In reply to Michael Gordon:
> It's pretty obvious what was meant by 'first try'.
Really? Can you tell me then? Aside from the fact that it was first redpoint. That much I know.
> Could everyone take note that with regards to hard sport climbing if a climber flashes something, they'll generally say "I flashed it" and if they onsight something they'll generally say "I onsighted it".
Yes, I know that. But that's not what I'm saying, is it? At the risk of repeating myself again, I'm suggesting that if there's a report of someone doing a route in X number of tries it would be useful to know a few more details, like the number of days invested, over what timescale etc. in order to put that achievement into perspective. As it stands 'first try' is pretty meaningless info IMO, for the reasons I gave above. Different people mean different things by it.
"First redpoint within an hour after a failed O/S" would be interesting info and worth reporting for being a quick repeat.
"First redpoint after 2 days going bolt-to-bolt then a further 5 days top-roping in overlapping sections" would be less interesting and not really worth reporting.
But both could be reported as having been done 'first try'.