Gaston? High Step? Drop Knee? Talk in here.
One-Fall
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by One-Fall Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:55 pm
We were climbing at Roadside the other day, and some guy had just sent Ro, and he exclaimed that, "I am finally a 5.12 climber".
Can't we all just get along?
ReachHigh
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by ReachHigh Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:12 pm
purest form, several onsights of the hard end of the grade.
"there's a line between self improvement and self involvement"
SCIN
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by SCIN Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:14 pm
To me it is whatever you go out and send on a regular basis in a handful of tries.
Yo Ray jack dynomite! Listen to my beat box! Bew ch ch pff BEW ch ch pfff! Sweet!
neuroshock
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by neuroshock Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:16 pm
IMO, you should be able to onsight, or quickly redpoint in very few attempts, at that grade the majority of the time.
of course, that means i would consider myself a 5.11- sportclimber which, in turn, would cause many that i know to call out "bullshit!"
Stewy911
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by Stewy911 Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:44 pm
i agree should be able to send that level within a few goes. Nut thats me
Who Me? I gotta hitch hike god damn 18 miles to get a god damn beer......that's bullshit.
Spragwa
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by Spragwa Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:02 pm
I still don't understand the difference between a flash and a beta flash. So there's no way I'll understand how climbers define themselves. But the handful of tries thing makes sense to me.
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
sumdog
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by sumdog Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:03 pm
Just be a climber! That should be good enough!
"I mainly know 'bout possums."
the lurkist
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by the lurkist Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:20 pm
Don't worry about trying hard. Just be fat with a resting heart rate of 120, and just have FUN! Yea!
"It really is all good ! My thinking only occasionally calls it differently..."
Spragwa
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by Spragwa Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:22 pm
the lurkist wrote: Don't worry about trying hard. Just be fat with a resting heart rate of 120, and just have FUN! Yea!
But most of us are fat by your definition
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
rockman
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by rockman Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:29 pm
Its whatever you can onsight-solo in REM.
"My Shit is Fucked Up." --Warren Zevon and Terry Kindred.
