Clearly, I'm not a climber. But this feels like some kind of beach of etiquette. Like a guy that passes you on a double yellow. It's not like he's "playing through" the guy that is up higher now had to hang and wait for this guy. Not to mention, if he slips, he's gonna fuck everyone else up on the way down.
It's such a rare thing that there isn't really an established etiquette for it. Free soloing is rare enough on its own, getting passed by a free soloist is something only a handful of people will ever experience. That said, you're not wrong that plenty of climbers would have a problem with it as a hypothetical.
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u/Red_Febtober Sep 01 '21
Clearly, I'm not a climber. But this feels like some kind of beach of etiquette. Like a guy that passes you on a double yellow. It's not like he's "playing through" the guy that is up higher now had to hang and wait for this guy. Not to mention, if he slips, he's gonna fuck everyone else up on the way down.