[dimxasnewfrozen]

I agree. Ego is definitely a part of climbing otherwise climbers wouldn't have a reason to push themselves. But Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson climbed that mostly for themselves. I'm sure they enjoy the media coverage. Who wouldn't? I'm sure their sponsors love it even more. But that type of ego is much different than calling 5.10 climbers noobs and that aid climbing is more dangerous than trad climbing/sport climbing/top roping (I'm not arguing that it isn't, but there's no point putting down other forms of climbing). That's what I was getting at.

I suppose I'm just annoyed by the amount of judgment that exists in climbing. We all have our own motivations and aspirations when it comes to climbing. Some climbers just feel like they need to prove something to someone else.