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skiclimb
May 2, 2006, 7:28 AM
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Bouldering is nice when bored.
Sure it takes skill.. but so does snatching flies out of the air with chopsticks.
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idancewithclams
May 2, 2006, 11:37 AM
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skiing is nice when bored.
so is falling while CLIMBING, and it gets you down faster :)
seen the name of this website recently?
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xjlx
May 3, 2006, 12:27 AM
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bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb .. I mean you have to make a series of hard moves with no rests on gear in between them
besides it's not as cool to fail on a little boulder that 9 year olds are running up when you can talk about being a couple hundred feet up (and possibly failing)
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styndall
May 3, 2006, 12:57 AM
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Honestly, he's right. Once you get up there, you're just going to come right back down again.
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lowballin
May 3, 2006, 1:09 AM
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Style,Fun that don't take a day to set up ropes,cheap,great workout, Bouldering is for open minded people so keep your mind shut and stay off my boulders........
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kricir
May 3, 2006, 2:07 AM
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xjlx said
In reply to: bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb .. I mean you have to make a series of hard moves with no rests on gear in between them
Fighting fire with fire eh? I have no problem with bouldering, I even try to go out and do it once or twice a week, but flaming alpine climbing just because some alpinist disrespected your precious bouldering is hypercritical. Let me put this in words you might understand: BITE ME JACKASS! IF YOU THINK ALPINISM IS EASY, MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME!
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skiclimb
May 3, 2006, 2:52 AM
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In reply to: bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb ..
So is snatching flies out of the air with chopsticks..
What is your point?
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shanz
May 3, 2006, 3:02 AM
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I never thought i would come around to the bouldering thing(it has improoved my climbing) but flies with chopsticks? Cmon only way i can do that is to sit around a pile of poo with a 5th of whiskey a case of beer and try to figure out why my sesame chicken is getting cold... Now thats like an endurance trial
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shanz
May 3, 2006, 3:04 AM
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redundancy check
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asclepius
May 3, 2006, 4:52 AM
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I don't get this thread. I have read plenty of route descriptions that read something like "begin with the finger-crack roof problem (probably V5) to a stance at which you can get in some gear. Follow the 4 bolts up and right through the crux, a V20 mantle to gaston. Gaston the icicle, unholster tools, and go to top."
Every time I climb a route, I do some bouldering it seems.
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curt
May 3, 2006, 5:00 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb .. So is snatching flies out of the air with chopsticks.. What is your point?
Probably that you're not talented enough to do either.
Curt
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theirishman
May 3, 2006, 5:23 AM
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bouldering takes power, alpine and long multi-pitch takes endurance, it can be a completely different thing! I know tons of guys that climb v10 v11 but cant keep up when we are doin 20 pitches of 5.9 different styles!
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skiclimb
May 3, 2006, 5:28 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb .. So is snatching flies out of the air with chopsticks.. What is your point? Probably that you're not talented enough to do either. Curt
Probabilities lie, brains trump talent and motivation requires inspiration.
Little tiny boulders i ran across on the way to a summit I can't see them from don't inspire me much. sry
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curt
May 3, 2006, 5:29 AM
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In reply to: bouldering takes power, alpine and long multi-pitch takes endurance, it can be a completely different thing! I know tons of guys that climb v10 v11 but cant keep up when we are doin 20 pitches of 5.9 different styles!
Yeah, yeah, yeah...how many fucking times have I heard that? I also know people who lead 5.13 roped (sport) climbs who can't get their weak asses up true V3 boulder problems. "20 pitch 5.9 climbers?" - forget about it.
Curt
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curt
May 3, 2006, 5:30 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb .. So is snatching flies out of the air with chopsticks.. What is your point? Probably that you're not talented enough to do either. Curt Probabilities lie... However brains trump talent.
Perhaps. It's a shame you have neither.
Curt
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skiclimb
May 3, 2006, 5:39 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb .. So is snatching flies out of the air with chopsticks.. What is your point? Probably that you're not talented enough to do either. Curt Probabilities lie... However brains trump talent. Perhaps. It's a shame you have neither. Curt
I bow before the allknowing pebblewrestler his insight into my soul is omniscient
NOT!
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tonloc
May 3, 2006, 5:56 AM
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im a fan of bouldering...im going with curt on this one...he's pretty darn good at it too...if you know jgill...you probably know some shit...
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tonloc
May 3, 2006, 6:03 AM
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and you also clearly just made this thread to start shit so i hope you aren't too surprised by all the flack bouncing back and forth
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curt
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: bouldering is way too hard for such an elite alpinist like skiclimb .. So is snatching flies out of the air with chopsticks.. What is your point? Probably that you're not talented enough to do either. Curt Probabilities lie... However brains trump talent. Perhaps. It's a shame you have neither. Curt I bow before the allknowing pebblewrestler.....
Indeed. Know your place, bitch.
Curt
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May 3, 2006, 6:06 AM
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Quite frankly, I despise bouldering with almost every fiber of my being, BUT that does not change the fact that skiclimb is an idiot. Someone needs to take his fly-catching chopsticks and shove one of them in his eye. Why would you even post something like that?
And quit it with that poetic, zen vocabulary bullshit, you're not fooling anyone.
Of all the days I can rate posts, why is today not one of them!!!!
-Colby
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treez
May 3, 2006, 6:09 AM
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Suckers!!!!!!
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styndall
May 3, 2006, 6:18 AM
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He's just mad 'cause he's fat.
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curt
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In reply to: He's just mad 'cause he's fat.
I agree, but why do weak people have to become mad at the whole world?
Curt
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skiclimb
May 3, 2006, 6:39 AM
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I suggest that Churchill despised boulderers.
BTW Jgill was cool only because levitation is a rare skill.
My appologies for reinventing zen.. please rename it skiclimbinism
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May 3, 2006, 6:59 AM
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"Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth."
Charles Anderson Dana
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Edd
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