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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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My kids climb harder than most of you old crusty farts.
I doubt it. Nice pics, though.
Curt
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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You're exempt of course.
Thanks.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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I started out bouldering and did it for years before I started leading and doing multi-pitch, so in reality my climbing is just an extension of my bouldering foundation. And then you get to aid and throw everything out the window.
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Reeotch
Trad climber
Kayenta, AZ
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I've always regarded "climbers", who say they don't boulder, with suspicion . . .
Actually they're just a bunch of whiners . . .
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Tahoe climber
climber
Davis these days
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Has the fad of eating pasta left us yet?
Because we would rather get back to eating just steak for every meal.
TC
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Ill second your sentiments about boomboxes.
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Gregg Olson
Boulder climber
Moorpark, Ca
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I have heard it said more then a few times that the hardest single moves in rock climbing have always been done and always will be done on the boulders. Bouldering is also (among real climbers) regarded as the purest form of rock climbing. Also... Im pretty sure toping out on a highball with a bad landing gets a "real climbing " rating !! Having done many very committing multi pitch climbs myself and bouldered many committing highballs, I can tell you there is no difference in the reward, emotion, and rush between the two. Maybe you just need to step up your bouldering choices Mungeclimber !!
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Tahoe climber
climber
Davis these days
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Didn't Royal Robbins himself start out as a boulderer?
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bjj
climber
beyond the sun
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Spider Savage - Really great pics! I recognize the buttermilks of course, and I think Joe's Valley. What other spots are shown?
And, I defy anyone here sniffing their nose at bouldering as not being "real climbing" to try some of today's new wave highballs. Not even the ones in the extreme levels of difficulty department. Once you get past the 15 foot mark, you're into the same level of commitment as a lot of spicey roped routes.
Have a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSsdFlotCrA
Watch till the end. Forget that it's a V10 problem. Even if it was V1, I'd bet the farm very few of the "bouldering is a fad" climbers wouldn't sh#t themselves, no matter how many pads you have beneath you. I'm sure I would.
Past that, I know a lot of people who solely boulder, and not very many of them talk sh#t about guys who want to rope up and stroll around on 5.9 all day. I wonder why that is.
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WBraun
climber
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LOL Joe
yer killin me man ....
hahaha ......
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Yea, Im with jghedge also...
Bouldering is a great way to spend an hour or two after work or with the kids, but by no means is it as dangerous as falling off a cliff in the back country.
Too bad I don't get more opportunities to fall off sh#t in the back country.
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bjj
climber
beyond the sun
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Give it a rest. I've done tons of long, hard commiting routes and highball bouldering. Stop being a hater. Watch the video of Lisa Rands doing a 30+ foot V10 with the crux near the top. You think you have the stones to try it? Even with a stack of pads? No, you don't.
And I said "a lot of spicey roped routes". Not "all". But of course you purposely tried to make it sound like I was. Because otherwise you'd have no possibility of retort. Reading comprehension, it's a good thing. Stop letting your insecurity cloud your understanding. Right, off you go.
"Once you get past the 15 foot mark, you're into the same level of commitment as a lot of spicey roped routes."
With a stack of pads below you? No. That's a ridiculous statement.
Plus, you get hurt 5 pitches up and it's a much bigger deal than if you're on the ground.
And you wonder why people talk sh#t... "
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bjj
climber
beyond the sun
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"Didn't Royal Robbins himself start out as a boulderer?"
Pretty much all the cutting edge roped climbers used bouldering as an integral part of training. John Long, Bachar, Kauk. It allows you to work your skill on the hardest moves in a relatively safe environment, so that when you do encounter some tough business in a spicey situation, you'll have that much more confidence. I'll take their word over those of some hater who wants to pretend like bouldering is an affront to "real" climbing. What a joke.
Like I said before, I rarely have ever heard anyone who only boulders talk sh#t about climbing on a rope. They simply don't care what other people do. But the reverse doesn't seem to be true. Rope only climbers seem to be very concerned that everyone know they are "real" climbers because they get a few pitches off the ground and place their own gear.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Didn't John sometimes call his soloing "bouldering in the sky"? As the essence of bouldering is no rope and (likely) considerable difficulty relative to the climber's abilities, an accurate summary.
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Weld-it just got quoted on Facebook.
But my "supa ghey" pads have saved my body from some hard landings for sure, So I think supa ghey is alright with me.
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R.B.
Big Wall climber
Land on the Lahar
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Bouldering leads to sport climbing as free soloing leads to trad cliff climbing as rad trad lead climbing leads to big wall climbing as Lycra leads to being a padder ....
It's all climbing lads, it's all about the style you use to combat the gravity, since that is the one thing that's in common to it all. Seems like it's not as easy to pull the rads anymore, could it be that extra coupla pounds on the frame, eh?
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Paco
Trad climber
Montana
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Recently spent several days in squamish...bouldering is VERY much alive.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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You are at the bottom of the slander chain, as it were - sport climbers get to slander boulderers, trad climbers get to slander sport climbers, and alpine climbers get to slander...well, pretty much everyone. Don't like it? Tough.
I hope you're still merely a good troll and not starting to believe your own BS.
Curt
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Mick Ryan
Trad climber
The Peaks
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Mick Ryan is a fad.
Mick Ryan
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Mick Ryan
Trad climber
The Peaks
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In answer to your question Munge.
No way is bouldering a fad. People bin a-bouldering for centuries. Pre-dates that multi-pitch stuff.
Proper climbing, un-proper climbing....s'all climbing, s'all fun.
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