Excuses

Placing a cam? Slotting a nut? Slinging a tree?
JR
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Excuses

Post by JR »

Trad Vs. Sport?
Top Ten Trad Excuses for not sending(not in order of importance or frequency).
1.My tape gloves are to big.
2.My #5 got hooked on something.
3.I should have used thumbs up.
4.I have small hands.
5.I have large hands.
6.I hogged the jam with the cam.(that rhymes)
7.My mythos usually rock
8.My cams were racked on the wrong side.
9.Laybacking is about as cool as sport climbing.
10.This crack is filthy.

Top Ten Sporty excuses

1.Sun crux
2.Too pumpy
3.Greasy holds
4.I was hanging draws
5.My girlfriend or boyfriend short roped me again
6.The knee bar was killing me
7.Too hot
8.I was not warmed up.
9.The gates on the draws are totally facing the wrong way.
10.Reachy
Crankmas
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Post by Crankmas »

Flash pump?
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Artsay
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Post by Artsay »

Cool JR! :)

To add on to the trad top 10:
1. It hurt too much
2. I ran out of gear
3. Rope drag
Does he have a strange bear claw like appendage protruding from his neck? He kep petting it.
JR
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Post by JR »

Rope drag. Good one. I didn't even know what rope drag was till I went to Yosemite. Holly shit I fucked myself good and proper with some crazy Z shapes following my lead. Thanks for reminding me.
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Post by Artsay »

JR wrote:Rope drag. Good one. I didn't even know what rope drag was till I went to Yosemite. Holly shit I fucked myself good and proper with some crazy Z shapes following my lead. Thanks for reminding me.
Good excuse, JR. ;)
Does he have a strange bear claw like appendage protruding from his neck? He kep petting it.
skychick
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Post by skychick »

Some More Additions

Sport:
1. The bolt placement was bad
2. My spandex got caught on that hold

Trad:
1. I couldn't reach that jam
2. I needed more chalk for the backs of my hands
3. There was a spider/snake in the crack
4. The gear was weighing me down too much to do the move

Bouldering:
1. I'm hung over
2. I was scared to do the move without more pads
3. I only had on my approach shoes
Meadows
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Post by Meadows »

Sport:
1. There was a snake on the jug that I needed!
J-Rock
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Post by J-Rock »

New Routes:

1. I had the onsight, but a hold snapped and sent me tumbling into space!
2. I couldn't smear off of that lichen
3. The holds were too dirty
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Post by Don McGlone »

Bouldering:
Damn, I'm having another high-gravity day.
Sport:
Damn, I'm having another high-gravity day.
Trad:
Damn, I'm having another high-gravity day.
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within
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Post by pigsteak »

Sport:
1-I was climbing at the Red, and the routes were so damn boring and repetitive that I fell asleep and fell off the crux.
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.
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