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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 1, 2012 - 03:03pm PT
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Seems that most NFL and NBA starts are tat-ed to the hilt so it must make you a better athlete. Seems like soccer stars must not be that great of athletes as they are rather tatoo free. But anyway I am thinking real hard that I need to head to the parlor so that I can climb a number grade or two harder.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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I'm pretty sure Alex Honnold or Adam Ondra don't have tattoos.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sharma had a namaste tattoo on his ass-cheek.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Definetly!!! A very positive coorelation....the more tatoos a person has the less employable they are which means more time to climb....practice makes perfect!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2012 - 03:15pm PT
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Good point Jim.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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I bet Ed's got '510OW' in Olde English script across his back.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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I was told it's true but only if the Tat's are used in conjunction with a shaved head and a goatee.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Actually, look at the number of football/soccer players in Europe (and elsewhere) with tattoos, loads of them, and like the NFL, MBL, NBA and others, they make more money in a week that I will in a lifetime.
Hmmm, maybe if I got a tattoo....
... I could lead 5.13. Even free solo 5.14. Tattoie away.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Get one that says "Hardman" Mike! you'll climb two number grades better!!!
/End sarcasm...
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Don't bother with the tats. Just climb shirtless and wear a beanie. And scream really loudly when you climb. That'll bump you up several grades, at least in your own mind.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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No...
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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nevermind - I thought it said tacoos
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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piercings, in a well established practice on the northern plains considered aid
by valley cultures of the west, provides the controversial no hands rest
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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Pfffft.....
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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I'm still waiting for the Rodman of golf.Gotta happen soon,it's inevitable. ;-)
edit:Anyone seen the tatted/pierced/dreaded bullrider guy in pro rodeo yet??He's good too.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Yes, for sure. Just like rice rockets are faster when they have a few hundred stickers on them. If Ondra, Sharma, or Honnold had a tattoo we would see the next level of climbing. 4 3000ft big walls in half a day solo, 5.17, v18 it is all possible, with the right tattoo.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Toos , when placed in the right anatomical position , make you looked more ripped and if you look ripped it might make you feel stronger...My favorite tatoo has to be the homer simpson one strategically placed on the ladies genatalia...
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Hoser
climber
vancouver
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if you wanna bang Homers face your one step away from joining the other team....
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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^^^ Uh,yeah...Why did I have to look that up?Disturbing!
edit:The Homer thing,not Ron's post.
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Hey Mike,
I thought they shut you down at work.
I'll be in the Valley in a week. Retired life has it's benefits--just look at Jim!
Tatoos?
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John M
climber
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Don't know if a tat would make one climb better, but it is a good indicator of the kind of twisted mind that is required to enjoy the suffering that comes from shoving a perfectly good hand into a grainy crack and then yarding on it.
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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John M,
That was a really great post!!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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I don't think BrassNuts has any tatoos, and I'd love to climb
as hard as he does!!!!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Interesting statistic;
people with more than 5 tats are twice as likely to die a violent death as persons without.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Regarding the thread title...
no.
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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TV^^^^im f*#ked then at 10
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Seems like soccer stars must not be that great of athletes as they are rather tatoo free
You don't watch much do you? I can't think of many who don't have visible tatts.
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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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Another way for mindless sheep to waste their $$$$$$
Buy tats, cigs, weed, booze, and drive a gas guzzling monster truck
then blame the economy for your problems.
gee! how "alternative"
alternative to what?
throw in some hockey puck earings
a stand-up paddle board
a cross fit bumper sticker
a tough mudder T-shirt
and your a bad-as rebel
Now,
get in line.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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neversummer
you can beat the odds with a non-violent suicide.
I always thought that nitrous oxide would be a cool way to end terminal illness.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Tats will not take you higher; only beanies can do this!
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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I was just hearing last night that tats are now considered passe and the earmark of posers and Nancy boys and the only rubes who think otherwise gots scads of tats.
Come up with semi-perm tat and you be a millionaire
JL
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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If they do may you a better climber, someone is gonna still come along and pull harder.
And the nurses will still laugh at the ink you have on you when you get to the old climber's home.
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fsck
climber
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full backpeice of lembert dome with YER GUNNA DIE in old english font on my sixpack. f*#k all y'all h8ers.
just gotta get the money for it.
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John Butler
Social climber
SLC, Utah
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It's just a little ink...
:-)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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After my experiences at Facelift, I am now thinking of having this applied to my left forearm, where I can read it. A memo-to-self to keep me alive and sane, if not to improve my climbing.
"The Summit Sucks Anyway."
Norwegian, you're not ever boring, and thanks for the tradvice!
Of course tattoos help. Two are better than one, too.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
If one adopted Tatoo's advice, it might or might not make one a better climber, but certain sure a better person. [Biter, they can't tatoo old wrinkled parchment.]
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cms
Trad climber
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I was told it's true but only if the Tat's are used in conjunction with a shaved head and a goatee. I got two outta three and I still suck...
people with more than 5 tats are twice as likely to die a violent death as persons without. sooner the better.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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ok - serious answer. I was in ft collins of all places, a decade ago with a fresh tat and electric purple hair, I'm in the local nepalese import shop...owner wants to talk to me about tats and hair color. we have this long, interesting conversation about the helix of life and the 4 eras humankind goes through... First they are too busy to make art, then they start drawing on the walls, then they make art for art's sake (movies, music, sculpture) then the last phase is characterized by the humans themselves being the canvass... he really was positive the latest trend in sleeves, piercings, etc is exactly this phenomena *again*...
Then we reset and are too busy to make art for a while...according to him this has been going on for eons and eons, most of us just aren't aware of the pattern since we see such a small part of it...
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beef supreme
climber
the west
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no mike. but it makes you a better porn star. right?!?
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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what about all those who performed at high levels before tatoos became popular and never had one?
it's really a stupid hypothesis on your part
the corollary is: what about all those who have tons of tatoos and don't even perform?
if you want to make it more interesting what about the interaction of EPO and tatoos
or say, heroin and tatoos
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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There is a parlor around the corner...Not much business going on there...I guess P90X and tatoos have gone south like the diahrrea explosion..
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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2 to 6 out months jer, depending on the next 2 weeks ;-)
no pressure...
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WyoRockMan
Trad climber
Flank of the Bighorns
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Ok, I have to come clean.
First off, no it didn't help me be a better climber.
Back a couple(ish) decades, when I was 17, Josh had this great idea, "let's go get tattoos!", he then proceeded to tell me about a guy who could do it really cheap. Plus he wasn't real concerned with checking IDs. So off we went to get our first ink. Greg was a sketchy ex-con with a body full of poorly done tattoos, but "MICHELLE" in giant Gothic letters across his neck really stood out amongst the rest. His "parlor" err trailer was even sketchier. Me being young and dumb and having a new subscription to Rock and Ice thought the little heal hook dude would be AWESOME on my shoulder. Anyway he sawed away on both of us and away we went happy as clams with our own sketchy half-assed tatoos.
Josh wanted to go back a few weeks later to get, Animal (from the muppets) playing drums. I said I'd pass on getting one, but would gladly tag along just to hear Greg's amusing hard time anecdotes. Greg answers the door, Josh looks at him and says, "Looks like you an Michelle broke up." I laughed, Greg didn't. Greg had a new black bar across his neck.
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Ever see what a tat looks like on a 60 year old man (or - woman)? I mean the one they had done when they were 20-something.
My namesake grandfather relayed that his tattoo was about the worst decision he'd ever made (and he'd made his share, too).
I'm sure glad I paid him some mind on that. Now, if I could only avoid repeating some of his other poor choices...
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Michelle
Trad climber
she'll make.5 past light speed
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Hasn't helped me any. Or made me cool. Ohwell. Good thing I don't care and get what's meaningfull to me. Even the inner lip. I have plans for a few more.
(Sternum is carpe noctum)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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PMB, good stuff, and it is reasonable to think on, fun, too. Which is likely half the attraction or so to the tattoo, or piercing, what-have-you, ear-lobe stretching, elongated necks achieved with stacks of rings, bells on the toes and ribbons in your nose.
I found this video. IT IS CLIMBING CONTENT. The tattooal is reversed, however. The white chalk is the ink, the rock is the surface, and the humand fingers apply it.
It's a symbiotic (?) and age-old custom.
Turn the question around for another thread topic: Do chalk marks make a boulder better?
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Excuse me if Midnight Lightning applies. I like that tattoo as well as I like Michelle's lowered lip. It's none of my business if I can't see it, though. For what it's worth, it rocks.
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO & Bend, OR
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Feb 28, 2015 - 10:54am PT
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First time in my life i'm going to a rock gym with some regularity. Bend Rock Gym. Seems the tatooless are now the minority amongst the plastic hold pullers. Still don't get it. I'm beginning to sound like the old cowboy who said, "I've been around a long time and seen a lot of change and I was against every single one of them." And no, I don't think tattoos make for a better climber. The lad who won last week's Bend Rock Gym competition was sans tatts so far as exposed flesh revealed.
Cross reference to Supertopo thread with collection of "interesting" tattoos displayed and discussed:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1104462&tn=120
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 28, 2015 - 11:10am PT
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How much did that lip tattoo hurt, Michelle?
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Feb 28, 2015 - 11:12am PT
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The future looks bright for the tattoo removal industry
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Feb 28, 2015 - 11:28am PT
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Definitely not. :(
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Feb 28, 2015 - 03:21pm PT
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Is that really you Vittles?
Looking ripped.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Feb 28, 2015 - 03:39pm PT
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Of course tatoos make you climb better...everyone knows that......
why else would you get them?...and that is one of the many reasons why I shread the gnar at the crags.....
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Feb 28, 2015 - 04:04pm PT
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Absolutely! Get one of those Cat rectum ink jobs for you navel!
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Feb 28, 2015 - 08:53pm PT
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More to the point: Does having tutus make you a better climber?
Some evidence to the contrary:
On the other hand, it seems to be working out here:
This guy, maybe not so much:
Maybe its a generational thing
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Dickly
Social climber
KY
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when I show up at the gym and rip my shirt off so my tats can breath better I feel like I can crush any V3 on my first try
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sween345
climber
back east
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The future looks bright for the tattoo removal industry
-Larry Nelson
And the makeup industry.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Peter Revson once said "I don't sell makeup, I sell hope"
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