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Capt.

climber
some eastside hovel
Jan 3, 2013 - 06:56pm PT
Never clipped a bolt my first four years climbing.Pulling gear/placing gear,that was it.Started clippin' about my fifth year.Almost got killed sport climbing about twenty years later.Stupid,stupid mistake!Got complacent.It's all inherently dangerous when on vertical terrain.I think a solid mentor is about the best thing you can do.Main thing:Don't get complacent.
DanaB

climber
CT
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:01pm PT
Andrew Bisharat (? sp) wrote a book about sport climbing. I have seen it and it has everything you need. Good luck.
Prod

Trad climber
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:09pm PT
I don't have the best impulse control

Well Locker, the hardest part is admitting it...

Prod.

PS. WTFAMS
kennyt

climber
Woodfords,California
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:10pm PT
Reed is a good sport.
Reed101

Gym climber
CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2013 - 07:17pm PT
its okay guys have your fun.
Prod

Trad climber
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:17pm PT
This spring we ought to get together and put that route up.

Barefooted.

Prod.
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:29pm PT
I hope the OP has a thick skin and a good sense of humor. I'd be stoked if he or she checked in and let us know how it's going. Start a thread and you'll get good answers, mostly. Some people will give you sh#t, but it's easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
mechrist

Gym climber
South of Heaven
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:41pm PT
HOURS!
Prod

Trad climber
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:43pm PT
EDITED:

a bit of a hike...

But not real bad...

I'm in.

I assume based on the thread they are sport climbs. Or bolted trad lines...

Prod.
Elcapinyoazz

Social climber
Joshua Tree
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:49pm PT
I'd say get yourself a copy of this book+dvd:


Pretty well done. The best all-in-one gathering of sport climbing practices and tactics for working/redpointing routes that I've seen.

10b4me

Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
Jan 3, 2013 - 07:50pm PT
Isn't "sport climbing is neither" a circa 1984 Vermism?

actually, I think you can attribute that remark to one Jim Bridwell.

Bridwell also opined that sport climbing was like a one night stand. Lots of fun, but no commitment.


I like sport climbing. at my age, I am becoming more risk averse
bhilden

Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
Jan 3, 2013 - 08:22pm PT
The quote "Sport Climbing is neither" comes from Mark Wilford who also had some bumper stickers made up with the same quote.
Butch

Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
Jan 4, 2013 - 02:43am PT
LOL... you guys are funny. Was it Confucius who said "If one want's to make sport climbing more sporty .. one should put up sport climbs with the implicit intent that "for whom all that follow" ...he he he.. bring your own hangers" ...
But then again ... I can't talk .. I can't even climb anymore.
Scole

Trad climber
Joshua Tree
Jan 4, 2013 - 10:02am PT
Sport climbing is easy to learn. Just grab the quickdraw, pull up on the rope, then repeat. After a 100 or so tries you might actually try to climb the route with the gear pre-clipped.

Sport climbing is a great training tool, but should not be confused with climbing
can't say

Social climber
Pasadena CA
Jan 4, 2013 - 10:21am PT
Both John Long and Lynn Hill got injured sport climbing. Heck they both could have died. Sport climbing breeds complacency under the guise of it being low risk.
Reeotch

Trad climber
4 Corners Area
Jan 4, 2013 - 10:25am PT
Naysayers!
**
SPORT CLIMBING IS FUN!**

Pushing your limits "sport" climbing (or bouldering)will improve your "trad" climbing abilities. Period.
The reverse is also true.

Frankly, I think many on here are limiting themselves by being naysayers.
"I don't sport climb"
"I don't trad climb"
"I don't climb indoors"
"I don't climb outdoors"
"Aid climbing is not real climbing"
"I only aid climb"
"Bouldering is stupid"
"Toproping is stupid"

WTF!

Get over yourselves and your categories already. I'm sick of this anti-everything BS.

Become a well rounded climber. If you pursue bouldering and sport climbing diligently, I guarantee you will bump trad climbing abilities to the next level. You will be stronger, more confident, your movement will be more efficient, you will start to see options you would not have recognized before. And, again, it works both ways. Seems like it should be obvious.



Rhodo-Router

Gym climber
sawatch choss
Jan 4, 2013 - 12:22pm PT
"The way I learned is the only way for everyone, anywhere, ever. Hip belays, 50m ropes, four scrounged hexes, blahbaddy f*#king blah.........

kennyt

climber
Woodfords,California
Jan 4, 2013 - 12:39pm PT
Sport climbing probably does suck if you climb 5.9
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Jan 4, 2013 - 12:54pm PT
I am with Reeotch on this. Don't understand why the hate for sport climbing. Personally, I went sport climbing only about 6 times in my life. But I went for the pure joy of movement over rock. Did get challenged, and did experience fear just like I would if I was trad climbing. It does not have to be a nut or a piton from 1956 40 ft bellow you to enjoy moving over rock.

This elitist attitude usually comes from insecure people who want to think the way they do things is better way than others do things. Small peepee syndrome. Remember, climbing is a personal way of self expression. If your way is sport climbing, than enjoy it and don't mind all the haters.
The Larry

climber
Moab, UT
Jan 4, 2013 - 01:07pm PT
All the best "Tard" climbers are "Spurt" climbers.
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