Dru Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 Similar to the "what is trad" thread. Discussion this weekend about whether bagging a peak constituted "climbing" or not. We climbed a mountain but we didn't "climb" anything. We walked up and down. So: Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I want a single easy word to describe everything I enjoy doing in the mountains. I use "climbing." Actually two words. There's "skiing" too. Quote
Dru Posted June 14, 2004 Author Posted June 14, 2004 I want a single easy word to describe everything I enjoy doing in the mountains. I use "climbing." Actually two words. There's "skiing" too. Have you considered "Extreme" Quote
snoboy Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I want a single easy word to describe everything I enjoy doing in the mountains. I use "climbing." Actually two words. There's "skiing" too. Hence the invention of the word mountaineering. Quote
Dru Posted June 14, 2004 Author Posted June 14, 2004 I forgot the option "Climbing is a magazine I look at while waiting for the barista at the REI cafe to make my double-tall non fat cinnamon sprinkler soy chai latte" Quote
olyclimber Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I want a single easy word to describe everything I enjoy doing in the mountains. I use "climbing." Actually two words. There's "skiing" too. Hence the invention of the word mountaineering. I think that leaves out the boulder boys. But maybe you meant to. Quote
snoboy Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 Nope, cragging is practice for real mountains... bouldering is practice for cragging, ergo, bouldering is part of mountaineering. Quote
olyclimber Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I was doing some pullups the other day...does that count? Quote
cj001f Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I want a single easy word to describe everything I enjoy doing in the mountains. I use "climbing." Actually two words. There's "skiing" too. Skiing often falls in with "climbing" for me. Generally I just use the phrase "I went for a wander" Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I want a single easy word to describe everything I enjoy doing in the mountains. I use "climbing." Actually two words. There's "skiing" too. Hence the invention of the word mountaineering. Two problems with mountaineering: 1) It's four syllables, whereas climbing is two, making mountaineering stories much harder to tell when drunk than climbing stories. You can say you climbed a peak but not that you mountaineered it. Although hiking works well for an all-purpose word too. I told my parents that I only went hiking solo in Lofoten. 2) In some circles, you may need to be careful if you call yourself a m[M]ountaineer. Quote
olyclimber Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I'm an ascentionist. I'm an erectionist. Cwacker, you're way out of line. This is the climbing forum, not spray. We're discussing serious climbing issues, such as what is "climbing" and what not. Would you like to buy a smoked cheese pig? Quote
dbb Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 I thought this thread was going to be all touchy-feely Dru. An impersonal poll may be alienating your metrosexual base group (like cracked the erectionist)!!! Quote
scott_harpell Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 Who cares? Climbing is just another excuse to get outside and chill. Quote
CascadeClimber Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 If I'm afraid that a fall could involve compound fractures, death, and/or severe pain, it's climbing. If a fall will result in nothing more than a bruised ego, it's hiking. If I'm taking a poll about it, it's a Mountaineer's Outing. Quote
cracked Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 So people who say they 'climbed' the Coleman-Deming really only hiked it? And bouldering is most definitely hiking. Quote
CascadeClimber Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 So people who say they 'climbed' the Coleman-Deming really only hiked it? Maybe a certain someone who's taken a winger (or two) on the Roman Wall can answer that... Quote
chelle Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Crevasse navigation and steeper snow travel requires a little more skill than just hiking. It may be a "walk up" but it is still climbing. Quote
cracked Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Personally, I'd call the C-D skiing, but I'll agree with 'chelle. (BTW what happened to Ehmmic?) Quote
ashw_justin Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 People do actually end up falling in crevasses on the C-D from time to time, don't they? Quote
chelle Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 "ehmmic" jumped ship when I went back to my family name... Quote
CascadeClimber Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Picky SOBs y'all are today. How's this: Quote
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