So I grunt when I climb. And this weekend, I got so much shitty comments about it. I am finally pushing my limits on gear leads, and I guess I was making some noises. It stared with "That must have been good for her" and the comments and snickering continued until I got upset or may be I just got too high to hear them. Next day, despite that I was leading one of the hardest routes I think I have ever lead, I kept getting distracted by what I may sound like. I guess I grunted anyways because apparantly someone on the next climb asked if someone is giving birth. It doesn't help that the comment was started by a husband of this girl who I would really like to climb more frequently together. I don't know why I get bothered so easily. I wish I could grow a thicker skin because I don't want the assholes to distract me from climbing. Just venting...

but it's ok for some dudes to climb and make noise like they are passing the dryest stool ever?!

Its all right L - we make fun of them too!

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DMT

...so you can't but it's ok for some dudes to climb and make noise like they are passing the dryest stool ever?!
Are you climbing on gear? check
Are you climbing past your limits? check
Are you proud of yourself? check

...i wouldn't give a damn what others think of the noises you make while climbing. Don't distract yourself with this just keep crankin.

And congrats on your accomplishment.

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND CLIMB!!!!

The grunting stopped.

The dude whipped.

It was great.

Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. Seriously, everyone has a quirk like that. The thing is, they're kind of funny, so you have to learn to laugh at yourself. People aren't laughing at you because they're being mean, but more because they identify with you and realize that it doesn't mean anything.

I, for one, have a much more embarrassing problem: instead of grunting, I fart...LOUDLY. It has brought on more than just the quiet snicker from the peanut gallery. Am I going to stop climbing because people laughed at me? Hell no. Is it embarrassing? Hell yea. It's hard to look people in the eye afterward once you're known as "that guy who farts while climbing."

Trust me and just embrace your quirk. We don't love people for their accomplishments (that's what admiration is for), we love them for their faults. We identify with people with faults because that is what makes us human. And if there's nothing you can do about it, then don't.

Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. Seriously, everyone has a quirk like that. The thing is, they're kind of funny, so you have to learn to laugh at yourself. People aren't laughing at you because they're being mean, but more because they identify with you and realize that it doesn't mean anything.

I, for one, have a much more embarrassing problem: instead of grunting, I fart...LOUDLY. It has brought on more than just the quiet snicker from the peanut gallery. Am I going to stop climbing because people laughed at me? Hell no. Is it embarrassing? Hell yea. It's hard to look people in the eye afterward once you're known as "that guy who farts while climbing."

Trust me and just embrace your quirk. We don't love people for their accomplishments (that's what admiration is for), we love them for their faults. We identify with people with faults because that is what makes us human. And if there's nothing you can do about it, then don't.

Gmburns2000 that put a smile on my face! Thanks for sharing that ;)

It was all the female specific comments, especially sexual comments, that bothered me. If they told me I sounded like I was having a bowel movement, I don't think I would have been as uncomfortable.

It's funny, on another thread some of us are discussing how many friends we have actually watched die from accidents while climbing. Yet you are concerned about being teased about grunting noises.

Too funny.

With punishing, sharp-angled two-fisted forehand and backhand shots and a dominating return of serve, Seles is considered by many to be the first "power player" in the women's game, paving the way for players such as Venus and Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, and Maria Sharapova.[citation needed] She was also well-known for grunting loudly on court. On a few occasions, her opponents claimed that the grunting was distracting and prevented them from hearing the ball make contact with her racquet

OK back to the grunting thing.

Remember the tennis player, Monica Seles?


So maybe those detractors of yours are concerned they can't hear the biner snap for all that grunting?

As an aside, I remember when Monica Seles opponents complained about her endless series of grunts.

I'm glad they did as I felt her verbal ejaculations were very distracting as a viewer. I pretty much refused to watch her for any length of time as a result.

Now interestingly, she stopped grunting (as a result of the complaints) and started losing - though she was getting past her prime by then anyway.

So on the one hand I say 'grunt on' - you GO GIRL. You stop grunting and you might start falling.

On the other I say STFU! Give us a BREAK here woman!

Life is like that sometimes.

Do you grunt elsewhere?

DMT

And you know what? I climb the same climb where someone said I sounded like I was giving birth with a conscious effort not to make noises, and what did I do at the crux?

Fell.