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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 10, 2014 - 12:20pm PT
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One rap of 1" nylon sling around your waist.
$1 dollar.
Cheap.
Tucker Tech used this type of harness for years.
He even did El Cap routes like this.
Only a real climber can do this.
All the rest are not real .......
HAHAHA, oh WBraun!
That sounds like it would bruise, and I can't have that! It would ruin my carefully cultivated tan...
And here, I thought that I would be a real climber when I meet up a few guys at the crag (at least 4) and they are all wearing LYCRA!!
Lycra's coming back guys...!
Cheers
LS
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:23pm PT
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Then there's the Colombian cycling team's poor choice of lycra.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:27pm PT
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camel toes ahoy mateys
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:29pm PT
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Camel chamois
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 10, 2014 - 02:39pm PT
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^^^We sure don't need that!
Either way, 1" nylon tubular or Lycra spandex, the nylon boys get some of your purse.
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 10, 2014 - 02:43pm PT
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hrm...I like those silver an black ankle boots...
But I bet they scuff that awesome red floor!
Cheers
LS
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Oct 10, 2014 - 03:09pm PT
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Who uses a harness? I just tie the rope around my waist. Wusses
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 10, 2014 - 04:53pm PT
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Guys, you see what has happened when we let women have the right to vote and to be climbers?
;>(
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Oct 10, 2014 - 05:13pm PT
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^^^^^. Back to your cave, matey. ;)
Susan
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Oct 10, 2014 - 05:22pm PT
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Real climbers use grigris, just ask Werner.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 10, 2014 - 09:39pm PT
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I used to be a real climber, but that was a long time ago.
Now look what's happened:
Is this progress?
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 10, 2014 - 10:35pm PT
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Is this progress?
Your downward spiral needs a touch of colorful lycra to accentuate your rugged countenance. Lady Scarlett might help you adjust by clothing you in colorful tights to cushion your decline. After all, climbing IS a fashion statement!
;>)
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 10, 2014 - 10:46pm PT
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wore shoes so tight that the little toe toenails went bye bye!!
I climbed a lot in those green vices back in the day
I think they were??Razors?..by five ten? any way the pinky toenails took a hike for ten years
and now having grown back are a frightful sight.
Given the previous post I won't sicken with pics </;-{D
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MH2
climber
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Oct 11, 2014 - 08:22am PT
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On Topic set-up and killer punchline, rgold.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:10am PT
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1 INCH WEBBING?????!!!!!!!!
WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING 1 INCH WEBBING!!!!!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:27am PT
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Real climbers improvise...
When necessary!!
Sandra Topolay Photo
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:29am PT
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You need a harness to climb that?
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:33am PT
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Your downward spiral needs a touch of colorful lycra to accentuate your rugged countenance. Lady Scarlett might help you adjust by clothing you in colorful tights to cushion your decline. After all, climbing IS a fashion statement!
I totally skipped the Lycra era when it was happening, so embracing it now would not be an exercise in nostalgia. It would, however, require a certain ability to disregard Lycra's ability to showcase the ravages of time. It is clear from your post that I need a downward spiral pattern to accentuate reality and remind me, in those moments of misplaced optimism, about my increasingly precarious place in the universe.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:37am PT
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hey there say, rgold...
wow, just saw the neat 'real climbers' climbing pics a few posts up,... thanks very much...
and as to this guote of yours:
I used to be a real climber, but that was a long time ago.
say, it is STILL part of your character, though, and THAT last for
the longhaul, :)
thanks for the fun share... :)
edit:
wow, tami! just saw that... a gray moose...
all matching outfit... even matches most rocks, too, :)
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:42am PT
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Moose, I fear for you.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:54am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 11, 2014 - 09:29am PT
You need a harness to climb that?
Lol! No.. This!
ST photo
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Oct 11, 2014 - 10:56am PT
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Unreal climber
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Oct 11, 2014 - 02:11pm PT
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Guys, you see what has happened when we let women have the right to vote and to be climbers?
They vote and they climb.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Oct 11, 2014 - 04:41pm PT
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Sweet! Tami has a car and I have a cave!
Need a couch for the cave.
I thought it was funny but I am sick that way..
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Oct 11, 2014 - 04:47pm PT
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My climbing pants have 7% Lycra, but I don't think I qualify for the cool club.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Oct 11, 2014 - 07:26pm PT
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One rap of 1" nylon sling around your waist.
... Only a real climber can do this. Tell it to Tobin - who ran it out with the rope tied in a noose around his neck.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 11, 2014 - 08:33pm PT
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Let's cut to the chase....on this forum you're a real climber if you actually climb.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 11, 2014 - 10:52pm PT
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^^^^^ HARSH!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Oct 11, 2014 - 11:33pm PT
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Well…it’s a free-for-all, isn’t it. But J-Do is right: if you actually climb, you are,—what?— a real climber. I think however, many of us are wondering if maybe some of these efforts, these climbs, might just be a little bit more than a home movie? I do sense some begging.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Oct 12, 2014 - 12:16am PT
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Only wusses used swamis. Real climbers/men just tied directly in to the rope. Why waste good webbing?
Jack the Sack doing his thing.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Oct 12, 2014 - 08:21am PT
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so... you're an imaginary climber if you just post about climbing (without necessarily doing it much, anymore)
and a complex climber if you do both?
so we can define a quantity of magnitude and an angle designating how much "imaginary" and how much "real"
to make it more complicated, negative values of "real" climbing are the lapses of our real climbing (e.g. confusing "french free" with "free"), and negative values of "imaginary" climbing are the various forms of slander and lies we tell...
Climber = √{ real² + imaginary² } x sinφ
some of us live lives with 0 ≤ φ ≤ π/2 and large magnitude...
[sorry, written on a day I should have been out climbing, but am not... φ = π/2, or maybe -π/2]
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 12, 2014 - 08:22am PT
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lol ^^^^
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 12, 2014 - 10:31pm PT
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How did we get from real climbers defined by swamis and lycra to instead real climbers defined by climbing and posting? Oh well...
On another topic, Ed, best not to write formulas when you wish you were out climbing. If that is supposed to represent the complex exponential, it is missing a term and a factor...
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MH2
climber
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Oct 13, 2014 - 08:28am PT
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Many real climbers I have known were missing a term and a factor.
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2014 - 12:10pm PT
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Let's cut to the chase....on this forum you're a real climber if you actually climb.
...when in a group of 4 or more climbers...wearing lyrca...
Just sayin'!!
I'm waiting folks... :)
Rgold, thank you for all the wonderful pictures. This month, I'm watching the Aspen's change and reminiscing of past Gunks fun. And I think that Lycra HAS to be at the discretion (or lack thereof) of the wearer...whatever works!
and thank you everyone else for the awesome pics. I do love them!
Cheers
LS
ps - hee hee hee
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Oct 13, 2014 - 12:14pm PT
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Most of us are real climbers, but there's some unreal ones. Donini is one of them, and here's another:
as is:
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Oct 13, 2014 - 12:20pm PT
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Hobnails, hemp and a bowline on a coil
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 13, 2014 - 02:55pm PT
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Real climbers get in and out of belays quickly...a lost art today.
Real climbers take common sense shortcuts not found in any "how to" book.
Real climbers are adverse to the "herd instinct" and seek adventure far from the maddening crowd,
Real climbers commit to themselves and their partner and don't bail at the slightest opportunity.
Real climbers update their gear and don't use "old technology" as an excuse for lowered performance.
Real climbers understand the three things you need for alpine climbing:
a plane ticket
duct tape
the RIGHT partner
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Oct 13, 2014 - 03:12pm PT
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I love the Warbler's and Donini's lists, except for this one:
"Real climbers don't let their SO cut into their climbing time too much."
That one proves I'm not a real climber, I'm afraid.
john
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 13, 2014 - 03:20pm PT
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Real climbers know that the Warbler isn't just singing another tune.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Oct 13, 2014 - 03:23pm PT
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You're right, Kevin. I obviously think that my climbing time has been cut into too much (notice I don't say by whom!)
John
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Oct 13, 2014 - 03:38pm PT
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Real Climbers don't give a sh#t whether anyone else thinks they are a real climber or not.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 13, 2014 - 05:02pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 13, 2014 - 05:26pm PT
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It starts with a Little Bit of Lipstick, Dingus.
Rouge follows, and sooner or later the Lycra comes out.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 13, 2014 - 05:30pm PT
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*kiss-kiss*
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Oct 13, 2014 - 06:56pm PT
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Tucker is still using my old harness's to this day. He just cuts off the leg loops and uses them as a swami belt.
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 13, 2014 - 08:10pm PT
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Tetons
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 13, 2014 - 08:14pm PT
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Classic shot John. Seeing you up high on rock isn't unusual, having a rope on is....even one just wrapped around your waist.
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Oct 13, 2014 - 08:45pm PT
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I wasn't that tough. Mine was 2" nylon. Still tough on the kidneys when you're hanging on it.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 13, 2014 - 08:49pm PT
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La Cosita Right.
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SweetCrimp
Big Wall climber
Bay Area
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Oct 13, 2014 - 10:48pm PT
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Real climbers were out scoping unclimbed faces this weekend
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 13, 2014 - 11:08pm PT
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Real climbers climb Donini routes
Real climbers like sketchy ridges covered in powder
Real climbers make 30 ft campfires
Real climbers are out climbing... ;)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 13, 2014 - 11:51pm PT
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"We camped for the night on one of the most eastern affluents of Bridal Veil Creek, and were careful to fill our canteens before the bitter night-chill should freeze it over.
"By our camp was a pile of pine logs swept together by some former tempest; we lighted them, and were quickly saluted by a magnificent bonfire.
"The animals were tied within its ring of warmth, and our beds laid where the rain of sparks could not reach."
--from C King's A Sierra Storm, from Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Oct 14, 2014 - 12:40am PT
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Kevin and Donini's list were spot-on. I would add:
Real climbers know how to do a dulfersitz, and have gotten into weird-ass and/or dire situations where they actually needed to use one.
Real climbers know, from experience, how to self-rescue.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 14, 2014 - 07:55am PT
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Real climbers dictate fashion.
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2014 - 09:14am PT
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bing bing bing!
Lycra's coming back folks, I see it all over the streets, and not a few crags.
And every single time, it's real...where is the lycra?! I KNOW it's out there!!!
:)
Cheers
LS
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 14, 2014 - 09:35am PT
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Screw lycra, it is all about pajamas
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 14, 2014 - 09:43am PT
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Are YOU sure all you guys are real ........ :-)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 14, 2014 - 09:49am PT
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Well, Enema is about as real as it needs to get, huh?
That thing's NEVER been on my tick list!
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Oct 14, 2014 - 04:29pm PT
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How do you know if someone is a real climber?
Don't worry, they'll tell you about it.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Oct 16, 2014 - 11:14am PT
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Am I a 'real' climber?
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Oct 16, 2014 - 11:17am PT
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Yes, you're a real climber. It's only Donini, Reinhold and Gerlinde who aren't...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 16, 2014 - 11:35am PT
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:02pm PT
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
Oct 14, 2014 - 04:29pm PT
How do you know if someone is a real climber?
Don't worry, they'll tell you about it.
Hey!! That's a ski instructor joke! Or as we call them here.. Twinkies because of the horrible yellow suits they used to wear!
Lol
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:03pm PT
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It appears then that there are no men on the Colombian Cycling Team. Correct?
Lycra them on Facebuch, or not.
Real sufers have 15 toes. I don't know about real climbers, they're always wearing shoes.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:20pm PT
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How do you know if someone is a real climber?
Don't worry, they'll tell you about it.
Hahahaha that’s a good one! They will also make a list of things they like to do and sell it as a requirement a ‘real’ climber has to possess.
All kinds of people and climbers out there. If it was as one-dimensional as some think, personally, I would get bored.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:32pm PT
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Real climbers are, umm...
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Oct 16, 2014 - 01:05pm PT
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If you're gonna wear tights don't f*ck around.
And if you're worried about you SO slowing you down, try this.
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 16, 2014 - 01:49pm PT
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A Real Climber FYI
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2014 - 01:57pm PT
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Whooo hoooo!
Thank you everyone for your Lycra contributions...I feel like I'm finally getting into the realm of 'real climbers'
Cheers!
LS
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 16, 2014 - 04:55pm PT
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DMT and lycra....don't want to be a witness!
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Oct 16, 2014 - 07:36pm PT
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As gear companies find way for us to spend more money on gear, real climbers find a way to climb despite no money and no formal training or guiding. They can read and understand climbing instruction books.
Those are the people I want to meet.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 17, 2014 - 07:48am PT
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enough said...
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 17, 2014 - 07:51am PT
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Nice root Bob.
How did the "dude" to your left get there?
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Oct 17, 2014 - 08:08am PT
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^Click to enlarge shows that it was without lycra.
However, how did he write that message while facing away from the rock?
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Oct 17, 2014 - 08:58am PT
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Real climbers have kids and dogs
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 17, 2014 - 09:32am PT
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Werner...Penitente Canyon...look up Penitentes.
One more for lycra.
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John M
climber
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Oct 17, 2014 - 09:38am PT
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Wtf? When was Fidel Castro doing YOS walls ?????
LOL.. too funny. Great picture Chief.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Oct 17, 2014 - 09:56am PT
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Bob D'A: maybe 22 years back, me and, more surprisingly, José both got our asses handed to us the day we tried Bullet the Blue Sky. Pretty climb, though.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 17, 2014 - 10:58am PT
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Real climbers can show them the ropes
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Oct 17, 2014 - 11:06am PT
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Real climbers can find the easiest approach and route without a guidebook dyamn, I was batting 1000 until I came across this requirement. That leaves me out.
I can't count the hours I've wandered about looking for the start. Sometimes the guidebook makes it even more confusing.
Still got the old lycra, buried in the bottom of my old climbing clothes bin. Waiting for it to come back in style. And for me to lose 10 more lbs.
back to the OP and harnesses.
12 feet of 1" webbing is really all you need. Unless of course you're a guy and not yet done planning for children.
Not a coincidence that hang dogging and fancy-factory-made-wide-belt harnesses came into vogue together.
That and the buy-it-instead-of make-it-yourself society.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 17, 2014 - 11:23am PT
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"buy it instead of make it society"
DING DING DINGUS!
Your batting average just went up, plus plusses too numerous to count here, Fred!
Dolt is singing your praises, you bet.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 17, 2014 - 07:12pm PT
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Real climbers don't let their SO cut into their climbing time too much
Yeah, cause she's really holding me back........
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 17, 2014 - 08:08pm PT
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Very subtle, bro.
The light at the top of the corner, I'm talking about. lol (lack of lycra)
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Oct 17, 2014 - 11:30pm PT
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BM. Looks like Sandra is leading Moonshine Dihedral at Smith. Impressive!!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 18, 2014 - 01:33pm PT
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Thanks Mouse! Lightroom bro! Check your pm.
Hamish, you are correct sir! What was most impressive was the moment she eyed it she said "i'm gonna lead that!"
Damn that thing is hard for 5.9!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 18, 2014 - 03:02pm PT
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 18, 2014 - 03:47pm PT
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^^^^ Mouse, that was my first scramble at Devils Lake (in 1956)- solo up the side you see here. Loved it!
;>)
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Oct 18, 2014 - 04:20pm PT
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BM, yes it's stout for a 9. Sandra might like some lycra for Xmas? They prolly don't make it in your size. :) :)
H.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 18, 2014 - 06:08pm PT
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Yanqui...on the FA almost 30 years ago.
Heading there tomorrow.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 18, 2014 - 10:11pm PT
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But you're a Talking Head tonight, apparently.
Enjoy your climbs as much as LS and SMILE FOR THE CAMERA.[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Apr 17, 2015 - 12:30am PT
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Looks warm... ;)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 17, 2015 - 08:20am PT
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.........climb. With the Internet, armchair climbing has ascended to new heights.
Cosmic.....good airflow to keep the sausages from getting dank.
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Stewart
Trad climber
Courtenay, B.C.
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Apr 17, 2015 - 02:33pm PT
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-Single wrap around the waist tied with a bowline (the wrong way) & no safety knot.
-Chest harness used without the accompanying seat harness.
-Whillians harness (fondly remembered by a generation of male climbers as "The Nutcracker)".
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