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gochubug
Apr 21, 2005, 5:25 PM
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The majority of sport climbers call helmets "brain buckets" and laugh at them.
They can laugh and ridicule all they want. I always wear it when doing belayed climbing outside. Rocks aren't the only things that can fall on you. They don't call 'em "beaners" (more homonymns) for nothing. If your partner ever beans you with a dropped QD, my guess is that you might also jump on the "I'm wearing the b.b. and to &*%# with what anyone else thinks" bandwagon.
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ikefromla
Apr 21, 2005, 5:26 PM
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pfft R4+ 4 lyfe
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chanceboarder
Apr 21, 2005, 5:26 PM
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TR: never unless there is lose rock above that might some how come lose.
sport: i wear one if i think there is a possibility that i will hit my head in a fall or i'm climbing in an area with lose rock.
trad: always
aid: even though i've done very little aid i've always worn it.
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ikefromla
Apr 21, 2005, 5:27 PM
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In reply to: The majority of sport climbers call helmets "brain buckets" and laugh at them. They can laugh and ridicule all they want. I always wear it when doing belayed climbing outside. Rocks aren't the only things that can fall on you. They don't call 'em "beaners" (more homonymns) for nothing. If your partner ever beans you with a dropped QD, my guess is that you might also jump on the "I'm wearing the b.b. and to &*%# with what anyone else thinks" bandwagon. |
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jt512
Apr 21, 2005, 5:40 PM
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In reply to: The majority of sport climbers call helmets "brain buckets" and laugh at them. They can laugh and ridicule all they want. I always wear it when doing belayed climbing outside. Rocks aren't the only things that can fall on you. They don't call 'em "beaners" (more homonymns) for nothing. If your partner ever beans you with a dropped QD, my guess is that you might also jump on the "I'm wearing the b.b. and to &*%# with what anyone else thinks" bandwagon.
When I belay I don't stand directly below my partner, so if a hold breaks, or he drops a draw (the latter happening like once every 5 years, or something), I don't get hit in the head. Now, am I missing something? Is the correct technique to stand direcly beneath another climber, but to wear a helmet? I'm talking single-pitch sport climbing.
-Jay
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gochubug
Apr 21, 2005, 6:23 PM
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In reply to: When I belay I don't stand directly below my partner
Also, I personally don't feel like it interferes with my climbing at my limit, but then I'm not a 5.12 climber either. Maybe that is more of an issue for elite sport climbers, which I will never be.
Anyway, most of my climbing is alpine trad, so I am so used to having it on that I hardly notice it.
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lvclimbingbum
Apr 23, 2005, 3:45 PM
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My parents make me when I go outdoors (on red rocks sportclimbing!). It sucks. :x
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takanhase
Apr 24, 2005, 8:11 AM
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In reply to: jt512 wrote: When I belay I don't stand directly below my partner
No I don’t either. But I try to stay close enough to the wall where if my partner takes a whipper I don’t get launched face first in to the wall, if he out weighs me by a substantial amount.
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3cclimber
Apr 24, 2005, 12:57 PM
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Yup! I wear one. Protectes me from the Pigon's
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kpj240789
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Only on multi-pitch. Well occasionally on multi pitch.
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boulderkid17
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I don't
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andrewbanandrew
Apr 24, 2005, 5:20 PM
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I do. Yeah it's not photogenic. No I don't care.
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I would wear that, and on my back I would have a sword. Everytime I would get to a crux I would use the blade to make a better hold. J/K
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hosh
Apr 25, 2005, 6:31 PM
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I got a little lazy about my helmet this year, but after the events of last weekend, I'm going to be a little more militant about having my helmet...
yes, I wear a helmet. I think it's rather important. The way I see it, if you're not smart enough to wear a helmet, you don't have much to protect any way, right? :wink:
hosh.
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artsylady567
Apr 25, 2005, 9:42 PM
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I do when I am climbing routes that have loose rock and if the climb is going to be more than 50 ft.
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z_rock90
Apr 27, 2005, 1:07 AM
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I agree with hosh
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giza
Apr 27, 2005, 1:10 AM
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In reply to: eye dew knot half won.
Wen and wear should I where one?
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jt512
Apr 27, 2005, 2:01 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: eye dew knot half won. Wen and wear should I where one?
Wat? A helment?
-Jay
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scuclimber
Apr 27, 2005, 2:07 AM
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I don't where anything. I must be naked all the time.
Colin
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coloredchalker
Apr 27, 2005, 2:38 AM
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In reply to: If the area I am climbing in has a major problem with loose rock... then yes. I don’t wish to live life from a tube and hospital bed.
but the "good" news is that in todays society you won't have to worry about that. :)
and yes I do wear one most of the time outside especially if I'm in a very touristy are.
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snowboardbum30
Apr 27, 2005, 4:08 AM
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i always wear a helmet leading, except for the time i was climbing in st. George and took a 15 ft whipper into the rock and smashed my head open, 7 hours later i ended up getting 5 staples in my head. got some cool pictures though.
helmet $55
5 staples $260
my life.....hmmm priceless
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korntera
Apr 27, 2005, 4:55 AM
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It depends where i am climbing. Anything that might have a rock fall off. helmet always. Indoor, nope. My belayer, yup he best be wearing a helmet also because if a rock drops on him, he can't belay me and then my helmet does me no good.
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climbinginchico
Apr 27, 2005, 7:27 AM
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No, but I do wear a helmet.
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snowboardbum30 wrote:
In reply to: helmet $55 5 staples $260 my life.....hmmm priceless
That's good I haven't seen that yet. :D
Priceless, they use that in a lot of adds now.
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