I was scrambling and free climbing easy climbing grades as part of the walk. Not bad for someone who's knees knock on fear 3 steps up a ladder!
Didn’t realise you were American. Funny how some phrases give it away.
Which phrases do think those were? I can't see anything in what he wrote that I wouldn't expect from British friends.
Free climbing is a very definite American phrase. In Britain you’d say trad climbing.
Not true. I've heard both my brother in law and my stepson use the phrase free climbing, and never heard either of them use the phrase "trad climbing". Both are British (Welsh) climbers.
If they weren't using the phrase "free climbing", it would be "soloing".
Maybe, but I would say that means it is in fairly common usage in Britain, so not an indication of being American.Then they have picked up the American phrase rather than what’s been used in Britain for a very long time.
Free climbing is not the same meaning as soloing.
Then they have picked up the American phrase rather than what’s been used in Britain for a very long time. Free climbing is not the same meaning as soloing.
Then they have picked up the American phrase rather than what’s been used in Britain for a very long time. Free climbing is not the same meaning as soloing.
Thinking about this more, my brother in law (and to a lesser extent my stepson) has climbed all over the world, including places like Yosemite, and he was the first Welshman to summit Everest, so it is quite likely he would have picked up phraseology from other places (such as the US) , even if not all that common usage in the UK.Maybe, but I would say that means it is in fairly common usage in Britain, so not an indication of being American.