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Hiking blasphemy

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Sir Wanksalot · · County Jail · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 10

Hiking = Climbing?

A.Javi.Gecko · · San Diego, CA · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 55

should they say that they've dabbled in mountaineering instead? They just go ropeless all the time, no big deal ;)

George Bell · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 5,050

I dunno, "climber" was shortened from "mountain climber", so it may be that 14er hikers are real climbers and crag rats are just rock climbers!

Buff Johnson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2005 · Points: 1,145

Here Randy, got you something. Hope it makes you feel better. You can make stickers and slap one on their windshield.

Have a Nice Day

2tenttimmy · · bend, oregon · Joined Jun 2007 · Points: 5

Is it okay to say that I "climbed" out of bed this morning?

John Husky · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2011 · Points: 5

In Scotland instead of hiking it is called hill walking.

Ian Stewart · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2010 · Points: 155
Randy W. wrote:Really kinda gets under my skin.
I'm still trying to figure out what the combination of "really" and "kinda" mean...do they just cancel each other out? Either way, why do you care so much? Does it make you feel less cool when you call yourself a climber?
Petsfed 00 · · Snohomish, WA · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 989
Ian Stewart wrote: I'm still trying to figure out what the combination of "really" and "kinda" mean
Its absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, ambiguous.
Tim McCabe · · Tucson, AZ · Joined Oct 2006 · Points: 130

Funny thread.

So does leading a 5.7 sport climb with bolts every 8 feet make you more of a climber, then someone hiking or scrambling up a major peak.

If anything the opposite is true.

How about gym climbers do you care if someone who only climbs in a gym calls themselves a climber. Personally I would rather go "Hill Walking".

But to each, his or her own. If you start at the bottom of something and somehow climb: hike, scramble, or technical rock isn't it somehow climbing.

After all there are 6 classes of climbing, the first of which is hiking.

colin tucker · · Monticello, UT · Joined May 2007 · Points: 35

So, we are finally moving past the trad v sport debate, and into the mountain "climbing" v rock "climbing" debate. How novel.

Andrew Gram · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 3,725

If you are bothered by this, you are probably an insecure gumbie. I've climbed big walls, new routes on desert towers, lots of peaks in places like the Andes, Caucasus, etc. I never bother to differentiate between whether i've hiked up a mountain or climbed one when i do peaks in places like Colorado. It just doesn't matter and you can have a good time climbing/hiking up a peak.

skeeter · · Lakewood CA · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 10

I nominate this thread for the worst thread of the month award

Superclimber · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 1,310

Who cares….

H BL · · Colorado · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 95

First...See rule number 6

H BL · · Colorado · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 95

Rule #6 States (direct quote)

"Stop taking yourself so goddamn seriously."

Buff Johnson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2005 · Points: 1,145
John Husky wrote:In Scotland instead of hiking it is called hill walking.
or fellwalking -- even more bizarre

Rule #6 is the "skillet"
Paul-B · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2011 · Points: 115
"H" wrote:Rule #6 States (direct quote) "Stop taking yourself so goddamn seriously."
+1
Reginald McChufferton · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2012 · Points: 0

This site is incredible. I can't believe I've been missing out on great threads like this one.

Sir Wanksalot · · County Jail · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 10
Andrew Gram wrote:If you are bothered by this, you are probably an insecure gumbie.
Thanks for clearing this up for me. Your exactly right, Ima go wrestle a pebble and jerk off in my chalk bag at the gym. I resign my status as a climber...
Marc H · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 265
Randy W. wrote:I resign my status as a climber...
I really doubt that. It's obviously hella important to you.
Jon Zucco · · Denver, CO · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 245
Mostafa wrote: Maybe I should have posted it here instead
Please don't reference my thread. I don't want it associated with this one.

Actually, where's this meme?:

"You're trying to break into 5.12? I just climbed a fucking mountain."

Seems apropos. Someone post it, stat.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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