what does Exposure mean to you?
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So in seeing a lot of posts and photos on here I've come to realize that exposure means several different things to people and I wanted to start a post of peoples opinions and pictures for what defines exposure. |
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Oh Sierra.... |
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Fairy Tale Traverse on Mt Washington... |
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the first move onto Rebuffat's Arete (Rewritten, Eldorado Canyon, CO) is one of my favorite exposure moments. |
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Poke-O Sunburst Arete, running it out on an arete sticking out of the cliff. |
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Rogers slide
I think of exposure I think of being exposed to weather and gravity. This shot is up on Rogers slide. No protection from the elements and lots of air under your feet. |
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You don't need to be climbing to find some.. |
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Nick Votto wrote:Fairy Tale Traverse on Mt Washington...Ugh. This was one of my first leads (the actual first being the prior pitches). Terrifying and it wasn't even that hard. When you take the bolts away from a sport weeny I suppose..... That would top my list at least. Along with The Dangler in the Gunks. Also oddly, Charity Toad in Runmey, I found the move off the second belay and to the first bolt oddly exposed for...Rumney. I think it can depend on usage. You could have exposed (as in to the elements) like some of the big NE slab routes, but then you can also have very exposed (airy?) parts of climbs that don't fit the first definition. I'll accept and understand either. Usually if I bring up the former with someone who's not familiar to the climb though I'll clarify a bit. |
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gebhardt-duffy 5.7 climbing the ridge of senica rocks defined exposure for me. Sheer drops on both sides and behind you, the only thing that was not a drop was to continue up the loose rock ridge. |
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partly depends on if you are more of a rock climber or mountaineer. |
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kurt gregory wrote:To me exposure is being off the ground and having nothing underneath you except what you're standing on.I'd agree with your definition. The traverse on Horseman is exposed. Yellow Ridge & Thin slabs at the Gunks. The pipe pitch on Whitney-Gilman at Cannon, NH. |
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Photos from 2 exposed climbs I did this past year. |
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Fine Jade |
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Oh ya, getting lost on the descent on Lembert Dome, 4+++ slab no pro. |
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Anything that makes my brain go "WHOOOOOOOOAAAAA". |
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Exposure is when plan B is hoping for good luck; an epic is when you hope for a plan C. |
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Krisz wrote:Yup, and there's the OP's answer |
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On some climbs it's like the bottom drops out from under you. |
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Nick Votto wrote: Yup, and there's the OP's answerCouldn't agree more! when I think exposed it should make my stomach turn and that sure does! |
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How's this for exposure? |