Dru Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 i prefer to keep my entire body high and not just my balls Quote
fenderfour Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 werd thanks  That's a bitchin bouldering photo. Quote
Distel32 Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 why thank you. By and large my pictures aren't that good, but I do think I have a few that could be sold, that being one of them. Â Cracked- You need to accept that bouldering is real climbing too. Even if you don't like it because you're chunky, it is still climbing big guy. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 in all seriousness luke, bouldering has always been thought of by many elite climbers as practicing for real climbing... i am not knocking your love, so don't get pissed. I love bouldering too... to me its just not as cool as jammin on some splitter 1000' off the deck wondering if my gear will catch me if I slip. Quote
Distel32 Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 yeah I understand what you're saying. but I still believe it is a legit form of climbing. Would running laps on 5.7 also not be considered practicing for climbing? Still climbing though. I love sportclimbing as well, and bouldering is just as much climbing as sport climbing is. Â I don't think everybody should love bouldering by any means, but I think people need to recognize it as climbing and respect what people are doing in the ropeless realm. Quote
cracked Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 Cracked- You need to accept that bouldering is real climbing too. Even if you don't like it because you're chunky, it is still climbing big guy. Enlighten me - where did I EVER say that bouldering isn't climbing? Oh, that's right, I didn't. Â In response to your question, yes, running laps on 5.7 is climbing, albeit lame. Similarly, climbing snow covered 5.7 in a storm is also climbing, albeit not lame. Â Only beef I have with bouldering is idiots who chase numbers, then belittle other peoples' accomplishments for having lower numbers. Your argument of comparing sport climbing numbers to alpine climbing numbers is a cliche by now, as well as being severely flawed, boulder-boy. Quote
cracked Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 Oh, and if by "respect what people are doing in the ropeless realm" you mean that we should give you mad props (yo!) for sending (sick!) boulder problems (dude!), sorry. Go pander your ego somewhere else. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 oh i suppose its all practicing the form of climbing.... seriously, people will never give you a break cuz they know it bothers you. and i think its hard for people to respect bouldering because they are jaded.... the new popularity has created a rather large impact on our sport... but so has bolting. either way go climb a rock! Quote
Distel32 Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 Bouldering if fun when you temporarily can't do some real climbing. Â I don't want "mad props", I don't send hard problems. Â Quote
RuMR Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 cracked...if distel is pullin v8's and v9's he's gonna kick your fanny all over the place for some "real" climbing in cracks or anywhere else for that matter...give him a summer to figure out gear placements that are solid and you won't hold a candle to him... Quote
cracked Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 What's your point? I'm not in a race, I don't give a fuck how hard he cranks because it doesn't interest me!!!! He's said it before and he'll say it again: that he's superior because he wrestles pebbles harder than me. Fuck that. Â The 'real climbing' comment was in jest. Quote
Dru Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 please stop the photo onslaught or we might have to see some gollum again. Â did i mention that the best climber in the world is the one who is having the most fun - NOT THE ONE WHO POSTS THE MOST SHITTY PICTURES IN A ROW!!!!!!! Quote
cracked Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 I'm just diluting the nasty posts with some wonderful pics of me and my friends having some good, old-fashioned fun. Quote
ashw_justin Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 Someone's going to have to explain to me the origin of animosity between cracked and distel. Clearly it goes beyond photo-onslaughtage? I'm a relative noobie here, what did I miss? Â Da bouldering is good training for sport climbing, la sport climbing is good training for trad climbing, el trad climbing is good training for alpine climbing, The alpine climbing is good training for straight-up just soloing, the straight-up just soloing is just bouldering but too easy to fall off of. You see, it's da big stankin cirle-of-life shizizzly, ok now group hug time. Quote
Pandora Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 Da bouldering is good training for sport climbing, la sport climbing is good training for trad climbing, el trad climbing is good training for alpine climbing, The alpine climbing is good training for straight-up just soloing, the straight-up just soloing is just bouldering but too easy to fall off of. You see, it's da big stankin cirle-of-life shizizzly, ok now group hug time. Â Â And why did all of cracked's excellent photos of fun-having get deleted?? I enjoyed scrolling through them multiple times on my way to the bottom of the page. Quote
ashw_justin Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 It's because my sweet climber-buns are not public domain! Quote
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