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timstich
Mar 24, 2004, 2:29 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: OK, I’ll step up. The use of the word gay as a derogatory term just bugs the heck out of me. Would any of you say “desert corners are so Jewish” or “sport climbers are a bunch of spicks”? Hey, even if you believe that sexual orientations other than hetero are wrong, you should be at least civil. I'd agree with that. Lets watch the "hate speech" guys. Yeah - "hate speech" is gay. You're gay for even saying that hate speech is gay.
G is gay. Gay gie goo
Gay gie giggy go gee gie goo
Giggy gie go gee giggy gie giggy gee gie goo.
-Forbidden Zone
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tahoe_rock_master
Mar 24, 2004, 2:32 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Got in this discussion in the desert this weekend. I like the corners, my partner however states emphatically that they are all gay. Well, I was jamming up a cracked dihedral the other day, and sure enough, it grabbed a hold of my caulk and wouldn't let go. Therefore, I have to agree with your friend. Or at least they're bi-curious.
Couldn't stop laughing! Funny as hell
Matt
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noshoesnoshirt
Mar 24, 2004, 2:35 AM
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In reply to: G is gay. Gay gie goo Gay gie giggy go gee gie goo Giggy gie go gee giggy gie giggy gee gie goo. -Forbidden Zone
holy smokes, i thought i was only one who'd ever seen that film.
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wallwombat
Mar 28, 2004, 1:15 AM
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In reply to: .......... back when single pitch trad climbing was still relevant and non-boring. .
That,s news to me. Single pitch trad climbing is my main gig. Now I feeling boring and irrelevant. :cry:
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timstich
Mar 28, 2004, 3:44 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: .......... back when single pitch trad climbing was still relevant and non-boring. . That,s news to me. Single pitch trad climbing is my main gig. Now I feeling boring and irrelevant. :cry:
Ha ha ha. I'll just settle for irrelevant.
But what kalcario described makes sense in a way. Once you master crack climbing, it no longer challenges you, or at least in his case. Face climbing still offers a challenge, which meant migrating to sport. Sport tends to get slammed by all of the traddies, so he is just slamming back.
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wallwombat
Mar 29, 2004, 12:57 AM
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In Australia, a whole lot of quality face climbs can easily be naturally protected.
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yanqui
Apr 1, 2004, 6:23 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: G is gay. Gay gie goo Gay gie giggy go gee gie goo Giggy gie go gee giggy gie giggy gee gie goo. -Forbidden Zone holy smokes, i thought i was only one who'd ever seen that film.
Oingo Boingo kicked ass
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yanqui
Apr 1, 2004, 6:47 PM
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A strange 'small world' story about the Forbidden Zone.
If I remember correctly (which isn't always the case), I first saw this flick on video about 20 years ago in Spokane with this hotshot boulderer (erer...) from California who had come to Spokane, I think for work related reasons. Anyways, it was pretty cool to have another boulderer (erer...) around, because we were a rare and unconventional breed back then. So we did some bouldering, and all that.
And now it's 20 years later and here I am wasting my time messing around this place, and guess what? That's right: that boulderer (erer...) is none other than Curt, of RC.COM. fame. Small world, huh?
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couloir
Apr 1, 2004, 7:04 PM
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"Not that I'm denigrating crack climbing itself, mind you. I would'nt trade all the experiences I had in Yosemite for anything. It's just that compared to sport climbing IT SUCKS ASS."
Wow...Maybe you should try drinking more. It may put your life back in perspective. Or maybe you should just put yourself out of misery.
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tim
Apr 1, 2004, 7:15 PM
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In reply to: And now it's 20 years later and here I am wasting my time messing around this place, and guess what? That's right: that boulderer (erer...) is none other than Curt, of RC.COM. fame. Small world, huh?
Fame? On rc.com? God help us all.
I am convinced (more and more) that the population of people who stick with climbing and try all the various types (trad, sport, alpine, ice, aid) is actually not that huge. I've traveled a lot and run into lots of climbers, and I see a lot of the same people everywhere. (not just Boulderites, either ;-)) Maybe I'm full of shit, but what you pointed out above is something that I have become increasingly confident of -- it really is a small world for climbers.
I should probably stop waking people up at 4:30AM, it will eventually come back to haunt me ;-)
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petsfed
Apr 1, 2004, 7:19 PM
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Kal, I respect your position, but this thread is not how crack climbing is boring, its about whether or not nitpicking another person's style on a climb is valid. See if I bagged on you for scoring a double kneebar rest (when you could, in fact, score a double kneebar rest, likely making the climb easier) it would be no different. fshizzle's partner is just pissed that he's working harder than he needs to climb the grade. Which is why, as always, grades are just decorations on crack climbs, especially desert crack climbs.
And maybe I like bore myself fiddling with widgets.
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