What does it take to be a 5."whatever" climber?
rockclimber1849, how else do you propose moving from the 5.11 Table at Miguel's to the 5.12 Table? And then to the 5.13 Table? You do realize that it's assigned seating, right? Not alphabetical like it used to be on the school bus, but close. Good luck to you!
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5.13 table? I thought at that level they didn't sit down..only standing to keep the metabolism going..or is that so their skinny asses din't get squashed by the fat asses like me?
Meadows, you may borrow a bound copy of all 78 Pigsteak corollaries until you find your original rulebook. It should keep you in line until then.
1849, why should we follow your perceived rules of what rockclimbing is anymore than the stringent tests we are suggesting?
If you don't care about numbers, do you ever look at a guidebook or ask for a rating? Why not climb what looks good, and back off if you can't finish it?
this forum needs a primer on what a REAL climber looks like, how they act, and who they hang with....
rule no. 1: if you show up at miguel's with your SO and they don't climb or only TR, then you, my friend, are not a climber.
rule no.2: if you hang any sort of aluminum object on the outside of your pack, you are not a climber.
rule no. 3: if you sleep until 10, and get back to miguel's to avoid the rush, you are not a climber.
rule no.4: if you send under 13a and climb in blue jeans, you are not a climber. (only cool)
rule no. 5: if you never climb between your once a month trips to the gorge, you are not a climber.
rule no. 5: if your posse includes the outdoor club from the university, you are not a climber.
(to order your advance copy of the updated rulebook, contact:
porterhangersrock@gmail.com
because cool climbers now use gmail, and not hotmail or yahoo.)
Meadows, you may borrow a bound copy of all 78 Pigsteak corollaries until you find your original rulebook. It should keep you in line until then.
1849, why should we follow your perceived rules of what rockclimbing is anymore than the stringent tests we are suggesting?
If you don't care about numbers, do you ever look at a guidebook or ask for a rating? Why not climb what looks good, and back off if you can't finish it?
this forum needs a primer on what a REAL climber looks like, how they act, and who they hang with....
rule no. 1: if you show up at miguel's with your SO and they don't climb or only TR, then you, my friend, are not a climber.
rule no.2: if you hang any sort of aluminum object on the outside of your pack, you are not a climber.
rule no. 3: if you sleep until 10, and get back to miguel's to avoid the rush, you are not a climber.
rule no.4: if you send under 13a and climb in blue jeans, you are not a climber. (only cool)
rule no. 5: if you never climb between your once a month trips to the gorge, you are not a climber.
rule no. 5: if your posse includes the outdoor club from the university, you are not a climber.
(to order your advance copy of the updated rulebook, contact:
porterhangersrock@gmail.com
because cool climbers now use gmail, and not hotmail or yahoo.)
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.
Worry not, I'm definitely as smart as I think512OW wrote: Maybe you just aren't as smart as you think.... but thanks for your time and attempt at a blatant insult.
But I do enjoy poking you with sticks. It makes me smile.Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
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Why stop with just rock? I mean, can you even call yourself a "climber" unless you are also be able to do ice, mixed, fast and light alpine, peak bagging, seige mountianeering, bouldering, TR'ing plastic in a gym, etc.
512OW wrote:In my opinion, you're a 5.whatever climber when you can do all types of that grade on a consistent basis, in nearly any area. Meaning.... to be a 5.10 climber, you have to be able to do 5.10 slab, vertical, steep, fingercracks, handcracks, fistcracks, offwidths, stemming problems, one move wonders, and enduro pump fests..... on sandstone, limestone, granite, and whatever else......
I don't know many 5.10 climbers.
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Wes wrote:Why stop with just rock? I mean, can you even call yourself a "climber" unless you are also be able to do ice, mixed, fast and light alpine, peak bagging, seige mountianeering, bouldering, TR'ing plastic in a gym, etc.
512OW wrote:In my opinion, you're a 5.whatever climber when you can do all types of that grade on a consistent basis, in nearly any area. Meaning.... to be a 5.10 climber, you have to be able to do 5.10 slab, vertical, steep, fingercracks, handcracks, fistcracks, offwidths, stemming problems, one move wonders, and enduro pump fests..... on sandstone, limestone, granite, and whatever else......
I don't know many 5.10 climbers.
True. I should have said rockclimber. I'm not a climber. I'm a rockclimber.
That said, none of those things have a 5. whatever rating...(except TRing, which counts....)
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Meadows wrote:Yeah, but I have 2 gig on my Yahoo as opposed to the 1 gig on my Gmail.pigsteak wrote:
because cool climbers now use gmail, and not hotmail or yahoo.)
Looks like Gmail wins this one, Meadows!My Gmail Inbox wrote:You are currently using 795 MB (29%) of your 2734 MB.
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