Titles Are Lame: The thing about climbing gyms
For your entertainment I have created a list of things in climbing gyms that transcend oceans:
- the really buff chick/dude who can climb everything and makes you want to quit and get stronger at the same time
- the older gentlemen who rocks some serious old-school style and gear
- the newbies who are impressed by everything
- the climbing couple
- the awkward three-some
- the intense stretcher
- the incredibly attractive climber who always happens to notice when you fall off a v1
The really muscular guy who thinks climbing is easy and can’t rainbow route an under-vertical wall.
The team climbing kids that are 12 years old and climb way harder than you.
The hippies that haven’t showered in 3 days.
The guy who climbs with a ton of draws, an ATC, a gri gri, a PAS, and 3 slings attached to his harness — even though he’s on top rope.
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(Hahahaha - “The team climbing kids that are 12 years old and climb way harder than you.” ACCURATE)
- The one who you mostly only see sitting around and talking with their friends, but the three times you have seen them get on the wall - they are working like v10.
- The old people who are lead belaying with less slack out than they would have out for top rope belaying.
- Or the old people who are lead belaying clipped into the ground even though their partner weighs like five pounds more than them. Dudeit’sokayiftheyfalllikefivefeet.
- The teenage boys who come to the gym every week in rental shoes, and then all crowd together about four feet away from the wall.
- Oh yeah, the one who is always really loud, screaming as they work the crux of a route and has no shame in cursing really loudly when they fall. (Alex…..)
- The one who, when you joke about climbing on drugs, turns around and says “duuude. try climbing on acid.”
- The girl/guy who says “ohh man that’s such a hard climb” and then sends it right in front of you
This is too true haha
