I did not say I could on-sight a 12a. I said I would rather try on-sighting a 12a, sport of course, and probably fall all over the place and fail, then climb that loose gully. You guys are harsh! Anyway, I was just trying to warn any rock climbers how loose the gully was, just in case they hate loose rock as much as I hate loose rock. I wish I were as brave as you guys, but I definately am not. One love, from a lover of climbing
Sorry if it came across wrong, not my intentions to give you a hard time. Written words have a way of being misinterpreted versus a face-to-face conversation.
I don't have the skills or bravado to do those 5.XX or equivalent climbs. If you can do 12a climbs then you're in a rarefied field that I usually only see on Youtube and read about, so it comes as a shock that you feel something like the Final 400 is dangerous when my clumsy amateurish butt can make it up there.
This board has plenty of reports and pictures from the MT, MR, and JMT, but rarely pictures from the technical climbs. Please stick around, and maybe next time you can bring the gear and head up one of these routes and share your experience with us.
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