In reply to UKC Articles:
i'm surprised that with a question
"Is there a difference between European and American styles?"
the answer is
"It's said that the British have the boldest style, and the boldest opinions of climbing in general. Britons want to go alpine style, self-sufficient, as lightweight as possible. Mount Everest, for instance, has been done without bottled oxygen from base camp to summit in sixteen hours. They don't want to use any kind of aid, that's the purest form of alpinism. It's a British tradition to go climbing in places where nobody has gone before, which means they take on the real challenge."
are you sure he said this? didn't he understand the question? how does going on about british trad compare europe (who on the whole aren't british) & america? i wonder what he really thinks?