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Have you ever climbed so poorly on a redpoint that even though you sent, it shouldn't count.

Well, that was me on saturday. I had the worst redpoint of my life on Whipper Snapper at Drive By. It was just plain ugly. Cruxes went easy, but it took me 45 minutes to send the thing. I have so little endurance that I had to shake out forever any chance I could get. I sat on that ledge after the cruxes for about 15 minutes, I then climb to the top, which I had never tried before, and proceeded to up climb and down climb 7 times trying to figure out how to clip the anchors. Each time I would shake for about 5 minutes thinking about what I would do.

I was so embarrased, my 6 month old boy was laughing at me, my wife told be that she wouldn't sign my card, my sister who belayed me was like "wtf", and my parents were noticably disappointed in their son.

I still counted it in my spray list, only cause I have a lot of catching up to beat SCIN.

Anyone else have any crappy redpoint stories. Can anyone beat the level of disappointment by family members.

i saw "worst accents" and thought you were talking about my wife's scottish brogue....

Mrs. Pigsteak's accent kicks ass. If I ever have children, I'm going to raise them in Scotland so they can have cool accents to make up for my lack thereof.

Sorry, Andrew, but all my redpoints can be likened to a soft breeze blowing a sheet of silk. I never scream, bellow, thrutch, or anything of the like. So, I cannot share a story here.

Andrew, I was laughing at you from Skybridge on Saturday. The embarrassment was felt that far away.

Next time, don't suck. K?

Two years ago around Cave run I did the slowest accent of a 5.8 trad route in climbing history. I had to spend at least 10 minutes on each piece and they were only two feet apart. when I hit the actual 5.8 traverse, I ran it out till I got to a ledge and spent the next three days setting up my belay.



Any accent that had crying involved is also in the running for worst accent.

spent sunday getting burned off by a lactating female ( aka Lynn Hill but not the Lynn Hill) I laughed I cried, okay I just cried

We were all deeply impressed with how long you were able to shake out up there. I mean, that shit looked hard! And how is someone who isn't 8'12" supposed to clip the anchors? Dude, don't be so hard on yourself. Even if your family was embarrassed for you, us non-related types who were there thought it was pretty burly.

Sorry, Andrew, but all my redpoints can be likened to a soft breeze blowing a sheet of silk. I never scream, bellow, thrutch, or anything of the like. So, I cannot share a story here.

ha ha, right.....

i should add my send of "tacit" to this list, although it worked out well because nobody below could see me throw heels over my head and shake uncontrollably

oops, something tells me someone will take that last part the wrong way...

No need, its just to easy.