mountainmatt Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Live chat with Christian Griffith on Boulder Daily Camera site. Noon mountain time. http://www.dailycamera.com/ http://www.dailycamera.com/chat/ Quote
G-spotter Posted February 26, 2007 Posted February 26, 2007 Why couldn't they have this on at bedtime, in case I need to bore myself to sleep when the "drink myself to sleep" thing stops working? Quote
kevbone Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Live chat with Christian Griffith on Boulder Daily Camera site. Noon mountain time. http://www.dailycamera.com/ http://www.dailycamera.com/chat/ Who is Christian Griffith? Quote
AlpineK Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 CG was mad at me for not driving a load of woodchips out to his sport route to mulch the trails Quote
ScottP Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Live chat with Christian Griffith on Boulder Daily Camera site. Noon mountain time. http://www.dailycamera.com/ http://www.dailycamera.com/chat/ Who is Christian Griffith? Quote
kevbone Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Thanks for the picture.....who is Christian Griffith? Am I supposed to know his face? Quote
AlpineK Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 If you're a climber you should have heard of him. Quote
kevbone Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 If you're a climber you should have heard of him. Well I dont climb much anymore right now.....maybe someone could refresh my memory? Quote
AlpineK Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/griffithv12/ There's more info out there if you look. Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 If you're a climber you should have heard of him. Well I dont climb much anymore right now.....maybe someone could refresh my memory? :noway: He is to Boulder as Todd Skinner is to Index. Come on man, how old are you?? Quote
kevbone Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 If you're a climber you should have heard of him. Well I dont climb much anymore right now.....maybe someone could refresh my memory? :noway: He is to Boulder as Todd Skinner is to Index. Come on man, how old are you?? Turning 34 next month. Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Damn, I'm younger than you and I know who he is. How long you been climb'n for, like a year or sumin'? Quote
olyclimber Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Yeah Boner! Didn't you get the MEMO? Informed climbers KNOW this sort of thing. You must be a N00B. Quote
DirtyHarry Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 If you're a climber you should have heard of him. Well I dont climb much anymore right now.....maybe someone could refresh my memory? :noway: He is to Boulder as Todd Skinner is to Index. Come on man, how old are you?? Kevbone is obviously some 13-year-old kid who stole the password to his dad's computer. I don't believe you even had to ask. Quote
pope Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 He's one of the guys we can thank for unrestrained grid bolting, chipping, and a handful of other practices which are less harmful but still very poor form compared the clean-climbing ethic that used to encourage a more restrained and aesthetic application of bolts within the original concept of a first ascent (i.e. "ascent" implied climbing the route the old-fashioned way, starting at the bottom and getting gear on the way up if you could find it). You could probably still find Griffith's "Manifesto" or similarly hilarious drivel from the 1980's, such as when Rock & Ice reported that Christian Griffith and some other forgetable climber felt trapped by their own images and were intending to stage some kind of media event in which they would have their hair cut and then auctioned off (to whom?), the proceeds from which would be donated to the Access Fund (which, if you didn't know, promotes and encourages sport climbing and rap bolting in a way similar to a recently formed "coalition" of Washington climbers). I could go on. Here's a nice photo of the modest and approachable Christian Griffith: Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Damn, I lose. I bet Raindawg would have chimed in first. Guess he's still on the other side of the pond. Quote
G-spotter Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Kevbone, do you own any Verve clothing? Cause CG owns Verve. Dude. I know you don't know shit and you keep proving it every damn day! Quote
kevbone Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Damn, I'm younger than you and I know who he is. How long you been climb'n for, like a year or sumin'? You are special. How cool are you. Not Quote
dmuja Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 When da Pope speak, it awmost like climbin meant somethin! Pope Fan Quote
Raindawg Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Damn, I lose. I bet Raindawg would have chimed in first. Guess he's still on the other side of the pond. He just got back yesterday and extends an alpine High Five to his buddy pope for speaking for many of us. You could probably still find Griffith's "Manifesto" or similarly hilarious drivel from the 1980's, such as when Rock & Ice reported that Christian Griffith and some other forgetable climber felt trapped by their own images and were intending to stage some kind of media event in which they would have their hair cut and then auctioned off (to whom?), the proceeds from which would be donated to the Access Fund. A follow up to the hair-auction report: me 'n pope wrote a parody letter to the editor of Climbing or Rock & Ice or whoever published that choice little news item. We mentioned that an uncircumsized climber-dude we know ("Tommy") was going to get clipped and auction off his foreskin to raise money for the Access Fund. The magazine published our letter although I'm not sure if "the mohel was met" or how many shekels it might have generated. And as for that pompous "Manifesto" dwaddle: I saw the guy years ago at a meeting of the American Alpine Club. For his "lecture", he came out on stage and announced that he was going to do something really controversial here at the traditional ol AAC! He sat down on floor and gave a stretching demonstration... Please! I hope he paid his own airfare. Kevbone, do you own any Verve clothing? Cause CG owns Verve. Dude. I know you don't know shit and you keep proving it every damn day! What! You gotta own some of that Verve crap to be a climber? Read their little info page and see why some of us run away at the mere thought: V3RV3: We so hip und o-ganic! Christian Griffith? BIG LOU HE'S NOT! Quote
AlpineK Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 I saw the guy years ago at a meeting of the American Alpine Club. For his "lecture", he came out on stage and announced that he was going to do something really controversial here at the traditional ol AAC! He sat down on floor and gave a stretching demonstration... That was at the AAC meeting in Bellevue back a few years ago. I remember that. That was an idiotic talk. Quote
kevbone Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Kevbone, do you own any Verve clothing? Cause CG owns Verve. Dude. I know you don't know shit and you keep proving it every damn day! You know how many rad climber dudes I know that you have never heard of? Lots. So STFU Quote
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