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airscape
Oct 17, 2009, 9:57 AM
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I find if one wears boxer shorts and you fall with a harness on and your leg loop is just a little loose you could very easily end up with a ruptured Testicle.
Boxers are just too freedom.
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Hooky
Oct 17, 2009, 11:26 AM
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airscape wrote: I find if one wears boxer shorts and you fall with a harness on and your leg loop is just a little loose you could very easily end up with a ruptured Testicle.
It's always better to fall without harness. No testicle damage then.
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sungam
Oct 17, 2009, 11:34 AM
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That's why most harnesses have tightening straps or elastic.
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johnwesely
Oct 17, 2009, 12:25 PM
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I usually don't wear underwear when I climb. I am also not really that careful. I have fallen on my balls a few times. It is generally not pleasant.
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airscape
Oct 17, 2009, 12:25 PM
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Hooky wrote: airscape wrote: I find if one wears boxer shorts and you fall with a harness on and your leg loop is just a little loose you could very easily end up with a ruptured Testicle. It's always better to fall without harness. No testicle damage then.
Bouldering you mean.
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minorclimber
Oct 17, 2009, 12:29 PM
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thats never happened to me and my harness is always pretty loose, even when I have it tightened all the way (I'm 5"2 and weigh 87 pounds, so my harness is too big, lol)
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airscape
Oct 17, 2009, 12:29 PM
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I once went climbing with boxers on, and I had a petzl calidris harness #2 size, and the leg loops are really big and difficult to get tight. It was really not a good day for me.
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Urban_Cowboy
Oct 17, 2009, 12:38 PM
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Go away troll....
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dingus
Oct 17, 2009, 1:09 PM
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its all in the packaging you see,,,
DMT
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TJGoSurf
Oct 17, 2009, 1:37 PM
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WTF are you talking about? Petzl kills my balls, of course they are of abnormal size(no joke).
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psecody
Oct 17, 2009, 4:47 PM
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Mine used to do that but only when I was on belay. Turned out the problem for me was that I had the leg loops hanging to far down my leg, I adjusted the little elastic straps to pull them up higher on my leg and they have been super comfortable since.
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byran
Oct 17, 2009, 5:26 PM
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Not enough guys put effort into strengthening their testicles. Sure a lot of dudes go to the gym every day and get all ripped and can bench like 200 pounds, and a lot of you on here can probably climb runout 5.12, but what does that all mean if getting kicked in the nuts leaves you sobbing on the ground. There's nothing impressive about a grown man crying and gasping for air.
Here's what you do. A couple times a day, for 15 minuets, you take a hammer and smack yourself repeatedly in the sack. Now at first, you're just going to be softly tapping them, but after a few weeks you should be able to strike them with more force. By the end of the year you'll no longer have to worry about saggy leg loops putting the hurt on your yarbles. Climb on.
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climbingtrash
Oct 17, 2009, 6:06 PM
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airscape wrote: I find if one wears boxer shorts and you fall with a harness on and your leg loop is just a little loose you could very easily end up with a ruptured Testicle. Boxers are just too freedom.
Never had this happen to me and I've always worn boxers. Been climbing for almost 20 years....maybe some surgery is in order to suck up the sack a little bit. 
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CrazyPetie
Oct 17, 2009, 7:59 PM
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Just depends on how saggy your balls are...
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minorclimber
Oct 17, 2009, 7:59 PM
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byran wrote: Here's what you do. A couple times a day, for 15 minuets, you take a hammer and smack yourself repeatedly in the sack. Now at first, you're just going to be softly tapping them, but after a few weeks you should be able to strike them with more force. By the end of the year you'll no longer have to worry about saggy leg loops putting the hurt on your yarbles. Climb on.
I lol'd hard at this.
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ladyscarlett
Oct 18, 2009, 1:23 AM
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I have no business in here...which is exactly why I'm poking my head in!
I don't know why I find myself chuckling about this...but I am!
Cheers!
ls
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climbingtrash
Oct 18, 2009, 2:48 AM
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ladyscarlett wrote: I have no business in here...which is exactly why I'm poking my head in! I don't know why I find myself chuckling about this...but I am! Cheers! ls
Just wait 'till ya git a lab pinched in yur leg loop when you take a fall...I hear that really hurts. 
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bennydh
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Testicular torsion is a bitch. I would hands down rather, break my nose or cheek bone, dislocate a shoulder, or hyper extend either an elbow or a knee, if I had the choice instead of a testicular torsion.
For all the women reading about issues with a mans sack, I'd rather give birth to a baby elephant than have an issue with testicular torsion ever again.
Massaging a nut back into place hurts. A lot. Boxer briefs, good support, and careful high stepping on slabs will keep your amigos happy and in place.
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andrewG
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climbingtrash wrote: ladyscarlett wrote: I have no business in here...which is exactly why I'm poking my head in! I don't know why I find myself chuckling about this...but I am! Cheers! ls Just wait 'till ya git a lab pinched in yur leg loop when you take a fall...I hear that really hurts.
lab, like chocolates and retrievers?
+1 for going commando.
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tradmanclimbs
Oct 18, 2009, 3:17 AM
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I find that kicking your partner in the sack is much more rewarding than hitting yourself in the sack with a hammer. You can be like. Dude! man that looks like it freakin hurts... Damn.. I'm glad that shit didn't hapen to me
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dingus
Oct 18, 2009, 1:28 PM
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ladyscarlett wrote: I have no business in here...which is exactly why I'm poking my head in!
That does not compute!
DMT
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dingus
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ladyscarlett wrote: I don't know why I find myself chuckling about this...but I am!
Have you ever been to a grape crush??? Its like that only more personal.
DMT
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j_ung
Oct 18, 2009, 3:01 PM
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climbingtrash wrote: airscape wrote: I find if one wears boxer shorts and you fall with a harness on and your leg loop is just a little loose you could very easily end up with a ruptured Testicle. Boxers are just too freedom. Never had this happen to me and I've always worn boxers. Been climbing for almost 20 years....maybe some surgery is in order to suck up the sack a little bit.
Surgery?! Ninja, please. An icepak'll do the trick fine. No need to take a knife to 'em. Jeez, man. 
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climbingtrash
Oct 18, 2009, 4:35 PM
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j_ung wrote: climbingtrash wrote: airscape wrote: I find if one wears boxer shorts and you fall with a harness on and your leg loop is just a little loose you could very easily end up with a ruptured Testicle. Boxers are just too freedom. Never had this happen to me and I've always worn boxers. Been climbing for almost 20 years....maybe some surgery is in order to suck up the sack a little bit. Surgery?! Ninja, please. An icepak'll do the trick fine. No need to take a knife to 'em. Jeez, man.
I can picture the scene now...sport-0-hardman sitting at the base of hiz projo, visualizing the send and icing his nutz...way to go Jay!
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