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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 23, 2012 - 02:34pm PT
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But even if you just went there to Hike - the human mind has not invented a place like Josh even in fiction.
Yeah, there's a reason Joshua Tree is one of the most amazing National Parks in the world, and it has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with the climbing there. Same with Yosemite for that matter. Even if climbing had never been invented, Josh and Yosemite would be Power Spots.
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2012 - 04:22pm PT
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Poor Wes.... still not getting it and all wrong again.
As for Alex, this ain't about him and the sooner you get his nuts off your chin the sooner you might realize that it does not matter who the climber is or was.
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climbnplay
climber
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Jan 23, 2012 - 04:59pm PT
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Fuking hilarious that an aid climber who spends so much time resting on heaps of gear while climbing a fuking ladder with knee pads questions 18" of foam and 3 spotters for a 50' high ball.
thumbs up!
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:19pm PT
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If we're comparing heaps of gear, I'd say 34 pads is volume wise maybe 10 times as much as an aid team doing a grade IV.
Not sure how Wes concluded that Russ is jealous of Alex... but everyone is an internet psychologist these days. And of course Joshua Tree sucks, and everything in CA is a low angle waste of time, yadda yadda.
Props to Alex for doing this thing! Now, about the 34... would he have done it with 31? Or could they not get their hands on a 35th and gunned for it anyway?
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:27pm PT
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I guess Alex cared about volume?
How many car and human trips did it take to get 34 pads in that hole? 20?
Interesting observation though... it seems to me that many of your posts are designed to detract from somebody's achievements.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:35pm PT
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Maybe stemming from your deep resentment of those people based on your sad inadequacy?
Low T?
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Jim Clipper
Social climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:45pm PT
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It is about how many pads are too many. Anyone got a number yet?
I'll give it a shot. one, (or one less...)
One: I've never been remotely near that head space, but it seemed like he ultimately didn't need a pad. Could it have been practiced purely on top rope? I assume he didn't "use" the pads the last time he sent it. (please don't infer that I am commenting on style).
One less: It was really his call. He used what he needed to climb it.
Finally, a story for Russ: (purveyor of bouldering pads, and other climbing paraphernalia). A professor I knew did field work in the Mojave. He measured the growth rate of shrubs. He had a data set that extended back 25 years at least. When he went out in the field, there was a piss bush. In his study area, they never pissed anywhere else. Maybe ironically, the piss bush thrived.
I've heard you can still see Conestoga wagon tracks in the desert. Finally, I was thinking that the consequences of falling on a guardrail may have been much the same, as the risk for sir honold. There always seems to be the push to go bigger and for more. Ahhh... simpler times, or looking towards a sensible devolution.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:49pm PT
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The answer is 6. No more, no less.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:52pm PT
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42 is the answer, of course. Although a towel is probably also necessary.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:56pm PT
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Three Dog Night says two can be as bad as one
Tootsie Pop Owl says three
Russ made a thread up just for fun
And Wes cried wee wee wee
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 06:02pm PT
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A towel is definitely more useful than 42 pads. Long live Custer.
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go-B
climber
Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Jan 23, 2012 - 06:09pm PT
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On sale now, the new Puspad!
"STICK IT EVERY TIME"
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kennyt
climber
California
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Jan 23, 2012 - 06:47pm PT
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Geez Wes take a Prozac and a Viagra and take your girl bouldering
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 23, 2012 - 07:02pm PT
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Having happened upon this scene a week ago I would like to look at the side effect of all those pads being carried up there. It seemed like there was a sh#t ton of erosion on that little approach trail that leads up to one of the most sacred places in the Buttermilk. Not to mention the amount of down feathers that were harvested to keep those fifteen or so people warm while they waited for Alex to send. But all that impact pales in comparison to the amount of impact one climbing video can have on a landing/trail.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jan 23, 2012 - 08:40pm PT
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If you put a million pads in Cowboys stadium you would have to raise the giant tv.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jan 23, 2012 - 08:56pm PT
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Marvelous day at Enchanted Rock Today
bitchin', Riley! what did you get on?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Jan 23, 2012 - 08:58pm PT
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Seems like you can wave some money (and film crews) in Alex's face, and he's down for whatever. I never been a fan of the social aspect of bouldering - going as a group - "Cmon guy's grab your trendy cars and clothes, all the identifying utensils (pads etc) and head toward the most popular, and populated bouldering area, and we'll all pile our pads up together!" Something like that.
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fsck
climber
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Jan 23, 2012 - 09:04pm PT
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thick pads everywhere
stacked up like a delicious
birthday cake of foam
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climbnplay
climber
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Jan 23, 2012 - 09:30pm PT
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I climb, I don't lay around on pads.
joined a month ago and repeatedly seeing posts like this led me to the realization that this forum is full of whiny bitchy old hags. i'll show myself to the door.
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fsck
climber
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Jan 23, 2012 - 09:37pm PT
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this thread could use a maxi pad or two
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