East vs. West, who is more uptight?

Separated by the Mississippi, including Canada, which side of the countries is the most uptight.

I vote for the east.

Reasons as follows.

1. The comic guide books for Devils Tower and The Gunks. Both horrible, immature, inaccurate, and unnecessary. Both by the same author. The Devils Tower book is ignored or begrudgingly used. The Gunks books whips people into a red faced fury.

2. This thread mountainproject.com/v/is-lo…

3. The legendary sucker punch at the Red.

Reasons I may be wrong

1. Boulder

Insert your opinion in my curiosity hole.

+1 For a subtle slam on Boulder while disguising it as a slam on the East...really good thread

I find it difficult to take either side seriously if you're going to include the Canadians.

Actually, I am. It would take a whole, large country of clenched assholes to approach my exalted level of sullen grimitude. Truth

EAST, hands down!

I think that the responses in the Rumney post you cited are all the evidence you need. Especially when it comes to folks from Rhode Island...

Peter Adamson wrote:I'm not sure I understand the question, but for the most part grades are stiffer in the East. Maybe it's the style of the climbing, or the people, but things get generally softer as you move west

Mountain project threads?

East. With occasional pockets out west in afformentioned areas.

FWIW the sucker punch guy is not uptight, he just has anger issues and little man syndrome. To actually reach another guys head he would have had to jump... but I like the guy a lot and I'm definitely into uptight people.

The Rumney crowd? Now that's a different story...

Peter Adamson wrote:I'm not sure I understand the question, but for the most part grades are stiffer in the East. Maybe it's the style of the climbing, or the people, but things get generally softer as you move west

^^^^ This guy is awesome.

The East is more uptight.

I tend to think that the MOST uptight people are those who pose false dichotomies on internet social forums.

Peter Adamson wrote: I've climbed in Yosemite. I think I have a few pics on here. I'm aware of what people think is stiff there. If you want a soft 12 in the valley, go do drive by shooting. 11b maybe but it makes for a fun climb and a good starter :)

BrianH wrote:I tend to think that the MOST uptight people are those who pose false dichotomies on internet social forums.

The East started the AMC... I think we lose this one.

Hah! I just don't think that Drive By is a climb that can stand as a greater example of how Yose is "soft", though I think it's pretty sweet you're throwing that out there. It keeps making me laugh.

If you're like me, you've been reading Peter Adamson's posts and thinking "What a badass! He thinks Drive By is soft? He probably has an awesome blog where I can read all of the annoyingly cocky spray that he wants to post. Ideally he'll tell us about how he finally crushed a 5.13 and he'll make sure to mention that he warms up on 5.12. Hopefully the blog will contain the same atrocious grammar and lackadaisical spelling that we've come to appreciate on this thread." Well my friends...wait no more. ptradamson.blogspot.com/ He stopped updating it a while ago though; he probably thought the keyboards he had to use were too "soft".

Whoa!!!! Definitely don't want this to become a hatebagfest! I don't have any personal bones with the dude or his writing. Just sincerely think the idea of a soft sport climb being used as the basis for generalizing a giant valley of stout cracks is genuinely like I said... funny! As in ha-ha.
Westerners just got a +1 for being more uptight I guess...

OP. Yours question doesn't seem climbing specific and neither is my answer.

I spent half of my life in the east and half in the west.

So, the answer... it depends. East coasters get upset over stupid shit like "you are driving to slow in the left lane. you are going to make me 10 seconds late so I'm gonna shoot you".

Westerners get upset over stupid shit like "you didn't recycle that bottle. you are killing the planet. I'm gonna report you to Obama".

Austin Baird wrote:If you're like me, you've been reading Peter Adamson's posts and thinking "What a badass! He thinks Drive By is soft? He probably has an awesome blog where I can read all of the annoyingly cocky spray that he wants to post. Ideally he'll tell us about how he finally crushed a 5.13 and he'll make sure to mention that he warms up on 5.12. Hopefully the blog will contain the same atrocious grammar and lackadaisical spelling that we've come to appreciate on this thread." Well my friends...wait no more. ptradamson.blogspot.com/ He stopped updating it a while ago though; he probably thought the keyboards he had to use were too "soft".