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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Aug 28, 2012 - 12:09pm PT
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And that's a really light load, too! Haaa!
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Aug 28, 2012 - 12:10pm PT
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Grade
Means "grade" unless it means "rating."
Lazy people don't say what they mean, they just try to get close enough to make things as confusing as possible.
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Aug 28, 2012 - 12:28pm PT
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"gravity creeps" unseen devils that weigh you down, randomly unclip things and the like. possible excuse for a fail/bail.
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craig mo
Trad climber
L.A. Ca.
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Aug 28, 2012 - 12:28pm PT
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"OTC" Off the couch
I sent that otc
"mud falcon" some one forgot there sacks
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Aug 28, 2012 - 01:05pm PT
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"Turtling" for dropping pad people is my fave so far. I may need to try that one day soon ;-) "Snail-eyed" is also one of the best. Years ago I saw a fine example of a "brown out" by a scared leader on the Shield headwall, that was a classic. Good thread - lots of laughs! Keep 'em comin.
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Aug 28, 2012 - 03:12pm PT
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When introducing beginners to tying two ropes together for rappelling, I never use the name "Euro Death Knot," or "EDK."
Instead I refer to it as the "American Happy, Fun, Useful Climbing Knot; It's Terriffic."
It usually takes them a while to figure out the acronym...
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froodish
Social climber
Portland, Oregon
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Aug 28, 2012 - 03:17pm PT
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Yellowpoint! I like it.
Raptored (v): To get shut down on a crag/climb due to a raptor nesting closure.
"we were gonna climb Dodd's Jam but we got raptored.
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moacman
Trad climber
Montana
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Aug 28, 2012 - 04:08pm PT
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Slog Fest.....
Hiking up a steep unmarked trail with a manditory 50 pound pack on a 90+ day to climb a four pitch choss pile...Lots of these in the Canadian Rockies......
A.K.A.....Death March.....
Stevo
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Aug 28, 2012 - 04:13pm PT
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Gravity Verification Team/Meeting/Data Collection - Gone climbing but don't want to calim it against limited time off. I'm meeting with the Gravity Verification Team offsite this afternoon for data collection.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 28, 2012 - 04:29pm PT
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Dude, that position was so wild, and the storm so wicked, I felt all Regan-Yeti hanging it out there. I was badass. You should have seen it.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Aug 28, 2012 - 05:26pm PT
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Who will string these terms together into a logical sentence which can only be understood by the initiates, said the Little Red Hen?
Not I, said the Mouse...I'm too tired from "rock climbing."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rock+climbing
My late spouse would have loved this one!
[I love you, too, Baby!]
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 28, 2012 - 06:10pm PT
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Worm drive; a critical technique in OW and squeeze chimneys
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pocoloco1
Social climber
The Chihuahua Desert
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Aug 28, 2012 - 07:10pm PT
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Partial Credit:
When you are working your way up an established route and decide to SLIDE on over two feet because the holds are much more accommodating.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Aug 28, 2012 - 07:20pm PT
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has someone said "mud falcon" yet? love that one. I use it all the time as code when I'm among climbers and non-climbers. inside joke, for sure.
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moacman
Trad climber
Montana
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Aug 28, 2012 - 07:45pm PT
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Rock Cop.....
A climber who criticizes other climbers ethics........
Stevo
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Aug 28, 2012 - 08:43pm PT
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That's EEO... Ethics Enforcement Officer
Rock Cop is the derogatory term.
;)
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2012 - 08:49pm PT
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"Turtling" and "Yellow-point" are ahead so far!
Good stuff. My vote goes to turtling, but not checking the box yet...
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Aug 28, 2012 - 09:16pm PT
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"Random" — A partner you literally meet for the first time at the parking lot of base of crag and know pretty much nothing about other than they purport to be a climber.
"My regular partner freaked out when we got to the climb... went home with his tail between his legs. So I ended doing the route with this random."
I seem to recall that this happened to Bridwell at Cerro Torre? And Desert Frank (picked up by Warren Harding vis a vis the FA of Keeler Needle) may be the ultimate in randoms:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=410603
Credit to Chris Kalous for this term.
Eric
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