The ongoing weekend idiot report

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Toad
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I'll end up on a slab if I try.
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GWG
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If I do a back flip, something has gone seriously wrong.
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climb2core
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Seriously,
We got through spring break with out one post???
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i got my rope stuck on diamond in the crack. does that count?
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toad857 wrote:i got my rope stuck on diamond in the crack. does that count?
Only if it was "your rope"...
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Early spring watched someone clip the anchors, yell "off belay", then sit down on a ledge to untie and clean the route without ever going in direct. Name of the route you ask? "Darwin loves you".
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mssmith wrote:Early spring watched someone clip the anchors, yell "off belay", then sit down on a ledge to untie and clean the route without ever going in direct. Name of the route you ask? "Darwin loves you".
All while leading on a static rope with his GF tied to a tree... Those repeated whips going for the anchors looked painful.
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mssmith wrote:Early spring watched someone clip the anchors, yell "off belay", then sit down on a ledge to untie and clean the route without ever going in direct. Name of the route you ask? "Darwin loves you".
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EricDorsey wrote:
mssmith wrote:Early spring watched someone clip the anchors, yell "off belay", then sit down on a ledge to untie and clean the route without ever going in direct. Name of the route you ask? "Darwin loves you".
All while leading on a static rope with his GF tied to a tree... Those repeated whips going for the anchors looked painful.
Did anyone stop and talk to these climbers??
I would hate to just watch,then walk away and something bad happens..
I know it sux and know one wants to but sometimes ya just got to step up and say something!!! Better to be a loud Dickhead than a silent observer..
We all have a responsibility to step up and educate when needed. If not don't be mad when ya gotta clean up a gumby or their poop on the trail..
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CLIMBTRAD wrote:
EricDorsey wrote:
mssmith wrote:Early spring watched someone clip the anchors, yell "off belay", then sit down on a ledge to untie and clean the route without ever going in direct. Name of the route you ask? "Darwin loves you".
All while leading on a static rope with his GF tied to a tree... Those repeated whips going for the anchors looked painful.
Did anyone stop and talk to these climbers??
I would hate to just watch,then walk away and something bad happens..
I know it sux and know one wants to but sometimes ya just got to step up and say something!!! Better to be a loud Dickhead than a silent observer..
We all have a responsibility to step up and educate when needed. If not don't be mad when ya gotta clean up a gumby or their poop on the trail..

Yeah I agree and think most climbers are good about speaking up. We told them right away what they were doing was not safe and how to go about doing it properly... They didn't seem interested in listening to us so we left and hoped we didn't have to clean up a gumby later that day.
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