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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 8, 2015 - 03:11pm PT
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What are some terms that mean something different today than the original, maybe just disappeared forever or are currently sidelined and waiting to be rediscovered/repurposed?
The discussion on Redpointing v. Pinkpointing is interesting. -guess the new generation took it over and gave it a generalized definition. Kind of like the innocent rainbow that is used in certain nonclimbing circles....
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Crustard= gives a sh#t. about pinkpointing
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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"HELP!"
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philo
Trad climber
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel or a tr
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Summit.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Well, 5.9 certainly changed meaning from "nearly as hard a bit as can be climbed" to "beginner route."
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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No kidding--I was so blown the first 5.9 I ever did-I've never gone back. Makes me wonder was it really?
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two-shoes
Trad climber
Auberry, CA
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hang-dogging is now just - working a route.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel or a tr
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Style.
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two-shoes
Trad climber
Auberry, CA
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Yes, and "did it" meant you led it of course, too.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Onsight.
THEN-Upon first sight, no beta, not gear list, no watching another climber.
NOW-I guess you can watch your buddy climb it. Get the beta, and rack, climb up to the crux, then down climb. Wait 10 min and then climb it with no falls or other shenanigans = onsight.
I always believed the only true onsight, is the FA if done with no falls or hangs...Can't get any more pure unless you honnold it.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Slabby used to mean something less than 70 degree angle or so? Now it's anything less than 90 degrees? Or 110 degrees?
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Cancer Boy
Trad climber
Freedonia
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Grim. No elaboration is necessary.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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The verb "to third class a route or pitch". Now free solo
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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"How's yer mom?"
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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(Fish, ???)
The word climbing, the meaning has changed,
The word has a comfy non defiant change, a fit in and be common place.
Where once it was any thing but compliant or trendy,
It was a bit of a game,We were proud to strive to climb it in the best style,
getting better and reducing the number of points of protection until it had been reduced to Third class, a solo .
CLIMBING,
it was a verb - and demanded that one climb without weighting the rope, non-stop from point to point or from bottom to top. if it was a free climb.
anything else was A0 Or A1,
Then there was the embracing of, french free. Which is like french frys' done in bacon grease, to a diet, if you were striving for hi-style & purity .
The 'Cheating' ways that sport climbers used BITD, are the common 'workin' the route' practices of today.
I think that a bluring of the line may have been ok at some point when the 5.13c/d went up and down before the 5.14 consensus/breakthrough?? but that was above my pay scale .
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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Flash. Nobody uses that term anymore.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2015 - 04:40pm PT
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The word climbing, the meaning has changed,
Great stuff upthread, but this quote really mind f'd me! So right..so thought provoking. Awesome!
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2015 - 04:45pm PT
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Is Friable still used? - I do but seems most use "Chossy" to mean friable or chossy.
My definition understanding is/was:
Friable - crumbly sandy and/or muddy type rock
Chossy - crumbly rock with bigger pieces breaking off
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