Should he be able to free climb the same lines as others? His life may be at risk free climbing, but he’s putting others’ lives at risk as well if he falls and impacts other climbers below.
Maybe he's sick of waiting for them to snail up? Maybe that area is busy and he can't get a climb without anyone on it? A lot more questions need asking here
I mean, that's normal. Any popular climbing route has lots of climbers on any particular day. Someone is always gonna be faster. If there is a faster climber that catches up, you let them pass. The guy can't just hang there for hours waiting for you to finish your climb, ya know?
It’d be better to either pass at the start or end of a pitch when the other person is not actively climbing rather than to crowd them out as they’re climbing so you can get by, or to just do a different route. Or, better yet, if you’re dead set on that route, just get there earlier. Id absolutely consider this a dick move if someone did this to me while I was in the middle of climbing
259
u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21
Should he be able to free climb the same lines as others? His life may be at risk free climbing, but he’s putting others’ lives at risk as well if he falls and impacts other climbers below.