In reply to abarro81:
Well said; totally agree. The line of questioning is interesting and fair even if it could have been better worded after all most of what all of us say all the time could have been better worded. Seems to me SCs reply could have been better worded as well; she makes herself sound a bit defensive when Im sure there was no need or intention to. Obviously I dont actually know the true story but had she said, for example, something like,
Yes, its true that I went out to Switzerland wanting to climb 8b but as it happened I got involved with this problem called Freak Brothers which I found really inspiring and was a big achievement for me because its not a style of climbing Im usually good at/had much experience of/the usual sequence involves a really long reach and I had to do it a different way/whatever, so although its not as big a number I found it just as satisfying and doing it made the trip a real success for me.
then that would have been an interesting insight. Of course I made that up, but still, a more expanded reply would have been interesting.
jcm
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