Most tired Climbing Cliches?

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

I don't know where it originates, but I think it's tied to the whole upper-middle class kids trying to be blue collar pattern, kind of like carharts, trucker's hats, and all that lumbersexual nonsense.

Send that cruiser rig, braj!!11!1

"This would be 5.9 in the valley."

WATCH ME! Oh sorry, I was too busy contemplating my shoe laces to bother with my JOB at the moment. Yeah, I'm fucking watching! I'm belaying you, tit-head.

The best of them all. How could I forget.

"THE VALLEY"

Pnelson wrote: I don't know where it originates, but I think it's tied to the whole upper-middle class kids trying to be blue collar pattern, kind of like carharts, trucker's hats, and all that lumbersexual nonsense.

I recently saw a piece from Jeff Jackson where he refers to a climb as a "rig", I'm sure he'd be thrilled to see that his writing made it to the "climbing clichés".

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

well if we're including misnomers then how about the grade 5.9+.

eli poss wrote: well if we're including misnomers then how about the grade 5.9+.

I'd say splitting hairs with a/b/c/d is actually more ridiculous than the '-/+' ratings of old.

Healyje wrote: I'd say splitting hairs with a/b/c/d is actually more ridiculous than the '-/+' ratings of old.

i'm not talking about the whole grading system, i was reffering to the fact that there are many 5.9+ climbs, especially in the south that are way harder than 5.10 because it's an old school rating from when 5.10 didn't exist. but yes i agree that the whole a,b,c,d thing is just weird and it should just be +/-

eli poss wrote: i'm not talking about the whole grading system, i was reffering to the fact that there are many 5.9+ climbs, especially in the south that are way harder than 5.10 because it's an old school rating from when 5.10 didn't exist. but yes i agree that the whole a,b,c,d thing is just weird and it should just be +/-

When I started climbing there were .10s, but not .11s yet. Because of that, when .11s started happening in places like Eldo/Gunks/Valley we in SoIll really weren't prepared to call anything an .11 ourselves so we called them .10+; ditto with .11+ and .12. As a result, several of our climbs were uprated over the years. I presume it was no different with .9+ - more a matter of respect and not wanting to make bold claims or be out in front of the new grade before it settle in some with widespread consensus.

Healyje wrote: When I started climbing there were .10s, but not .11s yet. Because of that, when .11s started happening in places like Eldo/Gunks/Valley we in SoIll really weren't prepared to call anything an .11 ourselves so we called them .10+; ditto with .11+ and .12. As a result, several of our climbs were uprated over the years. I presume it was no different with .9+ - more a matter of respect and not wanting to make bold claims or be out in front of the new grade before it settle in some with widespread consensus.

thank you for butchering my joke. carry on now

"Locked and loaded."

5.8+

Colorado in general.

Anyone who doesn't have a pension or a sponsorship driving around in a Sprinter van.

"...would be a classic if it were only xFT longer"

I'm psyched on this rig!1!1!!!!

"I can belay 5.14."

"Poop before you get on lead."

Soooo over played.

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

It's splitter. What a splitter day this is! That headache I got the other night? Way splitter. Girlfriend is a splitter, man. Banana splitter!!!!1111

Never going to say any of that.

Nielsonru wrote:A [noun] [past tense verb] on my [piece of climbing], is it still okay?

Can we have a mad lib thread like this?

A baby velociraptor spit up on my big bros, are they okay?

Sick...send it to the chains brah