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rockfax
Sep 27, 2004, 4:20 AM
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Who knows what will happen in the future?
Mick
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thewyseclimber
Sep 27, 2004, 4:26 AM
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I'm really just not sure how I'm supposed to reply to this...where is bouldering going? Is it going down the crapper? Will it fade away? Will it just continue to get ripped on and have all the hard core traddies (who I aspire to be, by the way........) say it's for pot smoking wusses? I enjoy it, if that matters at all. What do you want from me????
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rockfax
Sep 27, 2004, 12:40 PM
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Me thinks too much thinking, not enough bouldering.
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Sep 27, 2004, 12:55 PM
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By a rack go climb something for real, bouldering is training for climbing and slack lines are a good example of a misuse of climbing gear, join the circus kids if you want to walk tight ropes and do tricks hahaha.
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overlord
Sep 27, 2004, 12:59 PM
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boudering is here to stay IMHO.
but what do you mean by developing??? harder problems, new gear??
imho harder problems will continue to appear, but i dont know about the gear... theres only so many ways to make a crash pad. im only waiting for selfinflatable (or even just inflatable) ones. that ought to be cool if they can make them puncture proof to at least some extent.
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keinangst
Sep 27, 2004, 1:01 PM
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For me, bouldering is like, so last Saturday. And it will probably be, y'know, Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon, too, if I can get out of work a little early.
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tradmanclimbs
Sep 27, 2004, 1:05 PM
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Slack lines are cool but we never wasted any time building one back in the day. we allways slack lined on the old cable style guard rails. bouldering was and still is training for real climbing (unless you belive all the marketing) another favorite activity back in the day was drunken/stoned bridge traverses. Find a big span and traverse out the steel girders on the underside of it. some times those suckers are LONG and it can be scetch getting off the beam at the other side 8^)
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snod_ix
Sep 27, 2004, 1:09 PM
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Bouldering definitly has its place in climbing, I boulder only through the week when i can't climb real rocks:) I think in many aspects you miss out by only bouldering . Bouldering is no where near the head game leading trad is. Theres also something to be said for the bond that you form with a long time climbing partner, where your interaction with each other is just as important as your skills on the rock.
Bouldering is fun, and a great way to get strong, but trad is rad, always has been always will be.
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killclimbz
Sep 27, 2004, 1:10 PM
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Update: Bouldering is so like yesterday...
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soulwithoutfear
Sep 27, 2004, 1:12 PM
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I love bouldering. Its not just training for climbing, it is climbing. What do you do when you boulder? You climb a boulder or go a short way up a face without rope. Bouldering requires less gear and can be, at times, more fun than finishing a route. Dont get me wrong, I love to climb all the way up a face but bouldering is just as fun in my opinion.
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traddad
Sep 27, 2004, 1:22 PM
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Bouldering...is like....SO NOW
Yes! Like Brittany Spears and Justin Timberlake!!! OOoooooh! I go all wiggley inside at the very hipness of bouldering!
Of course it's more climbing than I've been doing lately. :cry:
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yanqui
Sep 27, 2004, 1:53 PM
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In reply to: Update: Bouldering is so like yesterday...
I went bouldering yesterday. And day before yesterday, too. So I guess I'd have to agree with you. On the other hand, even though I'm pretty hammered, I wish I was bouldering now. Or maybe doing some long moderate routes, since my arms are kind of wasted to crank boulders ... like... SO NOW.
But my reality is:
Work...is like...SO NOW
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rockfax
Sep 27, 2004, 1:57 PM
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So bouldering got a bit popular, what's the big deal.
It's not like it's new or anything.
Oh that's right, it is to some.
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rockfax
Sep 27, 2004, 2:00 PM
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"Bouldering definitly has its place in climbing,"
You don't say. It is part of climbing you daft bat.
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keegsthedynosaur
Sep 27, 2004, 2:16 PM
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I don't know maybe its just me but the was i see it is climbing is climbing. whether youre climbing mt everest, or on the jungle gym.
climb-To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend: climb a mountain; climbed the stairs.
To grow in an upward direction on or over: ivy climbing the walls.
I dont think it matters if you boulder or youre a hard ass and you climb big ass mountains climbing is climbing
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eastvillage
Sep 27, 2004, 2:48 PM
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Bouldering is great. I love seeing the spongers anywhere but on the cliff.
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mattmax45
Sep 28, 2004, 1:33 AM
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In reply to: By a rack go climb something for real, bouldering is training for climbing and slack lines are a good example of a misuse of climbing gear, join the circus kids if you want to walk tight ropes and do tricks hahaha.
Some day when you want to get stronger and try to keep up with the circus
let us know. :lol:
Tip: when your tips are screaming on that cute lil sport climb, "Its because of a lack power" HAHAHAHAHA
Kiddin later :D
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