Belaying from the top, why the mess?

Ryan Williams wrote: When I rap I clip directly to my belay loop. I often use an autoblock as a backup. Clip it to my leg loop w/ a locker and keep it below the device. It never gets sucked into my ATC.

Turns out, though I don't climb at the Gunks, I'm gonna go ahead and do shit the way I want to. I have been doing it the same way for some time now, and find it to be just fine for me. You should try doing shit the way you want and not worrying overmuch about the way others do shit.

Being dangerous is one thing, being dorky in your opinion is not.

John Husky wrote:Turns out, though I don't climb at the Gunks, I'm gonna go ahead and do shit the way I want to. I have been doing it the same way for some time now, and find it to be just fine for me. You should try doing shit the way you want and not worrying overmuch about the way others do shit. Being dangerous is one thing, being dorky in your opinion is not.

This thread makes me want to put together a Jeff Foxworthy-style monolouge:

"If you......you might be a gumby."

No, I am not very touchy, but weary of the junior high dick measuring, gumby, noob spraying.

If you are really upset with someone elses personal gear, go right up and confront them at the crag. I would enjoy that.

its the intrawebs ... you have to climb it exactly my way or yr a noob/gumbie/idiot .. etc ...

i mean we all know that if you color code yr biners, yr doing it all wrong ;)

the reality is that people just go out and climb, they dont really care what somebody on PM thinks ...