You know you're a sport climber when...

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Power2U
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You know you're a sport climber when...

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All your draws are petzel*your cams sit in your closet and collect dust*there is more dead skin on your finger tips than the bottom of your feet*you have one roll of tape in your pack and it is torn off in narrow strips*you quit trad climbing because you hate groveling in dirty cracks*you say, "what?" when the leader says, "I must not fall!"*all of your gear fits in a day pack*you watch what you eat*you know your body fat %*you're on day two of a trad climbing trip and you can remember that you were bored on day one*you dump your SO beacuse he/she just doesn't get it*you can't wear your climbing shoes for more than one pitch*you know how to roll up a rope bag*your gym membership is set up on auto renew with your credit card*you only know how to belay with a gri-gri*you always flip right to the Hot Flashes section when you get your climbing mag to see what the lates 5.15 or V-crazy send is*you think a beak is somehting on a bird*you use a battery powered drill*you go to sleep at 2am*you drive all night so you can climb all day*you drive all night because you climbed all day*you know who Alan Watts is*The thought of shitting and belaying at the same time makes your stomach turn*techno runs through your head while you're climbing*you send routes instead of climb them*you own a 9.8mm rope*you own prana climbing pants*

I read the post like this in the Trad forum and tried to come up with a list for sport... hope you like it :D Add some more if you can think of any good ones.
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Post by ReachHigh »

following ticked holds is considered an onsight.
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Post by michaelzr2 »

Which Alan Watts are we talking about?
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Post by rhunt »

you say "yo" and "dude" a lot and spray like hell at Miguel's
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Post by John E »

You only climb overhanging routes. You think a crack addict is a drug abuser. You argue over whether the route is a 12a or 12b. You think you know the difference between a 12a and a 12b grade. To you "slab" is an offensive four letter word.
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Post by Artsay »

...if out of the 115+ crags at the gorge you've only been to under 10 of them.
Does he have a strange bear claw like appendage protruding from his neck? He kep petting it.
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Post by Wes »

Route grades are just letters a, b, c, or d. because it is always at least a 12, and if it is .13, then you are sure to throw that in there. Like, yeah, I did the cool b at the lode the other day. You know that is a 12b. Or, yeah I am working this cool 13 (no letter grade needed).
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Post by rhunt »

You think the Motherlode is the Red River Gorge. You can't leave the car without your stick clip. You've heard that Yosemite is a pretty good bouldering area.
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Post by Power2U »

Good additons... I like the one about the only been to less than 10 crags at the Red. That is the truest statement ever. I even know sport climbers who don't go to Funk Rock b/c they might get their pretty little feet wet... or haver to hike more than 10 minutes... so sad :(

And the slab coment for the Red should be that Sport climbers don't get on routes that overhang less than 10 degrees b/c "slabs" suck! Ever notice that what a Red River sport climber thinks is vert. or slabby is different than what the rest of the planet thinks is vertical and/or a slab? Funny!
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Post by John E »

You've never climbed with Ynot.
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