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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Chatsworth
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 18, 2005 - 02:35pm PT
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Vahalla 5.10d Suicide Rock - Hot girlfriend
That runnot thing on Lembert 5.9 - Best friends girlfriend
Whodunnit 5.9- TAhquitZ - Not so hot girlfriend
Right On. 3rd Pitch, the wide chimeny. My future UCLA coed wife.
Leaning Tower Approach - Jeffrey Pappen
Rockstar
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bigwalling
climber
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Mar 18, 2005 - 02:47pm PT
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"Leaning Tower Approach - Jeffrey Pappen"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Mar 18, 2005 - 03:01pm PT
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Royal arches rappel, in the dark.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Mar 18, 2005 - 03:13pm PT
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Uh not to be a stickler on grades and such, but since when has Valhalla ever been 10d? It was the first 11a at Suicide, if I'm not mistaken.
Go give it a go in EBs or Kronhoffers Rockstarr and see how if it still feels that way.
But as to the thread topic. The Red Diehedral on the Incredible Hulk was the last time.
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dmitry
Trad climber
Chita, Russia
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Mar 18, 2005 - 03:50pm PT
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Great thread, Juan!
Quite a few; to the point that I try to avoid climbing anything runout, wider than fists, and harder than 5.9+ when accompanied by girls...
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Gomp
climber
San Diego
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Mar 18, 2005 - 04:06pm PT
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Well, it's a great thread about the cryin' part but there's so many guys that are total freakin crybabys that maybe it should cover both sexes.
On the other hand maybe guy crybabys are kind of special and need thier own thread?
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Mar 18, 2005 - 04:09pm PT
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Standard Route on Whitehorse Ledge, NH. My girlfriend's roomate and I got caught 5 pitches up by a surprize thunderstorm.
After the rain hit us and before the lightning, we discovered that bare feet climbed wet granite slab better than EBs. Then we got nailed by a groundshock that made both of our long hair literally stand on end.
To this day, everyone in my family has heart problems except me. A coincidence? I think not.
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Melissa
Big Wall climber
oakland, ca
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Mar 18, 2005 - 04:10pm PT
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"Quite a few; to the point that I try to avoid climbing anything runout, wider than fists, and harder than 5.9+ when accompanied by girls... "
Sounds like you'd be a boring climbing partner.
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dmitry
Trad climber
Chita, Russia
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Mar 18, 2005 - 04:15pm PT
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No offense meant, Melissa.
I generalize here as I have climbed with a few weak girls.
To be fair, my fiance is a strong climber, so are a couple other girls I know.
Besides, we've all climbed with some primadonna GUY that fell apart on the route or on the approach.
So let's broaden this topic a bit: tell us about the routes you've had GUYS cry on!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Mar 18, 2005 - 04:59pm PT
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It's too bad Kitty Calhoun doesn't post on this site. I bet she has a list a mile long of all the MEN she's made cry. Jay Smith is about the only partner of hers that comes to mind that probably hasn't cried.
Is whining and crying the same thing? I've got a list a mile long of the routes I've whined on. Don't recall ever crying but maybe I just blacked those routes out.
Carry on...
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OW
Trad climber
Patagonia
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Mar 18, 2005 - 05:52pm PT
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Nature asked:
"Is whining and crying the same thing?"
Of course not. Crying is allowed under some circumstances like when you just dropped the rack or something else important. Whining is never allowed.
"I've got a list a mile long of the routes I've whined on."
The compliance officers will be at your door shortly. Do you have vaseline handy?
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Matt
Trad climber
places you shouldn't talk about in polite company
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Mar 18, 2005 - 06:29pm PT
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last weekend my wife-to-be took a nice leader fall in yosemite and fractured a small bone her ankle when her foot rolled under her.
there was no crying, only this:
"f*#k, i just broke my ankle"
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Ca
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Mar 18, 2005 - 06:30pm PT
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Hmmmm, back on topic:
Trespassers will be Violated - JT
Second Thought - JT
Scorcerers Apprentice - T. M.
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Mei
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Mar 18, 2005 - 08:10pm PT
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Central Pillar of Frenzy -- the girl being myself.
It was during the early stage of my climbing career, I was following the first pitch. It felt very hard and scary. Half way up, a yellow alien somehow unclipped itself from my harness and I watched it in horror fall onto the ropebag. I managed to huff and puff up to the belay without falling. Still shaking, I dropped a camelot while transferring gear, which also landed on the ropebag with the padding of the remaining half of my trail line. I felt very bad and said, in a whiny tone, "I am sorry" repetitively. My partner, my boyfriend of the time, looked at me and said, "Mei, it is OKAY. Would you please stop whining?" That almost brought tears into my eyes because there was no sympathy in his voice. But in the meantime, I learned two things: 1) to some climbers, there is something worse than dropping their precious gear -- whining; 2) do not seek sympathy for doing things of your own choice. Anyway, I gathered myself together, and was already feeling happy when I led the 3rd pitch. Ever since then, I have tried to remember the rule -- no whining allowed while climbing. I didn't whine a single time while doing heavy bushwhacking and shiver bivying through the darkest night after getting lost on the descent of NE Buttress of Higher Cathedral.
I feel grateful (in hindsight) that I got a slam in the face like that, because it woke me up (although once in a while I doze off without knowing it). See, in my culture (I'm generalizing quite a bit here), people normally tolerate girls whining, because girls are weak and meant to be protected. To some extent, girls whining is considered cute. So a girl would grow up knowing that when she feels weak and helpless, she can just whine, and someone will come to her rescue. I have a couple of adult girlfriends who still talk in a whiny tone all the time. I don't think a whiny baby (guy or gal) can become a top notch climber though, because real climbing intrinsically requires self-sufficiency.
P.S. Can't believe I wrote all this. It's raining everywhere again. *sigh*
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Chatsworth
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 18, 2005 - 09:02pm PT
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Just to set things strait - Women are the more evolved life form and are much nicer overall then men.
If men cried a bit more on the rocks, maybe they would not be the screwed up, mean, lets get in a dualing match of the 210 fwy, agressive, control freaks, they are.
Men are quite mental really, and this world be a lot nicer place if the women called the shots.
Women keep your men on short leashes, its the best for them.
Love
Juan the Rockstar
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spidey
Trad climber
Sonora
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Mar 18, 2005 - 10:58pm PT
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By no means an exhaustive list, but a few standouts come to mind:
Central Pillar of Frenzy (X2)
Kor-Beck
(must be something about middle cathedral...)
Lurking Fear
Standard Route, Rappel Rock, Mount Lemmon
That blue 5.8+ in the gym
To be fair, I've had knee pain bring tears to my eyes on a few descents.
Matt: sounds like she's a keeper.
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Rhodo-Router
Trad climber
Otto, NC
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Mar 18, 2005 - 11:42pm PT
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Three Penguins/R. Chimney, Arches NP. Wider than fists, harder than 5.9+ , and topropes shouldn't be too runout.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Mar 19, 2005 - 12:34am PT
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I once cried on a route that I was climbing with my (then) girlfriend (I took a HUGE wipper when a knob broke). She had no sympathy and made me the next pitch.
I suspect you know Valhalla ain't 10d. Pretty feeble attempt to impress.
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F'ueco
Boulder climber
San Jose, CA
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Mar 19, 2005 - 01:20am PT
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I cried once on a route. East Crack (Lover's Leap) in a hailstorm. Climbing through a waterfall whilst being pelted by hail is not fun.
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Chatsworth
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 19, 2005 - 01:30am PT
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Its a joke man. Throne room of mountain Gods is 5.11a.
Its Issommmnia that is 5.10d. Sorry.
Still trying to catch a Fish Del Largo.
I cry a lot. But not while climbing.
I cry when I watch movies all the time. I was watching Man on Fire last night and cried at the end, when the mother got her daughter back.
I cry when a SAR team saves a lost kid.
Rockstar is a big baby.
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