I was really impressed the other day to hear about A.L. ground-upping this route and even more so when I watched the crabstix video on youTube, however it got me thinking....
I've always had aspirations to climb up to, and beyond a certain level in bouldering, sport and trad. Over the last few years I suprised myself in the first two disciplines but got stuck below what I had hoped in terms of trad. I'm not sure why, maybe i'm just a bit of a sissy but the consequences (however small the risks might be) always seemed to outweigh any possible positive outcome, even more so now; I mean if it's possible to do this much damage to a leg over a nice big crash mat wtf could happen if you overshoot your mat or clip some of those nice scattered lumps of grit that sometimes surround a landing?
I'll echo what the big man himself said in hard grit, i'm amazed more people don't get hurt... maybe more people will with the new shift being towards a 'cleaner' ground up approach, I hope not.
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Didnt know there was a video out on Youtube, will have to check it out. NOt been keeping up with the forums of late - too many blogs to read!
I remember when Si and Harry 9 lived in sheffield and Si would always say that it was only a matter of time before the grit bit back. THink its a great effort from Adam. Trad seems to be about keeping head cool under stress and thats not something I am good at, for me its about the difficulty of the move rather than the danger. Its all a rich tapestry!
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