The ongoing weekend idiot report

[climb2core]

Last night a guy was climbing on the lead wall at my gym. He got to the second draw and cut both feet, chalked his clipping hand, (why chalk before clipping I will never know), and then clipped. He then proceeded to third draw where he barely clipped and then fell. It was on the easy lead route. He lowered rested, and.... repeated exactly the same thing. I left, but was told he went again and managed to get the rope behind his leg when he fell and he flipped upside down.

And someone caught it all on video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MowsWiXf0

Yas, that video was worse than my lame story.

[krampus]

andrew is correct, but there is just no one else watching you when you when your acting stupid

[pigsteak]

there has been alot of spray swirling over epic 5.9plus gear sends this summer, so maybe it really is gumby by nature.....
honey badgers unite....

[Josephine]

Last night a guy was climbing on the lead wall at my gym. He got to the second draw and cut both feet, chalked his clipping hand, (why chalk before clipping I will never know), and then clipped. He then proceeded to third draw where he barely clipped and then fell. It was on the easy lead route. He lowered rested, and.... repeated exactly the same thing. I left, but was told he went again and managed to get the rope behind his leg when he fell and he flipped upside down.

And someone caught it all on video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MowsWiXf0

Yas, that video was worse than my lame story.

i kept waiting till the end to watch him do something exciting. Yas, i expected better from you!

[climb2core]

Had a good laugh today. Not really "Idiots" per se, but more like gumballs to quote the auspicious pigster. I wish I had my camera on hand, but alas I was belaying.

We were at the Gallery and a group comes over from Gumby Gallery. The two leaders were impressive to say the least.

Leader 1: Wearing harness, back pack, helmet, full rack of draws on harness, multiple rappelling devices, and belay gloves whilst carrying an open copy of Ellington's finest.

Leader 2: Harness and full rack of draws as well, helmet, back pack, and gloves to hold my personal favorite... ski poles. Not trekking poles, just good ol' fashioned ski poles. It was a thing of beauty watching navigate the death defying trail with poles in had, and then seeing my 4 year old wait for him to pass so he walk back on same said trail.

I felt like when I turned around I should have seen the summit of K2.

Now, all the poking fun at them aside... They were nice and actually competent at climbing. All in good fun and made me smile, a lot.

[clif]

sounds like they spoke canadian

[Yasmeen]

i kept waiting till the end to watch him do something exciting. Yas, i expected better from you!

It's better than you think - take a look at the video poster's username.

[krampus]

I saw that yas, pretty awesome, you were just one step ahead of the board.

[milspecmark]

I was at Johnies wall at Muir on Friday. Group of about 8 or 9 young guys were up on "2 chicken butts". They were yelling and screaming like Adam ondra while trying to send it on top rope. I had left a small rope with a carabiner up there where they were climbing. When I went to retrieve it, the Carabiner was mysteriously missing. I asked them where the carabiner was....."We didn't take it!" Bunch of wankers.

[Andrew]

I was at Johnies wall at Muir on Friday.

Yep... thats really dumb.