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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:53 pm
by gripster
i have never heard of red tagging a boulder problem before, i foresee a poll soon questioning whether or not red tagging a boulder problem is acceptable or not.....
personally i don't care, if you take the time to clean it up and are strong enough to send it, then you have the right to a first ascent. but here in nc i think it has always been a free for all.
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:33 pm
by pigsteak
gripster...the NC crew is so 1980...the new wave is to claim domain before anyone else. once bolted hangers at the start become the norm, the lazy small rock climbers will whine that they don't have the money for the hardware. then all new proj's will be mine.
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:50 pm
by schwagpad
40-50 problems and a 20-25 page mini guide....hmmm......
sounds like a bunch of eliminates that need a half page description. "Start by lying on your back on the ground and grabbing two little crimpers underneath the big jug, but you cant use the incut crimper to the left, then heelhook the sloper to the right and cross over to that one edge thats between the two sinker pockets...."
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:01 pm
by gripster
we only use bolts when a flake on one of our classics is about to break!
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:12 pm
by pigsteak
actually the sinker pockets are on.
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:13 pm
by Sco Bro
Pig, you douche bag, how are we going to casually rehearse the moves with only a bolt at the start? I thought we were going to put a bolt on top, tag it, and then TR it?
Post the photos of So Lo Solo, give them a taste. . .
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:13 pm
by tbwilsonky
schwagpad wrote:40-50 problems and a 20-25 page mini guide....hmmm......
nah. it's all about capitalizing on all the hardware/time invested. the actual 'guiding' part of the guide is only 3 pages. the other 23 are for ads.
it looks like somebody hasn't "read" enough urban climber magazine to see how the publishing/climbing matrix has evolved. tsk tsk.
/wink
-t
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:18 pm
by gripster
Sco Bro wrote:Pig, you douche bag, how are we going to casually rehearse the moves with only a bolt at the start? I thought we were going to put a bolt on top, tag it, and then TR it?
Post the photos of So Lo Solo, give them a taste. . .
a friend of mine was telling me about a bouldering comp in colorado where you are actually required to top-rope every boulder problem regardless of its height! anybody ever heard of this craziness?
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:28 pm
by ahab
gripster wrote:...anybody ever heard of this craziness?
yep, everyday. it's called living in the states.
god bless america.
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:34 pm
by tbwilsonky
people are dumb.
but i empathize. because sometimes 'the real' is so hard to decipher.