pink Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhux Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 http://nwgranite.blogspot.com/2014/05/climbers-and-assholes-who-rock-climb.html Need I say more? Classic routes attract proportionately more assholes. Also, why would you waste your time on route not climbing the great gendarme? Talk about disappointing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_warfield Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I agree 100%. Money IS the Gendarme and OW above. Otherwise you are being cheated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I see their point though. Who are the bigger assholes? A cocky but highly efficient twosome, or People climbing a 50 crowded route in a group of 3 at their absolute limit at 5.9? I get their frustration at the bottlenecked gendarme, where you can't pass and have to wait your turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 the same frustration any feller in a porsche feels when there's ford prefects in the passing lane... fuck'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I see their point though. Who are the bigger assholes? A cocky but highly efficient twosome, or People climbing a 50 crowded route in a group of 3 at their absolute limit at 5.9? I get their frustration at the bottlenecked gendarme, where you can't pass and have to wait your turn. That's what happens when you do trade routes and i don't think either one are assholes, i think we all take turns being the ass of the party, that's part of life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I see their point though. Who are the bigger assholes? A cocky but highly efficient twosome, or People climbing a 50 crowded route in a group of 3 at their absolute limit at 5.9? I get their frustration at the bottlenecked gendarme, where you can't pass and have to wait your turn. That's what happens when you do trade routes and i don't think either one are assholes, i think we all take turns being the ass of the party, that's part of life ^Exactly. It's a trade route, in prime climbing season, ON THE WEEKEND. Expecting anything else is stupidity. Re-arrange your schedule and climb on weekdays if you want a relatively newb-free experience on a trade route. Or man up and do it in mid-September. It's akin to being given the choice between driving somewhere across the city at 1pm or 5pm, choosing 5pm, then bitching when you are stuck in traffic. Sure, it may feel good to vent, but it's still your own fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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