Shooting attempt in LCC

Glenn Schuler wrote:

/Golf Clap/

Now THATS a snapping sound

s.price wrote:

I am just posting here so know one confuses me with Price.

Dr. Strangelove. So good is right.

Duly noted.

bheller wrote:

To the thought police Admin who silently deleted mine and others comments from the first page: I am bothered by your behavior. Typed words are a notoriously difficult medium through which to effectively communicate satire. You mistook mine (and possibly others) messages. The free-thinking adults among us do not need your independent judicious expertise to aid our minds in the filtering of meaningful posts from what you deem un-meaningful.

Who's the snowflake now?

s.price wrote:

I am just posting here so know one confuses me with Price.

Dr. Strangelove. So good is right.

That's awesome. 

TylerPhillips wrote:

Holy crap! Crazy shit. I have actually thought about someone shooting at me while I was on Stifflers before. But he just poured acid in my driveway instead. 

Crazy days!

Nothing like a good acid wash!

Jaren Watson wrote:

Damn it! You should have used etc. NOT et al! 

First, the shooting. Now this latin clusterfuck. What is this world coming to?

Et tu?

Guys. Bullets don't whistle and jet fuel can't melt steel beams. You're all being lied to.

It seems that what matters is that gunshots were fired hitting routes at Pentapitch and several people were climbing there when it happened -this was a criminal act and hopefully the perpetrators will be identified and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

heard pentapitch goes at 5.7 now...due to some chipped mono pockets

For reference purposes, here's a site I found that catalogs the various words used to describe bullet sounds in comics:

http://www.comicbookfx.com/result.php?tags=bullet&x=0&y=0

Of note: CLANG, CRACK, FSST, PHFFT, PING, PWING, POF, POW, PUWANG, SFAT, SPAANG, THWACK, THWOP, VIP, and  WHANG!

If the bullet is still supersonic, I'd assume "CRACK" would apply. Later in its trajectory, likely more of a "FSST", and if it's tumbling, "VIP" may be most applicable. (Perhaps we can determine the exact distances by correlating the caliber of the round and the closest onomatopoeia?)

BTW, that site above is searchable for other sound effects. This link is for "bullet" sound effects, but you could also search for "gun" (BAROOM!) or "ricochet" (TWANNNG TNNNG!) to find other onomatopoetic references to help you better describe the experience.

Samuel - I am going to climb PentaPitch this week. I want to see the bullet holes, where should I look f? No troll, I am being serious. 

grog m aka Greg McKee wrote:

Samuel - I am going to climb PentaPitch this week. I want to see the bullet holes, where should I look f? No troll, I am being serious. 

If you find them please take a photo I'm really interested as I'm sure are others.  (Though I thought I read upthread that it was the group on Stifflers that saw them hit the rock).  

grog m aka Greg McKee wrote:

Samuel - I am going to climb PentaPitch this week. I want to see the bullet holes, where should I look f? No troll, I am being serious. 

That's gonna be like looking for a needle in a haystack I would think. 

This whole sound of a bullet should be easy to test. Who wants to go climb Sasquatch? What caliber would you like fired in your general direction? I'm free all week!

TylerPhillips wrote:

That's gonna be like looking for a needle in a haystack I would think. 

Yeah obviously thats why I asked "Where should I look"

Jake Jones wrote:

Sorry, but some of us have actually been shot and shot at.  I don't get my knowledge from a goddamned movie.  Yes, there is a snap, and the report of a rifle fired directly at you is quite different from one that is aimed to your left or right.  But make no mistake my friend, when a projectile that's traveling at 3200 feet per second whizzes past your head, you fucking HEAR it.  I don't give a shit whether you call it a whistle or a whiz or whatever the hell you want to call it, you can hear it.  

Dubious reporting aside (which may or may not be the case), the above assertion is not up for debate.  I've lived it, and not at a rifle range or watching BlackHawk Down.  Seriously hope you're trolling with that comment- though then I'd have to admit that I got trolled.  Hard.

Jake, and everyone - I sincerely apologize for questioning OP's recollection of the sounds of bullets wizzing past his head. I have no idea why everyone in this thread decided to gang up on me when all I was doing was looking for information. If it came across as me calling OP a liar - I have already apologized for that too.

That being said, this forum is a giant cesspool of (very shitty) internet trolls. Seems they'be elected boissal as their captain.  I remember now why I've stayed away for so long.

Price wrote:

Jake, and everyone - I sincerely apologize for questioning OP's recollection of the sounds of bullets wizzing past his head. I have no idea why everyone in this thread decided to gang up on me when all I was doing was looking for information. If it came across as me calling OP a liar - I have already apologized for that too.

That being said, this forum is a giant cesspool of (very shitty) internet trolls. Seems they'be elected boissal as their captain.  I remember now why I've stayed away for so long.

Dude. You were being dickish, you got called out, you doubled down, more people pointed out you were being a dong, you back pedaled, and now you're apologizing while maintaining that you were misunderstood from the start? It's all the mean trolls' fault right? 

Poor. Fucking. Snowflake. 

Fellow climbers got shot at. In LCC. From the road. I'm not sure expressing anything other than concern is appropriate... 

Iwanted the answers to your questions as well Price. I didn't think you werebeing an ass, just questioning things.

Price wrote:

 It matters a lot. If the shots were near him (and from a high powered rifle, like he says) they would snap. You can learn this by paying attention during Black Hawk Down, 

Yes, because all know Hollywood is the ultimate source of accuracy, I mean just look at Vertical Limit and Cliffhanger...  Everybody knows real climbers don't drill holes, they just use a bolt-gun...