Dumb things other climbers have said
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"I don't know what that is, you can't use that!" |
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Dumb things other climbers have said: eli poss wrote:"I don't know what that is, you can't use that!" -Gumby employed at the campus climbing gym after seeing me belay with a munter hitch, even after catching multiple whips. I have to admit it felt amazing watching him struggle on my warmup and flail on a perfect handcrack.I don't know of any gym that lets you belay with a munter. Must feel pretty awesome to know more and be stronger than someone else. |
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Just for kicks I once asked an employee of our local climbing gym if I could belay with a Munter. He said, no, you have to use a figure 8. So I said, I was asking if I could belay with a Munter. He said, no, you have to tie in with a figure 8. |
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Every so often, while cleaning the bathrooms & trash in the Eldo main lot, I like to ask arriving climbers what route they're going to climb. Gets my mind off the fecal festival. Most climbers are happy to chat, smiles are exchanged, I get back to the task at hand. |
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^^^^ |
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"Hey! This guy grabbed our stuff! Call the cops!" |
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There was a 5.11d toprope in my local gym, set in a corner that can be stemmed. But it did say on the tag "side wall off". I saw some young guy thrutch his way up it using the side wall, yell triumphantly upon reaching the top and then announce happily to his belayer, "Maybe I will climb a .12 this year; I just got up that .11d clean and it didn't seem too hard." |
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Also seen at the climbing gym: some guy clipped the rope to the haul loop on the back of his harness. I told him, "You're supposed to tie in on the front." |
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"When you're on an alpine route, it's more important that you knot fast than it is that you get it right every time." |
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Kiri Namtvedt wrote:Also seen at the climbing gym: some guy clipped the rope to the haul loop on the back of his harness. I told him, "You're supposed to tie in on the front." He said, "No, Pat (the instructor, very experienced) told us to do it this way." He climbed, reached the top and was lowered, and of course the rear tie-in meant that he was hanging face down while lowering. He exclaimed, "This is weird!" I went and told Pat what happened, and Pat said in a disgusted tone, "No, I did not tell him to do that!"At least the haul loop held... |
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DEF wrote:I don't know of any gym that lets you belay with a munter. Must feel pretty awesome to know more and be stronger than someone else.There's no reason I shouldn't be allowed to belay with a munter, especially considering I was using my own rope. The guy was also extremely condescending and claimed that the munter was "unsafe". And yeah, it does feel good to watch this guy struggle after having him lecture me about shit he didn't know. And considering he was very rude and clueless, I shouldn't have to feel bad about him struggling. |
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"I think the best way to do that move is to campus, augmented with that foot." |
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I was climbing in the Daks with a couple of friends and scoping out a new line. As we're looking at it, Doc says "We can scamper up to the overhanging crack and see what it's like." As it turned out, the "Scamper" turned out to be a 12a mantle onto a sloping 6 inch shelf. |
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BigNobody wrote:"When I used to guide (insert extreme sport)" Has been's are the worst.Hey! I'm a has been. What am I going to do now? |
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"we put in a bunch of bolts to make it SAFE" |
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not something said but something done: |
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Frank - mind if I borrow 'scamper' as a supreme understatement ... ? |
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DEF wrote: I don't know of any gym that lets you belay with a munter.I climbed at one gym in Germany where several people were belaying with munter hitches. I think it was: kletterzentrum-stuttgart.de/ |
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lead belaying a random hero because I'm feeling friendly |