Free Soloing

[David Trippett]

Free Soloing....Hot or Not?

[nalo]

dumb thread, IMO. If you're out there freesoloing because you think it's hot, you're probably going to get killed. The only reasons to freesolo are personal and polls like this one are irrelevant.

[specialed]

I solo because I'm hot.

[Szyjakowski]

yes. that is fukin hot! solo!

[Dechristo]

yes. that is fukin hot! solo!

 

Most people get hot when they fuk solo.

[EWolfe]

Soloing is good when you need everything but climbing to go away.

[sk]

it kinda depends on who you are and where you are in your life. for some people it is a good thing and for other people not so much.

[Bill_Simpkins]

Sometimes I just get tired of ropes and gear, especially on short easy routes where you spend 10-20 dealing with the gear for 2 minutes of climbing.

[ScottP]

Sounds like a lot of Leavenworth climbing.

[David Trippett]

dumb thread, IMO. If you're out there freesoloing because you think it's hot, you're probably going to get killed. The only reasons to freesolo are personal and polls like this one are irrelevant.

 

I think that you have offered a valuable and insightful response. Thanks for taking the time to ponder my dumb poll.

[alpinerat]

Free Soloing also meens home alone if the mountains are your home. In that case it's all for yourself, no sharing, no begging, no murmurs, no nags. Just mother nature and you. If that's not enough you always can climb solo, the fuck solo to get really hot. But I rather go climbing in winter...

[David Trippett]

this post is super lame

[TrogdortheBurninator]

Glad it only took you ~5 omonths to figure that out. True hot or not polls should remain at www.hotornot.com

[David Trippett]

Thanks Troggy! Now its even lamer...

 

BTW what is an omonth?

Edited December 3, 2005 by avitripp

[alexbaker]

dude, i free soloed this 5.11 once, and fell a bunch. Even from the top. Luckily, when i free solo i like to attach myself to a mini traxion and a fixed line. hot? no, i took my shirt off but blinded all the local bums that hang out at rocky butte.

[retired]

Free soloing is such a personal expierence that a poll about doing it is pointless and expressing your feelings probably useless for anyone else. I used to free solo a bit, usually well under my leading ability and only when it felt perfectly right to be doing it. soloed karate crack at Smith in like 82 but only after backing off the first few moves mabey 5 or 6 times...it just didn't feel right. When it did the climb felt like 5.6 and falling never entered my mind, it was one of the best climbing highs I had ever expierenced. shortly afterward i decided to free solo onsite a seldom climbed route Bills Flake, also at Smith and another 10a. I climbed a lot of hand cracks in those days and figured there was no way I could fall out of a 10a. I launched up and it quickly became apparant this was no easy hand crack. It became more like fist and I had done moves i knew were irreversible. I later learned it's more like 10c. I pulled thru but it was shakey and I felt like I had done a very foolish thing, death or severe injury could have occured for very little gain. Instead of the elation after karate i felt a little shame and toned my free soling down a few grades if at all afterwards. That said there is no feeling like the rush of going ropeless, it is a very good drug indeed and addictive. So watch out and know how to downclimb well, that skill saved my bacon more than once.

Edited December 4, 2005 by retired

[David Trippett]

That's some really great advice retired!

 

The origional post was a joke, most people picked that up, but it seems that I really touched off a nerve with some of you. I voted Zot! . Please try to relax.