You know you're a climber when.........
20 February 2009 - 12:18pm
You look at this pic and start looking for decent holds and gear placements.
http://pretentioustwat.deviantart.com/art/157b-111535049
Anyone else? She does have very lovely legs but I realised my gaze was straying round the rest of the pic starting to analyse the rock. Have also noticed I flag my foot and crimp random things too, strange the ways climbing leaks back into your "normal" everyday life.
20 February 2009 - 3:27pm
#2
You know your climber when......
You have at least three different weather websites book marked :lol: And you also check international weather patterns for oncoming good weather (even tho you really have no idea what your looking at)
20 February 2009 - 4:21pm
#3
You know your climber when......
You have at least three different weather websites book marked And you also check international weather patterns for oncoming good weather (even tho you really have no idea what your looking at)
Oh no..that is so me
I've caught the sickness
20 February 2009 - 5:18pm
#4
You have at least three different weather websites book marked And you also check international weather patterns for oncoming good weather (even tho you really have no idea what your looking at)
I do that too :D If one says it's going to rain tomorrow then it's obviously time to check another one until one says it's going to be sunny so I can go climb!
20 February 2009 - 7:54pm
#5
I know what crack i'd rather be putting my gear into... 8)
Well...you know your'e a Climber, when you go to the crag in dicey weather, expecting the best, but knowing that it will be bad anyway...but STILL attempt that climb ... in the rain....topping out a mantle that would be FINE if it was bone dry and not Niagra falls.
:x
21 February 2009 - 12:11am
#6
You know you're a climber when you lace up your running shoes so tight you wish they were 1 size smaller.
21 February 2009 - 6:05pm
#7
or when every door frame you walk thru has to be inspected for its 'pull up worthyness' 8)
21 February 2009 - 7:54pm
#8
or when every door frame you walk thru has to be inspected for its 'pull up worthyness' 8)
ouch this is so me :S
22 February 2009 - 2:57am
#9
....you buy your street shoes based on the what sort of rubber the soles are made of. "Just in case" you might find yourself wearing them as approach and/or climbing shoes.
22 February 2009 - 2:58am
#10
....you find yourself inspecting the underside of every freestanding set of stairs, for campus problems.
22 February 2009 - 8:26am
#11
....you buy your street shoes based on the what sort of rubber the soles are made of. "Just in case" you might find yourself wearing them as approach and/or climbing shoes.
:D My "street" shoes have Stealth rubber, I have 5.10 approach shoes as my street shoes, regularly second trad routes in them
Also noticed some great, if boringly even, splitter cracks in the concrete buildings at the University. Looking for routes up buildings is another bad habit. Definitely with you on the door frame pullups hobo_climber, I never cleaned the tops of door frames in my house until I became a climber.
22 February 2009 - 7:10pm
#12
Also noticed some great, if boringly even, splitter cracks in the concrete buildings at the University. Looking for routes up buildings is another bad habit.
UC has awesome buildering potential... we used to spend pretty much all our free time between lectures playin around on stuff... got some wierd looks when you walk into a lecture theatre and have forgotten to remove your chalk bag after an epic problem tho....
22 February 2009 - 10:03pm
#13
...if you've every tried to climb a tree using only bark profile.
22 February 2009 - 11:54pm
#14
...the words 'bomber' and 'truck' have meanings that differ significantly from those of the general public.
23 February 2009 - 12:53am
#15
...the words 'bomber' and 'truck'
and jugs :wink:
have meanings that differ significantly from those of the general public.
23 February 2009 - 3:02pm
#16
...if you've every tried to climb a tree using only bark profile.
:lol: Ive done some bark climbing... not as much fun as it sounds :lol:
I find myself doing heel hooks to get out of bed in the morning... It usually ranges from V1 to a V13 some mornings :lol:
26 February 2009 - 8:59am
#17
and smear and fist jam
26 February 2009 - 1:39pm
#18
or when every door frame you walk thru has to be inspected for its 'pull up worthyness' 8)
you got me
26 February 2009 - 9:27pm
#19
and smear and fist jam
...or "crack addiction" :)
27 February 2009 - 12:24am
#20
its ok to stare at peoples sweet racks...
ive been eyeing up the joints in roof of my room to place a couple of .5 s and hang a hammock, and rock rings, and my chair...and as anchors to rap out the window...
27 February 2009 - 8:53am
#21
Helen wrote:
and smear and fist jam
and smear and fist jam
...or "crack addiction" :D
Talking of which, starting trad climbing means I now have an innocent excuse to talk about the size of my nuts/rocks. :)
27 February 2009 - 9:53am
#22
You know your climber when......
You know your own 'ape' index in millimetres...
27 February 2009 - 1:37pm
#23
you know you're a climber when...
you look through your nice new geology textbook for the nicest rock to climb...
in fact that sort of leads on to me knowing im a climber because im spending 3 years studying them...
27 February 2009 - 6:08pm
#24
you measure your ape index in centimetres not millimetres..... (+5)
27 February 2009 - 9:08pm
#25
...I thought simply knowing what an "ape index" is signified a climber :lol:
28 February 2009 - 11:02am
#26
... when you live of coffee and pasta for weeks just so you can save for a new rope/cams. 8)
5 April 2009 - 10:28am
#27
...you find that the tree in your yard becomes a great campus problem
6 April 2009 - 11:04am
#28
and that a Summerhill Stone house can become a challenging traverse problem.....
9 April 2009 - 10:30am
#29
...you've wondered if its worth trying to traverse out of the carpark at work(In the weekend of course......)
or the water pipes in the basement of your work seem like an interesting roof problem
17 April 2009 - 8:17pm
#30
Haha, the water pipe at my work IS a boulder problem. 8)
13 May 2010 - 1:40pm
#31
Hey all, new here. I quite liked the look of this old topic, so thought I might try to get the ball rolling again ;)
You know you're a climber when.... you train your mono strength by carrying your supermarket shopping bags back to the car by one finger.
i love the comments...
and tru that i crimp shit all the time