Quote And the history provides the proof. Standards of on-sight trad climbing have only increased v...e...r...y slowly over the last 30 years.It was the only game in town 30 years ago.
And the history provides the proof. Standards of on-sight trad climbing have only increased v...e...r...y slowly over the last 30 years.
Re: It was the only game in town 30 years ago.Bollocks
Why the decline? It's just a symptom of the moral decay that's gnawing at the heart of the country.
Sport climbing and bouldering are generally speaking just safer.
With sport climbing (redpointing) you can always have another go.
I loathe getting pumped and particularly getting pumped on routes where the moves are easy whilst placing gear. I have no interest whatsoever in training stamina
The other thing is with trad I always felt its a highly confidence-based activity, and recent form breeds confidence. Which means for me to do it and feel good at it I need to be doing it a lot, which means not bouldering, and not being subjected to any weather restrictions that lead you to be forced to boulder. As above, this window to build up form and confidence is narrow.