Dumb things other climbers have said
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YDPL8S wrote:I was at a party standing around with a bunch of high testosterone guys and of course the topic turned to sports, and then which ones were the hardest. One of my friends casually asked me, by way of a lead in, "don't you rock climb?" Before I could answer, an outdoorsman type, that drives an offroad 4-wheeler with a case of beer in the back on the weekends and has his keys suspended from his beltloop on a locking carabiner, chimed in. "Rock climbing is just pulling yourself up on equipment you pound in the rock, the true skill comes in rappelling!"....he said with a superior air as he puffed on his Marlboro and quaffed another Bud Lite.spoken by a true redneck non-climber type. |
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While at the gym I watched a guy working a boulder problem for roughly an hour. After he got it his friend congratulated him. |
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Chris Tucker wrote: Here is my example, although not actually overheard..Sorry maybe we should change the thread to douche bag things climbers say. Im sure you would have tons to write about. |
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"Take." |
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Crag Dweller wrote:"Bouldering is climbing without a harness" - youtube.com/watch?v=XTDbwOw…I know of this girl...I'm sad to say I climb at the same gym. When I saw this video I got sad knowing that these are the type of climbers at my gym now...other quotes from this video "bouldering is when you have a boulder...aka a 'big arse rock' and you try to climb on it, like without a harness or anything" another situation at my gym with a climber on TR and a belayer Climber: TAKE! There is so much slack Me: (me shouting to belayer) Hey you should take a lot more slack because if he falls he will deck Belayer: (looking dumbfounded at the grigri) It's hard to take... me: (looking intently at the grigri set up) HEY! you have your gri-gri set up wrong. ( I proceed to tell climber to climb down) Climber: Are you sure? (he is like 15 feet above the ground with enough slack to deck) Belayer: (still looking confused and looks at the climber) You set this up. I didn't do it.... |
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Dear anon: |
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Unfortunately most of the dumb stuff I hear comes out of my mouth. I once told someone I had to "down fall" that section. Its a very technical move used to reposition yourself on the wall. Response: Isn't that just falling? No laugh or anything. Why do people take me so seriously, are my jokes just not that funny? |
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In 2006, I made the mistake of going to Red Rocks with a friend of mine who was living in Flagstaff at the time. We drove with/met up with a total of 4-5 other friends of hers. Everyone was there just to sport climb except for she and I. |
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Four college aged guys were in the gym on friday night getting ready to take their test for lead belay and climbing. The gym employee asked them if they knew what back clipping was. Crickets chirped. He then asked them if they knew what Z-clipping was. Once again, crickets. Finally the biggest of the bunch says, "I gotta tell you, I've been climbing for a while and I've never heard of either of those." |
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"Slack up the Take, NOW!" |
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Brian Snider wrote: Thats 4min 41secs Ill never get back. Thanks.You made it through the whole thing!?!?!?!? about a minute and a half and I needed a drink. |
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Luckly I was already drinking and I kept thinking she might get naked. |
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About 8 years ago while climbing at the Main Cliff @ Rumney, I heard someone yell, "Could you please be quiet! I'm trying to have a wilderness experience!!) at another climber for making noise while she climbed through the crux of a route. |
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Chris Duca wrote:About 8 years ago while climbing at the Main Cliff @ Rumney, I heard someone yell, "Could you please be quiet! I'm trying to have a wilderness experience!!) at another climber for making noise while she climbed through the crux of a route.I heard that too verbatim on Mt. Kahtadin...BUT they gut it was told to brought a FULL size boom box and started playing Stairway to Heaven at volume!! The thing I though was amazing was he did the whole knife edge ridge with that thing strapped to the back of his pack. |
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Brian Snider wrote:Luckly I was already drinking and I kept thinking she might get naked.This. |
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Damn Brian, quoted 3 times in this thread, Awesome! |
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It amazes me how often other climbers use the term "free climbed" when referring to "free soloing"... |
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sunder wrote:My favorite to yell while someone is climbing. Of course they are perfectly save when i yell this. "WHAT EVER YOU DO DON'T FALL THERE!!!"I like this. Its similar to what I've done once, on a really safe easy climb. I yelled out: "Okay! You're back on belay!" |
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John P. wrote:Not the dumbest but it was very funny. When at a popular winter top roping spot last December, a father/son combo shows up for some "climbing". The father instructs the son to do the walk around and set up the top rope by running one end through the anchors and then tossing the rope down, the kid gets to the top runs about 6 feet of rope through the anchor and yells "look out below" then tosses the rope still coiled to dad. Dad looked up at son and said "Son you remind me allot of your mother, let's go fishing"Classic. |
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