Cussing at the crag

grog m wrote:OP, I cuss at the crag all the time and feel bad when I let one fly around kids. I would totally respect a parent asking me to choose my words more carefully around kids...........It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a crag to raise a climber.

+1

Last bee encounter I had on lead:

Fuck

Fuck

Fucking

Fuck

(15 minutes later)

Fuck

... you get the idea, I felt like a total tool when I came down but I was scared out of my mind.

ZachS00 wrote:were there children at the crag 25 years ago? it may be a change of audience more than a change of culture.

+1. They are going to learn it sometime. Cursing for so many is just part of the vernacular. Most of us learn it in school from our peers because you seem cooler when you use those words. It is what happens when you make something taboo. Now, it is ingrained in our culture, no going back. Speak up while you are there, most would be respectful enough to try and adjust their language.

If you are from the eastern seaboard, especially new england you can use the F word as a noun, verb, adj, pronoun and so on.

haha even whole sentences of fuck with one shit thrown in for good measure.

J. Albers wrote: Totally. For example, I could say "Hey Gription, why the f*ck did you steal my f*cking photo and use it as your f*cking MP picture? I mean sh*t man, can't I get some f*cking credit for that sh*t?" Anybody who can't understand what I just said is total a @sshole. F*ck.

Is that your pic. I saw it planning a trip to Candle Light and liked it. Thanks for posting it.

Glenn Schuler wrote: HAHAHAHA F#%kin' A Albers! You crack me up man! Did Grip really steal your pic for an Avatar? He does seem a bit off.

I did indeed nick his pic. I may indeed be slightly off but more likely it's the beer...s

Damnit! Fucking cunt! I fucking missed the fuckfest! What a god-damn shitty world this fucking is.

to the OP, just ask them to cool it and most will do so. I certainly would try to clean up my language around small kids, and I'm that climber who curses all the time because I don't care about others' opinions of me.