What is screaming barface?

Does anybody know what it means and how it originated?

"What is screaming barface?"

hmmm -- it's either the result to an attempted coyote ugly hook-up when they turn up the lights at closing time, or the screaming barfies

Maybe you misheard. . . could it've been "screamin' barfies"?

Buff Johnson wrote:it's either the preface to a coyote ugly hook-up when the lights turn up at closing time, or the screaming barfies

+1

I don't know that I may or may not have originated it, but I certainly perfected it once; it was a he/she and I blew my drink when the house lights when on. I didn't hear the end of that one for a while...

ice climbing, you grip the shit out of your tools and don't shake out, losing circulation and you dog the crap out of your core muscles. When you finish a pitch, you double over with your hands on fire and blow chow, hopefully not on your partner or the gear. hopefully

you can also catalyst the barfies by climbing hard after drinking hard the night before. it totally works

let me GOOGLE that for you

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BTW... it is screaming and BARF eeeeeeees not face. As in VOMIT. Sheeesh

Warm blood from stomach surges into bloodless cold hands after strenuous ice. Nausea and severe pain, scream and barf

smelly hippie wrote: I find it if I keep my core warm and hydrate well I don't have it as bad..anybody any tips???

I'm no expert, but hydrating = better circulation, warm core = more effective circulation I would guess.

You've been told everything that causes it....so don't do those things.

Screaming barface is how a typical night out with a jersey shore knock-off ends.

It's not
Screaming barface Or
Screaming Barfies. It's the
Screaming Barbies...................

It's the sound of a thousand Chicks with Picks. The sound they make when their cold hands are thawing out...........The Screaming Barbies.

This thread reminds me of Zappa's "Dong work for Yuda"

smelly hippie wrote: I find it if I keep my core warm and hydrate well I don't have it as bad..anybody any tips???

Keep the head and neck warm, that prevents constriction of peripheral blood vessels (body reaction to preserve core heat).

Don't over-grip, go leash-less, rest your arms, other technique issues.

A friend climbs with 2-3 pairs of glove in his jacket and swaps them for a warmer/dryer pair when possible/needed.

A long time ago,I drove a cab in Boulder. Got a call to pick up at Tico's, where the Rio is now. I tell the bartender I'm there to pick up; he says "yeah, I think he's got it". I turn to see my cab driving away!
I'm pretty sure I had a screaming barface as I ran outside...

Not just in ice. You can occasionally get a lesser version of the screaming barfies when climbing sharp crimps on rock in temps below 40 degrees or so. You don't feel the rock when you're on it, then as soon as you return to the ground and the circulation comes back, it's terrible.

Luc wrote: Keep the head and neck warm, that prevents constriction of peripheral blood vessels (body reaction to preserve core heat). Don't over-grip, go leash-less, rest your arms, other technique issues. A friend climbs with 2-3 pairs of glove in his jacket and swaps them for a warmer/dryer pair when possible/needed.

Haven't had a case of the screaming barfies since I ditched the leashes. Better circulation to my hands, and the ability to shake out at any time solved the problem...

smelly hippie wrote: I got a visual lmao

Yeah; but it worked out well-he came around through the alley moments later. Big, drunk Texan with a cowboy hat and a big,drunk girlfriend. They were fun, and he left me an excellent tip.

I assume the OP heard Micah Dash say it in The Sharp End.

Google "Raynaud's Disease" or "Phenomenon"

Ok, I'll step up for once and give the non-sarcastic response.

The "screaming barfies" are an intense version of rewarming aches that you get in you hands when ice climbing. When climbing ice, you often have your hands above your head, and certainly above your waist, for long periods of time. This drains the blood out of your hands, and your hands get cold. Overgripping can worsen this effect. Meanwhile, your core temperature in high because your big-muscle groups work often very hard on an ice pitch. When you get to the belay and drop your hands to below chest level, lots of warm blood rushes into them. The sudden rewarming can be shockingly painful, so much so that your want to either scream, barf, or both. Hence the name.

When I used to ice climb (i.e. before I moved to SoCal), I found that I would get them really bad my first few times out in the season, and then after that I wouldn't get them anymore. I think that the reason was that in very early season, I would overgrip and not shake out enough. I would get over this later in the season, and no more SBs.

Leashless tools help one to avoid the SBs because they encourage you to shake out more, plus the lack of a tight leash around your wrist improves circulation.

You can also get the SBs when numb hands rewarm after climbing a really cold rock pitch.

Screaming Barface is when you get lit up at the bar and get thrown out while puking, cursing and pissing your pants.