E109: Matt Fultz - Sending multiple 8C+s, coaching, tactics and self-doubt
The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast
Understanding Climbing Metrics Reveals Hidden Challenges
Analyzing climbing achievements, particularly in grades of eight C plus and above, highlights a potential survivorship bias that skews perceptions of difficulty. The metrics primarily showcase successful climbs, neglecting the numerous attempts and failures climbers face. This suggests that even accomplished climbers may perceive certain problems as easier, despite those problems being exceedingly challenging for others. A deeper investigation into which problems top climbers struggled with—or failed to complete—could provide more insightful data on true climbing difficulties.
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