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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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