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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jan 23, 2012 - 12:19am PT
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i do hear that cartilage is useful when you get older
Heh, heh, heh. Some of you will live long enough to reap that reward.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 01:13am PT
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Well, this is weschrist. He is neither strong nor bold, but he is a complainer and a contrarian, so just let him run with it.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 01:24am PT
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Word Dave
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Jan 23, 2012 - 01:34am PT
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Oh oh, Wes. Looks like you've P.O.'d the big dogs again. Heh.
Curt
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 23, 2012 - 09:56am PT
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This is something that seems to be lacking in this sport, everyone thinks they're the sh#t, and really they are and they are not at the same time!
Um, you may need to get out more. In my experience, among longterm climbers, way more like your water analogy than not.
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John Butler
Social climber
SLC, Utah
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Jan 23, 2012 - 10:03am PT
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Oh, and JTree is choss.
yes.... lovely, beautiful choss... and easy routes that I should ever admit to enjoying... and harder climbs that I dare not attempt in front of anyone but my closest friends.
Along with the best sunrises, sunsets and campfire communions anywhere on planet Earth.
You know you want to love the place ;-)
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 23, 2012 - 10:11am PT
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I *heart* CHOSS
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2012 - 10:28am PT
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Wes, as usual misses the point, quickly loses grasp of the topic, and then tries to get traction with his anti old people rantings. Maybe Wes could sit the rest of this one out. We've heard you Wes, but your shtick is tired, your leg humping is unflattering, and yeah, you're an as#@&%e.
So, back to the Q:
It's not about Alex, it's not about Wes, it is not about me and my retirement community homies. It is not about how all the BITD guys were hard as nails and the modern-day climber is a pussy. It is about how many pads are too many. Anyone got a number yet?
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Jan 23, 2012 - 10:30am PT
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So, if people start hauling out so many pads they don't have friends enough to carry them, would they need to put them in a....Paddie Wagon?
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jan 23, 2012 - 10:58am PT
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Riley thanks to the link on that video. It really gives you a good since of how tall that thing is when they are sitting on top of it and the "holds" he is using look super small.
Russ, I think two is just right if one is able to fit inside the other. Three is too many....for me to carry.
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 10:59am PT
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Pads can make you harder....but
Downclimbing will make you smarter...
I wonder what people think when they see a couple guys with no shirts and wearing beanies with matresses strapped to their backs running into the woods together. too fukn' funny.
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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Jan 23, 2012 - 11:02am PT
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Pads are like Cheesburgers, single patty with a little bacon is okay.
Double patty and your asking for heart and soul trouble down the line.
The real question is how much pie to eat after the top out.
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pleasantOs
Trad climber
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Jan 23, 2012 - 11:35am PT
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even one is too many!
risk it all for nothing?
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go-B
climber
Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Jan 23, 2012 - 12:17pm PT
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I don't think I could do it on topropes either, sans the SOLO!
Still, Rad with Pads!
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tarek
climber
berkeley
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Jan 23, 2012 - 12:36pm PT
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A: more pads than the boulder is tall in feet. Thought everyone knew that.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jan 23, 2012 - 02:09pm PT
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Well if during a period of heavy flow you can't get your capris back up you may have too many pads.
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Mick Ryan
Trad climber
The Peaks
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Jan 23, 2012 - 02:11pm PT
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Oh come on Russ. Leave the youth of today alone.
What would you do on a tall face like that? I nearly bolted it after rapping down it and trying some of the 'impossible' moves.
There has been full disclosure about Alex's style: top rope practice, then solo above multiple pads.
Like Robbins said, it's up to future climbers to improve on the style ascent (which is why Robbins stayed off The Thimble...he wasn't 'flat out' good enough to ground up it after Gill's headpoint (tr then solo above the railings).....and Robbins walked away.... wadda God!
Anyway, it's partly your fault...and Shermans, and Mike Beck (or Call), and Pottengers, and Schelk's ...... for introducing bouldering pads/mats and manufacturing them in the first place.
Tee-hee
Mick
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jan 23, 2012 - 02:17pm PT
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Who cares? There was plenty of stamped down vegetation in the dark ages before pads. There are just tons of more boulderers now.
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Jan 23, 2012 - 02:18pm PT
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^^^ it's guidebook authors fault as well. bwah.
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