WHERE HAVE ALL THE CLIMBERS GONE

DAYUM!!! Why's it so hard to find climbin' peeps up in this city?
Get off your asses albuquerque and COME PLAY WITH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I'm just gonna keep sending obnoxious messages until I get some people for the weekdays.

chow.

Well there's your problem,

you live in albuquerque :-(

MOVE!

I have never met you and I don't mean to be a jerk, but maybe it's not Albuquerque. Maybe it's you...are you an undesirable partner in some way?

Allow me to relate a true story:

There was this chick in Tucson many years ago....to protect her anonymity, we will call her "Skittles"... She gained a reputation as such a partner.

Skittles seemed friendly enough at first, but with time one realized that she talked a lot. About stuff you don't want to hear about. A lot.

More importantly, Skittles was an inattentive belayer and generally unsafe partner.

Skittles also had hairy teeth. You didn't want to look, but couldn't help it. If that were not enough, Skittles was known to befriend and go to J-tree with unsuspecting fellow climbers, and bring no food of her own, only a 5 lb. bag of skittles with which to barter with other climbers. "I mean, who doesn't love skittles right?" (I wish I was making this up).

But mostly, for me, it was the shitty belaying and hairy teeth.

Eventually Skittles moved to another city. I can't say this was for lack of partners, but I can't say it wasn't.

Maybe unbeknownst to you, you have a reputation in ABQ as an undesirable partner. Do you belay poorly? Do you have an offensive odor? Chronic halitosis? Perhaps a fifth appendage or unsightly goiter? Uncontrollable flatulence on the belay ledge? Anything like that?

Uncontrollable flatulence on the belay ledge?
I've lost all of my climbing partners due to bad flatulence. :-(

I had a hair tooth jacket once - it was sweet!

Wait... boars tooth. No... hair hound. Hounds hair?

Never mind.

I know Amanda and climb with her often and I don't think there is anything wrong with her.

Amanda you live in a community that is very clicky and people don't like to think outside of their little clicks. Plus what I have noticed over the years is that the climbing gym has become the place to be during the week. You need to go climb there and see if you can coax some poor souls to go try real rock. Man go there on a nice Saturday or Sunday and you will be shocked on how busy it is.

Good Luck!

Faggidabouit and come join us in Shelf Road this weekend. Sand Gulch group site. Five and a half hours on the road.

tooTALLtim wrote:Well there's your problem, you live in albuquerque :-( MOVE!

He's right; Colorado's where it's at. Unfortunately, there's no vacancy. :)

--Marc

Marc Horan wrote: He's right; Colorado's where it's at. Unfortunately, there's no vacancy. :) --Marc

You know I love Colorado but the great thing about New Mexico is that you don't have to wait in line to jump on classic routes. I live in Albuquerque, NM and can get it in my car and drive 45 minutes and be in the Sandia Mountains which offer great trad routes from single pitch to grade VI multipitch aid routes. I can go up there on a Saturday or Sunday and be surrounded by routes and never see a soul. Check out the Sandia page in destinations and you will see. That page does not even include all the routes.

Not saying New Mexico is better just that it is not half bad. Now on a side note I would not mind living in Colorado and dealing with all the people due to I am an ice climber first and foremost.

no no ..come to vegas

Maybe the problem is that you consider yourself an obnoxious idiot?

You need to work on the image you project.

Will be cragging in Flagstaff all weekend, and Greg Brown is playing Sat. night at the Orpheum. Come on over for great climbing, any type of rock you want.

Jed Pointer wrote:"Maybe unbeknownst to you, you have a reputation in ABQ as an undesirable partner. " You sound like a pretty good find for a partner, yourself.

Hey Jed, I was only joking with Amanda. I thought that was pretty clear, sorry if it was not. I'm sure she is a great partner. It was all meant in good fun.

Except the stuff about Skittles. That is all true.

Spent the first 20 years or my life in ABQ, then realized that if I was serious about climbing I needed to move to boulder. When I was still in the Duke City, I found virtually all my partners by just talking to people at Stone Age. Sandias are amazing and that's where I cut my non hairy teeth, but don't be afraid to make trips up to Colorado (especially if you climb ice).
I'll climb with you when I go down for a visit, otherwise come climb with us up here or at Indian Creek this fall. Anyone from my home town can send PM

tooTALLtim wrote:Well there's your problem, you live in albuquerque :-( MOVE!

Not so true. :) It's a catch-22. Albuquerque has some great climbing in the Sandias and plenty more potential in the surrounding areas. Zero crowds. The lack of crowds also shows the lack of potential climbing partners...there are just not that many compared to say, Boulder. Conversely, though, no doubt the climbing partner pool is great in the front range but that also means crowds.

So Amanda, stick with it and you're bound to find a consistent partner. And when you do, you'll be psyched because you'll have a partner, great climbing and no crowds!

Weekday climbing partners are definitely harder to find. Most all the ABQ climbers I know have had the best luck finding partners by climbing during the week at the Stone Age gym.

James DeRoussel wrote:Allow me to relate a true story: There was this chick in Tucson many years ago....to protect her anonymity, we will call her "Skittles"... She gained a reputation as such a partner. Skittles seemed friendly enough at first, but with time one realized that she talked a lot. About stuff you don't want to hear about. A lot. More importantly, Skittles was an inattentive belayer and generally unsafe partner. Skittles also had hairy teeth. You didn't want to look, but couldn't help it. If that were not enough, Skittles was known to befriend and go to J-tree with unsuspecting fellow climbers, and bring no food of her own, only a 5 lb. bag of skittles with which to barter with other climbers. "I mean, who doesn't love skittles right?" (I wish I was making this up). But mostly, for me, it was the shitty belaying and hairy teeth. Eventually Skittles moved to another city. I can't say this was for lack of partners, but I can't say it wasn't. Maybe unbeknownst to you, you have a reputation in ABQ as an undesirable partner. Do you belay poorly? Do you have an offensive odor? Chronic halitosis? Perhaps a fifth appendage or unsightly goiter? Uncontrollable flatulence on the belay ledge? Anything like that?

Great post and very entertaining story. Thanks James!

Also, consider joining and posting to the Los Alamos Social Climbers group. I've heard a number of partner success stories from this group. There are people from LA, SF and ABQ in the group, I'm pretty sure.

James DeRoussel wrote:I have never met you and I don't mean to be a jerk, but maybe it's not Albuquerque. Maybe it's you...are you an undesirable partner in some way? Allow me to relate a true story: There was this chick in Tucson many years ago....to protect her anonymity, we will call her "Skittles"... She gained a reputation as such a partner. Skittles seemed friendly enough at first, but with time one realized that she talked a lot. About stuff you don't want to hear about. A lot. More importantly, Skittles was an inattentive belayer and generally unsafe partner. Skittles also had hairy teeth. You didn't want to look, but couldn't help it. If that were not enough, Skittles was known to befriend and go to J-tree with unsuspecting fellow climbers, and bring no food of her own, only a 5 lb. bag of skittles with which to barter with other climbers. "I mean, who doesn't love skittles right?" (I wish I was making this up). But mostly, for me, it was the shitty belaying and hairy teeth. Eventually Skittles moved to another city. I can't say this was for lack of partners, but I can't say it wasn't. Maybe unbeknownst to you, you have a reputation in ABQ as an undesirable partner. Do you belay poorly? Do you have an offensive odor? Chronic halitosis? Perhaps a fifth appendage or unsightly goiter? Uncontrollable flatulence on the belay ledge? Anything like that?

that was fkin AWESOME!!1 thanks for the LOLs!

Whoa. I'm glad to see my post has illicited such passionate responses. To these responses, I respond in turn:

1) Yes, I do have an incredible amount of flatulence due to a lactose intolerance condition combined with a great love for dairy products (muenster cheese in particular). In fact, I was thinking of changing my handle form Superwomanidiot to "AssRiper"

2) Why climb on plastic?

3) I do LOVE skittles but I usually bring Chex Mix

4) Road trips are fine (if neccessary) but gas is expensive and this city SHOULD be big enough to find more local partners to climb with on a regular basis

5) I tried to move to Colorado and didn't last two weeks. I couldn't WAIT to get back to New Mexico...I LOVE this effin state!! It's not populated by white-frat-boy-douchebags and a sandwich doesnt cost me 12 bucks.

6) I'm still looking for a consistent, local partner for WEEKDAY MORNINGS...if anyone is available or knows of anyone available please contact me.

I do apologize for posting/whining on this all encompassing forum -- I will transfer my posts to a more locale specific site (thanks for the helpful advice Jason). And thanks Matt! I appreciate your support.

Bye dudes.