The wire gate carabiners are also lighter. The new Dyneema slings a fraction of the weight of older slings. So, you can carry many more protection pieces for the same weight as 15 years ago. Or don't carry more...just be happy to have less weight!
Yes, mountaineering and rock-climbing are much safer and enjoyable activities today. So we must acknowledge and respect the fathers of alpinism and their awesome accomplishments.
Puts an interesting perspective on things. You would probably be interested in an article I just submitted on Frda Du Faur who climbed in NZ between 1909 and 1913. One of those (women in Victorian dresses)
mvs - Mar 21, 2006 11:41 am - Voted 10/10
Remarkable improvementsThe wire gate carabiners are also lighter. The new Dyneema slings a fraction of the weight of older slings. So, you can carry many more protection pieces for the same weight as 15 years ago. Or don't carry more...just be happy to have less weight!
gaus - Mar 22, 2006 1:35 am - Hasn't voted
Safer todayThanks for this thread Isaiah.
Yes, mountaineering and rock-climbing are much safer and enjoyable activities today. So we must acknowledge and respect the fathers of alpinism and their awesome accomplishments.
Thank you so much. :)
Gaus
gimpilator - Mar 23, 2006 12:16 am - Voted 9/10
Nice JobThis was an interesting read. I sure appreciate the new gear we have today. Beats the hell out of cotton. Thank you.
dadndave - Apr 14, 2006 9:51 pm - Hasn't voted
Good ArticlePuts an interesting perspective on things. You would probably be interested in an article I just submitted on Frda Du Faur who climbed in NZ between 1909 and 1913. One of those (women in Victorian dresses)
yesak - Mar 1, 2012 11:57 pm - Voted 9/10
funread..really makes you appreciate the small and the big things in climbing. great research. make it great!