[Red Badger]

Rarely do you ever get to make more than one mistake.................

[NorthMountain]

Seems to me what’s said of old and bold pilots goes double for alpinists.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I climbed for a while, always on belay. I quit when my hands let go one day with no warning. I considered this to be a my one free mistake.

[MtnClimber]

I never climbed on dangerous slopes without a rope and protection (anchors) at least as often as I was willing to fall. I taught at the Colorado Mountain Club Basic Mountaineering Course for several years and safety was the main topic. Free climbing would be considered as suicidal.

[sit-rep]

but hey!! they were “Cool” and “Rad Dude” while they lasted!!