With so many n00bs hitting the rocks...

I'm surprised that more aren't hitting the rocks...

Are n00bs more informed/educated on climbing techniques these days or is it just plain LUCK that they survive at all?

God protects fools and little children....

... Submitted By: Clay Borne on Feb 3, 2012

... Submitted By: Clay Borne on Feb 3, 2012

Maybe in your neck of the woods. I saw enough gym n00bage hit the rocks in 2011 to last me a lifetime.

Make sure your belay actually knows how to belay before you hit the rock.

We need a new word.

There are definitely plenty of nOObs out there. We were all nOObs at one point in time. And, fortunately, the majority of us make it through that phase in spite of mistakes made while learning.

Perhaps, because we found the balance between our lack of experience/knowledge and our willingness to take risks. And, that enabled us to increase our knowledge w/o hitting the rocks. Or, at least, w/o hitting them too hard.

But, there are also some people who have no F-in clue what they're doing and have no business tying into a rope or clipping one into their belay devices for that matter. And, they seem to have no idea that they don't know what they're doing. We need a word other than nOObs to describe those people.

"Resole business a little slow these days?"...

Quite the OPPOSITE...

But THANKS for asking!



Snowed in currently...

;-/






Was actually kind of CURIOUS as to IF people think that the n00bs of today, are better informed/trained etc...

NOT really insulting the n00bs...



PositiveResoles.com

(Might as well get a "Shameless PLUG" in)...

"thrashing nOObs is kind of a nOOb thing to do"...


That's only true if you're n00b to it.

How about tarded nooblets?

Or better yet, Tarded nooblets with gumby tendencies!

Every year there's more topropes for them to deploy on.
My personal experience w/ the gym kids is that they have been taught to avoid going outside until they hook up w/ a mentor. And even then, I've noticed an abnormal level of fear of the outside in them; no doubt from all that pussyfication our education system instills in our kids.

Also- if you're reading this and don't know locker, I'll just say he just did the best damn resole job I've seen.

Prod...

thanks to the return address on the package, your shoes made it back from Tasmania this morning...

Not real sure how that mistake occured...

I've already resent them to your place in France...

THANKS!

Wherever your shoes are, I'll bet the new soles on them are phenomenal.

Sh!t dude...

I didn't think you ordered SOLES or SOULS...

I put JIZZ on there...

Oops!!!...

I think that there was a similar discussion awhile back when the front range had a bunch of accidents in 09/10.

I'd have to say it's probably seems like more accidents are happening but probably due more to the fact that there's simply so many more people trying out climbing and isn't anything to do w/ n00bs in particular.

In regard to the "I've been gym climbing 6months, can send V6 and just watched Honnold solo the Phoenix... how hard can it be?" phenomenon.
It does seem sometimes that w/ climbing becoming more mainstream there's a bigger and bigger percentage of the LCD being represented.

At least +2 for the Monty Python Holy Grail reference.

"I put JIZZ on there... "

I'll be bummmmmmmmed out if that is the path to enlightenment.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Prod.

I'm a n00b - every time I head out to the crags, I get the same old feeling,never goes away.

After 42 years of climbing, always something to learn.