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Mountain climbing. Sport or not a sport? Justify your answers please -- nm
Posted by
crash davis (aka crash davis)
Jan 6 '10, 12:56
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Responses:
could Sir Edmund Hillary have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated for scaling Everest? -- nm
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Beryllium
Jan 6, 13:00
It's just an activity. You might as well ask is hoovering a sport. -- nm
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Loyola
Jan 6, 12:58
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Hoovering? I'm good at that. -- nm
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Megan Fox si
Jan 6, 12:59
Athletic endeavor. (nm)
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musubi
Jan 6, 12:57
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though the losers in mountain climbing tend to lose more than losers in almost other athletic endeavor/sport
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crash davis
Jan 6, 13:02
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yeah, the clock judges Competitor A to have gone quicker. The scoreboard judges Person B to have more runs
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Will Hunting
Jan 6, 13:05
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oh, this is about baseball, isn't it. FYI - you'll never find a mountain climber who only does it if people are watching them.
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Guy
Jan 6, 13:07
1
its not about baseball, nor is it about trying to "gotcha" Will. I do agree with your statement on climbing and watching. -- nm
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crash davis
Jan 6, 13:11
Athletic endeavor.
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Will Hunting
Jan 6, 12:57
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there are actual adventure races which are something like this -- (link)
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Guy
Jan 6, 13:00
8
Those are sporting competitions. I acknowledge that. Just climbing a mountain though...not really in my mind
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Will Hunting
Jan 6, 13:02
6
well, crash didn't really specify whether this was casual or not. you can play any sport in a non-competitive, un-judged format -- nm
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Guy
Jan 6, 13:05
4
Yeah, we call those practice.
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Will Hunting
Jan 6, 13:07
3
then why doesn't mountain climbing qualify? you do it for fun or for competition - like everything else
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Guy
Jan 6, 13:09
2
How do you win a mountain climb in competition?
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Will Hunting
Jan 6, 13:11
are the competitions sanctioned by a governing body, with consistent rules applied to all participants? -- nm
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znufrii
Jan 6, 13:10
It's like sailing. Sailing down the coast to San Francisco? Not really a sport. Racing from Victoria to Maui over the span of 14 days? Mucho sporto. -- nm
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Beryllium
Jan 6, 13:03
here's another -- (link)
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Guy
Jan 6, 13:02
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Right, unless some kind of time limit is introduced... -- nm
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Ender
Jan 6, 13:01
sure it is. there very competitive as to who climbs how many and under what conditions, etc
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Guy
Jan 6, 12:59
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