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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 9, 2013 - 10:35pm PT
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I have my own definition but i'm interested in what others think. The definitions for rock climber, boulderer, gym climber, ice climber and sport climber are obvious. I don't think that is the case for "alpinist".....what's your take?
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this just in
climber
north fork
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"walking slowly, feeling poorly"
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Alpinism is:
Remote
Commmitment required
Objective hazards
Ice
Rock
Snow
Summits
Failures
Gravity is your worst enemy
Cold
Boots
I feel like alpinism is used a little to generally now to describe what is essentially cragging after a few hour walk. This encompasses 75% of the climbs in the sierra, wasatch, rockies, and tetons.
But then again it's all condition dependent right? As the scots say you need to climb Ben Nevis in "True Scottish Conditions" or else your ascent doesn't matter. Ahhhh f*#k it I'm grabbing a beer...
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dagibbs
Trad climber
Ottawa, Ontario
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I think alpinist is someone who is interested in alpine ascents... reaching peaks/ridges, with less focus on the difficulty or specific technique of the ascent, but more on the goal itself.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Gettin' up early to play dice with God.
Go back to sleep and dream about Doc Johnson.
Define "balls."
Grippa got the right idea.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Alpinism.
At minimum
Technical (class 5 or higher) climbs of peaks where snow or ice is a factor during the climb, approach or descent. Line is climbed once top to bottom from the base. (gray areas exist here) (compare contrast capsule, and expedition style)
Support personnel beyond basecamp not allowed, cacheing on route not allowed.
Most Seirra peaks in summer don't quite apply (Hulk, Whitney etc).. perhaps as very lightweight intro alpine climbs.
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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I have my own definition but i'm interested in what others think. The definitions for rock climber, boulderer, gym climber, ice climber and sport climber are obvious. I don't think that is the case for "alpinist".....what's your take?
Alpinism: climbing that's too cold and starts way too early in the day.
Curt
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Dingus says it is clipping more than 40 bolts on one route.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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And the colder it gets up there the more Doc just shrivels.
Don't gimme no Freudian gar-BAGE aboot spires, aiguilles, towers, and giant ice fallus, just gimme the scared-too-my-toes, snot-dripping-down-my-nose, gotta change my underclothes, look at how the sun just rose...
Define "soul."
Hulk ain't a cling-on on Anna's butt cracks, no offense to the travel-impaired, of which I am a voluntary member, having no particular desire to "go high."
Getting vertical is quite a job, nowdays.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Go up!
Till there ain't no more
up.
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MisterE
climber
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I had something to say, but I got all hot and bothered by The Larry.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Drink up! Till the ice is gone!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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when I think of Alpinism I think of long lines on mountains done as a self-contained team...
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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You might be an alpinist if this is a familiar scenario.
(ripped off from Gregory Couch on ST)
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Suffering with a good view sometimes.
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Cold fingers, stinging toes.
Smell of cold sweat, not unpleasant...
at first.
Sound of cracking, clattering, shattering.
I am alien here.
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Johnny K.
climber
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Alpinism is when half your pockets are filled with dead mylar balloons you collected on the way down from the summit...
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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The definitions for rock climber, boulderer, gym climber, ice climber and sport climber are obvious. IE much less fantastic than you, the "alpinist" -- Oh brother!
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