At what size does a cliff, crag, buttress become a boulder?
In reply to Stephen R Young:
At Stanage, 8 feet. In the Alps, 30 feet. In the Himalayas, 60 feet
In reply to Stephen R Young:
If you twist your ankle when you fall off its a boulder, if you break your ankle when you fall off its a crag.
In reply to profitofdoom:
> At Stanage, 8 feet. In the Alps, 30 feet. In the Himalayas, 60 feet
On Ben Nevis, over 600 feet!
In reply to Stephen R Young:
I don't think it's anything to do with size - they are simply two different things. A cliff (crag, buttress etc) is formed through glacial or fluvial erosion, earthquake, landslip, weathering etc and is 'attached' to the land, while a boulder usually comes from bits breaking off a cliff (though sometimes transported a long way from the cliff as an erratic) and sits 'on' the land.
In reply to Stephen R Young:
> At what size does a cliff, crag, buttress become a boulder?
Whenever a bit drops off any of the three former, it becomes one of the latter
In reply to Stephen R Young:
> At what size does a cliff, crag, buttress become a boulder?
Tradiation. Boulders in Font are often bigger and scarier than Crags on grit.
In reply to GrahamD:
Try some of the Bishop 'boulders' for size.....😊
In reply to GrahamD:
Tradiation - is that a kind of 5G thing?
Or is it rays emitted by trad routes?
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In reply to wercat:
> Tradiation - is that a kind of 5G thing?
It is a podgy fingered typo, but it's actually a great looking word, isn't it ?
In reply to wercat:
> Tradiation - is that a kind of 5G thing?
> Or is it rays emitted by trad routes?
T'radiation? What t'radiators pump out in t'North. Wazzocks the lot o' ye ....
In reply to Sherlock:
> Try some of the Bishop 'boulders' for size.....😊
In the States I got used to US climbers being most interested in hearing about grit as the unique feature of our climbing, and often commenting along the lines of "You Brits are so bold..." Then I visited Bishop and found myself highballing stuff that would have made two pitches at The Roaches!