Overstokers

Climbing partner and I heard some guys talking about one of the locals being a massive "overstoker". We were puzzled and had not heard this term before. 

What's an overstoker? 

If every climb and move is the sickest thing ever, then no climb/move is actually the sickest thing ever.

We all get to play made-up games with our friends in some of the most beautiful places on earth. 

Motion to make "understoker" the pejorative term and move the expected average amount of stoke towards "super stoked"

Agreed ^

Being stoked is cool

Ask Graham 

I read "overstockers" and thought this was alluding to someone who has entirely too much climbing gear that they dont use. 

I am an overstocker and an understoker. 

An overstoker can easily veer towards spraylord territory.

And no one wants to be hosed down.

Well, butter my butt and call me stoke lord supreme.

Will Hadenwrote:

I read "overstockers" and thought this was alluding to someone who has entirely too much climbing gear that they dont use. 

I am an overstocker and an understoker. 

And then there are the short people like me who are occasionally overstackers - needing not one but 2 or 3 rocks to get off the ground on certain routes. 

The overstoker is real, resort skiers can be the absolute worst when a fresh 6" becomes the best day ever over and over again. The climbing overstoker is always convinced that their current/recent project is the best thing to happen to mankind. It's more entertaining than annoying IMO

^Shit, Mark, I actually laughed out loud watching that! 

As a reformed overstoker, I do think there are social downsides (for all involved) to being simply way too into climbing. If all your conversations lead there, if you spray a lot, if you're always talking about objectives you want to do but aren't remotely ready for, if you feel the need to constantly demonstrate that you're "in" on climbing in a specific community or area, you're probably an overstoker. 

Stoke is great. But don't make climbing your whole personality or try to be "more of a climber" than you are. Balance and patience in all things, grasshopper. 

They always have that big grin… even just after surviving a chosspile.
What’s wrong with them?!

…also, I wish I was one of them.

“Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.”

Desiderata

Wow, imagine being annoyed your climbing partner is psyched to be climbing. I can't relate even a little bit.

If you intentionally wear 10 pounds of daisy chains and quickdraws and lockers and crack gloves and nut tools and tape on your harness...at the gym...you might be an overstoker...

Grayson Gwrote:

Wow, imagine being annoyed your climbing partner is psyched to be climbing. I can't relate even a little bit.

If you are not annoyed then they are not an overstoker. Everyone wants a stoked climbing partner.

Is this ANOTHER thread about me?

**garsh**

This thread is SO SICK!

LET'S GO.

Colonel Mustardwrote:

Well, butter my butt and call me stoke lord supreme.

You rang.....

Not an overstoker, but I do practice vibemaxxing.