I was probably "parroting" something somebody told me about Hill being the best at that time. Never have really considered myself a climber; a surfer yes. But I have gone through stints of climbing activity and once I got to watch Lynn Hill climb some bouldering problem and what she was doing with her feet just hit me and I focused on using my feet more effectively. Currently I can climb low grade 5 with hiking boots and be fine (as long as its not raining). Its funny, but 5.5 fist cracks are easy with these boots on. Its almost like walking up really narrow stairs. 4th class is just fun. Bummer is that with the dog I can only do very short sections of 3rd class. Really, dogs are only good in up to 2nd class in any sustained lengths. It gets rough on Tica and she is my adventuring buddy most of the time.