Please don't phrase it as fricken east coasters. I climb on the east coast. Most of the ppl I climb with pull out the beer when we get back to the cars. If we are going to a campground dinner is always preceded and followed by more beer. You must have run into a cpl snobs or it could be they didn't like your choice of beer. :lol: It's five oclock somewhere.

After a good day of climbing, my buddies and I like to nightcap by cracking a brew or two, or whipping out the whiskey. However, here on the east coast we've been getting some serious hate from other climbers for our uncouth nightlife. We make it a point to distance ourselves from the other campers, but I can still sense their elitist condescension. Please tell me there are still people out there with a penchant for hard drink after hard climbing? Any good drinking/climbing stories?

The drinking never bothers me so much as the goddamned hand drums that seem to show up when it's around.

I like to think of Kurt Russel with a big ol' moustache...screaming something like this:

"I see a djembe, I kill the man carrying it! So run you cur! And tell all the other curs that the law's coming. You tell them I'm coming! And Hell's coming with me, you hear! Hell's coming with me!"

Sometimes I scream it myself. Sometimes it makes me feel better. Sometimes it makes me feel worse. But it always gets people's attention.

Beer and climbing certainly do go together.....

After a good day of climbing, my buddies and I like to nightcap by cracking a brew or two, or whipping out the whiskey. However, here on the east coast we've been getting some serious hate from other climbers for our uncouth nightlife. We make it a point to distance ourselves from the other campers, but I can still sense their elitist condescension. Please tell me there are still people out there with a penchant for hard drink after hard climbing? Any good drinking/climbing stories?

However, here on the east coast we've been getting some serious hate from other climbers for our uncouth nightlife.

After a good day of climbing, my buddies and I like to nightcap by cracking a brew or two, or whipping out the whiskey. However, here on the east coast we've been getting some serious hate from other climbers for our uncouth nightlife. We make it a point to distance ourselves from the other campers

After a good day of climbing, my buddies and I like to nightcap by cracking a brew or two, or whipping out the whiskey. However, here on the east coast we've been getting some serious hate from other climbers for our uncouth nightlife. We make it a point to distance ourselves from the other campers, but I can still sense their elitist condescension. Please tell me there are still people out there with a penchant for hard drink after hard climbing? Any good drinking/climbing stories?

This is really just a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." See, when you come up to the north east, try to speak in complete sentences and wear something other than overalls. You'll be accepted and can then drink all you want. The opposite is also true. When I go to where you idiots are from, I drool on myself and don't shower. This way no one bothers me.

Elitist condescension is the right of your social betters. Know your place and this wouldn't bother you so much.

After a good day of climbing, my buddies and I like to nightcap by cracking a brew or two, or whipping out the whiskey. However, here on the east coast we've been getting some serious hate from other climbers for our uncouth nightlife. We make it a point to distance ourselves from the other campers, but I can still sense their elitist condescension. Please tell me there are still people out there with a penchant for hard drink after hard climbing? Any good drinking/climbing stories?

I agree whole heartedly with all of you tho my crew and I have taken it one step farther... when at all possible after climbing outside or after one of our may trips to the rock gym each week we haul ass to the local hooters for all you can eat wings and pitchers. it has become a regular thing and as it turns out there really doesn't seem to be any better combination than a good pump from climbing hard tearing into wings while putting down beer and coercing with the incredible staff. i am not sure where on the east coast you are climbing but you do also have to realise that we get alot of climbers down from Canada. speaking from experience if anyone is giving you a hard time about drinking after climbing i can almost guarantee you its not the locals.

Man I noticed the same thing last time I went camping on the east coast. We didn�t get it at the time, but now that you mention it I bet it was because we were drinking.

We were over at Camp Slime � a fitting name now that I think of it. These two guys at the site next to us were mad dogging us all night. They kept pointing at us and making comments under their breaths. It really bothered me, enough to the point where we just called it an early night and went to our tents. But it even affected my sleeping, I was tossing and turning all night. After sitting there sleepless for over an hour I got totally frustrated and started to put my clothes on to go have a talk with them. My new lady friend awoke and stopped me from going over to talk to the guy; she said her boyfriend gets like this some times and I should just let him cool off. Fricken East Coasters