By Pinklebear
Dec 7, 2012
| I tell people I'm in the third grade. That way the first and second graders know I can beat them up, but the fourth and fifth graders will think twice about pushing me down and taking my lunch money since they know I'm almost as old as they are. | 
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By docsavage
From Albuquerque, NM
Dec 7, 2012
| Grades are so subjective ... just call yourself Lord of Rock & walk away.... |
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By Kenan
Dec 7, 2012
| Really? A multi-page thread on how to tell people what grade you climb? |
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By Ben Brotelho
From Albany, NY
Dec 7, 2012
| I tell people your mom is so easy she's 4th class, but that's what I usually climb! |
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By camhead
From The Old Northwest
Dec 7, 2012
| Guy Keesee wrote: 5.15C is my standard answer. I don't wish to brag.
You probably say, "five fifteen CEE." And then you dance!
DANCE!!! |
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By Kegan Minock
From colorado springs
Dec 7, 2012
| if you can climb 3 climbs of a certain grade that is what you climb |
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By A.Javi.Gecko
From San Diego, CA
Dec 7, 2012
| docsavage wrote: Grades are so subjective ... just call yourself Lord of Rock & walk away....
How about climbing a no-hands slab and calling yourself Luke Slabwalker... thats one way I impress new partners (with bad humor rather than skill). |
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By saint_john
Dec 7, 2012
| Nic Lazzareschi wrote: I am wondering what people say the grade they can climb when asked by a climber they dont know.
Does that even happen?
Asking someone you don't know what grade they climb is a major-league dork-move. |
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By Colonel Mustard
From Reno, NV
Dec 7, 2012
| camhead wrote: You probably say, "five fifteen CEE." And then you dance! DANCE!!!
No, not watching Adam f'ing Ondra make an ass of himself again. |
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By todd w
Dec 7, 2012
| Nic Lazzareschi wrote: I am wondering what people say the grade they can climb when asked by a climber they dont know.
Whatever has the most stars. |
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By Buff Johnson
Dec 7, 2012
| Guy Keesee wrote: 5.15C is my standard answer. I don't wish to brag.
There are only three grades in trad: 5.6, 5.9+, and 5.2
It's all 5.6 if you do it right
5.9+ is harder than 5.6
and 5 2 hard is everything above that |
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By Jon Zucco
From Denver, CO
Dec 7, 2012
| I generally just tell people what i've been working on lately. try to be honest with myself and my partners. |
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By Kirby1013
From Baltimore Maryland
Dec 7, 2012
| Asking a guy what grade he climbs is like asking how big his d*ck is.
All yous are full of sh*t!! I don't know, It doesn't matter.. Yea, OK. |
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By Stich
From Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dec 7, 2012
| You tell people what grade you can consistently, day in and day out onsight. That's if you want to look like you know what you're doing. If you intend to hang dog, pull on gear, make a complete mess of everything you just say, "I can get up ______" whatever grade you are comfortable aiding.
But really, the best reply is "Fuck you! What grade do you climb, duuuuuuuuude?!!!!!" |
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By Tony B
From Around Boulder, CO
Dec 7, 2012
| Jake Jones wrote: I don't. Honestly it never comes up. If asked, I say I climb easy stuff- which I do. I can't ever recall being asked specifically what grade I climb.
Jake Jones is in the Partner Finder and is open to climbing with new people.
Personal: Lives in The Eastern Flatlands, 37 years old, Male
Likes to climb: Trad, Sport, TR, Gym climbs
Trad: Leads 5.8 Follows 5.9
??? |
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By Tony B
From Around Boulder, CO
Dec 7, 2012
| camhead wrote: It's simple. You take the easiest climb that you've fallen on in the last six months, and subtract a number from it. That's the grade that you climb. Next question, please?
camhead
Likes to climb: Trad, Sport, TR, Gym climbs
Trad: Leads 5.12a Follows 3rd
Sport: Leads 5.12a Follows 5.9
(???) |
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By Cale Hoopes
From Sammamish, WA
Dec 7, 2012
| Once again...
I ice climb because it improves my gym climbing. |
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By OldManRiver
From Cottonwood Heights, UT
Dec 7, 2012
| before I climb with anyone it's imperative that they answer the following questions:
- Do you know how to catch a lead fall?
- Do you have any beer with you?
Grade isn't very important folks. |
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By Baumer
From Boulder, CO
Dec 7, 2012
| It's simple. You take the easiest climb that you've fallen on in the last six months, and subtract a number from it. That's the grade that you climb. quote>
Kegan Minock wrote: if you can climb 3 climbs of a certain grade that is what you climb
If I went by these two methods, my answer would vary by FOUR number grades...
I do get asked this question a lot, because I teach nOOBs for a living, and they don't know any better. I usually try to say something about how grades aren't important, it's about enjoying the experience, blah blah. If they press the issue, I bust out the firehose and just spray all over them ;-) |
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By Jake Jones
From The Eastern Flatlands
Dec 7, 2012
| Tony B wrote: Jake Jones is in the Partner Finder and is open to climbing with new people. Personal: Lives in The Eastern Flatlands, 37 years old, Male Likes to climb: Trad, Sport, TR, Gym climbs Trad: Leads 5.8 Follows 5.9 ???
Hahaha! Touche Tony. Valid point I suppose, but still, I've never been specifically asked. |
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By camhead
From The Old Northwest
Dec 7, 2012
| Tony B wrote: camhead Likes to climb: Trad, Sport, TR, Gym climbs Trad: Leads 5.12a Follows 3rd Sport: Leads 5.12a Follows 5.9 (???)
Last climb I fell off of was an 11c. So, I'm a 10c climber. |
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By Princess Mia
From Vail
Dec 7, 2012
| Grades only count if you include how hard you crank on off-widths....... |
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