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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: Is Climbing An Individual Sport?
- References: <v3cl8tg@zola.esd.sgi.com> <1993Jan20.041221.16101@nas.nasa.gov> <1993Jan25.133402.3384@aber.ac.uk>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:38:09 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.133402.3384@aber.ac.uk> azw@aber.ac.uk
- (Andrew Michael Woodward) writes:
- >NO
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- I believe the question is not answered as phrased with a Y or N answer.
- Is it supposed to be be as opposed to a "team sport" or group sport?
- Is Climbing An ~Individual Sport?
-
- >Maybe I missed the point of this, coming in on it halfway, but I have always
- >found climbers see themselves as individualists. They are, in fact, no more
- >so than any other group, bank clerks included. This observation is not
- >grade specific - in fact often the hardest climbers, having the most ego
- >invested, can least afford individuality..
-
- Is your observation based on belaying? Only?
-
- The subject question as phased is perhaps a little too simplistic.
- I think climbing has individual and small group aspects. Perhaps we need
- I and G coefficients ranging [0..1] where highly individual activities
- have I>G and team sports might have G>I. That way you can account for a
- free soloist doing "Edging Skills..." in Tuolumne Meadows. Cause I don't
- see the team aspect of soloing. This does not mean to imply the soloist
- is a 100% individual: ethics and style can come in, those involve
- restraint. On second thought, you can think about the I and G, I'd
- rather go climbing (or skiing).
-
- Watching the GBytes flow....
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- --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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