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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2016 - 06:23am PT
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Kind of curious why I got dragged into this...
Sorry, you're the only one aside from nature that I know about who climbs/lives in AZ. Just poking fun...
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2016 - 06:25am PT
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I've been scared at big Blacks.
Canyon sneaker sets have shivered me timbers
Was surfing Black's the first weekend in February with my 19 y.o. daughter (@ UCSD) and my 13 y.o. son. We got rolled by a canyon set. My son loved it. But we were way inside and it was just a growling wall of whitewater at that point. No impact zone for us.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Pyro- AL Sarlo is a nice guy! He gave me a few set waves that day (probably wanted to sell me a house) LOL. Do you know Mark Biez?
Contractor
Al sarlo seen him the other day I'll look out for Mark Biez.. the one guy I do know is Rocky McKenna
When I started climbing in 73, I surfed ALL the time. I quickly learned to climb on Saturday and surf on Sunday so that my fingers weren't soft from surfing. I quit surfing though after surfing for about 15 years. Two factors made me quit: first I was sick of the fricking locals, even when I was a local; and second the rock is always there where as the waves in SoCal aren't most of the time. Climbers are almost always really nice people, surfers aren't. I do think that if there were as few rocks as there are waves then climbers would be just like surfers. jan nice story
the solution to the surfers and the localism is to get to the break before they do.. I mean get to the break inside the water at 420AM.. usually on a good size day if you get in the water early you can pick up on some good rides then adios it before the first surfer dudes show up!.. Nite surfing is so much better and makes you a better surfer.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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This thread is witness to Surfing localism being more than a FIRST WORLD PROBLEM. It's a First world problem pursued by Californians.
I love Californians but why don't you all get a simple passport and travel beyond the Sierras ?
Fist fights over an indifferent oceanic wave pattern close to your CITY... LOL ! ! !
You don't surf internationally, do you Jim. But, in general I agree.
Edit; Pyro. Only time I've surfed the 'bu is at night with glow sticks. Lots of fun and nobody knows who anybody is for the most.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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This is a funny thread- but i can see it stacking up when you've got no place to run, climb or surf unless you're with 650 of your new best friends.
Back to climbing- the valley in the 80's wasn't real friendly-But most everywhere else I went was great.
We used to call the 20 name brand climbers "the heavies". But they isolated themselves and never got to meet a pretty interesting group of people. Anyone who is willing to travel a 1,000 miles or more to go climb has to has some serious flaws-and therefore they usually make for pretty good company.
Glad I never was cursed with ambition.
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