms of technique and ability" than clipping a ring.
I've got a feeling that the offending carrot might in fact rate a mention. |
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