The six rules of Paul Preuss:

It’s sharp....really sharp!

Moderators: chossmonkey, Dom, granite_grrl, peter, Climb Nova Scotia, Matt Peck

The six rules of Paul Preuss:

Postby mike » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:09 am

1. One should not only be equal to any climb that one undertakes, but be more than equal to it.

2. The standard of difficulty which a climber can conquer with safety when descending, and for which he can consider himself competent, with an easy conscience, should represent the limit of what he should attempt on his ascent.

3. Hence the use of artificial aids only becomes justifiable in case of sudden threatening danger.

4. The piton is an emergency aid and not the basis of a system of mountaineering.

5. The rope may be used to facilitate matters, but never as a sole means to make a climb possible. (meaning tension traverses were OK, but not pendulums).

6. The principle of safety is one of the highest principles. Not the spasmodic correction of ones own want of safety, obtained by the use of artificial aids, but that true primary safety which should result, with every climber, from a just estimate of what he is able, and what he desires, to do.
User avatar
mike
 
Posts: 479
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:24 pm

Postby chameleon » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:30 pm

What's your point, Sparky?

-s
User avatar
chameleon
 
Posts: 444
Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:41 pm
Location: Halifax

Postby climberwannabe » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:20 am

Point #2 doesnt make much sense to me.
Mother nature: 1, climberwannabe: 0
User avatar
climberwannabe
 
Posts: 244
Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:38 am
Location: Greenwood

Postby jeremy » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:38 am

don't climb up what you can't climb down........see sketchy, ballzy ie: ice climbing
User avatar
jeremy
 
Posts: 187
Joined: Fri Dec 24, 2004 5:33 pm
Location: oromocto NB

Postby climberwannabe » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:01 pm

climb down? isnt that what rappelling is for?
Mother nature: 1, climberwannabe: 0
User avatar
climberwannabe
 
Posts: 244
Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:38 am
Location: Greenwood

Postby martha » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:05 pm

climberwannabe wrote:climb down? isnt that what rappelling is for?


well sure, unless you get on a route that was mis-described or you get yourself off route and get in over your head, and there is no bolt or any place for gear to rap off and your only option is to retreat to your last anchor...thus climbing down...
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....

Postby jeremy » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:11 pm

climb down? isnt that what rappelling is for?


also see stone mountain, north carolina. 1-2 bolts per 30m pitch, and no natural gear.
User avatar
jeremy
 
Posts: 187
Joined: Fri Dec 24, 2004 5:33 pm
Location: oromocto NB

Postby climberwannabe » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:17 pm

damn.. it doesnt include top-ropers!!! hehe
Mother nature: 1, climberwannabe: 0
User avatar
climberwannabe
 
Posts: 244
Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:38 am
Location: Greenwood

Postby Fred » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:54 pm

LOL

can you imagine down climbing Stone Mountain!!!!!
I want to go to hell... there's probably lots of rock to climb there.
User avatar
Fred
Site Admin
 
Posts: 3140
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:30 am
Location: Fredericton, NB

Postby martha » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:11 am

Fred wrote:LOL

can you imagine down climbing Stone Mountain!!!!!


Do you mean 'whitehorse slabs'? Cause that would be a heck of a down climb...

I think you'd be safer to just lay down on your belly and go for a slide. Perhaps taking knee/elbow pads up there would be useful in case you need to retreat!
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....


Return to Nova Scotia

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 35 guests