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soulclimberchick
Dec 28, 2002, 6:03 AM
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...I love it when I'm out in the public talking to my friends about climbing and the words that we use just make the people's faces around us have the wierdest expressions. Like when you say jug or sloper...sometimes it's really funny! or even when your talking to your non-climber frinds! anyone have any funny stories or fav. phrases? peace! ROCK ON!
~*Kira*~
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funktimonious
Dec 28, 2002, 6:17 AM
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It's called being esoteric.
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canrocker
Dec 28, 2002, 6:21 AM
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Zen is...manky.
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cliffhanger9
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Dec 28, 2002, 6:35 AM
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haha i know exactly what u mean!! one of my favorites is "doin the Elvis" i dunno i just think its creative
rock on!!
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jamesmonster
Dec 28, 2002, 6:56 AM
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My favorite is when you say you're going to climb at your friend's woody. I don't think about it until everybody freaks out...
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duskerhu
Dec 28, 2002, 8:01 AM
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canrocker, you better not let rrradam hear you say that...
Ladies and Gentlemen, THE KING OF ROCK & ROLL, Elvis Presley! is one of my partners favorites but non-climbers usually don't hear that one.
"Dude, forget how sketched ya are and skate on up to the mongo hueco, make the clip, slide left to the shelf, throw the heel and crank the mantle and its bomber jugs to the top. Now SEND it!"
duskerhu
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tim
Dec 28, 2002, 12:21 PM
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'hard' and 'light' are universally applicable, in my little world... turned several non-climbers on to the useful properties of those.
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micronut
Dec 28, 2002, 12:44 PM
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"dude, you gotta deadpoint from this mankous tweaker to a hideous half pad crimper, fire in some pro, lieback the chossy expando flake, the whole time feeling like you're gonna pitch, sketch for the slopey rail, press out the mantle , get a knee scum, crank the crystal, smear the nubbin, don't grease and you're on the next bucket for a good shake and a sweet nut placement."
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thomasribiere
Dec 28, 2002, 1:19 PM
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I hate when my sailers friends talk with their jargon!
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charley
Dec 28, 2002, 1:34 PM
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thom,
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totigers
Dec 28, 2002, 1:37 PM
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What's funny is when your talking the talk to a nonclimber and they are nodding the head all the time you know they don't understand a word your saying and so I go on and on and on.
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ksfrogman
Dec 28, 2002, 4:07 PM
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Yeah, if you told a nonclimber that the rock is hard, but that she should climb on so you can beLAY her, she'd probably slap you in the face too.
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soulclimberchick
Dec 28, 2002, 7:09 PM
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LOL These are great! i know what you mean totigers...lol yeah thanks to everybody for sharing their great stories! I thought it'd be a fun subject! tootles
~Rock On~
~*Kira*~
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nadroj
Dec 29, 2002, 9:27 AM
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I had just borrowed a full set of nuts and hexes from a mate at work. As I was leaving I said to another climbing friend that I was "off to play with Craigs' nuts" and "Do you wanna come". To this day I still get strange looks from some of my work mates.
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arrrghjp
Dec 29, 2002, 10:38 AM
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I love the big jugs on that one!
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gyngve
Dec 29, 2002, 11:44 AM
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Climbing is full of them... Various sexual implications regarding cracks, lingo such as chickenheads and aliens and Big Bros. I won't even get into the variety of types of pitons (bongs, peckers...) And to top that all off, there's Smiley's Wedgies.
But many other disciplines share their own lingo. Mathematicians, soldiers, doctors, programmers, musicians, surfers...
It's truly amazing how fast one can become adept at spitting out lingo yet how clueless one can be when first introduced to such lingo.
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Dec 29, 2002, 1:55 PM
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"dude, you gotta deadpoint from this mankous tweaker to a hideous half pad crimper, fire in some pro, lieback the chossy expando flake, the whole time feeling like you're gonna pitch, sketch for the slopey rail, press out the mantle , get a knee scum, crank the crystal, smear the nubbin, don't grease and you're on the next bucket for a good shake and a sweet nut placement."
mirconut i love it
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climbingpride
Dec 29, 2002, 6:28 PM
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SO how much does a rack like yours cost?
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coclimber26
Dec 29, 2002, 7:57 PM
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I chucked to a manky jug.....how much did you have to drink?
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soulclimberchick
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nc_climber16 I can totally testify to that! although i make up words all the time..no, not like bush, but like sweetness and spiffin' and such and i always find rediculouse phrases that i say like cool beans and hot cheese! It's fun! tootles!
~*Kira*~
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millersqu
Dec 30, 2002, 5:31 AM
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Ya kira! all the way! Sometimes, when we're talking with our friends, climbers and non, and we're talking about particular move or a route, the climbers are on the edge of their seats, and the non-climbers are almost asleep. Then they say "shut up and talk about something we understand! (mockery) 'I dynoed up to this mondo jug and I campused from there to the ledge. My arms were really pumped, but I mantled up to the ledge. From there, I traversed over to these crimpers and squeezed them all the way up.' (/mockery) What the hell is this supposed to mean?" That's what they say.
Made up words-
-crackage
-to do a "Scott" (when you push off from the wall at the bottom while descending and you land on your belayer's head)
-sandpapery
-callousness
-etc.
(edited to clarify)
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daggerx
Dec 30, 2002, 5:38 AM
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you should hear some of the stuff % come upw ith, because I climb, bike, kickbox, base jump and sky dive i mix the lingo from all and it come out crazy.
Daggerx
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locorogue
Dec 30, 2002, 5:54 AM
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Right on Micronut...
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