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happiegrrrl
Dec 2, 2008, 11:15 PM
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boadman wrote: I thought that this was the "answer the op honestly" thread. I actually get frustrated that I get weaker so fast if I don't have time to climb for a week or two. My accustomed level could be 5.4, how is that spraying? Do you have self confidence issues that you need some help with?
...it was a joke.
I reiterate - Jeez!
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sungam
Dec 2, 2008, 11:31 PM
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Rockclimbing.com is whuts rong with climbing!
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wonderwoman
Dec 3, 2008, 12:03 AM
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dingus wrote: sycamore wrote: That's what happens when you try to make climbers out of your friends. True. If you can get it ti 'stick' with just one, JUST ONE, you're well ahead of the curve.
I made a boyfriend into a climber... Then I made said climber into a husband. I win! 
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rhythm164
Dec 3, 2008, 12:26 AM
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gogounou wrote: rhythm164 wrote: getting sprayed down by the fat local while you're on a 5.11 you have wired that he could not climb if he lived to be 1000. Watching the fat local that you thought couldn't climb at your level if he lived to be 1000 hike your 5.11 while still wearing his Chacos...
actually this particular guy gets ratcheted up 5.8 by his belayer, I don't think there's any danger of him campusing up an .11
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Tree_wrangler
Dec 3, 2008, 12:27 AM
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Folks who freak out when they encounter a "wrinkle" in their well-laid plans.
This includes a bolt spacing that's "too far" (on a 5.6?)
This includes folks who get pissed when it starts to rain, or who'll lecture you on "leave no trace" as you build a fire on a LOG DECK.
And egos. If you have one, we can't be friends. I hang out with the Ids. Unfortunately, every time I visit some place like smith, all I see is people waving their......egos...at each other. You don't win if yours is bigger.
That being said, I guess that nothing about climbing annoys me. It's a rare pleasure.
(This post was edited by Tree_wrangler on Dec 3, 2008, 12:28 AM)
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kovacs69
Dec 3, 2008, 12:30 AM
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Its just the difficulty. I mean...can't it be kinda as easy as something like...lets say walking?
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shorty
Dec 3, 2008, 12:42 AM
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1. Brushing fields of lichen from new routes.
2. Digging a millenium of dirt from cracks.
3. Trundling loose blocks onto my pack.
4. Removing burnt, dead brush from ledges.
5. Bosch batteries that don't last worth @&#%!
6. Humping gear to the base of the crag.
But what really burns my butt is the lack of time to do the above on a weekly basis.
Bottom line -- get over it. It's climbing. It's a fun form of recreation for those of us fortunate enough to be part of it. Enjoy every precious moment we have on the rock -- there are much, much worse things that we could be doing.
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Justin678
Dec 3, 2008, 12:51 AM
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I hate to see people litter at the crag and having to clean their trash up.
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dj69
Dec 3, 2008, 1:07 AM
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1) someone who's late..
2) someone who socializes way more than climbing
3) Short roping the shit out of me (don't mind so much when trad climbing, as i tend to be in less desperate clipping positions.)
4)Idiots throwing objects off the top of cliffs..
5)people that take all day on a route
That's about it.
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Bats
Dec 3, 2008, 1:12 AM
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Oh yeah...I forgot one more thing that annoys me...
Boy Scouts...
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curtis_g
Dec 3, 2008, 1:17 AM
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Threads like these.
and
Threads about pull ups.
and
Egos at the crag.
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Hennessey
Dec 3, 2008, 1:29 AM
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When I forget the beer
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zeke_sf
Dec 3, 2008, 2:00 AM
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curtis_g wrote: Threads like these.
Good thing you had the self-control not to contri... Oh. Nevermind.
curtis_g wrote: Threads about pull ups.
Really? You've clearly never met pullup kitty:
curtis_g wrote: Egos at the crag.
Unlike here, where we give you a bullhorn, I find it easy to tune out the douches at the crag. Actually, most people I meet out there are okay. It's only later, when they allow mostly pleasant social encounters to percolate in their mind into grievous wrongs and start threads like these that I get annoyed with them. I'm talking, of course, about you.
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theguy
Dec 3, 2008, 2:08 AM
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To quote Gary Snyder quoting a rock climbers' saying: "Having fun doesn't mean you have to have fun"
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shockabuku
Dec 3, 2008, 2:20 AM
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sycamore wrote: That no one I climb with seems as motivated, and I'm always the one having to plan everything, work around other's schedules--and am always the one to get let down. That's what happens when you try to make climbers out of your friends.
Clearly you need to spend some time making friends out of climbers.
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blueeyedclimber
Dec 3, 2008, 2:37 AM
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wonderwoman wrote: dingus wrote: sycamore wrote: That's what happens when you try to make climbers out of your friends. True. If you can get it ti 'stick' with just one, JUST ONE, you're well ahead of the curve. I made a boyfriend into a climber... Then I made said climber into a husband. I win!
 I wanted to play golf, but noooooooooo.....we had to go climbing. 
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curtis_g
Dec 3, 2008, 2:40 AM
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zeke_sf wrote: curtis_g wrote: Threads like these. Good thing you had the self-control not to contri... Oh. Nevermind. curtis_g wrote: Threads about pull ups. Really? You've clearly never met pullup kitty: {IMAGE} curtis_g wrote: Egos at the crag. Unlike here, where we give you a bullhorn, I find it easy to tune out the douches at the crag. Actually, most people I meet out there are okay. It's only later, when they allow mostly pleasant social encounters to percolate in their mind into grievous wrongs and start threads like these that I get annoyed with them. I'm talking, of course, about you.
Lemme guess, zeke.
1. You love rc.com more than climbing.
2. You love complaining on rc.com.
3. You love listening to others complain about climbing on rc.com.
4. You can do 30 pull ups.
5. You think you're awesome for contributing to the LOLCATZ fad
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6. You're that annoying shit that everyone's talking about when they say they hate people who spray at the crag and spray beta when they're climbing.
I bet I'm batting over .500
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potreroed
Dec 3, 2008, 3:08 AM
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What annoys me are people who ruin good walls by grid-bolting them.
I've placed some routes fairly close to others but not to the point where the climber can reach over and clip a bolt on another route or gets confused as to which way to go.
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zeke_sf
Dec 3, 2008, 3:30 AM
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curtis_g wrote: zeke_sf wrote: curtis_g wrote: Threads like these. Good thing you had the self-control not to contri... Oh. Nevermind. curtis_g wrote: Threads about pull ups. Really? You've clearly never met pullup kitty: curtis_g wrote: Egos at the crag. Unlike here, where we give you a bullhorn, I find it easy to tune out the douches at the crag. Actually, most people I meet out there are okay. It's only later, when they allow mostly pleasant social encounters to percolate in their mind into grievous wrongs and start threads like these that I get annoyed with them. I'm talking, of course, about you. Lemme guess, zeke. 1. You love rc.com more than climbing. 2. You love complaining on rc.com. 3. You love listening to others complain about climbing on rc.com. 4. You can do 30 pull ups. 5. You think you're awesome for contributing to the LOLCATZ fad and 6. You're that annoying shit that everyone's talking about when they say they hate people who spray at the crag and spray beta when they're climbing. I bet I'm batting over .500
While you're right that I do think I'm awesome, you're a woefully misled on, well, all the other counts. Like most, I'd prefer to be climbing than posting here, but talking shit enlightening the masses such as yourself is an entertaining substitute. I'll be out climbing the next four days, so please get your "quips" in then so the dopey "hur-hur-hurs" you hear in your mind as you read your own posts aren't interrupted by the unpleasantness of me handing your ass to you.
BTW, DON'T CHEESETIT THE PULLZUPS KITTEH!
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angry
Dec 3, 2008, 3:33 AM
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I'm pretty sure that I'm the most annoying thing regarding climbing. If you come within a mile of me and still don't want to quit, you probably weren't paying attention.
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zeke_sf
Dec 3, 2008, 3:34 AM
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hur-hur-hur-hur-hur
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zeke_sf
Dec 3, 2008, 3:36 AM
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angry wrote: I'm pretty sure that I'm the most annoying thing regarding climbing. If you come within a mile of me and still don't want to quit, you probably weren't paying attention.
Yeah, but you specialize in climbing offwidths, so we already know something is wrong with you.
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curtis_g
Dec 3, 2008, 3:40 AM
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zeke_sf wrote: curtis_g wrote: zeke_sf wrote: curtis_g wrote: Threads like these. Good thing you had the self-control not to contri... Oh. Nevermind. curtis_g wrote: Threads about pull ups. Really? You've clearly never met pullup kitty: {IMAGE} curtis_g wrote: Egos at the crag. Unlike here, where we give you a bullhorn, I find it easy to tune out the douches at the crag. Actually, most people I meet out there are okay. It's only later, when they allow mostly pleasant social encounters to percolate in their mind into grievous wrongs and start threads like these that I get annoyed with them. I'm talking, of course, about you. Lemme guess, zeke. 1. You love rc.com more than climbing. 2. You love complaining on rc.com. 3. You love listening to others complain about climbing on rc.com. 4. You can do 30 pull ups. 5. You think you're awesome for contributing to the LOLCATZ fad and 6. You're that annoying shit that everyone's talking about when they say they hate people who spray at the crag and spray beta when they're climbing. I bet I'm batting over .500 While you're right that I do think I'm awesome, you're a woefully misled on, well, all the other counts. Like most, I'd prefer to be climbing than posting here, but talking shit enlightening the masses such as yourself is an entertaining substitute. I'll be out climbing the next four days, so please get your "quips" in then so the dopey "hur-hur-hurs" you hear in your mind as you read your own posts aren't interrupted by the unpleasantness of me handing your ass to you. BTW, DON'T CHEESETIT THE PULLZUPS KITTEH!
You're sort of pathetic.
Like a kid with ADHD that keeps interrupting lecture with sarcastic comments, except no one's laughing and the people he thinks are his friends really just wish he'd shut up.
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