I am in Kalymnos at the moment doing some climbing. I can't really call myself a beginner anymore although those are the routes I am on (4s-5s). On most the routes I have been on the has been evidence that a goat has gone before me. This has provided the inspiration for my climbing goal - to climb harder than a goat. I appreciate this may not sound like a lofty ambition but it will certainly stretch me. And so my question to UKC is how hard is this? Or in other words, what is the hardest grade you have seen a goat on (or evidence that a goat has been there)?
I should say I'm looking for standard goats (ie not in sticky rubber shoes) that have climbed with good form (ie not falling on to a perilous ledge or have been hoisted up 'for a joke').
Any supporting pictures would be great and I will not use them as beta in my mission to climb harder than a goat.
Goats climb harder than I do in Kalymnos: They're at least 6b capable. I had a herd come across and above me on lead when the goat-whistler arrived below me at sea breeze. One of them stood on my (thankfully helmeted) head as he went past.
Yeah, much harder than me too. Thanks to the posters on here I now have a plan...eat a guidebook for breakfast (without reading it) and climb naked apart from the goatee boots and Ice axes and helmet to protect myself from thrown hexes!
Hopefully with these changes I'll manage to climb harder than a goat (about 6c)!
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