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The Wedge
Boulder climber
Santa Rosa & Bishop, CA
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Jun 17, 2013 - 07:03pm PT
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Bring on the Nubiles 5.9+ at seneca rocks wv is a break up climb. You could almost hear the dimond ring bouncing down the cliff.
"Honey...Hurry up"
Female...."Im trying"
few minutes go by...thunder and lightingh getting closer...
"Will ya just, hurry the FUC up"
long pause....................."I could use a little bit more encouragement than hurry the Fuc up"
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Jun 18, 2013 - 12:38am PT
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Gelsa in the Gunks... overheard about 1988:
Woman, in tears, about 8 feet up from the bottom, unable to see her boyfriend on the first belay. Since she was unable to figure out the climb and was getting more and more scared, the BF got more and more angry and frustrated.
Pretty soon she was terrified, and bawling, and he was downright pissed.
Him, harshly: "Do you love me?"
Her, through sobs: "Ye...ye...yes..."
Him, more harshly: "Do you trust me?"
Her, through more sobs: "Ye... ye... yes."
Him, yelling: "THEN CLIMB!"
Utter silence in the Near Trapps.
She survived; I hope they didn't.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jun 18, 2013 - 03:16am PT
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Here is a picture of my very kind, understanding and patient wife, and our son Lake....
Hiking up towards a climb on a very very hot day...my wife said to me, "We have never got into a fight before,...but if there isn't any shade up there....we are gonna;...and it's not gonna be very pretty...."........Lucky for me...there was shade;...and we did a new route too.......(Maybe she was bluffing....who knows....)......16 years later;...we still have not gotten into a fight;.....(Call Guiness book of records...we may be in.)...
Here's one of my favorite quotes from my wife about "having words" with each other....
"Why would I ever get into a fight with you;...you aren't as smart as me and you are wrong".........(can't argue that logic..).....I am so lucky to have married the right one...
For us guys;.....well, ...we have to survive the awkward years for males;....12 to 45 years old..........after that;...I believe it gets easier.
Men;.....1. We are born
2. We are wrong
3. We die
Keeping it simple....
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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Jun 18, 2013 - 03:17am PT
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Haha Cooker, forgot about that video. Yep, that's a definite breakup.
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KitKat
Trad climber
Strawberry
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Jun 18, 2013 - 03:27am PT
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One time... My ex decided it was a good idea to take me up a big wall and teach me how to aid climb.... Nuff said!
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Jun 18, 2013 - 06:25am PT
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Coming off the top of Tahquitz a partner and I settled in to watch a guy trying to haul his girl over the horn on Traitor Horn. He should have anchored right at the lip but was well over the hump and hadn't placed proper directionals to boot. It didn't sound good :).
Kind of embarrassing but I had a bit of a meltdown on Traitor Horn. There were 3 of us. Leader cruises the route. I'm next; no problem till I was under the horn. Could not figure out the move out from under the horn.
It was a frigging cold, windy day. So the third is hanging at the first pitch belay while I spend about 45 minutes trying to figure this move out. Third is constantly yelling (re: cursing) at me to get moving; he is freezing. So there I am, a .10c goober stuck forever on a .8 move.
Finally found the jug and pulled through, but third was pissed at me the rest of the weekend.
Not exactly a break up, but a sign of how it can happen.
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tooth
Trad climber
B.C.
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Jun 18, 2013 - 09:33am PT
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Cathedral Peak,
I asked my wife to marry me on the top!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jun 18, 2013 - 09:42am PT
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Traitor Horn could probably support a whole separate epic thread.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 18, 2013 - 09:50am PT
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Years ago my wife to be and I climbed Rawl Drive in TM. She by the way was a much better climber than me when we first met. Anyway I led the overhang did the traverse but didn't see the bolt up and right. I kept climbing out left on thin runout terrain and finally clipped a rusty 1/4" spinner. I look back over my right shoulder and see that I'm completely off route with no way of reversing my moves.
I'm about to die and she's pissed and says something about me being blind as a bat. I reached deep and continued climbing up unprotected 5.9 and 10a rock and finally reach a ledge with little rope left. I had some small TCU's and built a crappy belay and brought her up. As she reached the 5.10 terrain I told her not to fall. She gives me that "you are a complete idiot" look and smoothly climbs up to the belay and then runs it out to the top.
We've been together for 20 years only because I've continued to admit to my idiocy and take direction on a regular basis. In fact my life improved dramatically once I realized it was far easier to work for her than with her ;^) All kidding aside my wife is awesome, can't believe she puts up with my folly......being a man is a full time job.
Charlie D.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 18, 2013 - 01:02pm PT
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I feel for you, Gal! And Magnolia Thunder Pussy is a gem that you will savor, when the time is ripe!
Here's a breakup climb you can appreciate Gal.; Areal Vermin at the Pit! I'd done it before, but hadn't sport climbed in a while, and it was one of my early forties birthdays no less... I sent it on lead! Then she did! Then, somehow later that day, We didn't send, and instead sent each other packing!
Life's like that sometimes....
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Jun 18, 2013 - 01:17pm PT
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I took my girlfriend (at the time) up Tangerine Trip for my third El Cap route, BITD. We made it to the top but there was definitely some melt downs up there. One of the times, I called for gear she stood up on the portaledge and walked towards the belay/gear, like it was a sidewalk.
You can imagine what happened when she got to the edge?
Luckily, I was on something solid, ha ha.
Edit: I forgot to mention we had just bivied, so she wasn't exactly tied in short.
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WBraun
climber
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Jun 18, 2013 - 01:22pm PT
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LOL !!!!!! ^^^^^
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Jun 18, 2013 - 01:52pm PT
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I broke up with this ahole guy who kept taking me up super run out sketchy climbs up in T-Meadows. However, the other reasons he was one of those kinda guys who every time a woman would walk by us, he'd turn and watch her till she was out of site, PLUS, before the last trip we went on to the Eastside he stated we should talk about all our skelatons in the closet, so he proceeds to tell me he once lived the swinger lifestyle. WHAT A SCUMBAG!!!!! plus in general he was an a.
I dumped him as soon as I got home. Creep.
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Philthy Phill
climber
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Jun 18, 2013 - 02:15pm PT
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I have tried on several occasions to climb Nutcracker in the afternoon, when the majority of climbers should be drinking cold ones in the meadow, only to be greeted by at least 3 parties waiting below the MANTEL!!! Usually someone's "significant" other, saddled with a 40lb pack, first multi-pitch climb, can be heard sobbing/cursing as the sun sets in the valley and on their relationship...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 18, 2013 - 02:30pm PT
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I broke up with myself on a number of climbs.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Jun 18, 2013 - 02:56pm PT
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The Prince of Darkness in Red Rocks in the winter. Well, it was a warm spell but the frozen creek should have been a bigger red flag.
We didn't break up though. We got married.
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AndyG
climber
San Diego, CA
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Jun 18, 2013 - 04:53pm PT
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I can never believe the idiots who have their inexperienced significant-other carry a pack full of stuff while seconding. When I climb multipitch routes with my wife my goal is that we both have a good time. I am a lot more experienced than she is. So I carry a pack with our shoes, water, food, etc. She doesn't have to carry anything except maybe a rain jacket. If I can't lead it carrying a pack with all our stuff I know she won't be able to climb it without a big struggle. Oh, and place gear after the crux on a traverse.
Andy
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Leggs
Sport climber
Is this a trick question?
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Jun 26, 2013 - 06:03pm PT
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Gal shared:
If your girlfriend says she doesn't like to boulder, but then tries to go for your sake, just tread lightly & be cool, ie: NICE.
The yelling come on come on, then the obvious not going to do it and downclimb, then the all disappointed irritated sigh, ohhh god... you could have done that, the implied you should try harder. Then the gf mentions the fact that she doesn't have health insurance, and bouldering is not worth a broken ankle and season off climbing, and then a Jesus Christ in response, your friends arrive, and not a word spoken to me the rest of the most miserable 3 hours.
Yep ... been there... Horrible feeling.
I'm sorry you had to experience the feeling too.
Instead of feeling jipped, I now feel free and much happier climbing with truly supportive friends who are proud of my efforts, no matter what.
~peace
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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Jun 26, 2013 - 07:15pm PT
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Oh, and place gear after the crux on a traverse.
been there!
I have been reforming my list of climbing partners too. I'm too old at this point to deal with negative people.
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