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skiorclimb
May 6, 2003, 9:12 AM
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I see most boulderers stand or sit on crashpads at the start of problems. This sometimes makes the problem easier, especially sit starts. I think if you sent the problem sitting or standing on a crashpad for the opening move you should only get a pink point.
Before you all atack this stupid argument, think of the opportunities this may offer you. You may never put up a new line worth doing but you could still claim many "first free accents".
Start now and your name could be net to every v4 sit start in the next release of the guide book for your area.
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atg200
May 6, 2003, 4:33 PM
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Nah, that is just stupid.
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wigglestick
May 6, 2003, 5:11 PM
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But...but..... the butt-dyno is my trademark move!!!!!!
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lox
May 6, 2003, 9:09 PM
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STFU N00B.
Chuffwit.
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stewbabby
May 6, 2003, 9:12 PM
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I think that this thread gets my vote for the stupidest thread of the week. Way to go!!!!!
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merlin
May 7, 2003, 12:35 AM
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CHEAT is good
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beyond_gravity
May 7, 2003, 2:09 AM
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In reply to: This sometimes makes the problem easier, especially sit starts.
You're either a troll, or the biggest moron this site has ever seen. sit starts make problems harder. How the hell are you suppost to start low problem if you arn't sitting?
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fieldmouse
May 9, 2003, 1:24 AM
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Although the skier has a very roundabout point, its still the most insanely moronic thing that I have ever heard anyone say while not joking. sorry.
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flying_dutchman
May 9, 2003, 1:44 AM
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ya, thats cheating when you have the crash pad below the problem.
allrightttiiiii...
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styndall
May 9, 2003, 3:14 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: This sometimes makes the problem easier, especially sit starts. You're either a troll, or the biggest moron this site has ever seen. sit starts make problems harder. How the hell are you suppost to start low problem if you arn't sitting?
You really missed the point on that one.
whoooooooooooooosh
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theclimer
May 9, 2003, 3:28 AM
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In reply to: I see most boulderers stand or sit on crashpads at the start of problems. This sometimes makes the problem easier, especially sit starts. I think if you sent the problem sitting or standing on a crashpad for the opening move you should only get a pink point. Before you all atack this stupid argument, think of the opportunities this may offer you. You may never put up a new line worth doing but you could still claim many "first free accents". Start now and your name could be net to every v4 sit start in the next release of the guide book for your area.
I totally agree with this post. Using aid to start out a tough boulder problem is Da Shizzit. In fact, I've become so good at aiding while bouldering, that most of my new bouldering lines (which are *many*) begin with a good portaledge sit-start right off the deck. A typical sequence would then progress to thin nailing and hooking a few feet up, to a way harsh tension traverse, capped by (insert boulderer/surfer accent here) "an epic slappin' dyno to that fat jug at the exit, brah". After which I rap off my boulder problem to collect my gear for the upcoming jug.
On the other hand, I could be drunk.
theclimer
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kixrox
May 9, 2003, 3:33 AM
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DUDE, STFU, THATS WHAT I'M TALKIN BOUT.
Top ropes are in right?
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aimeerose
May 9, 2003, 4:24 PM
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I'm hoping skiorclimb started this forum as a joke. If not, there's not much hope doc, just pull the plug.
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curt
May 9, 2003, 4:35 PM
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In reply to: I see most boulderers stand or sit on crashpads at the start of problems. This sometimes makes the problem easier, especially sit starts. I think if you sent the problem sitting or standing on a crashpad for the opening move you should only get a pink point. Before you all atack this stupid argument, think of the opportunities this may offer you. You may never put up a new line worth doing but you could still claim many "first free accents". Start now and your name could be net to every v4 sit start in the next release of the guide book for your area.
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. If not, I think the point skiorclimb is trying to make is that starting off a pad can be considered the same as using a "cheater stone" and can therefore make the opening move of a boulder problem easier.
Curt
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lox
May 9, 2003, 4:42 PM
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That means most girls have it rough 1 week a month...
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kixrox
May 9, 2003, 5:13 PM
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In reply to: I'm hoping skiorclimb started this forum as a joke. If not, there's not much hope doc, just pull the plug.
Free your mind. Drop the paradigm. Think outside the box.
Aid Bouldering is the future. For now, it is an underground organization, known only to a select few. Soon it will explode on the scene with dedicated magazines, websites, and global competitions.
There will be a reality TV show documenting the exploits of a small band of aid-boulderers attempting to take it manstream and confronting hostile free-boulders.
Splinter groups of guerilla sport-boulderers will spring up, wreaking havoc, travelling the country, bolting premier problems throughout the land.
Anarchy will follow. The future is uncertain.
The Prophet has spoken.
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kixrox
May 9, 2003, 5:28 PM
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Many of you have PM'd me wanting to know more about sport-bouldering.
No rope is used. The boulderer wears a harness and clips in from his belay loop to the fixed bolt using a biner or a quickdraw. This allows him to rest between moves.
viva la revelucion.
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curt
May 9, 2003, 5:39 PM
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In reply to: No rope is used. The boulderer wears a harness and clips in from his belay loop to the fixed bolt using a biner or a quickdraw. This allows him to rest between moves.
Curt
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aimeerose
May 9, 2003, 8:38 PM
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So, it makes the problem easier to stand on "cheater stones", huh? Well, what if you can't reach the start holds from the ground? I'm just supposed to dyno for the start holds, but it's still the same difficulty as for you tall guys who can reach the start holds from the ground? That's BS!
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kixrox
May 9, 2003, 8:45 PM
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Can you see where a bolt would work great in that situation?
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lox
May 9, 2003, 8:47 PM
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Chuffer.
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kixrox
May 9, 2003, 9:40 PM
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HMMM, Yes, well I do digress. Forgive my questionable intellect and ill manners.
This topic certainly deserves serious discourse. AHHMMMM. yes where were we. Oh yes, Pink Points, aid-bouldering and women with a one week a month handicap.
Please do continue with the more salient points of the discussion.
And please do avoid any comments that might be misinterpreted as blatant humor. It seems to provoke the more serious minded psuedo-intellectuals prevelant within these forums.
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