From: Paul.Williams@brunel.ac.uk (Paul M Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.climbing
Subject: Re: Macho quiz (for Laura)
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Date: 18 Nov 92 16:32:26 GMT
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TP Monks (tpm@ecs) wrote:
: Here's an American example:
: Subject: 5.10 #32
: And a British one:
: Subject: E3 #7
:
: Hey, this could be interesting! Perhaps all you tanned Californian muscled
: rock athletes in Lycra out there have a low grade/pull-up ratio from
: climbing all those steep never-ending cracks, whereas us English have a
: high one from climbing those stubby little stanage routes with sloping
: rounded breaks whilst wearing bobble hats!
It really depends on how you define how many pull ups. For instance (here comes the macho ego bit) on a pull up pyramid (1 to 10 and back down to 1 again with 30 second rest between each go) I can go 100 but in a single attempt probably about 30 if fresh.