I think that the most recent reelrock with AH and TC speed climbing the nose gives way more context on the same topic.
The technology really is the same in both the speed climb and the solo,; the ability to catch long falls without much human intervention is the big deal in being able to rehearse the moves at a point where they can be done "safely".
You can try to divorce technique (knowledge) from technology, but how we use a tool is so much of what a tool is.
The technology really is the same in both the speed climb and the solo,; the ability to catch long falls without much human intervention is the big deal in being able to rehearse the moves at a point where they can be done "safely".
You can try to divorce technique (knowledge) from technology, but how we use a tool is so much of what a tool is.