Things that give you "the ick"

Hart Fuffer wrote:

People that need to say anything more than "slack", "take", and "lower" on safe single pitch sport routes.

People that don't use rope tugs when it's windy.

People that use rope tugs as their “out of voice communication” plan so they have no idea if it was their partner or the wind tugging on the rope.

Libby Southgatewrote:

People that use rope tugs as their “out of voice communication” plan so they have no idea if it was their partner or the wind tugging on the rope.

For the record, this is not a thing. Rope tugs work, wind or not, they're very distinct.

Obviously, you can't just say "Tug the rope when you're off belay." You gotta make it super clear, like, three full arm lifts up and down means X and so on. Only the leader needs to do this. I haven't yelled, while climbing, in decades.

Marc801 Cwrote:

He said “…on safe single pitch sport routes.”

Maybe. But I was taught that climbing is never “safe.” Even if the pitch is, how about your gear? What if the climber or the belayer notices a bad coreshot in the rope and needs the climber to go in direct? What if the rope gets wedged and stuck in a crack on lead, and the climber goes in direct too and needs a rescue? Seems like none of the basic commands will do the trick in these kinds of situations.

Calling a climb a “rig”.

Rop tugs on Long pitches with no visible leader are recipe for mis interpretation. There's a safe system that is dependent on the leader doing everything in the proper order.  Leader gets to stance does it in this order.

1. Make anchor.

2. Put on belay jacket or whatever other tasks are nessicary.

3. Pull up all the rope and immediately put follower on very tight belay. 

When all the rope gets pulled up the follower waits 20 seconds and then starts breaking down the anchor and should be good to climb and the rope stays tight as they climb until communication is re established. 

People that say Red Rocks

Dirty sunglasses. I once dated a girl whose sunglasses were so filthy I don’t know how she could see. Perhaps that’s why she was dating me:)

apogeewrote:

There must be a simpler, more elegant, less clunky way to accomplish the need for communicating at the crags than those stoooopid pieces of ‘technology’. Put down the game controller and figure it out, Gen Z.

Jose Marronwrote:

Whoa whoaa.. this isn’t chess.

Jose Marronwrote:

You use a discreet plug vibrator for climbing commands?

I used to be adamantly against radios but as I get older and wiser I see an advantage in many situations. However just like with any other professional  comms system. Keep the chatter down.

Jose Marronwrote:

LMAO.

I hope black diamond picks this up.

Jose Marronwrote:

Remote controllers probably won't work from 100-200' away, big drawback 

“Watch me!” While bolt is currently clipped at chest to knee height

Cherokee Nuneswrote:

You use a discreet plug vibrator for climbing commands?

You didn’t?  Do you even climb bru?

Shirtless outdoor bouldering on a cold day.

Hanging a speaker on the first bolt of a neighboring route.

Guy showing up to crag with obviously new-to-climbing girlfriend, watching her flail up a warmup, and then handing her the Grigri so he can work his project.

Guy handing the Grigri to obviously new-to-climbing girlfriend, giving her a quick tutorial, and then climbing while she holds the Grigri in her fist with a thumb over the cam, oblivious to the danger and to the fact that her boyfriend is a shitty partner and instructor.

Using both a crash pad and a stick clip at the start of a sport route. Okay, that gives me the lulz more than the icks.

M Mwrote:

People that say Red Rocks

Or “The Grand Tetons”….

Saying "Moab" to mean anywhere in SE Utah, including places hours away from Moab

Mark Pilatewrote:

Or “The Grand Tetons”….

Or Smith Rocks

Or the Sierras