give me any appropriate stories from days gone by.
Fuck it. send it, delete this thread and claim ignorance...
Yesterday I looked at one of them again, intending to chuck some bolts in, yet saw someone has beaten me to it.
Is this the line left of Smooth torquer by any chance??
It seems to be the general norm to give whoever bolted it a reasonable grace period.
First go "It's about 7c"Second go "it's about 7c+"Third go "It's probably 8a" I left him at that point, it could have been 8b by the time he finished...
As a complete sport know-nothing a question springs to mind. Would it be cricket to try the route in question but not do it? Perhaps failing on the last move (assuming of course you can get up it). Or would that been seen as "taking the piss"?
There is another case of a second ascentionsit still under the impression that he is the first although its widely known he isn't but no one wants to piss on his fire. Games climbers play..