Here's a funny video my friend sent me. The perfect image of the wannabe climber that I have met several times.

http://lt11.com/2012/01/13/shit-climbers-say/

funny stuff

Fun, thanks for sharing. Take!!!

That's very SICK.

I don't know what any of that means, but it sure seemed funny…

Take..., take...,...,TAKE!!!

Been a long time since I've been in an indoor gym. Are there really folks like this?

This is not even bad actually. He did not even use "send it dude," or 100 other slang words I hear when I 'boulder'

ExcitableBoy wrote:Been a long time since I've been in an indoor gym. Are there really folks like this?

Been climbing outside for 6 hours yesterday but due to daylight being over I went to an indoor gym for 3 extra hours in the evening. Will probably go outside for 2 hours after work tonight and 3 more in the gym. So I spent a lot of time in the gym in general but just due to a lack of sunshine ...

I dare say most climbers should be able to partially identify themselves in that video, too, if they are honest with themselves.

I know I can

Been climbing outside for 6 hours yesterday but due to daylight being over I went to an indoor gym for 3 extra hours in the evening.

I hope you been practicing running a PDL for the Noze

He's not a real gym climber. There was no "gorilla yells" every time he made a move.

Use of grunts and yelling also seems to be a requirement to be a sport climber. Watched (listened) to a guy doing that when 3 feet off the ground on a 5.6 route last weekend. Didn't seem to do much for his climbing, nor did it impress the girls climbing the route next to him.

ExcitableBoy wrote:Been a long time since I've been in an indoor gym. Are there really folks like this?

Yes there are. I met this kids at school and started climbing with him. He started climbing at a gym and that's how he got into it. I showed him this video and he got pretty embarrassed because of how similar it was to him. For instance, he chalks up multiple times even on short routes, he will break and chalk up. I haven't used my chalk bag since last summer.

As long as there having fun is what I always say.

mconnell wrote:Use of grunts and yelling also seems to be a requirement to be a sport climber. Watched (listened) to a guy doing that when 3 feet off the ground on a 5.6 route last weekend. Didn't seem to do much for his climbing, nor did it impress the girls climbing the route next to him.

Do you think Chris Sharma climbing 5.15 would impress girls? He yells quite a bit.

Yes there are. I met this kids at school and started climbing with him. He started climbing at a gym and that's how he got into it. I showed him this video and he got pretty embarrassed because of how similar it was to him. For instance, he chalks up multiple times even on short routes, he will break and chalk up. I haven't used my chalk bag since last summer.

My hands sweat a lot, I chalk up a lot. What's the problem with that?

gym climbers chalk for every hold somehow ...

I never chalk, barely sweat ... Except on crimps i need chalk ...