richard_noggin Posted June 10, 2003 Posted June 10, 2003 Trad Techtip from climbing mag page 70 It must be a joke or these guys saw one of Retrosoreass's famous first ascents! Quote
Retrosaurus Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 Of course Dick never has done a first ascent. Quote
richard_noggin Posted June 11, 2003 Author Posted June 11, 2003 Retrosoreass What's a matter dude , don't have a funny bone, you can throw some dung my way I can take it. Yes I do have have first ascents, you have even climbed a few , I won't tell you how many or the names 007/dickhead. Lighten up dude climbing and spray is about FUN I can't believe climbing put that dung under Trad Tech Tip i dunno about that new staff. Even a day glow spandex sporto mofo would get castrated for pull'n that kind of pussboy ascent. Quote
EWolfe Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 That is just wrong!!!!! (The "tip" shows you how to pinch or step on your rope so you can hang on your gear without alerting your belayer.) Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 MisterE said: That is just wrong!!!!! (The "tip" shows you how to pinch or step on your rope so you can hang on your gear without alerting your belayer.) wha!?! why dont you just pull on gear then if that is the style of ascent you are going for? Quote
EWolfe Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 I don't "Freedom Free" climb, and call it a "free ascent". Why hide your take? Smacks of cowardice to me.... Quote
thelawgoddess Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 MisterE said: (The "tip" shows you how to pinch or step on your rope so you can hang on your gear without alerting your belayer.) wtf? Quote
plexus Posted June 13, 2003 Posted June 13, 2003 MisterE said: I don't "Freedom Free" climb, and call it a "free ascent". Why hide your take? Smacks of cowardice to me.... "Freedom Free" Did that used to be known as "French Free"?! Quote
lummox Posted June 13, 2003 Posted June 13, 2003 richard_noggin said: Trad Techtip from climbing mag page 70 ?????? people who waste their money on climbing mags they then diss are suck. Quote
richard_noggin Posted June 13, 2003 Author Posted June 13, 2003 Paul_detrick said: Is there a link somewhere, watz it say? Keep your eye out for the August issue of climbing. Dickhead's written version: It shows drawn pic's of trad climbers discretely pinching the rope with their hip, knee, foot and whatever calling it DT (discrete tension) In my (dickhead opinion) it is way disgraceful to trad climbers, and in the short time that climbing mag has changed staff it has fall'n to the bottom like a bumbly on a multi pitch. I will not be renewing my subscription. climbing mag and Primedia the wallmart(cheap and unethical) of magazines Quote
richard_noggin Posted June 13, 2003 Author Posted June 13, 2003 lummox said: richard_noggin said: Trad Techtip from climbing mag page 70 ?????? people who waste their money on climbing mags they then diss are suck. People who have dung for brains and it falls out their mouth suck eat balls asseyes Quote
Ade Posted June 13, 2003 Posted June 13, 2003 I will not be renewing my subscription. Already canned mine. Check out Alpinist. No stupid "how to cheat" tech tips there. Most of the mag isn't a reprint of books I already read either. Quote
lummox Posted June 13, 2003 Posted June 13, 2003 richard_noggin said: People who have dung for brains and it falls out their mouth suck eat balls asseyes that really hurts. Quote
richard_noggin Posted June 13, 2003 Author Posted June 13, 2003 lummox said: richard_noggin said: People who have dung for brains and it falls out their mouth suck eat balls asseyes that really hurts. Yeah I was troll'n Good comeback Guess I didn't hook you ! I respect that Quote
carolyn Posted June 13, 2003 Posted June 13, 2003 I noticed Dru is quoted in the "Off the Wall" section - under "overheard". There are eyes and ears everywhere. Be careful what you say! Quote
Thinker Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 richard_noggin said: Keep your eye out for the August issue of climbing. Dickhead's written version: It shows drawn pic's of trad climbers discretely pinching the rope with their hip, knee, foot and whatever calling it DT (discrete tension) In my (dickhead opinion) it is way disgraceful to trad climbers, and in the short time that climbing mag has changed staff it has fall'n to the bottom like a bumbly on a multi pitch. I will not be renewing my subscription. climbing mag and Primedia the wallmart(cheap and unethical) of magazines I just read it this weekend. I'd venture to say that more sprot climbers likely practice this technique than do trad climbers. What a load of crap! If you're going to hang on the rope to rest, at least be man (or woman) enough to yell 'take' and do it in style. I suspect Climbing mag had plenty of sprot-related tech tips and had to slide one of them over to the trad column because they lack the imagination or trad experience to come up with any more tech tips truly related to trad climbing. I wonder what new color they'll come up with to differentiate between that kind of ascent and a true free ascent of a route? How about a "yellow point"....too afraid or ashamed to let your buds know you're taking a little rest....or a 'royal blue point"...an ego the size of a king that won't let you admit you need to cheat in order to maintain the appearance of honor. My first reaction was to think that this was another fine piece of 'journalism' from J. Thesenga, but a look at the byline disproved that idea, not to mention the fact he'd probably been canned by the time that issue went to press. Quote
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