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Post by erick on Oct 5, 2019 8:44:05 GMT -7
Wondering if you learn more and become a better climber by trying hard things onsite or trying to learn all the beta and going for a flash? Ive done a lot of hard (for me) onsites but Ive never worked toward a hard flash. I have a pretty good understanding of what you learn on onsite attempts but what do you all think is the learning curve for flash climbing?
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Post by MarkAnderson on Oct 5, 2019 13:02:28 GMT -7
Good question. I haven’t done much Flashing either, so curious to hear what people think. I’m guessing OS is more likely to test/improve route reading, whereas Flash is more about trying hard.
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Post by tclack88 on Oct 8, 2019 19:36:43 GMT -7
A sample size of 1 isn't very good, but if you check out the single pitch climbs on adam ondra's wiki, he has a lot more onsights than flashes and he is quite the climber. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_OndraI've been analyzing data from a random sample of about 3000 climbers, the problem is reporting accuracy on mountain project. Many don't reliably report onsight or flash. I have the means to gather the data if you want to find the ratio of flash to onsights it takes about an hour to gather 200 names (with anywhere between 3-10 climbers per name), just DM me. I can't do it right now because I'm busy with other projects, but you can totally run it, online even through google collab. |
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