Who the F%$# is stealing draws off 50 Words!?!

Post by **allah** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:11 am

little jealous to me

Post by **automated** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:31 pm

as the numbers get bigger, the minds get smaller. remember the good ol days, when everyone thought the red was naught but overhanging jughauls? welcome to the spray circus, the lamest show on earth.

Post by **woodchuck008** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:24 am

Yep. If I'm looking for the simplest path of least reisitance, well then why would I be bolting some godawful overhanging face climb in the first place? I'd be following a line of cracks and pockets that I could protect in the fashion of the good ole' days. TRAD rack, on my back. It's a talent, it's a skill that takes time. Climbers didn't move on from leading 5.7 up to to 5.12+ in a few months from some gym or pre bolted routes. They spent the time, studied the moves, earned their skills. Patience. Enjoy the moment. Drop the numbers game from your climbing needs.

Post by **512OW** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:23 am

woodchuck008 wrote:Yep. If I'm looking for the simplest path of least reisitance, well then why would I be bolting some godawful overhanging face climb in the first place? I'd be following a line of cracks and pockets that I could protect in the fashion of the good ole' days. TRAD rack, on my back. It's a talent, it's a skill that takes time. Climbers didn't move on from leading 5.7 up to to 5.12+ in a few months from some gym or pre bolted routes. They spent the time, studied the moves, earned their skills. Patience. Enjoy the moment. Drop the numbers game from your climbing needs.

True, but I went from 5.7 to 5.11 in a few months... and that was in an area that topped out at 5.11+. I can't imagine a strong gym monkey today, with the right mindset, couldn't go from 5.7 to 12+ in a few months if he had the cracks to train on. I mean... 5.12 cracks are trivial compared to 5.13 sport, and gym monkeys do 13 in a few months with regularity....

Post by **512OW** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:24 am

automated wrote:as the numbers get bigger, the minds get smaller. remember the good ol days, when everyone thought the red was naught but overhanging jughauls? welcome to the spray circus, the lamest show on earth.

It still is overhanging jughauls, isn't it?

Post by **Ascentionist** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:19 pm

512OW wrote:
automated wrote:as the numbers get bigger, the minds get smaller. remember the good ol days, when everyone thought the red was naught but overhanging jughauls? welcome to the spray circus, the lamest show on earth.

It still is overhanging jughauls, isn't it?

HEY! What about Yellow Brick Road?!

Post by **ynot** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:56 pm

full of those darn drunken munchkins

Post by **TradWanker** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:23 pm

Uhhhh....... now I'm lost??!?! Did this all get it's start from just 2 draws?

Post by **Andrew** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:51 pm

supposedly 14 draws.

Post by **512OW** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:12 pm

Ascentionist wrote:
512OW wrote:
automated wrote:as the numbers get bigger, the minds get smaller. remember the good ol days, when everyone thought the red was naught but overhanging jughauls? welcome to the spray circus, the lamest show on earth.

It still is overhanging jughauls, isn't it?
HEY! What about Yellow Brick Road?!

Oh yeah... chossy slab to overhanging jughaul to vertical jughaul.