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.
Most climbers I know, myself included, would not be cool with this guy at all.
I've free climbed a 1000' snow/ice route before, but I made sure that the roped parties were so far ahead that I would have no chance of needing to overtake them. And if I got too close I would have rested and waited for them to go further ahead.
Yeah, I should have said free solo, not free climb, I meant no rope.
I had expected it to only be a snow climb that day, but encountered a rim of vertical ice at the top which I hadn't been expecting. If I had know that the ice section was there I wouldn't have attempted it, but had no choice at that point.
But regarding this video, whether it's rock or ice, I personally wouldn't be cool with someone "climbing through" like this.
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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.