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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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could Sir Edmund Hillary have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated for scaling Everest? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 13:00
It's just an activity. You might as well ask is hoovering a sport. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 12:58 1
- Hoovering? I'm good at that. -- nm - Megan Fox si Jan 6, 12:59
Athletic endeavor. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 12:57 4
- though the losers in mountain climbing tend to lose more than losers in almost other athletic endeavor/sport - crash davis Jan 6, 13:02 3
  - yeah, the clock judges Competitor A to have gone quicker. The scoreboard judges Person B to have more runs - Will Hunting Jan 6, 13:05 2
    - 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. - 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 - crash davis Jan 6, 13:11
Athletic endeavor. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 12:57 9
- there are actual adventure races which are something like this -- (link) - Guy Jan 6, 13:00 8
  - Those are sporting competitions. I acknowledge that. Just climbing a mountain though...not really in my mind - 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 - Guy Jan 6, 13:05 4
      - Yeah, we call those practice. - 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 - Guy Jan 6, 13:09 2
        
        How do you win a mountain climb in competition? - Will Hunting Jan 6, 13:11
        
        are the competitions sanctioned by a governing body, with consistent rules applied to all participants? -- nm - 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 - Beryllium Jan 6, 13:03
  - here's another -- (link) - Guy Jan 6, 13:02
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- Right, unless some kind of time limit is introduced... -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 13:01
- sure it is. there very competitive as to who climbs how many and under what conditions, etc - Guy Jan 6, 12:59

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