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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 18, 2017 - 01:11pm PT
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So the "F'n trucker hat" thread got me thinking. Short shorts were once a mainstay of the American climbing scene. It seems with brands like Chubbys and others that short shorts are making a come back. I bought a pair in Europe last year and I love them. I'm usually the guy at the family barbecue who's shorts are a little too short for comfort but I like em and wear em with pride. What do you think? Are they coming back? Are they here to stay? Do any of you have the bravery or the fashion forward style to sport them at the crag or the gym?
Thoughts? Throwback photos? Discuss.....
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jul 18, 2017 - 02:06pm PT
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Put those on and wander around a truck stop.
You might get a free hat with a little work on your part.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 18, 2017 - 02:40pm PT
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I do like the new fashion the girls are wearing, you know the butt cheeks hanging out below the shorts thing.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jul 18, 2017 - 02:53pm PT
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These were actually a bit long BITD:
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 18, 2017 - 03:13pm PT
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Moose, you'd look fine in short shorts...as long as they covered all of yur head. *zing*
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jul 18, 2017 - 03:19pm PT
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I had a problem with short & loose-fitting climbing shorts.
Back in the early 1980’s, I was driving home to Moscow, Idaho with my buddy Kevin after a weekend climbing trip to some poison ivy infested crags along the Salmon River above Riggins. It was a hot early-summer evening and the car-windows were down. I was wearing loose-fitting climbing shorts that were also cut fairly short, for freedom of movement in climbing.
As we started up Whitebird Grade on Hwy 95, I heard a faint ping as my driver’s-side door-mirror deflected an insect through the open window and up my gapping shorts. The injured insect crawled up my inner thigh, as I became slightly concerned and started pawing at the same area.
Yep, about then, the insect, which was an errant honey bee, stung me right on a very, very, sensitive area
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We skidded to a tire-smoking stop on the outside-edge of the cliff-side highway, and I was half-way out the door when Kevin, with real panic in his voice, screamed that the car was starting to roll backwards towards the void below.
With a heavy sigh, I sat back down, turned off the engine, put the car in gear, & set the emergency brake.
Then I jumped out of the car, and dropped my shorts in front of oncoming traffic.
It was much too late to do any good for my sting, but I did get to dance on the dying bee’s carcass.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 18, 2017 - 03:19pm PT
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Nice work rgold. That's what I'm talkin about.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Jul 18, 2017 - 03:21pm PT
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BPeace
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jul 18, 2017 - 04:42pm PT
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Mountainyoung ;)
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jul 18, 2017 - 04:53pm PT
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The trouble with bringing back short-shorts is that they were never practical for outdoor activities. Anytime you sat down in 'em, everything that moved crawled up your a*#, and even inanimate debris easily found its way into your underwear. When it comes to climbing, now that 99% of us are using leg loops, it isn't very comfortable for those loops to be riding below our short bottoms.
What happens in the world of fashion is, of course another matter entirely, and the need to continually come up with new looks almost guarantees a short-shorts renaissance at some point. Eastern climbers who aren't pining for chigger bite tatoo underwear outlines probably won't be switching though.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jul 18, 2017 - 06:26pm PT
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My butt is nearly hangin' out of these...but not quite. A narrow win for decorum.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jul 18, 2017 - 06:45pm PT
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I've posted this before, but this thread seems particularly appropriate for a re-post:
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jul 18, 2017 - 06:46pm PT
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Now that is one sexy leg rgold.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jul 18, 2017 - 10:13pm PT
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Beautiful image RGold . . . classic and quite historical!
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jul 18, 2017 - 10:15pm PT
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Mountainyoung ;) My first thought, too.
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Jul 18, 2017 - 11:01pm PT
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Hey Gary, that pic is nice except did you notice the nasty muthafawker standing behind her with his cellphone in hand down low filming her touche?
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jul 19, 2017 - 12:29am PT
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Now that is one sexy leg rgold.
Sadly for me, most men in those days had two sexy legs.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jul 19, 2017 - 04:56am PT
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Kids today seem to dig 'rm
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jul 19, 2017 - 06:11am PT
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Mtnyoung only does it for MTE!
Maximum Tanning Efficiency
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