Method 1. The sport climbing (redpoint) method:
- Plan everything out meticulously leaving nothing to chance.
- Buy the materials to implement the plan.
- Execute successfully with a minimum of fuss.
Method 2. The trad climbing (onsight) method:
- Sketch out a quick plan.
- Buy some materials.
- Faff about.
- Revise the plan.
- Buy some more materials.
- Faff some more.
- Revise the plan some more.
- Execute with a lot of fuss and realise that you still have 90% of the materials left.
I chose the trad method - the end result was the same - I ended up with a van with a floor fitted as intended. However I don't think it would have been half as interesting, or enjoyable, had I chosen the sport method just because there is something so satisfying about solving things on the fly. Having said that there one thing I would do differently next time - make sure I have enough money left to buy a beer when it is all over as a day doing trad without a beer at the end of it is just ever so slightly wrong.
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