Route hogging....

Post by **moonbeam** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:27 pm

Not if you are as forgetful as I.

Post by **Sunshine** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:27 pm

Route hogging, pigsteaking, is this some kind of farm theme? Or is it just me?

Post by **moonbeam** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:28 pm

Mmmmmmmm. Ham

Post by **Sunshine** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:34 pm

I think it is a full moon tonight.

Post by **pigsteak** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:43 pm

what does being forgetful have to do with onsiting? in less you think any attempt after your first time on the route can still be considered an onsite...we'll not go there...

wait till you take the whole hog boys...

Post by **rhunt** » Thu May 06, 2004 9:45 pm

Meadows wrote:rhunt, there is also a mentality of experienced climbers who don't want to hang out with newbies and put up their routes when they want to save their energy for their own projects.

TRing can get pretty boring.

True but one's person's warm-up is anothers project, so it usually works out in the end.

TRing might be boring but I believe it is necessary to climbing harder...hell I usually always end up TRing a project I am working on at some point.

Post by **moonbeam** » Thu May 06, 2004 11:41 pm

pigsteak wrote:what does being forgetful have to do with onsiting? in less you think any attempt after your first time on the route can still be considered an onsite...we'll not go there...

wait till you take the whole hog boys...

What does intelligence have to do with recognizing sarcasm?
Besides, have you never heard of an Alzheimer's onsight? It makes every climb an adventure.

Post by **philip171** » Fri May 07, 2004 10:42 pm

Does any one have jobs or they just sit around and argue all day? If its a long haul to the first bolt, I stick clip, if its a easy slab or a easy lead to the first bolt I just have some one spot me. Like on jump for joy, that first bolt can be reached by hand, and on the 5.7 next to c sharp, if you stick clip the first one its so low you will still hit the ground if you slip.

So what is hogging? If I lead a climb that is hard for me, made it, then pulled the rope and left the draws so I could lead it a few more times and let my belayer lead it, would that be hogging? These guys were doing that, but on like 3 diffrent climbs and going back and forth and not letting any one alse on.

Post by **ynot** » Fri May 07, 2004 11:14 pm

The norm is to lead it then have one or two others go up and the last one cleans.
Anything else is hogging the route.

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Sat May 08, 2004 1:49 am

philip171 wrote:Does any one have jobs or they just sit around and argue all day?

Big difference between west coast climbers and east coast climbers:
most east coast climbers actually have jobs.

But we're lucky to have this forum to keep the day interesting.

Philip... this is the LIFE!