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dfux86
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Doing a very informal survey. What do you think is the most annoying/frustrating/stupid/embarrassing part of going to the gym... the loud, shirtless guy with his unholy grunting on V1 boulder problems? The dusty old man wearing socks with his climbing shoes, traversing back and forth over your route? The cloud of unruly children throwing their chalk balls at each other? Let me know. thanks.
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silascl
Oct 23, 2009, 12:21 AM
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When there aren't any new routes set. That's the worst.
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mleogrande
Oct 23, 2009, 12:43 AM
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I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys.
Not having new routes can be an issue. However, one can always volunteer to route set. Route setting can be very rewarding.
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silascl
Oct 23, 2009, 12:51 AM
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I've never asked, but I really doubt they would let people set routes at my gym. They are very serious. The route setters are also well paid and very good.
Sometimes I hate when there ARE new routes, and they ruined the good spot for traversing. No, I can't traverse the 5.12s in the lead cave...
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rhyswynn
Oct 23, 2009, 12:53 AM
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Paying for it
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Alpine07
Oct 23, 2009, 12:55 AM
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mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys.
Preserved for proof of sheer stupidity.
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Urban_Cowboy
Oct 23, 2009, 12:56 AM
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Not going outside.
Bus load of kids that are there for a birthday party, and would be happier running around Chuck-E-Cheese.
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kriso9tails
Oct 23, 2009, 1:05 AM
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i) Poor route setters who put up moves that will cause injury to my body.*
ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.**
*Outdoors, I find the possibility of injury more acceptable because certain risks are inherent to the sport and to the terrain.
**Outdoors, I find the possibility of injuring an eleven-year-old more acceptable because there are less witnesses to see me drop kick a child to the back of the head in a fit of petty anger.
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schooch
Oct 23, 2009, 1:10 AM
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Crappy music that is so loud you can't hear your climbing partner
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johnwesely
Oct 23, 2009, 1:13 AM
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schooch wrote: Crappy music that is so loud you can't hear your climbing partner
Crappy music that is so soft you can hear your climbing partner.
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puerto
Oct 23, 2009, 1:34 AM
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Whiplash from rubbernecking
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seatbeltpants
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kriso9tails wrote: i) Poor route setters who put up moves that will cause injury to my body.* ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.** *Outdoors, I find the possibility of injury more acceptable because certain risks are inherent to the sport and to the terrain. **Outdoors, I find the possibility of injuring an eleven-year-old more acceptable because there are less witnesses to see me drop kick a child to the back of the head in a fit of petty anger.
the two things i hate - people faffing around and not climbing when they're on the route i want to climb (e.g. chatting at the bottom, hangdogging for an eternity), and people who don't stick to the route / section of the wall they're on (i.e. meandering off to the side so that they're actually on the route next door that i'm trying to climb).
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SendMasterJack
Oct 23, 2009, 2:33 AM
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A few annoying gym things...
1. People who bring infants still in portable little baby carriers.
2. People who take off their shoes while they're being lowered.
3. People who read while at the gym.
4. People who seriously use a treadwall.
5. People who seriously use a campus board.
6. One time some guy "Personally Disagreed" with me about a way I preferred to perform a move on a bouldering problem.
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macblaze
Oct 23, 2009, 3:05 AM
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SendMasterJack wrote: A few annoying gym things... 3. People who read while at the gym.
Damn readers. Ruining the world I say... burn them all, with their damn books... burn burn burn... 451*F
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shockabuku
Oct 23, 2009, 3:25 AM
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Lack of variety due to small size of gym and insufficient number or experience of setters.
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taydude
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SendMasterJack wrote: A few annoying gym things... 1. People who bring infants still in portable little baby carriers. 2. People who take off their shoes while they're being lowered. 3. People who read while at the gym. 4. People who seriously use a treadwall. 5. People who seriously use a campus board. 6. One time some guy "Personally Disagreed" with me about a way I preferred to perform a move on a bouldering problem.
What's wrong with campus boards?
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kobaz
Oct 23, 2009, 4:45 AM
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taydude wrote: SendMasterJack wrote: 2. People who take off their shoes while they're being lowered. 5. People who seriously use a campus board. What's wrong with campus boards?
Yeah seriously... campus boards are good training.
And... when I was breaking in my new shoes that are a little too small I think... when I got to the top of a route I really really wanted to take them off... so I'm one of those slackers that would take off their shoes at the top because it was a *huge* relief.
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johnwesely
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I third the campus board. I think they are really fun.
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bigjonnyc
Oct 23, 2009, 12:26 PM
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These days at my gym the biggest problem for me has been lack of difficult routes. It seems the hardest topropes they've been setting recently are probably in the 5.11b/c range. There's some tough boulder problems, though I don't really care for bouldering as much.
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kobaz
Oct 23, 2009, 4:17 PM
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bigjonnyc wrote: These days at my gym the biggest problem for me has been lack of difficult routes. It seems the hardest topropes they've been setting recently are probably in the 5.11b/c range. There's some tough boulder problems, though I don't really care for bouldering as much.
You got it made! The local gym here is at a ymca. The hardest routes are like... easy 10. I would kill for a consistent supply of 11's.
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the_climber
Oct 23, 2009, 4:37 PM
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dfux86 wrote: Doing a very informal survey. What do you think is the most annoying/frustrating/stupid/embarrassing part of going to the gym...
Worst part about going to the gym?
Everything! Pulling plastic, the stink, the kids who think they know everything just because they've been at it for a whole 6 months, the adults who think they know everything because they read a book and have been at it 6 months... Did I mention the plastic and the STINK?
God knows the only thing worse than a sport climber who thinks they know everything is a "hardcore" gym climber who think's they are actually a climber.
This post has been brought to you by the association of the new wave of disgruntled and intolerant old school ethic trad climber association.
(ANDIOSETCA for short, meetings held every Wednesday night at the pub).
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sp00ki
Oct 23, 2009, 5:14 PM
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1) n00bs
2) parties of n00bs
3) n00bs putting chalk on footholds that are shared with the problem i'm working
4) n00bs who are allowed to belay parties and don't know how to stop a swing (actually, that's kindof a bonus... screaming peter pans and a panicking n00b saying "it's ok, just try to be still" is good comic relief)
5) projects being taken down the day after i start
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crazy_fingers84
Oct 23, 2009, 5:36 PM
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The worst part is...
inhaling chalk for hours on end
listening to d-bags yell BIZZAT while climbing with their shirts off
smelling everyone's stank ass shoes
and dealing with the inconsistencies of route grades.
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sticky_fingers
Oct 23, 2009, 6:17 PM
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crazy_fingers84 wrote: The worst part is... inhaling chalk for hours on end listening to d-bags yell BIZZAT while climbing with their shirts off smelling everyone's stank ass shoes and dealing with the inconsistencies of route grades.
What the hell is BIZZAT?
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crazy_fingers84
Oct 23, 2009, 7:11 PM
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bizzat is the sound that d-bags make.
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zealotnoob
Oct 23, 2009, 7:42 PM
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What is up with the perma-funk in the mens locker room at ET Rockville? That's the worst.
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drector
Oct 23, 2009, 7:48 PM
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People who give a damn about what I am doing, that does not affect them, and then post about it on the internet. I hate them.
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SendMasterJack wrote: 4. People who seriously use a treadwall. 5. People who seriously use a campus board.
STFU, weakmo! You might be a bit more of a 'sendmaster' if you knew how to train on treadwalls or campus boards.
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mnottingham
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Short boulder problem setters who get upset when their boulder problems aren't climbed "the way they're supposed to be" because of my height and reach. Even worse, the same short boulder dudes and their ridiculous sit-starts. Oh, and last week I found a gri-gri that was threaded the wrong way. Yikes.
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IsayAutumn
Oct 23, 2009, 9:36 PM
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zealotnoob wrote: What is up with the perma-funk in the mens locker room at ET Rockville? That's the worst.
Sorry bout that, bro. That was me.
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sycamore
Oct 24, 2009, 1:14 AM
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Losers train on campus boards.
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kriso9tails
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sycamore wrote: Losers train on campus boards.
Are you sure you didn't mean "hosers"?
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zeke_sf
Oct 24, 2009, 3:58 AM
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Getting injured at the climbing gym is the worst. It's just a bad story, and completely bereft of glory.
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jt512
Oct 24, 2009, 4:26 AM
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johnwesely wrote: schooch wrote: Crappy music that is so loud you can't hear your climbing partner Crappy music that is so soft you can hear your climbing partner.
Five stars for cleverness (not because I don't want to hear my climbing partner).
Jay
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Oct 24, 2009, 5:57 AM
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zeke_sf wrote: Getting injured at the climbing gym is the worst. It's just a bad story, and completely bereft of glory.
I agree! I was injured at my gym 3 weeks ago (bad sprain while bouldering). The injury was/is pretty bad, but the story that accompanies it would be so much better if it didn't start with, "Well, I was climbing at the gym..." it's all good though. :)
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airscape
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kobaz wrote: bigjonnyc wrote: These days at my gym the biggest problem for me has been lack of difficult routes. It seems the hardest topropes they've been setting recently are probably in the 5.11b/c range. There's some tough boulder problems, though I don't really care for bouldering as much. You got it made! The local gym here is at a ymca. The hardest routes are like... easy 10. I would kill for a consistent supply of 11's.
Why is this a problem? Just leave out some of the holds on a set route to make it harder or combine different routes. Or just point at random holds and go "that one, that one, those two, that one" and you have a brand new L33t 5.15e route.
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ladyscarlett
Oct 24, 2009, 10:03 AM
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crazy_fingers84 wrote: bizzat is the sound that d-bags make.
They really do...
Except for the girl d-bags who are usually so hot that the little moan rawr sound they make is just straight out sexy.
But the male ones...with that bizzat!
Just makes me laugh every time!
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the_climber wrote: dfux86 wrote: Doing a very informal survey. What do you think is the most annoying/frustrating/stupid/embarrassing part of going to the gym... Worst part about going to the gym? Everything! Pulling plastic, the stink, the kids who think they know everything just because they've been at it for a whole 6 months, the adults who think they know everything because they read a book and have been at it 6 months... Did I mention the plastic and the STINK? God knows the only thing worse than a sport climber who things they know everything is a "hardcore" gym climber who think's they are actually a climber. This post has been brought to you by the association of the new wave of disgruntled and intolerant old school ethic trad climber association. (ANDIOSETCA for short, meetings held every Wednesday night at the pub).
Anyways, all you plastic pullers are suckaz, if I want a problem changed at the wall I go change it, if I want it kept, it gets kept. No kids, no annoying shouting, I choose the music, and the only other people there are my close friends.
All benefits of having a home wall.
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sungam
Oct 24, 2009, 1:06 PM
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sycamore wrote: Losers train on campus boards.
Obsession - probably the greatest climbing film on the internets.
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airscape wrote: kobaz wrote: You got it made! The local gym here is at a ymca. The hardest routes are like... easy 10. I would kill for a consistent supply of 11's. Why is this a problem? Just leave out some of the holds on a set route to make it harder or combine different routes. Or just point at random holds and go "that one, that one, those two, that one" and you have a brand new L33t 5.15e route.
One of the benefits of going to a gym is just hopping on cool routes that other people set.
If you remove holds from most of the routes over there, you'll never be able to make it past that section. We call it the longcat gym. For most of the routes, you need to be longcat himself in order to make some of the moves (without dynoing). I cant stand gym routes where the only reason a move is difficult is because you're a foot shorter than the guy who set it.
All the routes are about the same. Big reach, high step, hand foot match, big reach, high step.... etc
I've been going there for long enough that I've been able to work myself in as a route setter... so that should help a bit.
Edited to fix quoting
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rhyswynn wrote: Paying for it
I'll second that.
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People I don't know yelling up beta.
Funny part about that though is finding out later that the person yelling the beta can't even do the route.
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zeke_sf
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kachoong wrote: People I don't know yelling up beta. Funny part about that though is finding out later that the person yelling the beta can't even do the route.
Hey, man, but they've watched a LOT of climbing vids.
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mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys.
kriso9tails wrote: ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.**
I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them
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minorclimber wrote: I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them
Oh wow, I bet you must really lord it up at the birthday parties.
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camhead wrote: minorclimber wrote: I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them That was YOU? Listen punk, you try that shit again on me and you'll be hanging from the top anchors by your fricking fruit'o'the looms, you got that? 
No time for your idle threats, there's pizza to be eaten.
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With my gym, it's the smell.
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zeke_sf wrote: minorclimber wrote: I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them Oh wow, I bet you must really lord it up at the birthday parties.
theres nothing I like more than whenn Im bouldering upside down and one of my friends says, "your no good, I thought you were better!" then proceeds to try the same thing and get 2 feet from the start before falling
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minorclimber wrote: zeke_sf wrote: minorclimber wrote: I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them Oh wow, I bet you must really lord it up at the birthday parties. yep! theres nothing I like more than whenn Im bouldering upside down and one of my friends says, "your no good, I thought you were better!" then proceeds to try the same thing and get 2 feet from the start before falling
I'm not going to lie, those are satisfying moments indeed.
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Alpine07 wrote: mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys. Preserved for proof of sheer stupidity.
I think everyone misunderstood me. I love kids and I think it's great that they discover this great sport at a young age. However, I've had many annoying experiences. I might be projecting a technical boulder problem and I'll be in the middle of the climb. And then a young kid whose not paying attention to the color tape I'm climbing will get in my way. With bouldering, your suppose to yield to a climber who is on the wall and has started before you. I yield for the kids and I expect them to yield for me.
Also, I have one of those big free standing chalk bags. I've had kids reach in and take a chalk ball out and smack it on the walls and floors creating a mess and cloudy air.
Of course, I know not all kids behave poorly, but generally, I prefer people of my age or older at the gym.
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minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys. what ever, I'm a kid and I never do that. kriso9tails wrote: ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.** how did you find me? but I'm 12 I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them
First of all, I was refering to kids that are not behaved. Down here in Florida we have some rowdy kids.
Secondly, don't be cocky because you can send a 5.10. For 12 years old that's great. As long as that adult who is falling on 5.10 is having fun, that's all that matters. It's not everyone's goal to be great. Try giving them advice if they welcome it. Sometimes helping someone can be just as rewarding as sending a hard route. I'm the second best climber at my gym and I love helping. It doesn't build my ego to see someone fall on a route that's easy for me. You got issues if that gets you off.
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One more thing, the kids I'm generally speaking of are the ones from birthday parties. The young kids who are regulars have more brains.
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kriso9tails wrote: i) Poor route setters who put up moves that will cause injury to my body.*
Hell yeah. I hate when setters dont add proper foot holds!!! So they just become pull really hard on jug to another jug with no feet, causing me to get injuries coz I dont got the guns or youth to do those types of moves.
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mleogrande wrote: mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. I think everyone misunderstood me. I love kids
It had to be quoted.
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mleogrande wrote: minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys. what ever, I'm a kid and I never do that. kriso9tails wrote: ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.** how did you find me? but I'm 12 I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them First of all, I was refering to kids that are not behaved. Down here in Florida we have some rowdy kids. Secondly, don't be cocky because you can send a 5.10. For 12 years old that's great. As long as that adult who is falling on 5.10 is having fun, that's all that matters. It's not everyone's goal to be great. Try giving them advice if they welcome it. Sometimes helping someone can be just as rewarding as sending a hard route. I'm the second best climber at my gym and I love helping. It doesn't build my ego to see someone fall on a route that's easy for me. You got issues if that gets you off.
then, its fun :)
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altelis
Oct 25, 2009, 4:44 PM
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minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys. what ever, I'm a kid and I never do that. kriso9tails wrote: ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.** how did you find me? but I'm 12 I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them First of all, I was refering to kids that are not behaved. Down here in Florida we have some rowdy kids. Secondly, don't be cocky because you can send a 5.10. For 12 years old that's great. As long as that adult who is falling on 5.10 is having fun, that's all that matters. It's not everyone's goal to be great. Try giving them advice if they welcome it. Sometimes helping someone can be just as rewarding as sending a hard route. I'm the second best climber at my gym and I love helping. It doesn't build my ego to see someone fall on a route that's easy for me. You got issues if that gets you off. I see where you are coming from, but I don't like it that much if the guy comes off the wall, looks at his belayer and says "That was fantastic!!" but I do enjoy it if I shout up a move and he ignores it and is disrespectful or he comes off the wall mutely, and when he sees me roping up, stares at me like "dude, that kids dumb. there's no way he'll get up!" then, its fun :)
You know the term "wise beyond your years"?
Anybody know a term that means the EXACT OPPOSITE of that?
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shockabuku
Oct 25, 2009, 5:30 PM
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altelis wrote: minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys. what ever, I'm a kid and I never do that. kriso9tails wrote: ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.** how did you find me? but I'm 12 I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them First of all, I was refering to kids that are not behaved. Down here in Florida we have some rowdy kids. Secondly, don't be cocky because you can send a 5.10. For 12 years old that's great. As long as that adult who is falling on 5.10 is having fun, that's all that matters. It's not everyone's goal to be great. Try giving them advice if they welcome it. Sometimes helping someone can be just as rewarding as sending a hard route. I'm the second best climber at my gym and I love helping. It doesn't build my ego to see someone fall on a route that's easy for me. You got issues if that gets you off. I see where you are coming from, but I don't like it that much if the guy comes off the wall, looks at his belayer and says "That was fantastic!!" but I do enjoy it if I shout up a move and he ignores it and is disrespectful or he comes off the wall mutely, and when he sees me roping up, stares at me like "dude, that kids dumb. there's no way he'll get up!" then, its fun :) You know the term "wise beyond your years"? Anybody know a term that means the EXACT OPPOSITE of that?
Stupid f*&^ing kid?
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altelis
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shockabuku wrote: altelis wrote: minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: minorclimber wrote: mleogrande wrote: I hate kids. They don't watch where their standing or where I'm climbing. They think chalk balls are toys. what ever, I'm a kid and I never do that. kriso9tails wrote: ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.** how did you find me? but I'm 12 I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them First of all, I was refering to kids that are not behaved. Down here in Florida we have some rowdy kids. Secondly, don't be cocky because you can send a 5.10. For 12 years old that's great. As long as that adult who is falling on 5.10 is having fun, that's all that matters. It's not everyone's goal to be great. Try giving them advice if they welcome it. Sometimes helping someone can be just as rewarding as sending a hard route. I'm the second best climber at my gym and I love helping. It doesn't build my ego to see someone fall on a route that's easy for me. You got issues if that gets you off. I see where you are coming from, but I don't like it that much if the guy comes off the wall, looks at his belayer and says "That was fantastic!!" but I do enjoy it if I shout up a move and he ignores it and is disrespectful or he comes off the wall mutely, and when he sees me roping up, stares at me like "dude, that kids dumb. there's no way he'll get up!" then, its fun :) You know the term "wise beyond your years"? Anybody know a term that means the EXACT OPPOSITE of that? Stupid f*&^ing kid?
Damn, it was so obvious I missed it!
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crazy_fingers84
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altelis wrote: You know the term "wise beyond your years"? Anybody know a term that means the EXACT OPPOSITE of that?
ignorant before your time.
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kriso9tails
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minorclimber wrote: kriso9tails wrote: ii) Eleven-year-old send machines that will cause injury to my ego.** how did you find me? but I'm 12 I love watching an adult struggle on my favorite 5.10 and then climbing it in front of them
Sadly, you'll have to crank quite a bit harder to pull that off on me, but train hard and I'll be more than happy to cheer you on if you show me up. I'll even buy you a beer afterward. Wait, do tweens drink beer or are they still more into the sweeter liqueurs, hard lemonades and various fruity rum and vodka drinks at that age?
Actually, when I was your age, I had a problem with adults that got pissy when I climbed harder than them. So long as you stick with it, someday you will be able to school me on the rock, but I promise that I'll only be crying about it on the inside.
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macblaze wrote: SendMasterJack wrote: A few annoying gym things... 3. People who read while at the gym. Damn readers. Ruining the world I say... burn them all, with their damn books... burn burn burn... 451*F
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8
Just saying
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xtrmecat wrote: macblaze wrote: SendMasterJack wrote: A few annoying gym things... 3. People who read while at the gym. Damn readers. Ruining the world I say... burn them all, with their damn books... burn burn burn... 451*F Just saying Bob
Clicky
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The most annoying problem at the gym I go to is...
You've been being a mentor to a newish climber for several weeks. You try as much as possible to let her figure things out her own.
So, while you're explaining some technique ideas, some random climber comes over, interrupts, hops on the problem and says "here, it goes like this". Yes... we know it goes like this... we've seen people send it all day, that's not going to help our climber nearly as much as walking through some details on specific movements.
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kobaz wrote: The most annoying problem at the gym I go to is... You've been being a mentor to a newish climber for several weeks. You try as much as possible to let her figure things out her own. So, while you're explaining some technique ideas, some random climber comes over, interrupts, hops on the problem and says "here, it goes like this". Yes... we know it goes like this... we've seen people send it all day, that's not going to help our climber nearly as much as walking through some details on specific movements.
And we know who got the girl. We can read between the lines, you know.
Jay
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subantz
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The worst part of going to the Gym
Me, I am the reason waldo is hiding.
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The worst part for me is knowing that every climb I attempt is just a representation of what the setter thinks climbing ought to be. Then I go outside and I see the true authenticity of climbing which makes me feel like I wasted my time and skin on a fake climbing experience.
I didn't used to really believe this but I do now, there is no substitution for the real thing, period.
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Our setters regularly (OK, maybe twice a year) make climbing trips to different parts of the country. When they come back you can tell that they try and set a route that mimics some of what they just climbed.
I've found that what I climb in our gym reflects what I can expect to climb in our corner of the country.
What's the worst part of going to my gym?
Probably the hour-long commute and $1 toll each way. I spend more on gas and toll than the day-pass.
But it beats the 9-hour drive to rock worth climbing on.
Being a climber in Florida is tough
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jt512 wrote: And we know who got the girl. We can read between the lines, you know. Jay
Hah :P
You mean me?
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airscape
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Waking up in the morning.
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I can't believe I've not replied with this yet:
The worst part about going to the gym is telling your parents that you're gay.
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camhead wrote: I can't believe I've not replied with this yet: The worst part about going to the gym is telling your parents that you're gay.
It was my mom that actually introduced me to gym climbing, but I guess that makes sense. I don't know if it was the way that she supported my artistic inclinations, or if it was the way she'd occasionally ask, "So, have any sexual intercourse with men lately?", but deep down I had a sneaking suspicion she thought I was gay.
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Maybe that joke only works in Utah. I've had two friends whose parents were somewhat disappointed that their daughters aren't lesbians.
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airscape
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hafilax wrote: Maybe that joke only works in Utah. I've had two friends whose parents were somewhat disappointed that their daughters aren't lesbians.
Do they not want grankids?
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Lesbians can have kids dude.
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MS1 wrote: Lesbians can have kids dude.
Your mom's a lesbian.
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Well played, sir.
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zeke_sf
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MS1 wrote: Well played, sir.
That was just good old retarded fun.
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zeke_sf wrote: MS1 wrote: Well played, sir. That was just good old retarded fun.
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sungam wrote: zeke_sf wrote: MS1 wrote: Well played, sir. That was just good old retarded fun. Hmmmm.... Now would calling you mother old and retarded but still fun to do be tuphar?
To the contrary, old chap, I would take it as a compliment to my family name and bid you a good day.
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