Red Flag Phrases

"Tell me, Mr. Bowman, in your opinion do these men climb to prove their manhood, or is it more a matter of compensating for inferiority feelings?"

“Powder”, “pow”, “powpow” or any mention of snow sports when I want to climb >:(

“is it okay if my boyfriend/girlfriend comes too”

"What's a redpoint again?"

"Doing trad is way to risky for me"

"So where are the bolts?"

"Do they just leave ropes up or do you have to bring your own?"

"You can't tie in on your belay loop!"

John Clarkwrote:

Yellow or orange flag.

Your opinion is a brown flag

When someone responds to a partner finder search like this: mountainproject.com/forum/t…

Alex Rwrote:

When someone responds to a partner finder search like this: mountainproject.com/forum/t…

Speechless... looks like OP dodged a missile 

Connor Dobsonwrote:

Your opinion is a brown flag

A flag even a blind person can recognize. #inclusivity

Alex Rwrote:

When someone responds to a partner finder search like this: mountainproject.com/forum/t…

First legit red flag in 12 pages. 

Andy Shoemakerwrote:

First legit red flag in 12 pages. 

How has there been no redacts in that thread yet

Clipping 

Don't forget some people like to use their own phrases. I have in the past with friends used all kinds of strange phrases we made up just to screw with other people climbing around us as a joke. Phrases don't really matter unless you are climbing with someone you don't know then you should use proper terms to make sure noone gets confused.

Even then the only thing that really matters is that you make it clear between the two of you before you start to climb what you will be saying and what it means. You don't have to follow standards as long as everyone is ok with what is going to be said when you are climbing and will not be in visual range of each other.

Like the term in direct everyone I know of who has used it means I am attached to the anchor but keep me on belay with extra slack so I can adjust some things until I tell you to take me completely off.

John Smithwrote:

Don't forget some people like to use their own phases. I have in the past with friends used all kinds of strange phases we made up just to screw with other people climbing around us as a joke. Phases don't really matter unless you are climbing with someone you don't know then you should use proper terms to make sure noone gets confused.

Even then the only thing that really matters is that you make it clear between the two of you before you start to climb what you will be saying and what it means. You don't have to follow standards as long as everyone is ok with what is going to be said when you are climbing and will not be in visual range of each other.

*phrases

Nick Niebuhrwrote:

*phrases

What I get for being a guitar / bass player lol.

Don't forget some people like to use their own phases.

Example:

I said to a partner one day, "hand me that dublin." His response:

"WTF???!!! "

We called a standard over the shoulder sling as a single. A 2x length sling we called a double. I'd asked him for a double length sling, the "double one."

Dublin became term for it, that day.

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

Example:

I said to a partner one day, "hand me that dublin." His response:

"WTF???!!! "

We called a standard over the shoulder sling as a single. A 2x length sling we called a double. I'd asked him for a double length sling, the "double one."

Dublin became term for it, that day.

It's like that time I asked my partner to quickly hand me a hex: "gimme a (cow)bell fast!"

"I learned this new, really efficient rope management technique on YouTube/IG." Proceeds to create the largest cluster you have ever seen requiring over a half hour at the belay to fix before starting the next pitch.

"It's so hard to be a pro-climber and a parent." (Looking at you, Climbing Gold)

"TRonsight" (pronounced Tron-site)

Matt Bwrote:

"I learned this new, really efficient rope management technique on YouTube/IG." Proceeds to create the largest cluster you have ever seen requiring over a half hour at the belay to fix before starting the next pitch

When did we climb together?