Lolli wrote:"If you haven't climbed before, and I get the impression you haven't, then you would not know that. "
That's quite a stupid statement. You know better, and don't be so patronizing.
You're into roped climbing again. But you know, the thread is not about roped climbing.
And it's also plain silly to say it a safety thing, since we're not talking about roped climbing. But in order to make certain terminology important, one has to try to turn it into a roped climbing discussion.
I haven't climbed with ropes, which doesn't mean I haven't been present when it has been done.
Actually, I don't know better .. we have never met, and I don't file everything you write on SP into a little dossier
So sue me ..
Roped or unroped isn't the point, I agree. What I'm saying is that knowing the level of difficulty of the climb, and your level of climbing ability
is important. Communication among climbers is also important. The belay signal example is just one I could give.
A lot of folks who have never practiced at climbing with rope get pretty scared when the level of difficulty rises above class 2 or 3. Maybe not you of course. We were all beginners once .. some people never bother to progress beyond a certain level, and that's fine too .. everyone is at a different place in their lives. Other priorities in life you know ..
We should all laugh at ourselves more. Makes it easier on our egos when other people laugh at us