Author Topic: You know you are a Pinnacles Climber when....... (Read 10024 times)

F4? · « **Reply #20 on:** January 19, 2021, 07:54:58 PM »

Noal I call BS, you don’t wear trail runners cuz you like down climbing 5.8’s in you approach shoes.

Can we put in a rap anchor?

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #21 on:** January 25, 2021, 08:24:27 AM »

When you frequently say "Thank God I NEVER have to climb THAT again!"

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #22 on:** January 25, 2021, 09:43:36 AM »

You spend at least as much time cleaning and testing holds as you do using them to make progress.

You grab hold of and try to wiggle or kick holds to test them. You chuckle when people only tap on them.

On routes where you have to go more or less "all in" on a single, key hold you're familiar with the phrase - "If this goes...I'm gone."

Gavin · « **Reply #23 on:** January 25, 2021, 06:34:28 PM »

You try to will yourself to be light as a feather so the holds won't pop under your weight.

F4? · « **Reply #24 on:** January 26, 2021, 04:03:40 PM »

3 points of contact. Know to NOT use handholds for footholds.

mudworm · « **Reply #25 on:** January 26, 2021, 05:45:38 PM »

You have an obscure site called mudncrud bookmarked.

Quote from: F4? on January 26, 2021, 04:03:40 PM

... Know to NOT use handholds for footholds.

Handholds ? Footholds? Now you just sound like a gym climber.

Zay · « **Reply #26 on:** January 26, 2021, 06:04:17 PM »

Quote from: mudworm on January 26, 2021, 05:45:38 PM

You have an obscure site called mudncrud bookmarked.

Or, you have the Newly Established and Found Routes thread downloaded on your phone

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #27 on:** January 27, 2021, 01:33:38 PM »

You make a concerted effort to get the second ascent while the original holds are still there.

Gavin · « **Reply #28 on:** January 27, 2021, 01:38:34 PM »

You revisit a climbing route with Brad that hasn't been climbed in 20 years and you just know he is going to say: "Wow, this is a lot worse than I remember."

Brad Young · « **Reply #29 on:** January 27, 2021, 01:47:57 PM »

^^^

Ouch.

I resemble that remark.

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #30 on:** January 27, 2021, 02:15:10 PM »

Quote from: mudworm on January 26, 2021, 05:45:38 PM

Handholds ? Footholds? Now you just sound like a gym climber.

Good one

Gavin · « **Reply #31 on:** January 27, 2021, 02:23:29 PM »

Quote from: Brad Young on January 27, 2021, 01:47:57 PM

^^^

Ouch.

I resemble that remark.

Haha - yep, given our recent experience at Balconies it seemed appropriate!

F4? · « **Reply #32 on:** January 27, 2021, 02:50:30 PM »

Worse is when Brad keeps saying watch me, watch me...then screams aloud as he pulls the crux.

It’s all good!

NOAL · « **Reply #33 on:** January 27, 2021, 03:34:31 PM »

Please describe scream.

Brad Young · « **Reply #34 on:** January 27, 2021, 03:46:33 PM »

Quote from: NOAL on January 27, 2021, 03:34:31 PM

Please describe scream.

He's mistaking pulling the crux (those are grunts) with seeing a rattlesnake (that's a scream).

NOAL · « **Reply #35 on:** January 27, 2021, 03:52:50 PM »

Ah more like a roar?

I have started to make old man noises in the last year or so.

Brad Young · « **Reply #36 on:** January 27, 2021, 03:57:49 PM »

And I've been working on my rattlesnake scream for years.

I'm trying to make it more guttural, less of a scream, more manly.

Some slight success so far. Don't ask either daughter to chime in here though.

mynameismud · « **Reply #37 on:** January 27, 2021, 04:46:02 PM »

Quote from: NOAL on January 27, 2021, 03:52:50 PM

Ah more like a roar?

I have started to make old man noises in the last year or so.

I started to make those when I was 9, lol

clink · « **Reply #38 on:** March 22, 2021, 07:36:41 PM »

..when you approach the Pearly Gates and Saint Peter says to you "Ah, a climber" and pulls a Falcon guide to Heaven's rock climbs from his robe "They are all great routes, on beautiful rock, though somewhat crowded. Come on in."

You ask "Is there any climbing around that isn't so popular?"

He replies "Not on this side of the gates, but from here to hell is rumored to be an endless wasteland of outcroppings of mediocre to extremely poor quality rock, just a few agnostics conjuring up routes on them. Temps suck."

You barter your ticket to Heaven for gear, rations and Tecate.

Brad Young · « **Reply #39 on:** March 22, 2021, 07:44:51 PM »

"Heaven" lost me at the Falcon guide. Garbage company.

Speaking of garbage, Larry sent me a new Petzl hammer. I'm so done with Black Diamond's.

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Author Topic: You know you are a Pinnacles Climber when....... (Read 10024 times)

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