richard_noggin Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 There is a certain joy to placing gear and leaveing no trace, but where is the grace of movement and that getting all barked up hands and ankles( now that it is hard to find a high top climbing shoe)just sucks I have got'n sooo spoiled sport climbing reach up pull down, quick fix, no hang'n belays, no pins or hammer. I am sooo soft I dont even bleed anymore when I climb. Flick my bic ( we need a FLAME icon) Disclamer: you have just been trolled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 pain offsets fear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Quick, call the Wahmbulance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I don't know if we have to take this from a well known Dick Head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 The pain of crack climbing is directly proportional to the lack of crack technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleRoss Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I love crack and I love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knottygirl Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 nothin' better then crack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCash Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 The pain of crack climbing is directly proportional to the lack of crack technique. Â Couldn't have said it better myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderfour Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetBoss Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 The pain of crack climbing is directly proportional to the lack of crack technique. Â Amen brother....old school technique overides everything! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 The pain of crack climbing is directly proportional to the lack of crack technique. Â Oh my god....I agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_noggin Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 I agree,my point exactly,my Technique sucks and by the picture i can see I am not the only one. Tape and a long sleeve shirt can buffer a bit but tape is aid. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I you say tape is aid. then so are wearing rock shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_noggin Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 BTW Bill Robbins used mass amounts of tape and had tape'n down to a science,he was a crack master.I don't think anyone will say he didn't have Technique. I use tape on my soft girly hands when I crack climb, most of the time and sometimes on an offwidth I will even tape my soft girly ankles. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Flappers are a thing of beauty. When I get one, I usually milk it all summer long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradclimbguy Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 How about those funny crack climbing gloves. I see people wearing those sometimes, never anybody that really climbs hard though. Â I bet you could find a pair of those to soothe your aching vag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I you say tape is aid. then so are wearing rock shoes. Â Yup. Start free climbing or shut up! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 G-spotter....you are such a turd.....I never said I would not wear rock shoes. Just using your own stupid logic aganist you....and you dont like it. What a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Whatevr beeeeyotch... keep on aid climbing and pretending you are free climbing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I use tape in cracks about 20% of the time. Jim Bridwell uses tape. He's tougher than anyone on this board. ----- As for the technique arguement, try a roof crack that has deadpoints between off hand jams on quartz crystals. Your hands are gonna get royally trashed without tape no matter how good your technique is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 i didn't used to tape. but found that if i did i could make better progress following in the .10's that i am not familiare with. some how the tape made me feel more invincible and made it so i was more willing to hang off my balled up little hand crammed into a crack. i dont tape at the collums though. Â i love crack climbing more than i love anything in the universe except my children. and this summer, i am teaching them to climb the cracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythosgrl Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 I've never used tape before. My hands do get pretty scraped up, though, so maybe i should look into it. I thought scratched up and bleeding hands were just to be expected in crack climbing and that i was doing everything right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drederek Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Good technique and the correct amount (or more) of strength will make tape unnecessary. If you are strong enough to lock off your jam and not wiggle or twist you won't get scraped up. By allowing you to shift your jam without completely releasing it tape definitely helps. So tape, like sticky rubber and beta are aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 if you are climbing hand and smaller cracks, tape is a comfort deal...not necessary and promotes a "hand slide until it sticks" approach rather than placing your jams...its not aid, it just allows sloppy technique... Â If you are climbing with decent technique, you should be able to climb 5.10 cracks and under with absolutely no scrapes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Good technique and the correct amount (or more) of strength will make tape unnecessary. If you are strong enough to lock off your jam and not wiggle or twist you won't get scraped up. By allowing you to shift your jam without completely releasing it tape definitely helps. So tape, like sticky rubber and beta are aid. strength ain't got a lot to do with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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