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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 06:48pm PT
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Not sure if trad, but definitely rad.
THE VERM?
Trad trad trad trad trad.
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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it seems traditional for a trad climber to be concerned about the definition of his group and sporty for a sport climber to not be concerned how his group is defined. So you can define the sport climber with sport even though you are a trad.
Dingus' definition seems spot on to me.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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That makes no sense whatsoever, (which, I assume is what playful Dennis was getting at) both linguistically, but also, ironically,since sportclimbers are the ones concerned with, and first created / insisted on, the distinctions in the first place!
Labels are for people who need them.
I've been called a trad climber, by others not myself, though I have put up dozens possibly hundreds of "sportclimbs" and was one of the first to do so.
If pressed, I'm a climber, but I think it's more accurate to say I climb.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:05pm PT
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Yes Craig, the first time I did Oz was with you!
That was a good day. Maybe 1980. I'm pretty sure you led the crux face and I got the big corner.
But we did not do the Gram.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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I like it better when it was "CLIMBING" and "SPORT CLIMBING/FAG CLIMBING"
In the end, I'm just happy were still allowed to climb... I know the day will come when a group fighting to save lichen is going to have their way with these sports.
Cheers
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:19pm PT
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This thread is much more about goofing off than any kind of divisive structure to separate climbers from one another. Got to admit the whole thing is pretty funny. Though the distinctions are there to be made, for my part there's not a whiff of judgmental tone intended.
Celebrate The TradNess!!!!
A good chunk of the people posting on this forum no doubt started trad, simply due to the obvious fact that sport climbing had not yet been coined when we first tied in.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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TeeeeRad.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:23pm PT
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That surely is not trad.
But it is goofy as hell so it passes muster!
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:25pm PT
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Okay back to work.
Work work work work, that's all it is around here.
Don Reid:
You bet your bananas he's trad!
Carter photo
Carter, The Apron, slabbing about in Huaraches:
Carter photo
Cochran! Resting on all his traditional laurels & glory:
Carter photo
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Laramie
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Jaybro,
re: the post of mine that Freddie Quotes is about the present situation as I have observed recently. You might be correct about early sport climbers wanting to have another name or group? Really how did this name come about is a consideration but not how the group currently feels.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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They were young once and climbers....thanks for the trip down memory lane!
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Laramie
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You trad climbers seem like the republicans that deny gay rights while sport climbers are like the young who can tolerate all.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:32pm PT
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They were young once and climbers....thanks for the trip down memory lane! You bet.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:35pm PT
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You trad climbers seem like the republicans that deny gay rights while sport climbers are like the young who can tolerate all.
Cripes,
There's all kinds of cognitive dissonance when adherents to various factions really take a good look at one another's stances. Not in every case for sure. I could go on but I'm too lazy.
I got work to do.
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Powder
Trad climber
the Flower Box
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wow.. this Trad/thread is very entertaining... ~_~
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:40pm PT
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What the hell is this?
Somehow I'm thinking it's neither.
Carter wearing Shelley Presson's tights:
 and yes by the time this photo was taken the whole trad/sport dustup was in full swing!
We were thinking that's Brossman, or is it Al Roberts?
'Twas cause for much controversy, the first time it got posted, as to the identity of the mystery man.
Carter photo
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:55pm PT
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Powder astutely pointed out:
wow.. this Trad/thread is very entertaining... ~_~
Nice emoticon. But you got tah to do the work too.
It says right up front ... disposition: way way stubborn. We like our bickering.
We can handle the heat sweetheart. Thanks for visiting!
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 08:57pm PT
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Exactly!
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