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Degaine
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Aug 19, 2012 - 04:28pm PT
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Funny tr, thanks for posting, I enjoyed the read.
Passing is a finicky exercise for both parties. My friend an I recently passed a party of two on an alpine climb, and although we were much faster they still waited 25 minutes at a cold belay between the time they decided to let us pass and the time their leader could start climbing again. All was cordial and nice.
Regarding comments about the French and the Euros, I've climbed for years all over the Alps, passed and been passed, and never once met a rude party. While skiing down Mt Blanc's north face I came across a guide from Switzerland who was a dick, but that's another story. For those of you with a chip on your shoulder regarding the Euros, perhaps you should take a step back and chalk it up to a cultural misunderstanding.
That Dave Nettle comment is funny. Don't know why people need to say that kind of crap. My guess is nervousness, fear, and in some way/shape/form trying to justify being there. On the top of Stately Pleasure Dome one time a few years ago I met this girl who blurted out, right before trying to clip into my anchor without asking, that she know the Huber brothers. Didn't even say hi first!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Aug 19, 2012 - 04:39pm PT
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I say first one on the route gets to make that call.
I say people be cool to each other and not look for excuses to be a c.u.n.t.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Aug 19, 2012 - 04:40pm PT
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I've been the passer and the passed.
When I pass, I tell the passed to just let me get 2 pieces ahead of them, then they should just keep climbing as usual.
Since were the badasses making the pass, we should be able to work around them.
I adhere to the same protocol if you pass me.
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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Aug 19, 2012 - 04:55pm PT
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A few years ago my wife and I climbed Scenic Cruise in the Gunnison. As we descended the approach gully we saw a team about three pitches up. When we caught them they were still about in the same position. Immediately they invited us to pass them. I continued to the next belay and my wife followed. I expected the leader to set off immediately behind her. He didn't, he stayed put. I led the next pitch... and he still didn't move until my wife had started to climb. As we topped out an almighty thunderstorm started. We were soaked in minutes. No sign of the others. We assumed they must have rapped off. If this was you, thank you!
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 23, 2012 - 07:33am PT
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Roadie, I don't know you, but I love you. I think I know who K1 might be...and Im not surprised by the behavior, nor the name dropping, ball-cupping, worship of the nettle.
Four-foot-tall,
teeth of green,
move to Tahoe,
become a queen.
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RyanD
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Squamish
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