what makes a gumby

Post by **Wes** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:13 pm

If you didn't have a user ID on kywilderness.com (when it was the climbers bbs), then you are a gumby. Period. You do, however, get partial credit if you had a climbky.com account.

Post by **dipsi** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:47 pm

Yay! I've finally made partial climber!

I be so happy!

Post by **Cleveland** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:48 pm

I think i read this one on a post a long time ago but

`wearing your tape gloves to miguels

Post by **Jay** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:53 pm

Wes wrote:If you didn't have a user ID on kywilderness.com (when it was the climbers bbs), then you are a gumby. Period. You do, however, get partial credit if you had a climbky.com account.

So... I'm a gumby simply because I haven't always climbed at the Red??? How does that work?

Post by **Toad** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:05 pm

No. Pay attention...You are a gumby 'cause you didn't post on the old forums.

Post by **Brentucky** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:15 pm

what's wrong with a helmet? and socks in the gym are AWESOME under gym shoes for those routes that are unnecessary to wear your own tight shoes! if i could climb all the jug hauls at the red i'd be wearing socks all the time!

i guess that's why i'm still a gumby, that and i can't climb MOST of the climbs at the red jug haul or not! i'm a gumby 4 life baby!!!

Post by **Toad** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:27 pm

- Using cheap braided nylon cord (think clothes line) as your climbing rope.

- Using a single 'biner (not a quickdraw setup) to clip the bolts.

- Belaying your climber by standing/sitting/laying twenty feet from the cliff.

- Talking a bit too loudly so as everyone in the area can hear about your latest send/latest injury/latest lame reason you can't send.

- Shitting either on, or just off the trail... along with not bothering to bury it.

- Showing up with a large group and hogging routes all day.

- Not staying on the designated trail.

- Tick marking EVERY hold on a route.

- Not brushing a popular route you've been working.

Post by **gregkerzhner** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:42 pm

-you walk around miguels with your pack on your back and your harness, complete with a new set of quickdraws, still on your self
-you climb at mv
-you can unclip draws better than you can clip them
-you never wipe the dirt off your shoes
-you climb with Andrew
-you let your dog shit/piss/and or walk on everything in sight
-you are Andrew
-you anchor to a tree when belaying
-instead of packing everything in a pack, you approach with a Jansport backpack and handfulls of gear

Post by **rhunt** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:51 pm

"Shitting either on, or just off the trail... along with not bothering to bury it."
That is actually the original definition. Years ago you could by a shirt at the New that had a picture of gumby shitting on the trail - it said "don't be a gumby". Now I wish I would have bought it.

Post by **Jay** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:00 pm

Sorry I never bothered to post onto any of the old Kentucky forums before I lived in Kentucky.

I'll be sure to start posting to every climbing forum dedicated to an area where I might start climbing and or live near in the in future, so as to avoid having this happen again.

Thanks!