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napoleon_in_rags
Jan 10, 2005, 2:14 AM
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In reply to: At the risk of getting shouted at, I just wanted to say this: I think we should try and drop the insults and the bravado. I see the climbing community getting to be divided. Boulderers, Trad climbers, sport climbers, big wallers, etc and so on, and none of them seem to like each other very much. Don't you think that if we keep insulting each other we're going to be divided into entirely different communities? I think the argument I see here is which is better, trad or bouldering? Why does one have to be better? I love them both, and if that makes me a traitor then so be it. Both have awesome aspects, bouldering, the intensity of the movement, the power, the purity of motion, trad, the endurance, the terror, the beauty, the solitude, the grace. I hate the overcrowdedness and cliques in the bouldering circles, I detest the gruff diffidence of trad climbers. Just understand we all climb for our own personal reasons, and one is no better than the other.
Allright, Allright. Let's buy each other cokes, sing Kum By Ya, and have a group hug. Tradsters and Boulderers can live in peace with each other and unite.
......to beat up those damned sportclimbers! I mean whats up with them. They are not as Fat as Tradsters, not as skinny as boulderers. If there is one thing I hate, it's this shilly shallying. Either get your ass down to the all you can eat China Buffet or start taking creatine!
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aztec6561
Jan 10, 2005, 3:03 AM
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Im down for Kum By yah
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stonefiend
Jan 11, 2005, 10:36 AM
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cuz they get fat wasting time sittin on their ass talkin sh*t about boulderers
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ron_burgandy
Jan 13, 2005, 5:55 AM
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God those sport climbers suck, they should choose between fat and skinny... I mean is it that hard.
I really only see one solution to this age old problem... have an all out brawl between sport, boulderers, traddies, alpine, big wall, ice and every sub-group of the climbing world and have a big fight. So obviously the best will win!
And at the end whoever is left can sing Kum By Ya
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kerman
Jan 15, 2005, 10:42 PM
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i dunno im a boulderer and im quite fat :( ....mind you i use my harness every now and then.
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kerman
Jan 15, 2005, 10:49 PM
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im with you man. i went climbing with a friend who is trad climber (and is quite fat but hes cool) and i had a lot more strength and endurance seeing as ther was part of the 70 odd foot climb that i had to canvas, he had more mental strenth than me though (i.e. bollocks) hehehehehe
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napoleon_in_rags
Jun 17, 2005, 11:36 AM
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I am now looking for a boulderer to take trad climbing. All my normal trad partners weigh quite a bit more than I do and I am sick of getting yanked really hard every time they fall (I am serious).
(arise Lazarus)
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danegerous
Jun 17, 2005, 2:46 PM
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im a boulderer and im 76% body fat.
i lied.
trads are fat, boulderers are ugly, sports smell funny and alpines are cold and dont allow anyone to get close...now, free solos...thats a sport.
is it bad or even innapropriate that im a boulderer going into sport? is that like the cubs playing for the sox? or the SS joing the allied powers?
i am my own man! im 6'4" and i only weigh 210!
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superflea
Jun 17, 2005, 4:52 PM
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I prefer to think of myself as drought and famine resistant... :roll:
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reno
Jun 17, 2005, 5:06 PM
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In reply to: Actually, it's likely because most serious boulderers nowadays aren't old enough, or have just recently turned old enough, to buy their own beer.
You know, I thought this too, once, but I've discovered the real truth:
Being fatter makes it easier to keep our pants up around our waist, where the Good Lord intended them to be, rather than hanging off our ass so the whole world can look at our boxers.
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sloper420
Jun 18, 2005, 12:06 AM
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duh. bolderers are all gacked up on dexedrine for their adhd.. hence they never eat.
GAK!
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remi
Jun 18, 2005, 6:03 PM
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I think it'd be a great fight between all the climbing sub groups. If the boulderes or sporties got a hand on you they'd squeeze the life out of you. The trad climbers would all be swinging #10 hexes...the big wallers would come equipped with hammers..probably the ice climbers would win though, a big axe is the ace of spades! :)
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napoleon_in_rags
Jun 20, 2005, 12:39 PM
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In reply to: I prefer to think of myself as drought and famine resistant... :roll:
That's Awesome - Ofcourse you would be the first one eaten on an epic - a boulderer wouldn't provide a mouthful.
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kydd76
Jun 27, 2005, 5:51 PM
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I'm skinny 6.2 170 lbs and can trad with the best. i eat a shit load of crap too. Fat food and beer are the best. atfer a good day of hard bouldering i head on down to the happy bar and drink buds wit the bikers. Morrison Co if you must Know.
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ronamick
Jul 1, 2005, 12:52 AM
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What makes you think trad climbers arent boulderers?
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mcgivney_nh
Jul 5, 2005, 12:54 AM
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In reply to: If you have money for trad gear then you have money for food.
This is the exact reason right here.
All my friends who boulder are either students with no jobs or students with part time jobs so they can afford Ramen for the week.
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stymingersfink
Jul 5, 2005, 1:30 AM
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ROTFLMMFAO, TSDMF! How did i miss this thread when it first appeared? Oh, yeah... the ice sucked so I was too busy learning to ski.
Oh well, keep up the good work!
BTW, I will be swinging the #10 Hex while brandishing an ice axe, with a wall hammer stuffed behind my belt just in case. Better run!
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talus_
Jul 7, 2005, 3:07 AM
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trad climbers? stress eating. boulderers? i was skinny at 17, too. sportos? you can't be too skinny or too fat and still wear spandex. hello. ice climbers? freaking weirdos live in caves anyway, so who really knows?
why don't you morons debate something useful to the climbing community. like: which style has the hottest chicks? and: how does one meet said hot chicks (btw if the girl i saw filling up her jeep at the gas station outside eldo this weekend is reading this: i will marry you tomorrow).
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elshells
Jul 7, 2005, 3:26 AM
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This thread is AWESOME
I know why because boulders are poor dumpster diving fools. They can only afford a pad, some shoes, and some ramen.
You gotta be rich to trad climb....you have to pay for all the shiny gear and like two ropes. So of course they are fat and happy and rich.
did I mention threads like this rock. :twisted:
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napoleon_in_rags
Jul 8, 2005, 4:45 PM
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In reply to: why don't you morons debate something useful to the climbing community. like: which style has the hottest chicks? and: how does one meet said hot chicks (btw if the girl i saw filling up her jeep at the gas station outside eldo this weekend is reading this: i will marry you tomorrow).
I guess the style depends if you like fat chicks or not. I go for Sport Girls. Spandex is awesome.
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renohandjams
Jul 12, 2005, 10:13 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: If you have money for trad gear then you have money for food. This is the exact reason right here. All my friends who boulder are either students with no jobs or students with part time jobs so they can afford Ramen for the week.
I think this is a funny thread though.
Boulderers think everyone is lazy. Trad Climbers think everyone else is a pussy. What do sport climbers think?
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sick_climba
Jul 15, 2005, 5:18 AM
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In reply to: I know a lot of Trad climbers and a lot of boulderers and the boulderers are always skinnier. Why is this?
Climb on
Chris
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phaedrus
Jul 15, 2005, 5:45 AM
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phaedrus moved this thread from Bouldering to Community.
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mowz
Jul 17, 2005, 2:18 PM
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In reply to: not sure about others but for a semi-serious response. aside that i've got that asian thing going on - thank you genes!
What kind of Asians are you meeting? Many of my Asian friends have a little over-flow going on. There's this one friend who's just finished med school (stereotypical, right? He also plays violin. Just kidding, but he is good at math) and he has major over-flow. Not enough to stop him form having a Lychee-babe of a girlfriend.
Lychee . . . mmmmmmm. BTW, it's Sunday morning, is it not? So, where's my dim-sum?
Here's my two cents: most of those who tend to be of the older crowd. With age comes a slower metabolism and more consumed beer and other fatty foods. That's it. I'm glad I'm young and my physique has helped me with my trad.
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