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Mr.Mtn
Big Wall climber
Southern, California
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 11, 2013 - 11:15pm PT
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Hello there fellow big wallers. I'm conducting a survey on your first big wall attemptUnderlined for a school project. If you've attempted a big wall, I would greatly appreciate your participation. Your name will not be published and your information will not be given to anyone else.
If you're willing to answer these quick 14 questions you can either post a response to this thread or email me at mister.mtn@gmail.com . Thank you so much for the help.
Have a great day and climb safe.
BIG WALL SURVEY
About you:
Q1) What is your age?
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
b. Female
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
a. Friend/partner
b. Professional instruction
c. Self taught through instructional books
d. Self taught through the internet
e. Self taught through a combination of books and internet
f. Other (please specify)
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
a. Yes
a. Gym name
b. City, state
b. No
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
a. Yes
a. Type of injury
b. How did you sustain the injury
b. No
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
a. Successful
b. Bailed
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
a. One partner
b. Two partners
c. Three or more partners
d. I climbed alone (solo)
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes
i. Number of big walls attempted
ii. Number of big walls completed
b. No
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
a. Yes
b. No
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Nov 11, 2013 - 11:27pm PT
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Q15) How did it feel to poo in front of your friend for the first time?
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 11, 2013 - 11:29pm PT
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Looks cool, but you might want to define "big wall".
Do you mean a multipitch aid climb were most people sleep at least one night on the wall?
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Nov 11, 2013 - 11:36pm PT
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Q1) What is your age?
54
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
35
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
a. Friends/partner
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
b. No
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
b. No
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
1989
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
a. Successful
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
b. Two partners
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
One (22hour push)
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
12
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
12
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes
i. Number of big walls attempted
7
ii. Number of big walls completed
4
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
b. Not lately
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fat-n-sassy
Social climber
San Francity, CA
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Nov 11, 2013 - 11:52pm PT
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32
male
6-7 years
c
yes, touchstone, sf/berkeley/oakland, ca
yes, sprained ankle x 3, falling, one in a gym, once on lurking fear, once on middle cathedral (also busted my shoulder that time)
2010
bailed
two partners (3total)
two days
32 pitches
10 pitches
I have attempted 9 big walls since, 3 summits
i don't know how to begin to answer question 14, but i know how to sh#t in a bag
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Mr.Mtn
Big Wall climber
Southern, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2013 - 12:42am PT
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Thanks, Clint, good point. By "big wall" I mean a route which requires most parties to sleep on the wall to complete. (ex: El Cap routes)
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macleodnc
Trad climber
ca
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Nov 12, 2013 - 01:39am PT
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Q1) What is your age?
24
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
b. Female
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
2
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
a. Friend/partner
b. Professional instruction
c. Self taught through instructional books
d. Self taught through the internet
e. Self taught through a combination of books and internet
f. Other (please specify)
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
a. Yes
a. Gym name
Diablo Rock Gym
b. City, state
Concord CA
b. No
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
a. Yes
a. Type of injury
flexor tendon tear
b. How did you sustain the injury
bouldering
b. No
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
This year
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
a. Successful
b. Bailed
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
a. One partner
b. Two partners
c. Three or more partners
d. I climbed alone (solo)
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
3
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
16(Zodiac)
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
16
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes
i. Number of big walls attempted
2
Zodiac and The Prow
ii. Number of big walls completed
2
b. No
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
a. Yes
b. No
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Nov 12, 2013 - 02:02am PT
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Q1) What is your age?
53
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
39
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
a. Friend/partner
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
b. No
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
b. No major injuries
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
1977
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
a. Successful
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
a. One partner
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
three days (NW face of half dome)
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
23 or so (I forget)
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
(all)
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes. Over a hundred.
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
Back in the old days... (not really anymore)
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Alpinist63
Mountain climber
Schleck-Country
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Nov 12, 2013 - 02:44am PT
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Q1) What is your age?
50
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
35
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
a. Friend/partner
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
a. Yes
a. escale
b. Belgium
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
b. Nothing serious
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
1997
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
b. Bailed
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
a. One partner
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
1
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
30
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
6
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes
i. Number of big walls attempted
20
ii. Number of big walls complete
16
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
a. Yes
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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Nov 12, 2013 - 10:18am PT
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 11, 2013 - 08:15pm PT
Hello there fellow big wallers. I'm conducting a survey on your first big wall attemptUnderlined for a school project. If you've attempted a big wall, I would greatly appreciate your participation. Your name will not be published and your information will not be given to anyone else.
If you're willing to answer these quick 14 questions you can either post a response to this thread or email me at mister.mtn@gmail.com . Thank you so much for the help.
Have a great day and climb safe.
BIG WALL SURVEY
About you:
Q1) What is your age?
16
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
b. Female
Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
4.5
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
a. Friend/partner
b. Professional instruction
c. Self taught through instructional books
d. Self taught through the internet
e. Self taught through a combination of books and internet
f. Other (please specify)
E
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
a. Yes
a. Gym name
b. City, state
b. No
Yes, slo op climbing gym, San Luis obispo ca
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
a. Yes
a. Type of injury
b. How did you sustain the injury
b. No
Yes, mentally scared!
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
Earlier last spring
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
a. Successful
b. Bailed
Bail
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
a. One partner
b. Two partners
c. Three or more partners
d. I climbed alone (solo)
One partner
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
3
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
31
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
About 16, we went to the top of the boot flake on nose
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes
i. Number of big walls attempted
ii. Number of big walls completed
b. no
I have completed 8 walls sense then, including 4 on the captain
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
a. Yes
b. No
Yes, not because of how mmany walls I have done or something like that but because it is the best form of fun for me and the only thing I think about doing when I am not wall climbing
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Rocky IV
Social climber
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Nov 12, 2013 - 12:00pm PT
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BIG WALL SURVEY
About you:
Q1) What is your age?
21
Q2) What is your gender?
Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
10
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
Friend/partner
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
No
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
No
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
2013
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
Successful
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
I climbed alone (solo)
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
8
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
18
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
17
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes
i. Number of big walls attempted 2
ii. Number of big walls completed 2
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
Yes
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Mr.Mtn
Big Wall climber
Southern, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2013 - 05:00pm PT
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Thank you so much for your responses so far!
Please let any big wall climbers know about my survey. I can post my research to supertopo once I'm done. I would love to get a large number of participants to make the findings more substantial and interesting to the ST crowd.
Take care and climb safe.
-Mtn
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Byran
climber
Yosemite
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Nov 12, 2013 - 05:47pm PT
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About you:
Q1) What is your age?
26
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
8
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
a. Friend/partner
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
b. No
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
b. No
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
2013
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
a. Successful
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
b. Two partners
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
3
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
35 (by Supertopo)
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
29 pitches +2 raps to Heart Ledge I think. The topo counts the raps as 1 pitch, and we linked some pitches.
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
b. No
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
b. No
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Nov 12, 2013 - 06:14pm PT
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Creating a survey through google or one of many other online polls would save a lot of time.
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E.A.
Trad climber
Gunks
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Nov 12, 2013 - 06:25pm PT
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About you:
Q1) 31
Q2) Male
Q3) 18
Q4) a. Friend/partner
Q5) b. No
Q6) a. Yes
a. Shoulder labrum tear
b. Climbing, tore the thing right on the spot
Q7) 1999
Q8) a. Successful
Q9) a. One partner
Q10) 4
Q11) 31
Q12) 31
Q13) a. Yes
i. 3
ii. 2
Q14) a. Depends on the day
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Nov 12, 2013 - 06:30pm PT
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Q1) What is your age?
27
Q2) What is your gender?
a. Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing?
3.5
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge:
e. Self taught through a combination of books and internet
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
a. Planet Granite (SF-Belmont-Sunnyvale)
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
Sore fingertips
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall?
2012
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
a. Successful
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with?
One partner
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt?
3
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted?
16
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)
16
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
a. Yes
i. Nose x 2, LF on El Cap, RNWFHD, Prow, SW Face of Liberty Cap, La Esfinge Reg Route (7)
ii. Number of big walls completed- All 7
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”?
b. No. More like a climber that sometimes climbs walls when the excitement is there. But I never considered to make wall climbing my #1 focus.
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Nov 12, 2013 - 06:32pm PT
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Q15: it felt good, after I got done "poo-ing"!
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Mr.Mtn
Big Wall climber
Southern, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2013 - 07:15pm PT
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Thanks for the suggestion, RP3. I'll do that right now.
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Scole
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Nov 13, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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Q1) What is your age? - 55
Q2) What is your gender? - Male
About your climbing:
Q3) Approximately how many years have you been rock climbing? 43
Q4) Please pick the answer that best describes where you gained most of your climbing knowledge: Self taught the hard way - Experience
Q5) Are you currently a member (either monthly or yearly) of an indoor climbing gym? (If yes, please specify gym name, city, and state)
No
Q6) Have you sustained any injuries due to rock climbing? (If yes, please specify)
No
About your first attempt at A big wall:
(For the following questions, please answer specifically about your FIRST ATTEMPT at climbing a big wall)
Q7) What year did you attempt your first big wall? 1977
Q8) Was your first attempt at a big wall route successful? (did you complete the route without having to retreat and bail?)
Successful
Q9) How many people did you attempt the route with? - One partner
Q10) How many days did your party spend on the wall during your first big wall attempt? 3
Q11) How many total pitches was the route you attempted? - 12
Q12) How many total pitches did your party climb? (Please answer even if you did not successfully complete the route) (If you linked pitches please specify)- 12
Q13) Have you attempted another big wall since your first try? If so, how many big walls have you attempted?
Yes - 50+
Q14) Would you consider yourself a “big wall climber”? - Yes
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