In reply to Danchapman:
% of climbing Outdoors...
Which country just uk residents? ... During summer / winter / when you have plenty / little spare time... When u have no partner available, no transport / no easy access to outdoor crags / when u can't afford to / don't have time to spend alot of winter where it is warmer?
Perhaps if you asked what % you would ideally like to be Outdoors if weather permitted and access was easy, maybe this would identify a % that would still go to the wall.
But Outdoors could be on my doorstep, and the wall 20 miles away.
To be able to select a percentage or 1 to 5 number for each discipline would be better. Top rope is not really a uk discipline, more of a beginners and instructors necessity, although outside uk it can be common.
Why put lead in brackets after sport climbing? I thought if anywhere it could be more relevant after trad, otherwise with both?
Putting flash in brackets after on sight... Perhaps this is useful, as it implies you may have some or loads of beta for an outdoor route, making it almost like an indoor onsight as in most cases mentally doing the route first is possible as it is easy to see the way from hold to hold.
If you omitted the use of "(flash)" , an outdoor onsight is often going to be loads harder than indoor, as you have to figure out best hand and foot placements from perhaps many red herrings, but indoors its more obvious where to go.
The hardest route i "ever" climbed... But i just had a 5 or 10 year break and only just started trying indoors stuff, so haven't reached the level i used to climb Outdoors at yet....
Body feels tight
Body feels Tense
Difference?
Actually id say feeling jittery /tense / tight / heart racing / tense in my stomach / my stomach is sinking /... are mostly facets of the same thing, anxiety, but slightly different ways of expressing it, they all summarise you are feeling anxious / edgey...
However i see from results some may feel one or more of these but not others, so it was worth the elaboration to see the ways people feel climbing anxiety.
What is more of interest is why? .. Do you feel this because
a) There may be 1 or more scary / dangerous sections, or
b) the route may be safe but you have tried many times to redpoint it and hope this is the one, but are worried it might not be
c) you are often nervous generally
d) you tried it before and fell (safely? / badly?)
e) perhaps all climbing makes you go on edge
f) you may be a fearful / fearless beginner
g) you may be a fearful / fearless experienced climber
h) you are on holiday and this is your last chance / the tide is coming in / it will be dark soon / looks like it might rain/snow/get too sunny/you are going to miss the buss/train/plane/ not make it to the loo.
etc
( lets assume the following are not factors.... perhaps you just drank too much strong coffee or you simply are dying for a pee or poo but are holding it off)
Concerned about falling... What kind of fall, big / small / on a section with protrusions / slab / going round an overhang with gear only after you get round it / onto a bolt / onto a tiny wire / a sea cliff peg / on a traverse with a swing into or not into something / do you trust your gear / do you know all the gear you can place is bombproof / have you done the route before / are you a beginner or experienced at placing gear / is the gear run out / how well do you know your belayer?.... etttttttc
Results as bar graphs is easier to read than pie charts.
Who is allowed to solo routes indoors? Where?
Facilitative / debilitative... What's wrong with plain english.. helpful / not helpful (or... a problem, or, a hindrance)
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