What in climbing are you a snob about?

Nathan Sullivanwrote:

I don't usually have a chalkbag, oddly. I do have a belay tag from the gym on my only harness though! Heh heh heh.

if the tata keeps showing up in the same places its a pretty good indicator that a rap station is there weather you like it or not. tat is Fugly. 

leaving tick marks on garbage holds

Cold, overcast skies with high winds.

Just fuck you.

I have been working outside for eight hours in this kind of weather and I will never, I repeat, never ever do this for climbing.
 

Again.

Ted Ravenwrote:

What if the TCs are their comfortable beater shoes and they’re top roping their way back from an injury?

True story, my gf does that and she’s an absolute rope gun when healthy. 

I realize that you’re using the term beater in terms of them not being aggressive/downturned, but damn, those are some expensive kicks to be burning through on gym walls.

Also, I imagine your gf is a bit of an exception. I know plenty of people who climb mostly indoors and own one pair of shoes - TC pros.

B Donovanwrote:

I realize that you’re using the term beater in terms of them not being aggressive/downturned, but damn, those are some expensive kicks to be burning through on gym walls.

No, I mean the shitty blown out pair that she doesn’t give a shit about because they have seen their best days behind them.

If you’re top roping in the gym on easy stuff for rehab, why would you wear an aggressive shoe or anything remotely new?

We aren’t regular denizens of the gym and neither of us care enough about performance to wear anything other than our shitty, comfy shoes (which are usually TCs because they don’t last very long to begin with and you need at least two pairs because one set is always at the resoler.)

If you say a top rope route in the gym is “spicy”, I don’t trust your judgement as a climber. 

Brooks Kwrote:

If you say a top rope route in the gym is “spicy”, I don’t trust your judgement as a climber. 

Perhaps if someone sprinkled cayenne on all the holds?

Brooks Kwrote:

If you say a top rope route in the gym is “spicy”, I don’t trust your judgement as a climber. 

Your gym doesn't have R and X rated routes? What about R/X rated routes?

Using biners specifically marked "not for climbing" to hang stuff off your harness.  Sure you may only be intending to use it for your chalk bag or nut tool, but you never know when you may need an extra rated biner and with stuff like the Nano 22 on the market there is no reason to have a piece of a keychain on your harness.

I just noticed this blasphemy a few pages back:

Yes, it's Colorado (THE best state for climbing.)

Not being a snob, it’s just a fact:

California blows doors on Colorado for rock climbing 

Range of Light vs Range of Rubble

Kevin Worrallwrote:

I just noticed this blasphemy a few pages back:

Not being a snob, it’s just a fact:

California blows doors on Colorado for rock climbing 

Range of Light vs Range of Rubble

You're my kind of snob, Kevin!

Eldo and The Diamond are good as it gets, but…

Tahquitz, Suicide, The Needles, Yosemite Valley, Merced Canyon, SEKI, the Sierra Nevada, Toulumne, Eastside, Josh, and hundreds of relatively minor gems

Plus the weather, 

I think it’s clear!

The difference is that in Colorado you can make a decent living while still being reasonably close to climbing.  In California, you are always at least 2-4 hours drive from anywhere you want to be, and the places you can make a decent living are expensive sheit holes.

Kevin Worrallwrote:

I just noticed this blasphemy a few pages back:

Not being a snob, it’s just a fact:

California blows doors on Colorado for rock climbing 

Range of Light vs Range of Rubble

I dunno Ciscero, I think y'all protest a bit too much. We wont quibble here in CO - we cant take many more of the CA transplants that are pouring into our fine state. So yall get the best rock title.

Just keeping the age old rivalry alive

Colorado sucks and California is better in every way. So is Texas. Please stop moving here. 

Klaus theKwrote:

Colorado sucks and California is better in every way. 

Agreed, but in a non facetious way

Kevin Worrallwrote:

Just keeping the age old rivalry alive

Shit talking is part of the fun of climbing! I actually look forward to checking out more climbing in CA in my near future.  

Another thing i am a snob about is keeping my climbing shoes in decent shape. When i see folks walking around in the dirt and mud in their solutions i cringe. Even more cringeworthy, i was at sbp and there were a handful of bros downstairs doing crossfit, hangcleans, squats, deadlifts, etc wearing their climbing shoes. I kind of admired their ability to destroy their feet like that though.