What’s your climbing toxic trait?

It's probably been said before, but I post in MP forums. That's as toxic as it gets. 

Also.

I sometimes don't eat enough food and then am a grumpy partner. 

And. 

I use metolius ultralight master cams for .75 and smaller.

Mark Starrwrote:

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I use metolius ultralight master cams for .75 and smaller.

This is just good taste.

A related toxic trait of mine is silently judging everyone I see who has a full set of totems or z4s... 

While I walk around with a full set of aliens.

B Ywrote:

I used to chain smoke cigarettes while belaying at the base in popular areas to deter people from coming up to me and asking me questions or waiting around for us to finish up. 

I carried all my butts out with me in a small jar ( in case anyone was curious ) 

Thankfully haven't sucked on a cancer stick in over 5 years. 

I quit smoking the millennial way- which means I switched to vapes, which are immorally easy to suck on all day outside. I’m stress vaping an entire multi pitch and I hate it so much. My climbing partner called it a binky and I wanted to hurl myself off the ledge.

Everyone else’s toxic trait is getting annoyed when I bring metolius cams for the day. “I hate racking these” oh grow up. Can you read numbers in sequence? Can you compare sizes with your eyes??

To be fair, anything Metolius makes past orange sucks and should be in a museum. 

Ally Lwrote:

Everyone else’s toxic trait is getting annoyed when I bring metolius cams for the day. “I hate racking these” oh grow up. Can you read numbers in sequence? Can you compare sizes with your eyes??

hard agree. they are lighter, arguably work better (especially in the small sizes), and they are cheaper. "oh but I'm used to black diamond" grow up!!

If I'm leading the crux, we're climbing on my rack. I also secretly look down on anyone without at least doubles of the three smallest totems

Ryan Moserwrote:

If I'm leading the crux, we're climbing on my rack. I also secretly look down on anyone without at least doubles of the three smallest totems

I'm not sure if this is a similar situation or a couple of Trad n00bs.  walked by this guy belaying at shiprock NC. easy 5.7 route.  he had a FULL rack of doubles on his harness.  looked at him, looked up at leader, looked back at belayer... yah know you can swap right.....  the look on his face said does not compute does not compute 

Ryan Moserwrote:

If I'm leading the crux, we're climbing on my rack. I also secretly look down on anyone without at least doubles of the three smallest totems

If we’re climbing, we’re climbing on my rack. 

Ted Ravenwrote:

If we’re climbing, we’re climbing on my rack. 

If I'm leading, we're combining the best gear from your rack and mine... but I've always been a bit of a brokie

Edit: I like to name other people's FAs, at least at a certain area

M Mwrote:

To be fair, anything Metolius makes past orange sucks and should be in a museum. 

Well I guess my toxic trait is still using the red - green Metolius cams 

M Mwrote:

To be fair, anything Metolius makes past orange sucks and should be in a museum. 

You quit that slander! All hail red metolious!

I'd trade 4 blacks for one .75 any day!

If we’re gonna keep thread drifting about metolius (the blacks are rad, wtf), my other toxic trait is that I freaking love the metolius mini wires. Sorry you guys have Andre the Giant sausage fingers and the dexterity of a newborn, they’re so cute and little and fit nicely on my gear loop. I’ve literally had a dude unclip every runner and cam I had, tossing the carabiners onto the gear tarp in disgust and reracking everything with his own. He called them “toy carabiners”.

I still place Stoppers

Alex Cwrote:

Forgoing crack gloves because someone told me it improves your technique, and then bleeding all over the mountain.

I guess mine would be telling my friends they have bad technique because they wear crack gloves

Ally Lwrote:

If we’re gonna keep thread drifting about metolius (the blacks are rad, wtf), my other toxic trait is that I freaking love the metolius mini wires. Sorry you guys have Andre the Giant sausage fingers and the dexterity of a newborn, they’re so cute and little and fit nicely on my gear loop. I’ve literally had a dude unclip every runner and cam I had, tossing the carabiners onto the gear tarp in disgust and reracking everything with his own. He called them “toy carabiners”.

ULMC + mini wires ALL DAY LONG! When people complain I just tell them i'm sorry they don't have good finger dexterity — another toxic trait?

Another toxic trait (pro tip?) for the thread is to only rack ULMC so your rack lasts three times as long because most people will opt for their own rack. Also, I low key judge people that can't climb on any brand cam. Like, can you not rack by size and use your eyes? Hey, another toxic trait!

I judge you if you bring a rope bag and on the quality of your coil. 

I don't yell "rope" at the crag. 

I'll spend way too much time trying to get the fixed cam out, even on lead. 

I have to buy the weird gear to try it out, especially belay devices. They usually sit in the bin, but sometimes I bring them out to play. 

I bring tricams to stretch the rack when I want to go light. 

I bring tricams (and stoppers!) just to watch you squirm….

I carry a set of Tricams just because my partner hates them, I don't even really like them.

Rukas Fodorwrote:

I carry a set of Tricams just because my partner hates them, I don't even really like them.

I've done the same 

I've also seen friends almost fist fight over having to clean them outta tight spots mid crux