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angry
May 31, 2010, 5:19 PM
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You might be a n00b if you don't know what PTFTW means.
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angry
May 31, 2010, 5:20 PM
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Or Francis.
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j_ung
May 31, 2010, 5:32 PM
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taydude wrote: hafilax wrote: ...have the BD Momentum/Primrose package. The momentum/primrose is a great harness for the price. I wouldn't bother buying anything more expensive unless i was climbing multipitch all the time. You might be a n00b if you buy a $120 harness to climb at a gym.
Right over your head!  
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angry
May 31, 2010, 5:32 PM
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It used to be n00bs and gumbs. We even had definitions like we were all n00bs once but you can grow out of being a gumb.
Does anyone care about gumbs anymore?
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angry
May 31, 2010, 5:35 PM
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Are you a n00b if you reply to yourself?
What about if you post to the knob on a beautiful day? (I did do an FA today and several other pitches. The approach was a 10 minute swim, I cheated, I brought flippers this time).
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rrrADAM
May 31, 2010, 5:36 PM
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If the have one of these clipped to their harness, especially if in the gym...
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hafilax
May 31, 2010, 5:36 PM
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rrrADAM wrote: One of these clipped to their harness, in the gym... [image]http://www.outdoorpros.com/images/prod/1/100690.jpg[/image]
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MS1
May 31, 2010, 5:38 PM
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ConverseClimber wrote: areyoumydude wrote: What are some of the tell-tale signs that you have seen? One of my faves is the chalk bag clipped to the back of your harness. Come on n00bs, get some cord fer that thing! dude im not a newbie and i still hate having the cord strapped around me. i think its way more comfortable to clip it in the loop in the back THAT WAS PRACTICALLY MADE FOR IT. not the gear loop but the one right above the ass straps
You are certainly a n00b if you don't know what a haul loop is designed to do. Not understanding the value of moving a chalk bag out of the way when in a chimney is just icing on the n00b-cake.
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rrrADAM
May 31, 2010, 5:39 PM
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jt512 wrote: The probability of being a n00b increases exponentially with the number of redundant pieces of unnecessary gear you have clipped to your harness. The most extreme case of this I have ever seen was just two weekends ago at New Jack City, a sport crag. The climber in question was carrying on her harness all of the following at the same time: a PAS, a Chain Reactor, a Purcell prusik, and a huge cordelette. Considering that at a sport crag none of these is really useful, never mind necessary, I think it we can assess her n00b probability to be greater than 99.999% Jay
Remember that Jay?
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rrrADAM
May 31, 2010, 5:45 PM
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hafilax wrote: rrrADAM wrote: One of these clipped to their harness, in the gym... [image]http://www.outdoorpros.com/images/prod/1/100690.jpg[/image] That's not a n00b, it's a German.
On the same locking biner as an ATC?
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areyoumydude
May 31, 2010, 6:00 PM
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bill413 wrote: So, carrying extra cord to hang chalkbag off of is better than just having it on your harness?
bill413 wrote: Or is it wearing the harness, when all you need is a chalkbag, that makes you a noob?
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areyoumydude
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ConverseClimber wrote: areyoumydude wrote: What are some of the tell-tale signs that you have seen? One of my faves is the chalk bag clipped to the back of your harness. Come on n00bs, get some cord fer that thing! dude im not a newbie and i still hate having the cord strapped around me. i think its way more comfortable to clip it in the loop in the back THAT WAS PRACTICALLY MADE FOR IT. not the gear loop but the one right above the ass straps
n00bs!!!!!!!!111111
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hafilax
May 31, 2010, 6:09 PM
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...you use 'trad' as a verb.
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areyoumydude
May 31, 2010, 6:18 PM
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hafilax wrote: ...you use 'trad' as a verb.
....you call your tripled up slings "trad draws".
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hafilax
May 31, 2010, 6:38 PM
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...you think that all runouts should be retrobolted because anyone can just skip the bolts if they want to.
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Hinko
May 31, 2010, 7:36 PM
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I didn't think "n00b" was a climbing term. I thought is was used by 13 year old boys to describe 30 year old men who have jobs, wives, and kids, after killing them on CoD.
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May 31, 2010, 7:45 PM
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Hinko wrote: I didn't think "n00b" was a climbing term. I thought is was used by 13 year old boys to describe 30 year old men who have jobs, wives, and kids, after killing them on CoD.
nice
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kriso9tails
May 31, 2010, 7:56 PM
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hafilax wrote: ...you use 'trad' as a verb.
Splitter comment dude. Right on the mark.
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quiteatingmysteak
May 31, 2010, 8:06 PM
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Been climbing for 9 years now, I am still fully a newb. Just when I think I get good at something, reality smacks me in the face.
Something I always felt was noob-ish was wearing a $155 pair of rock shoes in the gym. I''d rather just wear the most beat up pair of leathers I own, why wear the good sh!t on plastic?
-Newb4lyfe
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May 31, 2010, 8:10 PM
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bodyboarder wrote: If you get offended by jabs at n00b trad climbers
If you're so weak you can only boulder V3.
Curt
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May 31, 2010, 8:16 PM
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curt wrote: bodyboarder wrote: If you get offended by jabs at n00b trad climbers If you're so weak you can only boulder V3. Curt
If you spend all your time worrying about grades, particularly those that others climb.
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j_ung
May 31, 2010, 8:48 PM
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curt wrote: bodyboarder wrote: If you get offended by jabs at n00b trad climbers If you're so weak you can only boulder V3. Curt
I just had back surgery! 
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hafilax
May 31, 2010, 9:03 PM
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...you are offended by anything in this thread.
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hafilax wrote: ...you are offended by anything in this thread.
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