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xanx
Jul 14, 2003, 6:35 PM
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Ok everyone... have at it!
Here is where you can all spray about that sick 5.12 lead you just sent after only 4 months of climbing... and no one will even bring up the obvious fact (which completely discredits the ascent) that it was in a gym!
Here you can tell us all of your latest road trip out west, without having all the obnoxious people with LIVES telling you how jealous we all are...
Here you can brag about the shiny new piece of gear you bought, or about your first rope, and forgo the annoyingly numerous "congragulations" posts that are always mixed wiht jealousy and a slight disgust at having the purchase shoved in everyone's faces...
Here newbies can brag about how good they are after so little time without having to face up to reality and real rock!
Here hardmen can pollute the web with their elitist attitudes without having to deal with people who are less experienced, yet obviously more skilled (and more humble), climbers!
Come one, come all, and let the spray begin!
*NOTE* This is not in any way to discourage people from making productive posts related to some of these topics elsewhere.... a good trip report/photo essay, or a question about new gear, is completely appropriate - this forum is for the "I just got my first rope" or "I just sent my first 5.11!" posts.
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rrrADAM
Jul 14, 2003, 6:38 PM
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I did a .14b this weekend !!!
It was only a 4.14b though... Does that count ??? :wink:
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jabtocrag
Jul 14, 2003, 6:57 PM
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In reply to: I did a .14b this weekend !!! It was only a 4.14b though... Does that count ??? :wink:
Since you had all that trouble with the 5.9, I'd have to say the 4.14b counts...well, at least it does for you!! :lol:
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jt512
Jul 14, 2003, 6:58 PM
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In reply to: I did a .14b this weekend !!! It was only a 4.14b though... Does that count ??? :wink:
Can Arizonans brag about their serious redpoint attempts in 105 degree heat or would the topic get moved to "Regional"?
-Jay
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rrrADAM
Jul 14, 2003, 7:02 PM
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Cool... I'm a .14 climber. :roll:
Next on my ticklist will be to get the FA of the first .15b... 4.15b that is. But no need to "rap bolt" it, I'll just solo it with a welcome mat for a crash pad. I got style. :lol:
But I think I need to train for it. Got any tips ??? :?
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rrrADAM
Jul 14, 2003, 7:05 PM
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In reply to: Can Arizonans brag about their serious redpoint attempts in 105 degree heat or would the topic get moved to "Regional"? -Jay
I'd have to say it would get moved to Cummunity, as 105 sounds like some serious flame. :wink:
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norskagent
Jul 14, 2003, 7:13 PM
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The "eliminizzle" went this weekend at Grandmother Mtn., Boone, N.C....it was sickening...4 new moves!
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elvislegs
Jul 14, 2003, 7:34 PM
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In reply to: Can Arizonans brag about their serious redpoint attempts in 105 degree heat or would the topic get moved to "Regional"? -Jay
Night climbing again Jay??
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flyinghatchet
Jul 14, 2003, 7:47 PM
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Adam should I "sticky" this forum for all to spray?
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kalcario
Jul 14, 2003, 7:54 PM
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* Here hardmen can pollute the web with their elitist attitudes without having to deal with people who are less experienced, yet obviously more skilled (and more humble), climbers!*
I'd like to hear your example of the "climber" who is more skilled than the elitist hardman...lemme guess...are foam pads involved?
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xanx
Jul 14, 2003, 9:24 PM
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let me not detract from the more helpful, less elitist hardmen on board here at RC.com... i was only referring to a number of "hardcore" 5.9 tradsters who have been climbing for 500 years blah blah blah...
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gthornberg
Jul 14, 2003, 10:04 PM
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I bouldered around on the trunk of a tree and some branch stumps and worked out on my bachar ladder in the backyard.
GT
Hey! It's all you can do when you're dumb enough to move to Florida :roll:
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climbsomething
Jul 14, 2003, 10:42 PM
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hahahahah!!!1 your just jelus cuz I climb V9 and I've only been climbng for 3 months which is a long time when your only 14 and I did it in my spires even but the gym I climb at has realy honest ratings, i mean, ,their head coursesetter climbs in hueco once a year so you know their right.
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moabbeth
Jul 14, 2003, 10:58 PM
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About time for a spray forum :lol: ! Now can you PLEASE make one for shoe threads only. Those are even more common - and equally annoying - as the "I lead a 5.11 in the gym so I can kick all your asses" threads. Or at least any thread with "shoe" in the title can be immediately bumped to a shoe forum that has at least 1 zillion posts already that answer the same "are Mad Rocks any good" questions :wink: ?
BTW so I can be part of the sprayfest...I put a rope on my boyfriend's balcony and jugged his porch this weekend - booyah!!!!!
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climbsomething
Jul 14, 2003, 11:05 PM
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In reply to: Now can you PLEASE make one for shoe threads only. Those are even more common - and equally annoying - as the "I lead a 5.11 in the gym so I can kick all your asses" threads. Or at least any thread with "shoe" in the title can be immediately bumped to a shoe forum that has at least 1 zillion posts already that answer the same "are Mad Rocks any good" questions :wink: ?
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jaylaka
Jul 14, 2003, 11:15 PM
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so, do you think my four year old son, strutting around the crag, sticking out his chest and proclaiming, "i climbed a 5.5!" and then giving me unsolicited beta on my climb would count as spray?
or can we chalk it up to juvenile antics and newbie ignorance?
:D jen
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tonyeatworld
Jul 15, 2003, 5:16 AM
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I just started climbing last week but I nailed (or sent as I am told the term is called) this 5.14g at my local gym. The guy who sets the roots has been climbing for almost a year so he knows what he is doing. I imagine that it is harder than climbing outside since you have to follow the tape, but am not sure since I don't want to waste my time outside. One of these days though I am going to learn how to belay so I can use my 100% safety proof shiny new gregory from that company pretzel. By the way I am not sure if anybody can tell me if my Madrock shoes are holding me back from climbing that 5.14h I have tried but fallen on. Are these shoes any good? :wink:
he he he
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climbsomething
Jul 15, 2003, 5:23 AM
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In reply to: so, do you think my four year old son, strutting around the crag, sticking out his chest and proclaiming, "i climbed a 5.5!" and then giving me unsolicited beta on my climb would count as spray? or can we chalk it up to juvenile antics and newbie ignorance? :D jen |
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apollodorus
Jul 15, 2003, 5:30 AM
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I soloed a 47 pitch route, all of it 5.17g friction, using toes, knees, hands and forehead. And I did it in Van's "Jim Greco" skate shoes.
It was the hillside street leading up to my house last Saturday night.
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scuclimber
Jul 15, 2003, 6:02 AM
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I "climbed" Indian Rock in Berkeley on Saturday night, by moonlight, reasonably inebriated... How much does that increase the grade?
(In my drunken state, a mile walk from my friend's house turned into a trek and an easy scramble turned into a climb :D )
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Jul 15, 2003, 11:35 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: so, do you think my four year old son, strutting around the crag, sticking out his chest and proclaiming, "i climbed a 5.5!" and then giving me unsolicited beta on my climb would count as spray? or can we chalk it up to juvenile antics and newbie ignorance? :D jen hehehe, of course it would, but it'd be really adorable spray! :mrgreen:
When MY son was four, He sprayed too, but we all jumped out of the way. "Niagara Falls!!!"
I have invented a new spray parametric! I did the math: if College Rock (which I live within 3 miles of) averages 30 feet high, and I climb at CR avg. 2 times a week, completing an avg. 6 routes, and I've been climbing there every week since the last week in march, so figure 16 weeks, so far this season I've climbed 5670 vertical feet!
Toprope and LAPS baby, yeah! ;-)
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rrrADAM
Jul 15, 2003, 12:59 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Now can you PLEASE make one for shoe threads only. Those are even more common - and equally annoying - as the "I lead a 5.11 in the gym so I can kick all your asses" threads. Or at least any thread with "shoe" in the title can be immediately bumped to a shoe forum that has at least 1 zillion posts already that answer the same "are Mad Rocks any good" questions :wink: ? Hey Beth, for a small licensing fee, you too can use my signature ;) \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
Good one Hill. :wink:
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flyinghatchet
Jul 15, 2003, 3:41 PM
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In reply to: I bouldered around on the trunk of a tree and some branch stumps and worked out on my bachar ladder in the backyard. GT Hey! It's all you can do when you're dumb enough to move to Florida :roll:
I feel your pain man, that's all I can do around here too. I spent nearly half the day yesterday looking for something decent to climb around here. I found nothing. But the search goes on, eh? Hopefully both you and I can find something near where we live to climb.
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rrrADAM
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In reply to: In reply to: I bouldered around on the trunk of a tree and some branch stumps and worked out on my bachar ladder in the backyard. GT Hey! It's all you can do when you're dumb enough to move to Florida :roll: I feel your pain man, that's all I can do around here too. I spent nearly half the day yesterday looking for something decent to climb around here. I found nothing. But the search goes on, eh? Hopefully both you and I can find something near where we live to climb.
Older brick buildings make for good bouldering. Elimination, sidepulls, underclimngs, etc... It's all crimpers though.
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