Most tired Climbing Cliches?

Did I miss -

You're gonna die!

Pics or GTFO

my boyfriend wount let me...

N00B. Lame and overused.

Shane Zentner wrote:N00B. Lame and overused.

Completely agree. People use that term to make themselves feel superior.

I though I would add a little ode to the various climbing cultures for some of the places I've lived...

"You know, it's just a typical bold NC sandbag"
"It would only be (only a letter grade easier)in Eldo"
"Vantage is a good crag"
"Index is sandbagged"
"The trad ethic in NC are the boldest in the country"
"Yeah, but summers here are sooooo nice"
"Colorado has the best climbing in the country"
"Colorado has tons of splitters"
"It's not pure crack climbing"
"It's not pure slab climbing"
"slab climbing is fun"
"Outer Space is soooo exposed"
"Whitesides is a big wall"
"The diamond is a big wall"
"Rainier is way harder to climb than any other mountain in the lower 48"
"Rumbling Bald is varied. It has all kinds of different styles."
"Clear creek is sick"

and last but not least...
"You're really close to exit 38"

microfactures.
also, not really a cliche but still quite annoying: "a fun, safe route"

aikibujin wrote: THANK YOU!!! Glad I'm not the only one.

You are not the only one

eli poss wrote:microfactures. also, not really a cliche but still quite annoying: "a fun, safe route"

You are a genius. How could we have forgotten about microfractures?

rob.calm wrote:Some epic making clichés. “Don’t worry. The rope will reach the ground.” At the end of the second pitch of a six-pitch climb, “I don’t think it’ll rain.” At the end of the second pitch of a six-pitch climb. “We’ve no choice but to continue.” At the end of the second pitch of a six-pitch climb, ”Don’t worry. We’ll top out before dark.” After placing some bad gear, “I knew I had to keep moving.” After completing a 5.4 trad route, “That was really an epic.”

Actually this is my only contribution you guys have done so well! The word "epic". Sure it can be used as in "that day was epic", but it gets tossed around so much it loses it's much darker meaning "to epic". When people say something was epic, I usually respond that's something I try to avoid. Not a good thing.

But I guess my response is cliche' too!

Bill Kirby wrote: That was a spicy lead. It's puking snow. Using the word "pow" Drinking cheap beer but smoking expensive weed. I met some guys (who were very cool and didn't need to ask but did anyway if they could smoke and drink around me) who were drinking PBR. One of them said they paid $60 for their bag of pot. What? I'm not sure this is pertinent but wearing approach shoes to the gym is the worst than having three different belay devices, five belay cards and six carabiners off your harness.

NickO wrote:On Belay

Classic

"nice job!"

"Dirt Me"

anything involving the word beta.

theres a climb outside of Portland called edges and ledges. Girl on top rope yells down, "give me the beta!"

THE CLIMB IS CALLED EDGES AND LEDGES! THATS ALL THE BETA YOU NEED.

Dismissing every climbing debate as just a "first world problem."

"psychological pro"

People writing about how "cruiser" a route is. Yes, we get it, you are suuuch a good climber.

Calling routes "a rig".

Does "EDK" have to wait for a topic on ironic misnomers, or could we squeeze it in here?

Aerili wrote: Calling routes "a rig".

Do you think it's a Carbondale thing? I feel like it comes out of mostly the Rifle climbers' mouths/pens...

Flailin' wrote:'I haven't had a good send in a while.

I don't usually have a good send in the morning until I drink coffee. It seems to loosen things up.