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flying_dutchman
Jan 13, 2003, 2:45 AM
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how do u trap a sportclimber?
send them up a bolted line that requires a natural top anchor.
two in one, it'll scare the hell out of em as well
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mountainhardon
Jan 13, 2003, 3:00 AM
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this is a fun one. it works best when you are showing a new climber to one of "your" areas:
when the climber gets to the crux, just shout, "oh, check that bolt down there. sometimes it gets a little loose, you just need to push it back in, or maybe tap it with a biner! Does it look loose? uhhh, no biggie. just don't fall, you'll be fine!"
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dbrayack
Jan 13, 2003, 3:08 AM
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I am mainly a sport climber who prefers slab, its a lot funner, if you want to scare me, make me run it out on a spinning, rusty 1/4 incher.
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camhead
Jan 13, 2003, 3:36 AM
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I agree with the slab-scare thing.
I'm sport climber/semi-bold wannabe traddie, and NOTHING freaks me out more than runout slab. (shudder)
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stevematthys
Jan 20, 2003, 5:57 AM
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duskerhu
Jan 20, 2003, 6:24 AM
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beerandblood -->
HHhmmmmm, "How do you scare a sport climber?"
Well first of all, quickdraws just went up in price... The cheapest ones are now $63.95... The Omegas of course. The Petzls are $85 each.
OH, and tell him he has to climb wearing a sweatshirt... and Levi's.
duskerhu
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wildtrail
Jan 20, 2003, 6:38 AM
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Hand him a handful of cams and tell him to "figure it out"?
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wandt
Jan 20, 2003, 6:44 AM
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Speak with a British accent, refer to a crag as "your baby", and accidentally drop a box of choppped bolts and a pair of knuckle-dusters out of your pack. Then say "now show me one of YOUR projects."
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Give him a double set of Hexes and send him up a big old hand crack that'll eat the skin off your hands like in J-Tree (make sure the pitch is at least 100 feet long too for a real good laugh!!!!!!!)
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blazesod
Feb 6, 2003, 4:56 AM
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Place some new "post-it" stick-on bolts for any route and then ask him to test the pro half way up.
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overlord
Feb 10, 2003, 3:53 PM
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make a phonecall while belaying.
CLIMB ON
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mreardon
Feb 10, 2003, 11:34 PM
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Just bring 'em to josh and put them on "figures on a landscape" - "here's your single quickdraw for the second pitch...."
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moeman
Feb 10, 2003, 11:53 PM
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"Did you just step on a bolt hanger? Shame on you. Penalty Slack!
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drector
Feb 10, 2003, 11:54 PM
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After a few pitches, downclimb from something they can't see you on then say "Do you see any rap anchors around here?" Make sure there are none. This works best if they are not as good as you. It also works on trad.
How to scare a boulderer: Show up with a Hilti!
Dave
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flagstaff_climber
Feb 11, 2003, 12:21 AM
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Yell up and ask them what color rope were they tied into.....
Rick
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wlderdude
Feb 11, 2003, 12:40 AM
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All I would have to do is show them the 3/8" bolt I found that had fatigued for several years and failed catastrophically. It was off a chair in a lecture hall, so it just had body weight on it.
Imagine what a few years of FALLING on a bolt would do!
(I think it was a grade 5 bolt, but they don't have to know that)
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photon
Sep 12, 2003, 1:45 PM
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"There is no Guidebook"
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robmcc
Sep 12, 2003, 3:58 PM
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In reply to: I don't think you can scare a Sports Climber, but how do you scare a Trad Climber? A: Take away their nuts...
Bah. A decent trad climber can use rocks for nuts in a pinch. :wink:
Oh, you meant pro?
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underfoot
Sep 12, 2003, 4:03 PM
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You "pants" him mid-crux so that all of the poser crag chicks and their obnoxious dogs can see that he is really only packing a pair of #2 rp's down there, not the #11 hexes he'd need for trad.
Muhahahaha
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flagstaff_climber
Sep 12, 2003, 4:13 PM
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Tell them those bolts were put there by Trad climbers :)
Rick
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tradclimbinfool
Sep 12, 2003, 4:48 PM
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Two words:
SQUEEZE CHIMNEY
Oh, wait.....that scares me too, and I'm a trad climber!
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tradmanclimbs
Sep 12, 2003, 4:56 PM
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We scared a bunch of em at rumny last year witha rubber snake :D
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shocker
Sep 12, 2003, 5:46 PM
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Take away their Gri-gri.
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slcliffdiver
Sep 12, 2003, 8:02 PM
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Tell them: It looks like you've gained a few onces. Did you start eating an extra slice of lettuce at each meal?
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