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flowin
Feb 21, 2007, 11:19 PM
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Why not? A nice sweat wicking sock would be great....anyone know of any? As thin as possible of course.
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camhead
Feb 21, 2007, 11:27 PM
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if you wear socks with shoes, you are either a complete bumbling gumbie, or a badass old schoooler. there is no middle ground.
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flowin
Feb 21, 2007, 11:34 PM
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not true....what is old is new, just better.
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ryanb
Feb 21, 2007, 11:34 PM
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smartwool's under my old focuses when it's cold. Once you get used to it there is not much of a performance hit and it definitely teaches you to look at the footholds and put your foot on them in the best place. I'm only 25 so i guess that makes me a bumbling gumbie.
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kriso9tails
Feb 21, 2007, 11:42 PM
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You mean like these?
those are my cold day socks (for über-sending-madness), but I'd imagine you're looking for something a little less... uh, well, just a little less.
I hate socks in my climbing shoes unless it's cold enough for my feet to be numb anyway, but if you check out a running shop they'll have all sorts of socks that will work well.
I also have socks from Fox River that would definitely work really really well.
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flowin
Feb 21, 2007, 11:45 PM
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U ROCK. I knew it wasnt wierd.
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jammer
Feb 21, 2007, 11:56 PM
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If it was that cold, then why the shorts?
I wear socks in the fall and spring. The shoes are just painfully cold without them babies!
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flowin
Feb 22, 2007, 1:07 AM
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i guess it doesnt exist....i will start the trend again.
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angry
Feb 22, 2007, 1:17 AM
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Socks are for fags
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musicman1586
Feb 22, 2007, 2:27 AM
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flowin wrote: Why not? A nice sweat wicking sock would be great....anyone know of any? As thin as possible of course.
Go to any outdoor store and you can find wicking socks, typically meant for hiking and backpacking, their super thin and you won't know they're there at all. Not the kind of sock you would want for the above demonstrated purposes though as they won't protect you at all.
BTW Angry, is that you on Bellyful of Bad Berries, or just a random pic, if so how did you fair on it?
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angry
Feb 22, 2007, 3:27 AM
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Yeah, that's me on Bellyfull. I did not send. I've tried it a few times and never gotten it and honestly, I don't know why. Seriously, the feet are great, the stacks are great, and the gear is perfect. Unlike most hard offwidths, it's not a puzzle. Yet, it's really fucking hard.
I'm going to go do 1000 sit ups.
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kriso9tails
Feb 22, 2007, 3:55 AM
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jammer wrote: If it was that cold, then why the shorts? I wear socks in the fall and spring. The shoes are just painfully cold without them babies!
They're 3/4 lengths, so between those and the socks I'm actually completely covered (most of the time) and quite comfortable. I boulder in my jeans from time to time, but truth be told I don't own any pair of pants as comfortable as those shorts.
That, and boulderers wear toques (beanie fer the 'mericans) and no shirts in the summer, it's also in good form to wear long, warm socks and shorts in the middle of winter.
(This post was edited by kriso9tails on Feb 22, 2007, 4:08 AM)
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curt
Feb 22, 2007, 3:59 AM
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Like these?
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curt
Feb 22, 2007, 4:05 AM
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Or these?
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kane_schutzman
Feb 22, 2007, 4:12 AM
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curt wrote: Or these? [img]http://www.rockclimbing.com/images/photos/assets/1/193161-largest_29284.jpg[/img] Curt
Curt is that you on Misplaced Boulder?
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unrooted
Feb 22, 2007, 4:34 AM
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ryanb wrote: smartwool's under my old focuses when it's cold. Once you get used to it there is not much of a performance hit and it definitely teaches you to look at the footholds and put your foot on them in the best place. I'm only 25 so i guess that makes me a bumbling gumbie.
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curt
Feb 22, 2007, 4:36 AM
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That's Hidetaka Suzuki leading Sole Fusion in Joshua Tree in about 1985.
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kane_schutzman
Feb 22, 2007, 4:42 AM
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That was my pathetic attempt at making a joke That was cool how you played it off though, and actually knew everything about the photo. Anyways, I posted a picture a while back and I was wearing socks too. I figured I would wear them to reduce chaffing and add warmth. Then I got a pm from hosh suggesting I try climbing without them. Helps reduce stinkage too.
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fadu
Feb 22, 2007, 4:45 AM
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Hi I'm from Australia,
you'll probably be hearing more from me. I onsighted a 5.11 on my 2nd days climbing, sure it was bolts but eh...
and it was all done with the help of my luck Jack Daniels socks. I will soon be the climber in all the calendars with socks, I will singlehandley make them cool beacuse I'm cool
they also double as nice warm c)ndoms 'cos all the chicks at camp are all over me like a rash and I'm against anything plastic.
so sock on and be like me
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curt
Feb 22, 2007, 4:47 AM
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kane_schutzman wrote: That was my pathetic attempt at making a joke That was cool how you played it off though, and actually knew everything about the photo...
I should know something about it--I took it.
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shadowgnu
Feb 22, 2007, 4:59 AM
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I think socks really help me climb better (not physically). They keep the smell of the shoes at bay - and I'm not passed out between attempts....
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ryanb
Feb 22, 2007, 5:33 AM
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To start, try wearing them when no one is around. If you hear some one coming role them up and hide them in the front of your pants.
I would advise against running/wicking socks as they are designed to slip within the shoe. Wool or cotton is where it is at.
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Feb 22, 2007, 5:36 AM
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