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elvislegs
Jan 27, 2005, 9:13 PM
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someone please tell me what a true climber looks like.
can they be anyone, interested in anything they want?
can they climb the style and level that suits them?
can they live the lifestyle that pleases them?
OR DO THEY ALL HAVE TO FIT INTO SOME PATHETIC, HOMOGENIZED, DIRTBAG CLIMBER CLICHE' CONCOCTED BY HYPOCRITICAL LOBOTOMY CANDIDATES WITH NO PERSONALITY OF THEIR OWN; CLINGING DESPERATELY TO THEIR EMULATION OF YOSEMITE MYTHOLOGY AS A MEANS TO FEELING RELEVANT?
let me know soon so i can decide whether i want to be considered a true climber or not.
i'm sure it's very important.
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shakylegs
Jan 27, 2005, 9:20 PM
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don't make me post that photo of you in that shirt.
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elvislegs
Jan 27, 2005, 9:24 PM
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true HARDORE BADASSES wear striped polo shirts. i thought that was gospel.
frikkin noob.
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shakylegs
Jan 27, 2005, 9:25 PM
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wrong sport, sport. Rugby shirts, not polo.
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benpullin
Jan 27, 2005, 9:27 PM
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You guys are right. Those blurr ads suck.
I mean, they should have a picture of some posed female climber fumbling with a cam on El Cap... or some dude with his shirt off, beanie on, stretching his tendons three feet off the ground... or maybe a pack of climbers carrying heaps of gear through the streets of god-knows-where bartering with the locals.
Yeah, that's what climbing gear ads are supposed to look like, right?
Sheesh. So much for originality.
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quiteatingmysteak
Jan 27, 2005, 9:29 PM
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In reply to: can they be anyone, interested in anything they want? can they climb the style and level that suits them? can they live the lifestyle that pleases them?
Missed the point entirely. All we are saying is that the Ads are lame. If the lifestyle suits you, fine. Don't whine when your "lifestyle" gets criticized.
I have a shampoo recommendation for anyone who thinks me calling an ad lame is a personal insult to their beliefs.
http://www.maddox.xmission.com/crybaby.gif
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Jan 28, 2005, 1:46 AM
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THEY STOLE MY NAME AND USED IT FOR MARKETING !!!!!
NO FAIR !!!
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timd
Jan 28, 2005, 6:52 AM
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Oh, come on guys. You got to love the one with the two girls don't ya! :lol:
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Jan 28, 2005, 8:57 AM
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In reply to: well to me, and maybe thats JUST me, but those look a lot like regular clothes.
I think that is the point. They are making clothing that works when climbing and doesn't make you look like an astronaut, tech-wanker or whatever away from the crag...
Whatever you think of their ads, they certainly stand out from all the pages of the same old images you might normally just skip over.
Oh, and whatever you think of their ads, Blurr still makes sweet stuff...
Yeah, timd got it right...
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happyinthealpine
Jan 28, 2005, 1:36 PM
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Yeah.... That ad didnt do it for me, I don't even like ads, anyways. I was always under the impression that the mountains don't whistle at you, and it's why I look like a dirt ball most of the time ; )
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shakylegs
Jan 28, 2005, 2:29 PM
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In reply to: Oh, come on guys. You got to love the one with the two girls don't ya! :lol:
Just out of curiosity's sake, where may a fellow such as myself set eyes upon these ads?
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chossmonkey
Jan 28, 2005, 2:49 PM
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In reply to: Oh, come on guys. You got to love the one with the two girls don't ya! :lol:
Are they selling hookers or Ducati's? :shock: Maybe it's hookers that come to your door on Ducati's! :D Yippie! Hookers on motorcycles!
I suppose everyone that likes these ads thinks that Revolution's renaming of it's products is clever too. "Look at me! I'm a bad ass with my UZI pad!"
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quiteatingmysteak
Jan 28, 2005, 4:53 PM
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Ashlee Simpson and Linsday Lohan have their own line of crash pads and chalkbags coming out! Won't that be awesome-and-not-painful-to-look-at? 12 year old girls have to be represented somehow, I mean cmon, Cicada Jenerick climbs 5.13d and she is like 11!
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climbsomething
Jan 28, 2005, 11:25 PM
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Elvez, you rool. For rilz. I am seriously considering climbing in my striped polo shirt this weekend. I'll rub aluminum smedge from my slung hexes all over it for that Real Climber look.
I'd, like, totally buy Lindsay's pink shag crashpad and rhinestone-studded chalkpot cuz she's hot, in a nasty call-me-mommy way. Ashlee looks like an untalented shetland pony. Probly cos she is one.
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climbsomething
Jan 28, 2005, 11:33 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: can they be anyone, interested in anything they want? can they climb the style and level that suits them? can they live the lifestyle that pleases them? All we are saying is that the Ads are lame. If the lifestyle suits you, fine. Don't whine when your "lifestyle" gets criticized. I have a shampoo recommendation for anyone who thinks me calling an ad lame is a personal insult to their beliefs. http://www.maddox.xmission.com/crybaby.gif
Emphasis mine ;)
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elvislegs
Jan 29, 2005, 12:17 AM
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http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=43120
HELLO, MY NAME IS HARDMAN SMITHE. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ME FROM SUCH FIRST ASCENTS AS "THE HARDEST FREECLIMES IN THE WORLD, (RATED CLASS VIIII, V22, 5.18 A9+)" AND ALSO MY NOTABLE ONSIGHT FREE SOLO OF "YOU WEREN'T KIDDING ABOUT THE BULLOCKS ON THAT DUDE 5.26c/d".
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HARDMAN SMASH PADS. WHEN I'M CRANKING MY CRACKS, I AM ALWAYS SURE TO USE HARDMAN SMASHPADS AND CRAMPALOTS FOR THAT 'JUST IN CASE' SCENARIO. THEY'RE FOR REAL CLIMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE MANUFACTURED BY LYNN HILL AND DEAN POTTER AT THE TOP OF EL CAPITAN, AND STUFFED WITH THE DREADLOCKED HAIR OF SMELLY CAMP 4 HIPPIES FOR THAT EXTRA CUSHY LANDING.
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE CLIMBER LYFESTYLEE, AND REMEMBER
IF I'TS NOT A HARDMAN, NEITHER ARE YOU!!1
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climberterp
Jan 29, 2005, 12:25 AM
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In reply to: I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HARDMAN SMASH PADS. WHEN I'M CRANKING MY CRACKS, I AM ALWAYS SURE TO USE HARDMAN SMASHPADS AND CRAMPALOTS FOR THAT 'JUST IN CASE' SCENARIO. THEY'RE FOR REAL CLIMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE MANUFACTURED BY LYNN HILL AND DEAN POTTER AT THE TOP OF EL CAPITAN, AND STUFFED WITH THE DREADLOCKED HAIR OF SMELLY CAMP 4 HIPPIES FOR THAT EXTRA CUSHY LANDING. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE CLIMBER LYFESTYLEE, AND REMEMBER IF I'TS NOT A HARDMAN, NEITHER ARE YOU!!1
I don't give a crap one way or another about blurr, but that's just damn funny! Poor Lynn and Dean, their hands must be pretty tired from all that sewing and dreadlock stuffing. And how do they get the dreads anyway? do they just solicit people hanging around camp or is there clandestine dread collection going on at night while the hippies sleep? (ziiiiiip 'shhh, don't wake him up' ' do you have the scissors?' snip, snip, snip 'quick, put em in the bag, go! go! he's waking up!)
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guiles
Jan 29, 2005, 1:18 AM
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Interestingly enough, there is a letter to the editor in the latest issue of "Climbing" that complains about last months Blur ad. (The one with the two girls) I think their ads are doing exactly what they want them to do.
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