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Chockstone Forum - General Discussion

General Climbing Discussion

Poll Option Votes Graph
It's got FHs and a lower off. no trad 10
22% 
It's got FHs but lower off or topout. no trad 2
4% 
It's got FH's all the way topout to trad belay OK 0
 
It's got any old bolt all the way 25
54% 
It's got any old bolt, runout possible 6
13% 
it's got any old bolt but may need trad when easy 1
2% 
scrap the symbol, they are all just climbs 2
4% 
i only climb at ben lomond so i dont understand Q 0
 

Topic Date User
When is a route a sport climb 17-Jan-2011 At 11:13:22 AM onsight
Message
On 16/01/2011 superstu wrote:
>Simon has gone out of his way to detail this info in his excellent Bluies
>guide, with four possible categories. (Rings, All Carrots, Mixed and Trad
>I recall) and loweroffs are marked on photo topos (when there is one)
> What do people think of that system?

>How about this for consideration:
>* Carrot symbol for any climb with one or more carrot bolts. Includes
>climbs which need some trad gear and some climbs where the carrots are
>the only gear.

Just to clarify - in the latest Bluey's guide, the yellow coding designates "Sport Climb with Carrot Bolts". Meaning, it's fully bolted but bolt brackets are required. Might just need one bracket, or it might need them for the whole route, that's often described in the text (or is obvious).

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