A bit ike GazM, I think there's some interesting topics in here. The challenge is that Dan is quite bad at articulating his views on this to the average person posting on a forum and who might instinctively not share his viewpoint. I don't really feel in a position to judge whether bits of it are pseudo intellectual nonsense or clever and insightful because it would take too long to wade through the post and understand the points properly. But it does feel mostly like self indulgence rather than actually trying to start a debate, explain a viewpoint clearly, or explore the topics with people.
I do feel like some of the stuff posted by pro climbers is waffly bs though, so I'm with him in some of that. I'm just not convinced that Dan's talk isn't the same. I'm always reminded of Huber's "we just like to climb on the rocks like the monkeys like to climb in the trees, it's nothing special about climbing"
I do feel like some of the stuff posted by pro climbers is waffly bs though, so I'm with him in some of that. I'm just not convinced that Dan's talk isn't the same. I'm always reminded of Huber's "we just like to climb on the rocks like the monkeys like to climb in the trees, it's nothing special about climbing"