Climbing Memes 5.0

true story

Every goddamn time

Kyle Mills wrote:

true story

Oy thats just the way the Queen intended for us to be-lay. Americans just don’t appreciate the brilliance of the British harness belay and in-system rope anchors

Andrew C wrote:

Oy thats just the way the Queen intended for us to be-lay. Americans just don’t appreciate the brilliance of the British harness belay and in-system rope anchors

Hey some of us Americans appreciate the harness belay. Many an awkward, too-far-back-from the edge tree anchor has been remedied this way in my experience. Plus if it's done right I get to sit with my feet over the edge and enjoy the view from the top while I belay.

https://www.summitpost.org/st-peters-dome/401215

 TFW when crag is in extreme makeover mode

Math Bert wrote:

More Tom Hardy memes!!!

When a non-climber asks you how grading works

MattH wrote:

When a non-climber asks you how grading works

Took some first timers out just this last weekend, they all work in research science, and they asked if there are objective criteria that the grades are based on.

MFW:

Andre Chiquito wrote:

Took some first timers out just this last weekend, they all work doing psychology research, and they asked if there are objective criteria that the grades are based on.

MFW:

Working in the healthcare space, they should already be familiar with the finger crack difficulty scale:

MattH wrote:

Working in the healthcare space, they should already be familiar with the finger crack difficulty scale:

Request to redo the scale above but in cam/crack sizes as they relate to pain scale of climbing said cam/crack size - ie: "4" (fist) no pain at all! .4 (tips) "Worst pain possible" 

Inspired by the one above

This is inspired by someone's post which I now can't find.  Anyone come claim your credit.