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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Is this the same thing as 'topropping'?
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Didn't they make a movie about it Cosmic?
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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The lost art of bolt ladders?
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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First comment in mcreel's link:
I wonder if someday, climbers will have the technology to climb high above the ground safely. In the future, maybe we won't have to raise the ground up, but instead, there might be a system of ropes and attachment points so that if the climber falls, they won't plummet to their death. It's a crazy idea but just might work.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Eventually someone will invent invisible rope like Wonder Woman uses. Then impossible things will be climbed as if third class . . . oh wait, Alex uses this stuff already (viz, Half Dome)
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Eventually [?] the ropes will be 'topped' to nuclear powered quadcopters with over 100 times the strength of Superman and Dean Potter combined.
I just hope they are solar powered nukes.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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I don't like it. It threatens to domesticate the primal sense of adventure we get from escaping from a lion, I mean from red pointing a 5.9c. :-)
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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My comment was deleted on b3bouldering, but I will re-post it here:
Landings | B3bouldering.com
b3bouldering.com
"Second, this boulder is impossible without that kind of platform."
That is patently untrue. You could top-rope it, but that probably is a "non-option" to boulderers. Do you think this isn't perceived as a precedent to some people? They see this and think it is OK. Fine that you did it, bad idea to post the picture.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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I like ur comment Mr E.
Bolder dudes will not top rope!
Lame
top rope is Soo fun..
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