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usmc_2tothetop
Feb 10, 2005, 6:39 PM
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Send a PM to Grinspoon for the Gunks. He's an ambitious climber.
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rokshoxbkr19
Feb 10, 2005, 7:03 PM
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I onsight 10 to 10+ at the Gunks. I have spent a lot of my time out west, but I am really hoping to push hard and have a blast this season at the Gunks, hence the post...
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phmgeb
Feb 10, 2005, 7:17 PM
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I am a newbie climber (5.8-5.9) but you are the first I have noticed in this hemisphere ... I climb at EarthTrek Columbia ... and what are Gunks?
Doc
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refugee
Feb 10, 2005, 7:58 PM
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I'm looking for a serious wife...is there some kind of website that does that?
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rokshoxbkr19
Feb 10, 2005, 8:02 PM
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Refugee, I bet it must be hard to find women when you are such an idiot huh? Just kidding, I heard women like that...
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taino
Feb 10, 2005, 8:05 PM
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In reply to: I am a newbie climber (5.8-5.9) but you are the first I have noticed in this hemisphere ... I climb at EarthTrek Columbia ... and what are Gunks? Doc
5.8-5.9 indoors doesn't equate to 5.8-5.9 at the Gunks. No way, no how.
The Gunks is a trad-climber's mecca in New Paltz, NY, with a huge concentration of multi-pitch (2-4 pitch) routes on bullet-hard conglomerate. The Gunks are famous for their sandbagged grading (meaning that the actual grade is harder than the written grade), unexpected and wild exposure even on easy routes, horizontal cracks instead of vertical, and roofs of some sort on nearly every route. The area also has a very high concentration of multipitch routes in the beginner-to-intermediate range, although anyone in the know will tell you that the easy routes are usually sandbagged.
T
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grayhghost
Feb 10, 2005, 8:17 PM
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I would have a hard time calling the Gunks a "Mecca."
As for finding partners, just work on having a really
positive attitude and be able to rope-gun everything
under the sun, then people will be giving you their
numbers, rather than you having to beg for them.
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rokshoxbkr19
Feb 10, 2005, 8:20 PM
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WEll, I am not actually begging here and I always hook up with people when I go out alone. Here is the issue, when I push hard trad lead i.e. 11-12 I want someone who can definitely follow and who I am sure knows what they are doing. I don't just trust my life to someone I meet for the first time.
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taino
Feb 10, 2005, 8:21 PM
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In reply to: I would have a hard time calling the Gunks a "Mecca." As for finding partners, just work on having a really positive attitude and be able to rope-gun everything under the sun, then people will be giving you their numbers, rather than you having to beg for them.
That's okay; not everyone has the same criteria. I mean, some people actually like sport climbing; go figure. Cheers!
T
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refugee
Feb 10, 2005, 8:26 PM
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In reply to: Refugee, I bet it must be hard to find women when you are such an idiot huh? Just kidding, I heard women like that...
Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just sick of seeing this crybaby web post get bumped because a pock-faced climber like yourself can't find someone to climb with. Do you know how many people go to the gunks? I don't know...what's the population of downtown manhatten?
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rokshoxbkr19
Feb 10, 2005, 8:37 PM
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refugee, I see that you simply can't understand what is actually on the line when you are leading serious trad and what you need in a partner. That aside, please stop busting in with obnoxious posts. Thanks in advance... :lol:
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refugee
Feb 10, 2005, 9:18 PM
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wow, you not only do "serious" trad, but you know what's on the line when doing "serious" trad
with your even temper and know-how, i'm sure you'll have no problem finding partners
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dredsovrn
Feb 11, 2005, 1:17 AM
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In reply to: Dude, totally! I hate it that I never find a serious partner. I love the gunks and trainging. I really just want to send the yellow wall instead of whipping at the second roof every time! I'm in, as long as by "serious" you mean that we drink every day instead of climb, and by "partner" you mean that I don't ever have to meet you (or anyone who looks for a partner on rc.com) holla, murda, uh-oh!
Wow. You're a douche bag.
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dredsovrn
Feb 11, 2005, 1:23 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Refugee, I bet it must be hard to find women when you are such an idiot huh? Just kidding, I heard women like that... Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just sick of seeing this crybaby web post get bumped because a pock-faced climber like yourself can't find someone to climb with. Do you know how many people go to the gunks? I don't know...what's the population of downtown manhatten?
Refugee, I suspect you couldn't hold Eric's chalk bag on a climb. Let it go. You already look stupid, and the hole is just getting deeper.
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mistertyler
Feb 11, 2005, 1:56 AM
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In reply to: I would have a hard time calling the Gunks a "Mecca." As for finding partners, just work on having a really positive attitude and be able to rope-gun everything under the sun, then people will be giving you their numbers, rather than you having to beg for them.
Sure, the Gunks doesn't have the name and following that Yosemite has, but it was interesting to talk to people in Australia who climb in the Arapiles and hear them gush about how they'd always wanted to climb at the Gunks.
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cracklover
Feb 11, 2005, 1:59 AM
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Even if refugee really can't hold a candle to rokshoxbkr19, you gotta admit, rokshoxbkr19 is coming across as both kinda pathetic and kinda narcissistic. But that's cool. I mean, you gotta put yourself out there, and why not use a website to go for what you want? And big egos are reasonable to expect in the climbing world. It can still be funny, though!
GO
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caughtinside
Feb 11, 2005, 2:04 AM
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In reply to: Refugee, I suspect you couldn't hold Eric's chalk bag on a climb. Let it go.
I dunno dude! It sounds like you need to let go of Erock's bag! :lol:
What was this thread about again?
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gblauer
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Feb 11, 2005, 2:15 AM
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Gee Eric...we are hurt...
signed,
your EPC buds
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happiegrrrl
Feb 11, 2005, 2:41 AM
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Hey refugee, I met rokshoxbkr19 one day last fall and pretty much saw him climbing throughout the day. He was actually a really nice person, was very helpful and patient with the new leader he was following, and not an asshole at all.
It's hard, a lot of the time, to get a sense of people's personalities when all you have are posts, but I think it is a better idea to err on the side of kindness rather than assuming negativity.....
Oh, and yeah....he's a good climber. The only thing bad I can say about him is that I think I remember him saying something about eating insects once....and enjoying them. But I could be wrong.....
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rokshoxbkr19
Feb 11, 2005, 4:14 AM
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Wow, I certainly didn't envision this topic being as interesting as it has turned out to be, but then again even bad things can come of the best of intentions. I think it says something about the people on this site when someone can't even make a simple post about looking for partners without people being rude. How so much negativity can be born from none at all blows my mind. Peace out and keep it comin...
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piton
Feb 11, 2005, 2:14 PM
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i know a partner for you. do you like millbrook?
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rokshoxbkr19
Feb 11, 2005, 3:17 PM
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Piton, I would definitely enjoy hitting up Millbrook with you, and having you show me around that area. Thanks, for real.
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gblauer
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Feb 11, 2005, 3:52 PM
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Seriously, I know Eric. He is a fine climber and really pushes hard. He is safe, smart and funny.
If I were a 5.12+ climber, without family obligations I would be training along side Eric.
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happiegrrrl
Feb 11, 2005, 4:32 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Hey refugee, I met rokshoxbkr19 one day last fall and ... the only thing bad I can say about him is that I think I remember him saying something about eating insects once....and enjoying them. You may be confusing him with me. There's biting ants at the Gunks. I bite back. I'm bigger - I win. And... they taste just like little lemon drops! Yum!
Now that I think of it....the leomn drop taste thing does sound familiar. Were you at the PA Gunks Gathering last year and climbing with rokshoxbkr19? Because I definitely know who he is, but maybe I am remembering the wrong person as being the insect eater.....
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