I am returning back to climbing and found that my crack addiction is flaming again. Do you think i will be ok or should i start buying tape in bulk and dust off my car jacks (i used to use 'em in off-widths)? Are there any other crack addicts out there?
I am returning back to climbing and found that my crack addiction is flaming again. Do you think i will be ok or should i start buying tape in bulk and dust off my car jacks (i used to use 'em in off-widths)? Are there any other crack addicts out there?
I have noticed that crack climbing is very popular in North America rather than the rest of the world but haven't figure that out on why.
for europe i can say thats because there arent too many easy accessible crack-crags as in north america. its mostly limestone and the rare cracks in limestone wont satisfy the needs of an addict.
I have noticed that crack climbing is very popular in North America rather than the rest of the world but haven't figure that out on why.
Although I think kachoong is on to something, I will have to agree with you Majid. Cogline does have a point about Europe though. There are cracks here, but not in North American quantities. I know Australia and NZ have some pretty sweet crack climbing areas though.....so I am not sure what their excuse is.
I have noticed that crack climbing is very popular in North America rather than the rest of the world but haven't figure that out on why.
Although I think kachoong is on to something, I will have to agree with you Majid. Cogline does have a point about Europe though. There are cracks here, but not in North American quantities. I know Australia and NZ have some pretty sweet crack climbing areas though.....so I am not sure what their excuse is.
Aussies have no excuse... we have plenty of crack climbing but like to keep it to ourselves... majid would probably know this if he ever went there.
I have noticed that crack climbing is very popular in North America rather than the rest of the world but haven't figure that out on why.
I've lived in the States all my life. There was crack all over the place. It was easy to find and of very high quality. Now im in Poland and there is no crack. Im feining for it over here. I got that itch, man.
On a serious note, there's a few cracks at the gym I go to. Everybody is always doing liebacks. Im the only one who will do ring locks and jams. I cant tell if people think Im a god or just plain stupid.
I have noticed that crack climbing is very popular in North America rather than the rest of the world but haven't figure that out on why.
Although I think kachoong is on to something, I will have to agree with you Majid. Cogline does have a point about Europe though. There are cracks here, but not in North American quantities. I know Australia and NZ have some pretty sweet crack climbing areas though.....so I am not sure what their excuse is.
here another thing I have seen where North American climbers by far are better in hauling on big walls than the rest of the world. I know when European and other nationals visit big walls or complex multi-pitch walls in North America, generally they suffer from rigging and they need to take a few big wall 101A & B classes to become confident in their hauling skills .
Americans need to be more proficient at hauling in order to bring our flat screen televisions and malt liquors on the walls with us.
I think that another reason Euros do less crack climbing is that they have so much easily accessible sport climbing. For example, I was climbing with Slablizard at the Jailhouse, which is arguably the top sport climbing crag in California, and he told me there were 50 crags within 20 minutes of his home town in Italy that were as good or better. I've heard the same thing from people who have visited Spain and France. Hell. If I had that type of access to killer sport climbing (versus driving 3 hours to Yosemite), I'd probably be a sport climber too.
Cams... Hell yes! Fifteen-year hedge fund career could not have been for nothing. Now that i am assembling a rack all over again, it's gonna be spring-loaded cams and ball nuts only. No nuts, not tricams, nothing that would take time (or skill) to place :)
Cams... Hell yes! Fifteen-year hedge fund career could not have been for nothing. Now that i am assembling a rack all over again, it's gonna be spring-loaded cams and ball nuts only. No nuts, not tricams, nothing that would take time (or skill) to place :)
Good call. That shit iz fer the pretentious and self-proclaimed elite.
Cams... Hell yes! Fifteen-year hedge fund career could not have been for nothing. Now that i am assembling a rack all over again, it's gonna be spring-loaded cams and ball nuts only. No nuts, not tricams, nothing that would take time (or skill) to place :)
Good luck with that ball nut that takes no skill to place.