Also not sure how true it is that harder climbs have more fragile/breakable holds. If anything its backwards, the harder climbs are all ripple crimps, or really bad slopers whereas the easier climbs have huge flakes, jugs, buckets which are more prone to snapping when wet.
Quote from: Dingdong on April 08, 2023, 10:42:41 amAlso not sure how true it is that harder climbs have more fragile/breakable holds. If anything its backwards, the harder climbs are all ripple crimps, or really bad slopers whereas the easier climbs have huge flakes, jugs, buckets which are more prone to snapping when wet.You could not be more wrong.
Quote from: Will Hunt on April 08, 2023, 01:30:53 pmQuote from: Dingdong on April 08, 2023, 10:42:41 amAlso not sure how true it is that harder climbs have more fragile/breakable holds. If anything its backwards, the harder climbs are all ripple crimps, or really bad slopers whereas the easier climbs have huge flakes, jugs, buckets which are more prone to snapping when wet.You could not be more wrong.Care to backup your lame excuse for a reply with some evidence?
Yeah I say generally cos most are probably best avoided. There are exceptions of course, although tbh why anyone would want to go bouldering on wet rock is beyond me.Also how dare you
To be honest it sounds like the people who most need simplistic rules are bouldering types who have never done any easy trad and haven't got a clue what they're talking about, to save them getting offended by mountaineering types minding their own business and causing no harm.
I'm not sure this is true. Limestone and volcanics (Inc granite etc) are fine in the wet. It's grit and sandstone that you want to worry about.
Limestone bouldering isn't really "fine" in the wet, it's really slippery and your fingers will ping off holds all the time. Plus that horrible chalky paste-like stuff that well used holds become. I mean you could do it, ethically it'd be fine I guess, but it sounds incredibly shit