Favorite climbing Phrases

"Dyno to fist jam"

"i'm not leading any more pitches, and we ain't goin' down"

said a big marines looking sorta dude to a small fella with glasses, half way up the nose....

Just take a sip of man up and f*****g get on with it!

#1

Q: "Where are the holds?!"

A: "There are no holds so you'll have to use skill."

#2

Belayer to leader on El Cap: "You get that fucking rope up there!!!"

"you might need to remind me that I'm leading."

Leader to me-"You are fixed, release The Pig! "

Joan Lee wrote:"You are fixed, release The Pig! "

"Just chalk all the piss off your hands"

"Just let me answer this call, it's important!!"

Time to get out of the boat and start swimming.....

If you don't let go, you won't fall.

"Gimme a lot of slack!"
"I have to do a jump move...FALLING!"

Surfer/climbing dude describing a climbing fall witnessed; "I saw this dude out in J-Tree. He was totally, way cranked out in sketch ville on the tiny, gnarly holds. So he started doing the Elvis, botched a move, decked out, and did the fish dance."

Surfer/climbing dude describing a climbing fall witnessed; "I saw this dude out in J-Tree. He was totally, way cranked out in sketch ville on the tiny, gnarly holds. So he started doing the Elvis, botched a move, decked out, and did the fish dance."

C: "You've given someone a lead belay before?"
B: "I'm aware I'll be letting rope out."
C: "Okay... (Hesitation)"

"When in doubt, run it out!"
"This is slicker than snot" when describing really water polished rock.

Less rack, more sack!

"That's a nice crack for my nuts!"

Tradster wrote:"When in doubt, run it out!"

"Pro-tential"

-The potential for a climb to be well protected

"That crack over there has some pro-tential!"

Often used when route finding after you've already pulled through the crux pitches and you've forgotten where the guidebook says to go from there.