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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Dec 17, 2012 - 03:51pm PT
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haha, you watched a boring video and assume the pursuit is boring?
Ever watch a trad climbing video?
[Click to View YouTube Video]
zzzzzzzzzzzzz..........
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 29, 2012 - 01:55pm PT
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BO-ring
Soul Slanger
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 29, 2012 - 04:02pm PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 10, 2013 - 08:02pm PT
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Bouldering is only as boring as you make it.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Feb 10, 2013 - 09:49pm PT
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It's much ado about nothing.....and nothing matters!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 10, 2013 - 09:52pm PT
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What would Shockley say?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 10, 2013 - 10:02pm PT
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Feb 10, 2013 - 10:04pm PT
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So we were on a hike today, that ended by going through the Kraft Boulders.
The ground around all the boulders - several feet away from the boulders in most cases - had not a single thing growing. Trails all over the place due to the amount of people out there, of which there was at least 30 by early morning.
One of the boulders in particular was coated pure white in a strip about 4 foot wide and 10 feet long, across an entire lip. No way this is going to get washed off by one of our rare rain storms. Or several of them for that matter.
Would any of the bouldering types here care to explain to me why that's necessary? Most of the time I see these guys and gals, they have a chalk pot or three and their arms are coated halfway to their elbows.
The boulders were all covered in chalk to some degree, and ones like the one I described are really pissing off the local homeowners, which right now I agree with. I'd sure like to know what the justification is for that, because I sure don't get it.
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Crackslayer
Trad climber
Eldo
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Feb 10, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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Bouldering is very necessary in climbing. I am just starting to take it seriously and hopefully it will be more enjoyable when I get better at it. Eldo is a hard place to go bouldering but it is kind of a mini bouldering destination. But it is what it is and bouldering is just practice for the real thing.
What I don't get is bouldering videos that all those d-bags publish. We get it, you climbed a tiny rock, big deal. It's practice climbing. Highball is a different story but for every 10 ft boulder with a v5 on it there are like 20 youtube movies. IMO these movies are as boring as old dudes telling you how hard they climbed BITD :)
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Baggins
Boulder climber
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Feb 10, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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I think that when you're climbing at you're limit having even slightly slick hands will make you pop off. So, that's the reason ppl use chalk.
Do they use too much? Probably. Tick marks are the worst. But they do help you climb in some situations.
Do local homeowners have the right to be pissed? Well, anyone has the right to be pissed about anything. So yes. But in the grand scheme of things, if this is their greatest worry in life I think they've got things sorted.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Feb 10, 2013 - 10:31pm PT
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No way this is going to get washed off by one of our rare rain storms. Or several of them for that matter.
Clearly you have not been there during the summer Tstorms.
Would any of the bouldering types here care to explain to me why that's necessary?
Because.
The boulders were all covered in chalk to some degree, and ones like the one I described are really pissing off the local homeowners
Really? Where did you hear they were upset?
I'd sure like to know what the justification is for that, because I sure don't get it.
Really? That close to Vegas, a 200 square mile ecological and scenic DEESASTER and the least sustainable civilization in the country, and you are worried about human impacts at a 0.06 square mile boulder field? Seriously?
(Watching Ondra climb is mind blowing)
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 11, 2013 - 10:10pm PT
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bored. boring. bo-ring.
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patrick compton
Trad climber
van
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Apr 13, 2013 - 09:01am PT
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The fastest growing aspect of climbing is bouldering, because it is boring.
Kids these days, they love to be bored.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 13, 2013 - 09:58am PT
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Maybe bouldering is big out west but not so much here in the north east. have not seen a pad person in several years...
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Apr 13, 2013 - 12:25pm PT
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Maybe bouldering is big out west but not so much here in the north east.
Hmmm, I wonder why...
I bouldered at Smuggler's once... once.
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