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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 14, 2012 - 08:53am PT
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This is one of the better in these series I've seen :)
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Nov 14, 2012 - 09:22am PT
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I spittled on my screen within the first second. Excellent video!!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Nov 14, 2012 - 09:40am PT
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"Huh?"
LOL!!!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Nov 14, 2012 - 10:24am PT
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ho ho ho
kinda makes you wonder what climbers say back
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adikted
Boulder climber
Tahooooeeeee
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Nov 14, 2012 - 11:38am PT
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That was awesome.... HUH?¿
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Nov 14, 2012 - 12:05pm PT
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Pretty much captures it all! Thanks!
Missing one (probably needs to go in the specialty department): Me and buddy sorting out gear at Ellery Lake turnout post mini-epic up Ellery Couloirs. Dude in big RV drives up, gets out. Looks at us. Looks up. Looks at us again. Looks up again. Then looks at us once more:
In pitch perfect Slim Pickens voice: "You boys gonna scale that peak?"
Eric
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Nov 14, 2012 - 12:23pm PT
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You beat me to it locker!
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covelocos
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Nov 14, 2012 - 12:23pm PT
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Climbing at Swan Slab one day, the driver of the Green Dragon said to the tourists "This is where the climbers Practice their climbing" PRACTICE?!? This is real climbing buddy! Later that day while riding my bike to the Manure Pile, I passed the bus and yelled "This is where the climbers practice riding their bikes!"
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Nov 14, 2012 - 12:33pm PT
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Is that a purse?
Watching him running up the rock with his trekking poles put tears in my eyes.
Good stuff GDavis.
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SeanH
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 14, 2012 - 01:38pm PT
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Spot on with Mt. Everest, but forgot my second bane: El Cap! (I've stuck to mostly alpine and multi-pitch sans aid up til this point, it'll happen eventually.)
Gearing up at the parking lot for Ancient Art, hiker sees California plates: "You boys climbed that El Capeetan?"
Co-workers, "How was your weekend?" - "Great, was in Yosemite climbing". "Oh neat, did you climb El Capitan?"
While in Squamish, countless times, "Oh, from California? You climbed El Cap?"
If I had a dollar for every time I've been asked if I climbed El Cap, I could buy a new rack.
I should probably suck it up, buy aiders and ascenders and just do it one of these days. Maybe I'll just rap it though, I hear that's pretty easy.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Nov 14, 2012 - 02:08pm PT
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e butt of el cap counts when answering the tourists- but only then
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 14, 2012 - 02:13pm PT
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ICOMSAHMSMLAT* !!!!
*I choked on my spit and hurt my stomach muscles laughing at this!
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 14, 2012 - 02:21pm PT
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Yeah, the shoes, it's all about the shoes. All about the shoes. All about the shoes....
Good one!
Susan
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 14, 2012 - 02:30pm PT
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I was bouldering in Acadia NP, Maine in 2002 and everywhere we went we would get the 'What the heck are those things' in regard to our crash pads. So we just started randomly telling people our crash pads were actually for our traveling puppet show. I guess word spread quickly and about 3 days later a gaggle of kids with their parents came up to us and asked when the next show was. Sadly the only show they got was us flailing on some terrible rotten rock covered problems.
B
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Nov 14, 2012 - 02:54pm PT
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Co-workers, "How was your weekend?" - "Great, was in Yosemite climbing". "Oh neat, did you climb El Capitan?"
Old boss. But let me tweak it a bit for you.
Manager, "Hi Michael, what did you do this weekend?" - "Oh I took my girlfriend to Yosemite for her first time". "Did you climb El Capitan?"
-.-
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Nov 14, 2012 - 02:56pm PT
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A friend told this story. He was leading something, gripped, sewing machine leg, whatever, not making much progress. A suburban couple walking by stops to watch the drama as my friend is fighting for his life. "Come on, honey, lets go. He's GONNA make it," says the husband to the wife. They were just watching to see if he was going to fall!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Nov 14, 2012 - 03:04pm PT
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The one I always get from clueless clients and co-workers:
Them: "How was your hiking this weekend?"
Me: Er.. "it's rock climbing.. you know.. like straight up a vertical face.."
Them a week later: "So how was your hiking?"
Me: "Uh.. remember.. its actually rock climbing that I do.. I don't like hiking"
Them one week later: "So did you get out on a hike again this weekend?"
Me: *(sigh)* "Yeah... the 'hike' was great." Meh
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matisse
climber
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Nov 14, 2012 - 03:09pm PT
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I was going to post this but you beat me to it. That is our very own Horvath starring in this.
Classic.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Nov 14, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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Not-to-be-named family member, straight out, after I got back from the Facelift:
"You actually tried to climb rocks? Aren't you a little OLD to try that sort of thing?"
Good thing I view these sorts of comments as ENCOURAGEMENT...
:D
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Nov 14, 2012 - 07:06pm PT
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The best for me personally, was me following a route, and getting wigged out on the traverse crux.
It wasn't that bad, but hell, every traverse is a crux for me...
so I'm bout 30 feet off the ground, and hikers are watching me wig out while my partners are trying to give me encouragement. At long last, one of the hikers, a skinny little boy of no more than 13, yells up...
'need any help?'
HAHAHAHA, the idea of it knocked the fear out of me and I finished the crux.
The second best is...
'Nice Boots!' as I was belaying my partner.
Cause...I do have nice boots!
Hee hee
cheers
ls
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