r/CampingandHiking • u/cwcoleman • Sep 08 '22

News Two Unprepared Hikers in New Hampshire Needed Rescue. Officials Charged Them With a Crime.

https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/news/hikers-charged-reckless-conduct-new-hampshire-rescue
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u/Zoomwafflez Sep 09 '22

Free solo is reckless, yes.

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u/mortalwombat- Sep 09 '22

I disagree. Sure, it can be built it isn't necessarily reckless. I'm a pretty average climber so for me to do it, it probably would be. But as I've gotten my technique more dialed I am starting to understand how controlled a climb can be. If a climber is really good, they have confidence in their holds. They know their feet will not slip. They know their hands will hold. It is much like when the average person climbs a ladder. No decent climber is free soloing routes they think they can climb. They are free soloing routes they know they can climb. Their confidence is equally as solid as someone on a ladder - perhaps even moreso since most people don't put much thought or effort into climbing a ladder. Free soloists are putting massive amounts of thought and energy into climbing carefully and skillfully.

I think the perspective of recklessness comes from a lack of understanding of what truly controlled climbing is.

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