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dhayan
climber
los angeles, ca
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:40am PT
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I can't believe I keep reading this thread.
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cat t.
climber
california
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Aug 27, 2015 - 11:31am PT
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There are no real men in San Francisco, so how could there be any at the gym? :)
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viv.r.e
climber
Sacramento
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Aug 27, 2015 - 11:52am PT
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Gym climbing is like masterbation, it's a perfectly acceptable substitute if you don't have access to something better.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Aug 27, 2015 - 11:57am PT
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Viv is a serial masturbator! :)
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viv.r.e
climber
Sacramento
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Aug 27, 2015 - 12:03pm PT
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Baseless unproven accusation. I demand 10 peer reviewed articles showing this before you make such claims.
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overwatch
climber
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Aug 27, 2015 - 12:20pm PT
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Post deleted so as to not kill the vibe of this incredible thread. What can I say I am giver.
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viv.r.e
climber
Sacramento
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Aug 27, 2015 - 12:25pm PT
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Post deleted since overwatch is a giver.
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overwatch
climber
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Aug 27, 2015 - 12:40pm PT
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story of my life
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cat t.
climber
california
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Aug 27, 2015 - 02:02pm PT
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Gym climbing is like masterbation, it's a perfectly acceptable substitute if you don't have access to something better. Eh, isn't it more like showing a porn in the cinema?
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Aug 27, 2015 - 02:21pm PT
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I only gym climb for the yoga pants.
I only gym climb so I could see your pink zebra lycra. When lucky...
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cat t.
climber
california
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Aug 27, 2015 - 02:23pm PT
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My mother, who I'm proud to say I've taught to troll, said in response to this thread:
"Your friends only support your opinion because they like looking at your butt when you climb"
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cat t.
climber
california
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Aug 27, 2015 - 03:17pm PT
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I only gym climb so I could see your pink zebra lycra. When lucky... sweater AND lycra. killin' it.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Aug 27, 2015 - 03:18pm PT
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Call her Kitten, she secretly likes it. Be her furry monster.
Dream man, but wtf is that a seahawk hat?!
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cat t.
climber
california
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Aug 27, 2015 - 04:23pm PT
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Also, locals in Potrero Chico can't handle pink zebra tights and will freak out. That's the only day I wore them.
rampant sexism, that's what that is. unfair female advantage; they liked my unicorn and kitten tights just fine. keep fighting the good fight for lycra equality, mike!!!!
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Aug 27, 2015 - 05:45pm PT
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A climbing gym's relationship to real rock is similar to the relationship between a skatepark to an empty swimming pool. Rock and pools have a visceral, very real and honest character that is missing from their contrived, manufactured counterparts. The best skateparks are the ones that actually have real-deal swimming pools - kinda rare. I don't know if there is such thing as a best climbing gym. All the ones I've seen (never climbed in one) seemed kinda dorky. The one is San Luis Obispo is about three driving miles from an absolutely great crag, right in the middle of town.
Similarly, I live right on the coast, and there is a wooden boardwalk right at the edge of the coastal bluffs, a few yards from the surf. But, I see people three miles away, inside a smelly gym, walking on treadmills. WTF????
Maybe gyms are for people who get poison oak, and are terrified when small, burrowing mammals challenge them for a snack.
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viv.r.e
climber
Sacramento
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Aug 27, 2015 - 06:04pm PT
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Eh, isn't it more like showing a porn in the cinema?
Unless you're just sitting watching people boulder in the gym, I think what you're describing would be more like going to see Reel Rock or the Banff film fest...mountain porn... sounds like a fetish.
Single pitch is a quickie.
FAs/FFAs are BDSM.
Not sure about sport climbing and multipitch trad though.
P.S. Going back to an earlier comment in thread...this is a good sample of what a conversation between two women climbers can be.
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cat t.
climber
california
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Aug 27, 2015 - 06:28pm PT
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The gym = using tinder in the bay
Sh#t crag = using tinder in bishop
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Aug 27, 2015 - 08:21pm PT
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Like posting to a thread compared to a real human interaction. Oh the humanity! :-)
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viv.r.e
climber
Sacramento
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:17pm PT
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fivethirty, if this is true:
I'm not sure I buy the analogies.
Then why does this sound so similar to my original analogy for gym climbing:
I'd much rather climb in Yosemite every day than the gym, but that's not an option for me... [Gym Climbing is] a fun end in and of itself.
If the rock is your partner, then there are many types of rock. Some of them you may want to avoid. Some people like to climb on many different kinds of rock, but others specialize in just one. You might get bored with a rock that seemed ok at the beginning (it was the closest thing and you hadn't touched real rock in awhile...aka Castle Rock for you...but eventually you went back to gym climbing/masturbation because it's better than disappointment). There are even individuals that like choss because they think this adds to the spiciness.
When I was interacting with humans at a climbing gym (I think this is called the socializing that has ruined climbing as a discipline) some more came to me:
Bouldering is really intense, but only lasts 2-5 minutes.
Multipitch trad is hours on end.
Alpine climbing is all night long with your soulmate.
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