Onsight?

Greg Hart

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Can an ascent strictly be considered onsight if you dont place the draws youself. My buddy and I do onsight days, but to save time for more routes, dont clean after each ascent so the next climber can place draws. We were wondering if we need another term to describe a 'pink' onsight?! What do you guys/girls on the continent and elsewhere normally do?

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Steve Amstutz

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Well if you saw or belayed someone else in the route it's flash. But if you did not see anyone and you don't have any infos and the draws are already in place or not, I call it onsight!

Greg Hart

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Yeah this is what we count the ascent as (we dont watch each other climb) although it does take less effort to do it with the draws in. Hence pink onsight ...perhaps ponsight? (as in ponce! hee hee! Sorry a joke in poor taste, no offence meant to those of the gentler persuasion.)