what makes a gumby

Post by **der uber** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:49 pm

- Using chalk and/or special shoes made for climbing
- Eating anything that contains "organic" or "soy"
- Namedropping while using the person's rrc.com username (n/a for Andrew and the like)
- wearing an airbrushed tshirt

Post by **rhunt** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:05 pm

because it would be a waste of bandwidth to start a new thread with a poll. How many posters here regularly wear a helmet while sport climbing? **Note you must have less than one gumby point to answer this question**

Post by **512OW** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:58 am

rhunt wrote:you know you're a gumby when:

~you wear socks with your climbing shoes
~you never take your shoes off the entire day at the cliff
~you just saw and learned to stick clip last weekend
~you wear shorts over long pants
~you have your "belay card" attached to your harness
~you clip your calk bag to your harness
~you wear a helmet sport climbing
~you mostly sport climb and don't know how to use a gri gri
~you bring your crash pad to the cliff
~you rap more often than lower off sport climbs
~you make cleaning the draws off a overhanging climb look harder than climbing.

I am sure there are more, feel free to add to the list.

I still wear socks on 5.12 offwidths.

I'm still learning how to stick clip properly.

I only recently learned how to use a gri gri....

Post by **rhunt** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:30 am

lol well then you are slowly making your way out of gumbyism...give it time

Post by **ecp88** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:37 am

My experience has been that gumbies travel in groups. What do you call them? A gaggle? A horde? They all seem to have crooked helmet straps and jansport book bags.

Post by **bcombs** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:41 am

I think "a murder" would be appropriate since they are trying to kill each other. I'm not sure why they call crows a murder. Do they kill each other?

edit: Good old Google....

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/crowfaq.htm#murder

What is a group of crows called (as in "a gaggle of geese")?

The poetic term for a bunch of crows is a "murder." No scientist calls them that, only poets. Scientists would call it a flock.

Post by **rhunt** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:45 am

I am not sure what your call those groups, I just know to run away when I see them.

Post by **Toad** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:49 am

How about a "Pokey" of Gumbies?

Post by **Myke Dronez** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:12 am

A 'drove' of gumbies like a drove of asses....

or a 'troop'- with all the helmets and sticks it looks like they're ready to fight.

Post by **Cleveland** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:59 pm

How bout a School of gumbies?

Myke, maybe you should starting making clay gumby dronez

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