Bolt the cracks and stop hiding...

Post by **512OW** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:38 pm

anticlmber wrote:

but on the other end of that pendelum are the tool sacks that believe that their 25th try on some over-ticked 12a is WAYYYY more bad ass then someone doing their first 8,9,10,etc on gear.

I think the first 8,9,10,etc is more badass. Because its the first. Because its advancing. I mean, climb 5.9 and enjoy it all you want... but don't say you can't climb 5.10 trad because its so much harder than 5.10 sport. Sporties do the same shit... I heard a kid at a comp the other day ask another kid if he'd done 5.13 yet. The kid said "No, but I could do The Force in 4 goes and probably Triple Sec in 2." Its the same shit... all talk, no action. All excuses.
The truth is that the climber is lacking, not the routes are harder. Don't make excuses. If you're truly enjoying the level at which you're climbing, you don't need excuses.

Post by **anticlmber** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:08 pm

uh-huh.

i like that, "i can do it in 4tries, blah blah." without being on it. like goldarn name that tune. except with shittier prizes and bigger bitches.

Post by **Myke Dronez** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:11 pm

OW, where are you where you can't escape the barrage of 'traddie' spray that seems to be angering you so? have you been lurking around on RC.com?

Post by **ynot** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:31 pm

can't be the gym. I was the only one going there and I quit going.

Post by **Danny** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:21 pm

I'm not joking around, excuses help me send, especially if I verbalize a few just before and in the process of putting on my shoes. But I will admit that I was just joking around about the toilet not flushing.

Post by **ynot** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:29 pm

Danny wrote:I'm not joking around, excuses help me send, especially if I verbalize a few just before and in the process of putting on my shoes. But I will admit that I was just joking around about the toilet not flushing.

Damn... A 2'7" inch turd would be worth spraying about.

Post by **pigsteak** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:50 pm

ynot wrote:can't be the gym. I was the only one going there and I quit going.

see, another traddie who refuses to train, who loathes the gym, and wonders why REAL climbing is passing them by....

Post by **ynot** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:48 pm

nah. I like the gym just hate the trip and the cost. Get busy and bolt those cracks Piggy so I can be a real climber. and shut up so we can talk about monster poop.

Post by **512OW** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:34 am

Myke Dronez wrote:OW, where are you where you can't escape the barrage of 'traddie' spray that seems to be angering you so? have you been lurking around on RC.com?

Right here on RRC.com

Post by **powell.se** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:59 pm

To make an analogy comparing sport and trad is like comparing an automatic and a manual transmission car. Out on the open highway there both quite easy to drive, but get on a twisty road, after dark, in the rain, in stop & go traffic, while trying to text message and youâ€™ll find the automatic transmission is much easier to climb, I mean drive.