What kind of pants do you climb in?
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This could be a repost, and if it is i apologize. But I'm wondering what people prefer to climb in? Personally i usually wear either basketball shorts or sweatpants, but i feel like i could be missing out on something better. |
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Basketball shorts in the summer, jeans in the winter. |
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lycra......its the bees knees |
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Arborwear Tree Climber pant for cragging. |
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Gym shorts year round...i`ll wear a soft shell or sweat pants over them if its cold out but take them off to climb in just the shorts. |
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jeans. |
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Prana stretch zion pant. Have only climbed in them one season. I was stubborn to switch to pants at first cause I had always climbed in shorts and I fear change. The zions got very solid reviews on here before so I checked them out in person. Bought a pair right away. They fit great. They breath very well and have buttons on the legs in case you want to roll the legs up. |
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Really anything that affords freedom of movement. I'm no Brand whore. Experimentation seems to be key. I had a great pair of Hooblies(spelling?) some kinda surfer pant, but they wore out.(dammit) |
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Jeans or a soft-shell pant (when it's below freezing)... According to a dumb quiz in Climbing magazine only trendy traddies wear jeans. It's what I learned in, never get scraped up, and feel comfortable all the time... |
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Martial arts pants with an elastic waist. Freedom of movement, fairly wind resistant, durable, and cheap (~$20 per pair). They're a bit heavy for climbing in the dead of summer, but perfect for the east coast for 9/12 months per year. |
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a full snowsuit. |
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+1 for Prana Stretch Zion. I have been buying these for 8 years and love them. I own four pair now. Very durable and comfortable. The sizing seems to vary widely from year to year so I have many different fits. You can usually find them on sale during end of season clearance sales. |
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Brian, I was going to say the same. Then I realized you're the dude who left Taiwan shortly before I arrived. Climbing with Kaivin tomorrow. Small world... |
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Whatever is " cool" at the time. Because that's what climbing is all about. |
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Year round I wear MEC Super Burl Pants. |
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Eddie bauer FA jeans - Amazing |
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warmer weather, stretchy shorts. Cooler weather stretchy softshells. |
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Yes, basketball shorts + climbing harness are an awful, awful combo. Worse yet are folks who boulder wearing such shorts with boxers underneath. Nate Ball wrote:Brian, I was going to say the same. Then I realized you're the dude who left Taiwan shortly before I arrived. Climbing with Kaivin tomorrow. Small world... Martial arts pants.Ha, no kidding -- small world indeed. Give my best to Mr. Chen! FYI, I'm still on the same pair of climbing pants since 2008. Tough material for sure, but they'd get prohibitively smelly after only one session between late spring and the end of typhoon season. |
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I like straight leg stretch-skater jeans, partly cause I can consistently find them on sale in my size (34x34), and partly because I'm a skinny-mo-fo and baggy climbing pants (stretch zion, stonemaster, organic, metolius, marmot, north face, etc.) make me look even scrawnier (imho). |
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I wear everything from double knee Carhartts to stretchy Verves... the thing I've found is if it's my day to send the Carhartts won't be a problem, and if it isn't my day the Verves won't help. |
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$3 Columbia pants from a REI garage sale. Patched up knees with khaki and all good. |