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Do You Climb Naked?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:42 pm
by Mark Doiron
Not a serious question, of course (if you do, please keep it to yourself!). But, there's at least one sculptor who thought some rock climbers do. I guess it's artistic license ...

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:28 pm
by atavist
Never.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:11 pm
by MoapaPk
I do know a guy who always tries to "peak bag" naked.
http://www.peakbagger.com/climber/Climber.aspx?cid=662

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:23 pm
by MarthaP
I am a member of Mike Reardon's Mojo Club. 8)

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:47 pm
by MoapaPk
Catamount wrote:
MoapaPk wrote:I do know a guy who always tries to "peak bag" naked.
http://www.peakbagger.com/climber/Climber.aspx?cid=662


Hmmm. I didn't see anything about naked peakbagging. Only that his ex-wife is a smokin' hot stripper who is half his age. :lol:

Anyway, enough people climb/hike naked that there is really nothing shocking about it. Didn't really think that sculpture was anything too impressive. Probably just the fact that it's in the middle of town that makes it "newsworthy."


He used to have more about it; could be that the new wife gives him new motivation to protect the jewels. There is typically a note on the rupees he leaves in registers:
http://hwstock.org/gb8/html/IMG_6080-nepal-rupee.htm

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:09 pm
by MoapaPk
Colin Fletcher used to advocate hiking naked. I wanted to invite him to the Adirondacks during black fly season.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:45 pm
by Andinistaloco
I don't usually climb naked but getting naked on the summit is always an option.

As long as too many people aren't around, that is.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:52 pm
by Arthur Digbee
Does anybody have the sunburn to prove it?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:24 pm
by armorfoot
Sometimes I'll sit around camp in just my boxers...

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:40 pm
by MarthaP
Image

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:31 pm
by MoapaPk
Dingus Milktoast wrote:I think I traumatized a Pinyon Jay.


Nuts form a large part of a pinyon jay's diet.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:55 pm
by Rob A
Image

Dick Williams makes the first nude ascent of Shockley's Ceiling, in 1964.
His buddies took off with his clothes so his descent was also a first.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:25 pm
by silversummit
Rob A wrote:Image

Dick Williams makes the first nude ascent of Shockley's Ceiling, in 1964.
His buddies took off with his clothes so his descent was also a first.


A little warning next time please...(while cleaning tuna sandwich off my laptop screen :lol: )

That's one of the funniest climbing items I've read in along time!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:21 pm
by Clydascope

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:30 pm
by Bob Burd
I've done a few naked walks in desert washes of the Mojave and Mexico, but I can't imagine naked peakbagging. Perhaps it's because I'm not confident in my scrambling skills to keep from inadvertently scraping my knees or worse.