climb speak.

Sometimes when I receive messages like these I'm amazed how easily I can understand them... Have you ever started talking like this to a non-climbing friend?

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Reachy? Nawwww man, you just pull a donkey lock to a figure pie and it's right there!

Your iPhone is almost totally out of battery. Plug it in.

I was fine until he said "cruiser". And that's where he crossed the line.

Lotta gumbies in here, you can tell by the spray. If any of you pebble wrestlers ever got on the sharp end on my chossy, heady offwidth proj, you'd get gripped, peel, and deck hard because your gear is marginal and your belayer doesn't know thin hands from a chicken wing, much less how to stop a zipper. Meanwhile I'm Honnolding and laughing so hard I get flash pumped, lose my gear, and have to rap down on a Munter off a single bomber nut.

Also something about smearing and something about grabbing jugs

I mean of it's sketchy/risky without protection, but just carefully place some nuts in the crack, then caress a few finger to get a solid jam in there, and enjoy the rest on a nice smooth jug...

Dylan B. wrote: Oh man, you are soooo clever. I bet nobody has ever made those puns before.

'You can talk like me, but you ain't never gonna climb like me." -Daniel Kaye

Dylan B. wrote: Says the boy who leads 10a sport.

Classic 'Proj

Dylan B. wrote: Says the boy who leads 10a sport.

When I try a 10a, could take me alll day.
I get pumped off the bump and hit the floor trying to pull that dang figure four.
Gotta take, when I get that flake, cause holding that next slope, for me is a big nope!
I be yelling like Alex honnald and flailin like old McDonald,
I mean I guess it's some gneiss schist, but I just can't jam my fist.

Think you can climb like me, first you gotta rhyme like me,
My beta's so bad, it's really quite sad,
i make a 5.10b, look like a 5.12d!
But that's cause you see, nobody climbs like me.

Daniel Kaye wrote: When I try a 10a, could take me alll day. I get pumped off the bump and hit the floor trying to pull that dang figure four. Gotta take, when I get that flake, cause holding that next slope, for me is a big nope! I be yelling like Alex honnald and flailin like old McDonald, I mean I guess it's some gneiss schist, but I just can't jam my fist. Think you can climb like me, first you gotta rhyme like me, My beta's so bad, it's really quite sad, i make a 5.10b, look like a 5.12d! But that's cause you see, nobody climbs like me.

That's actually pretty funny, maybe you'll be the next Odub? Look up his work, I really enjoy his climbing rap.
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As far as spray goes, saliva is the glue that holds the climbing community together! But why stop at beta shouting to friends and strangers alike at the local crag, we should totally spread the love around the world by using the latest mobile technology. Texting is one way, but don’t forget Skype, Facetime, Facebook, Twitter, and the good old e-mail. Maybe look up at your leader from time to time while double thumbing the iPhone, you know just in case they fall (but they shouldn’t fall with this awesome beta I just texted them!). Or just pull out a bunch of slack and pile it on the ground if belaying is interfering with the texting too much. #ibelayhandsfree Next step: video conferencing with GoPros and headsets, Wi-Fi routers at the anchor, 4G network, and real-time Fitbit data. This way your friends can sit in front of a computer and cyberanalyze your heart rate, your blood pressure, your breathing, your technique, and every little detail of your epic send.