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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 1, 2012 - 08:03pm PT
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stop saying "sandbag" when talking 'bout ratings.
It's lame-ass.
try using "STOUT" instead.
see the difference?
one is whinning and
one is steppin' up to the challenge
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Toss the rating out and send the climb. Either way it gets done and you look awesome.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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ST - old and new, home to some of the most sandbagging motherf*#kers in the world...
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ec
climber
ca
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To downplay or misrepresent one's ability in a game or activity in order to deceive (someone), especially in gambling: sandbagged the pool player by playing poorly in the first game when stakes were low.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I agree with michaeld. The term sandbag is just a rating that isn't a number. You can do it or you can't.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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3 letter grades off common hardman perception of a given rating = sandbag
Anything less is arguable subjective experience.
5.6 is supposed to be hard.
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surfstar
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Would "teabag" roll off the tongue better?
"Dude, that route was totally teabagged."
I think it makes more sense as a verb:
"Damn Josh ratings - got teabagged again."
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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How about calling routes "liberal" or "progressive" rather than soft or overprotected.
After all both are about equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity.
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Pennsylenvy
Gym climber
A dingy corner in your refrigerator
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You have no right to start this thread. Obviously you have no idea what a sandbag is. Fuk off and die noobie!
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fosburg
climber
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I think "sandbag" is a legitimate descriptive term for when a rating is downwardly exaggerated to such an extreme that it is clearly bullsh#t. Personally, I think the criteria is about 2 or 3 letter grades. So, for example Separate Reality at 11d seems pretty stout, probably more like 12a to onsight but not a true sandbag. But Energy Crisis or Bachar Yerian at 10d are total sandbags. Sandbagging implies an intent to deceive, usually with conscious or thinly veiled malice.
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