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gripjudgement
Apr 6, 2005, 3:37 AM
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Whats the best thing about bouldering? 8^)
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fiend
Apr 6, 2005, 3:17 PM
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Lying on crashpads and not actually climbing.
I mean smokin bowls and not actually climbing.
I mean trash talking your friends and not actually climbing.
Not actually climbing?
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timmy_t
Apr 6, 2005, 3:24 PM
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Telling people what your crashpad is, be it your new Russian backpack, your jet pack, folding boogie board, high-wind kite, and ohhhh the list goes on!!!
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thomasribiere
Apr 6, 2005, 3:44 PM
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touching the ladies' bottom...
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climb_in
Apr 6, 2005, 8:11 PM
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maxing out on moves w/o having to worry about the &$@*% factor involved in routes (long run-out, is my belayer paying attention?, only 40 more feet until i'm done)
less complicated too; just you, shoes and a pad. no anchors to worry about, no draws to clean. . .
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sbclimber
Apr 6, 2005, 8:15 PM
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I'm not a boulderer per say (sp.?), but I do enjoy climbing by myself. bouldering can be fun if by yourself. I suppose that is why i started aid climbing though, b/c it is fun by yourself as well.
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bler
Apr 6, 2005, 8:30 PM
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best thing about bouldering : its a simple, very basic form of climbing that can be fun at any level..
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hobo_joe
Apr 7, 2005, 11:10 PM
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The brun of the arms, the not much money spent, :D The combination of nature and chalk smell, with out the annoing clinck of the metal, the abiltiy to not wear a shirt with out the harness digging in, the firighting free fall after you screw up, the lack of ball crushng when you fall :shock: , and in general the large amount of freedom that you can't get with climbing. 8^)
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bdorse
Apr 8, 2005, 1:46 AM
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pushing urself to the max....working for days on a problem....hanging with ur compadres and havin a "session"
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climb_in
Apr 8, 2005, 12:22 PM
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i forgot all about the session.
for so many reasons it is infinitely easier to work a boulder problem than a route. this gives more people of a larger skill/strength set the chance to work the same sequence of moves and share beta. you can get a pretty cool dynamic going with everyone. you're sharing, encouraging, competing, razzing all at the same time.
in addition to my previous post, the best thing about bouldering is the session.
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gripjudgement
Apr 10, 2005, 8:11 PM
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I like bouldering becuse,
i can just go out my back door
and wast time bouldering,
i dont have to go get some friends
together to Go some place,
any time any where! :)
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timsesink
Apr 10, 2005, 8:17 PM
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I posted this in another forum and it kinda applies, while bouldering can be fun for a few minutes you need to have balance and do something else.
In reply to: WARNING The following may be coonsidered offensive and downright mean and is not intended for those with "political correctness disease" All I can say is I'm sick of beanie wearing, pot smoking, name comparing, sitting on the ground 90% instead of climbing, "climbers". The reason I got out of allot of mounain biking because it was evolving into this giant ego contest and I'm afraid that climbing is going yuppie just like it (I still cycle allot but not as serious as before), I say climb on and let Sharma worry about his own "sends". BAH, Humbug Tim |
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climbjcc
Apr 12, 2005, 12:35 AM
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well...I can see that you like stereotypes
Beanie wearing...
Pot smoking...
not climbing?!
not cool man..not cool at all
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bler
Apr 12, 2005, 2:06 AM
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whoever tries to tell someone the right way to have fun climbing is ignorant
if I want to sit around all day smokin' pot and only send one VB problem and that makes me happy, who am I hurting ? thats my way of having fun climbing.
thats the best thing about climbing :)
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timsesink
Apr 12, 2005, 2:23 AM
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my post was mainly sarcastic with a little bit of seriousness throw in, whatever floats your boat!!!
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