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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 10, 2014 - 12:20pm PT
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One rap of 1" nylon sling around your waist.
$1 dollar.
Cheap.
Tucker Tech used this type of harness for years.
He even did El Cap routes like this.
Only a real climber can do this.
All the rest are not real .......
HAHAHA, oh WBraun!
That sounds like it would bruise, and I can't have that! It would ruin my carefully cultivated tan...
And here, I thought that I would be a real climber when I meet up a few guys at the crag (at least 4) and they are all wearing LYCRA!!
Lycra's coming back guys...!
Cheers
LS
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:23pm PT
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Then there's the Colombian cycling team's poor choice of lycra.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:27pm PT
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camel toes ahoy mateys
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:29pm PT
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Camel chamois
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:39pm PT
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^^^We sure don't need that!
Either way, 1" nylon tubular or Lycra spandex, the nylon boys get some of your purse.
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 10, 2014 - 02:43pm PT
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hrm...I like those silver an black ankle boots...
But I bet they scuff that awesome red floor!
Cheers
LS
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Oct 10, 2014 - 03:09pm PT
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Who uses a harness? I just tie the rope around my waist. Wusses
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 10, 2014 - 04:53pm PT
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Guys, you see what has happened when we let women have the right to vote and to be climbers?
;>(
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Oct 10, 2014 - 05:13pm PT
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^^^^^. Back to your cave, matey. ;)
Susan
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Oct 10, 2014 - 05:22pm PT
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Real climbers use grigris, just ask Werner.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 10, 2014 - 09:39pm PT
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I used to be a real climber, but that was a long time ago.
Now look what's happened:
Is this progress?
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 10, 2014 - 10:35pm PT
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Is this progress?
Your downward spiral needs a touch of colorful lycra to accentuate your rugged countenance. Lady Scarlett might help you adjust by clothing you in colorful tights to cushion your decline. After all, climbing IS a fashion statement!
;>)
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 10, 2014 - 10:46pm PT
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wore shoes so tight that the little toe toenails went bye bye!!
I climbed a lot in those green vices back in the day
I think they were??Razors?..by five ten? any way the pinky toenails took a hike for ten years
and now having grown back are a frightful sight.
Given the previous post I won't sicken with pics </;-{D
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MH2
climber
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Oct 11, 2014 - 08:22am PT
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On Topic set-up and killer punchline, rgold.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:10am PT
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1 INCH WEBBING?????!!!!!!!!
WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING 1 INCH WEBBING!!!!!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:27am PT
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Real climbers improvise...
When necessary!!
Sandra Topolay Photo
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:29am PT
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You need a harness to climb that?
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:33am PT
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Your downward spiral needs a touch of colorful lycra to accentuate your rugged countenance. Lady Scarlett might help you adjust by clothing you in colorful tights to cushion your decline. After all, climbing IS a fashion statement!
I totally skipped the Lycra era when it was happening, so embracing it now would not be an exercise in nostalgia. It would, however, require a certain ability to disregard Lycra's ability to showcase the ravages of time. It is clear from your post that I need a downward spiral pattern to accentuate reality and remind me, in those moments of misplaced optimism, about my increasingly precarious place in the universe.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:37am PT
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hey there say, rgold...
wow, just saw the neat 'real climbers' climbing pics a few posts up,... thanks very much...
and as to this guote of yours:
I used to be a real climber, but that was a long time ago.
say, it is STILL part of your character, though, and THAT last for
the longhaul, :)
thanks for the fun share... :)
edit:
wow, tami! just saw that... a gray moose...
all matching outfit... even matches most rocks, too, :)
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