What is the PUREST form of climbing?
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Would love to hear your opinion, along with what your primary focus is in rock climbing. Curious! |
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Naked Free Solo |
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On-sight naked free solo to the top of a pinnacle spire, then downclimb your ascent route, then never post about it or tell anyone you did it. |
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James Frost wrote: On sight. No need to be naked, just no shoes. |
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Top Rope Solo. Nothing more dangerous, more bold, more technical, and free from others. I think it is worth pointing out that the Himalayan high jacked ascent would have been WAY more impressive as a TR solo. |
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Multipitch trad where every placement is intentionally placed such that it's guaranteed to pull and your entire family is serving as a bodyweight anchor. Free solo trad is pretty pure in it's own right, but the consequences of failure just aren't high enough. And no rope drag is obviously aid. |
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I assume the correct answer is FreeBASE. It’s the purest way to do anything. |
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Phhhhaw, everyone knows purest climbing comes from columbia. |
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One that you don't spray about. |
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Scrambling. |
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We all know climbing is at it's purest when we're not ego-driven to tick boxes and make claims. Therefore the purest style is "climbed without difficulty but no send." |
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I’m surprised by how many people think climbing naked is purest, where is all the Alex Johnson love and Barefoot Charles support? Fortunately for us many of our greatest universally agreed upon climbing successes were mostly done TR solo. Also TR soloing is one of the most popular topics on mp. |
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To see a beautiful rock, get excited, and climb it by the most beautiful way. |
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Whatever brings us the most joy is the purest form of climbing. |
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It is the one that makes you feel free, yet focused on the path forward. Best day of climbing in my life was a solo of Pigeon Spire in the Bugs. Well with in my ability with dire consequences in an incredible setting. Climb On! |