rescueman wrote:
healyje wrote:
rescueman wrote:
The goal of trad climbing is to NOT fall, so practice that discipline.
And to be honest I couldn't disagree more...
It maybe a goal or 'discipline' in caving or in rescue - but certainly not in climbing, or at least not any concept of climbing I've ever held.
It's the discipline I learned and nurtured from trad climbing long before I got involved in caving and rescue. And it's the discipline that has been central to alpine climbing since time immemorial.
Sport climbing, however, is a completely different beast. As a sport, the goal is to constantly test one's limits and try to exceed them.
Traditional climbing, like life itself, is a matter of learning to understand and live humbly within one's inherent limits - and to know when one is about to exceed them and then wisely back off.
In reply to:
But never falling? I'd say that is where the "
leader must not fall" tripe should have been rooted out and put down for good once nylon was invented.
Call it "tripe" if you're unable to understand this spiritual discipline. But believing that we can exceed our natural limitations by "better" technology is exactly why the human race is on the brink of global collapse and possible extinction.
