[GCW]

Well, my local walls are pretty hot.

Next time I'll act like a dick by

jumping around doing ridiculous dyno's they had no hope of achieving, falling all over the fucking place quite dangerously with no regard to whats going on around them

whilst wearing my fave CoF shirt.




Much better than being polite and considerate but taking my shirt off.

[Anth]

jesus is NOT a cunt 























jesus WAS a cunt*
















*if he ever existed
which I doubt

[robertostallioni]

Next time I'll act like a dick by

"jumping around doing ridiculous dyno's they had no hope of achieving, falling all over the fucking place quite dangerously with no regard to whats going on around them"

whilst wearing my fave CoF shirt.

Save it for Font

[DannyBoy]

As much as I love the t-shirt and would glady forgive all other transgressions on the basis of it, I would still advise investing in a decent wicking garment, as tight as you like, to assist in lifting away the sweat from your body thus assisting it to evaporate rather than simply dripping down your back.  I cant bear to excercise indoors without a decent tee as the feeling of sweat saturation covering my body is not only uncomfortable, but counter productive.  The science of sweat concurs.

Besides, how much more homoerotic than this top can you get without donning a policemans uniform ...

<img src="http://www.compressyourself.com/images/shop/category/Sport_skins_sleeveless_top_black_1.jpg">

[nik at work]

It must be a fucking laugh riot being your mate Mr Cat
Imagine the scenarios

Outside a nightclub at kicking out time
Mr Cat "Taxi"
Random bloke "Hey mate any chance I could grab this taxi you've just flagged down?"
Mr Cat "Of course you can, hop in"
Random bloke jumps into taxi
Mr Cat (turning to his mate) "That cunt just stole my taxi"

In the queue at the supermarket
Random bloke "Hey mate, any chance I could go in front of your fully laden trolley, I've just got some jamrags for the missus and a watermelon?"
Mr Cat "Of course you can, there you go"
Random bloke pays for shopping and leaves
Mr Cat (turning to his mate) "That cunt just pushed in"

Walking down the street
Random bloke "Hey mate, have you got a light?"
Mr Cat "Of course I have, here you go"
Random bloke lights up and walks on
Mr Cat (turning to his mate) "That cunt just stole gas from my lighter"

Even better if they all had the audacity to wear clothing you have not pre-approved.

[GCW]

DannyBoy, if I wore that top it'd be like:

[lagerstarfish]

 

[DannyBoy]

haha superb, I wouldn't be able to contain my excitement, socks in your climbing sandals has got to be a trend setter.  Perhaps the 8 plus climbers should all start wearing sweat bands and fancifull lycra vis-a-vis the 80's motivational style and see how long it takes for the minions to follow.

I cant seem to edit my posts to either work out how to correctly embed the picture or correct my appalling use of language.  Assist and assisting in the same breath, buy a thesaurus man!  Alas, my shame is recorded on the internets for eternity.

[Drew]

He's got a mangina!

[lagerstarfish]

Is that an original Alain Robert gillet?

[Joepicalli]

I found it great, as I simply bouldered at the opposite floor of the wall to my female friends, thus avoiding both engaging in mindless natter with the females and having to compete for wall space with the incessantly loud captain littlecock and his followers.  Unfortunately, my friends eventually sickened and decided they wanted to go to a different wall.

Ahh its good to see that chivalry has not lost out to rampant self-interest in this dog eat dog age.

[lagerstarfish]

I found it great, as I simply bouldered at the opposite floor of the wall to my female friends, thus avoiding both engaging in mindless natter with the females and having to compete for wall space with the incessantly loud captain littlecock and his followers.  Unfortunately, my friends eventually sickened and decided they wanted to go to a different wall.

Friends you say?

[robertostallioni]

I found it great, as I simply bouldered at the opposite floor of the wall to my female friends[/b], thus avoiding both engaging in mindless natter with the females [/b]and having to compete for wall space with the incessantly loud captain littlecock and his followers.  Unfortunately, my friends eventually sickened and decided they wanted to go to a different wall.

 

[Will Hunt]

Cant resist.

The Depot is pretty fucking hot at the moment. Compound this with the fact that I will sweat even looking at a boulder problem and you get a foul dripping wet beast slipping of holds and greasing them for everyone else. Occasionally I will whip the tshirt off while trying a problem and pop it back on when I cool down again.
I have a technical top (a nice icebreaker) but if you think I'm going to rag it to shit down The Depot considering how much I paid for it then you're taking the piss. It also wouldn't help me cool off or stop sweating. Its not narcissism believe me. My body is as pale as a newborn fish. You can see ribs. You can probably see my heart beating. Last time I checked my BMI meant I was clinically underweight. None of this bothers me, please don't let it bother you.

Also Mr Cat in regard to your question of etiquette then I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that you're new to this game. Bouldering etiquette is fairly relaxed. On a busy day at Almscliff the the area round Demon Wall Roof is just strewn with pads and people get on with it. I ask before climbing above or stepping on someone's pad but if everyone collected their pads up when they weren't climbing it would be ridiculous and pretty unfriendly.
The fact that the climbing centre was not busy is irrelevant. All the problems are different and it might have been a project of his. It might have been one that he particularly enjoyed. Who cares? He hopped on after asking you. Could he have been any more reasonable? He also failed on the problem so its not as if he was trying to burn you off and show off. The problems are there for everyone who has paid money to use the facility. It would be pretty unreasonable of you to lay claim to it for yourself would it not?


Sounds like there are some serious chips on shoulders here (and not a small amount of fuck-wittedness).

[DannyBoy]

I found it great, as I simply bouldered at the opposite floor of the wall to my female friends, thus avoiding both engaging in mindless natter with the females and having to compete for wall space with the incessantly loud captain littlecock and his followers.  Unfortunately, my friends eventually sickened and decided they wanted to go to a different wall.

Ahh its good to see that chivalry has not lost out to rampant self-interest in this dog eat dog age.

Aha, I love this forum allready.  Ive been lollercopting so hard I spat my own last Rollo all over my single bed sheets.

I found it great, as I simply bouldered at the opposite floor of the wall to my female friends, thus avoiding both engaging in mindless natter with the females and having to compete for wall space with the incessantly loud captain littlecock and his followers.  Unfortunately, my friends eventually sickened and decided they wanted to go to a different wall.

Friends you say?

Meant in the most facebookical of manners, mere mortal trophies to quantify my own belief in the superiority of clothed abdominal attractivity.

[Will Hunt]

And if this is a roped route that you're talking about then you either should have decided whether you were going to have a go or not or politely told him that you were about to try it.

If somebody stands there for ten minutes simply looking at a problem then why shouldn't somebody who isn't going to dick about jump on? Who knows when you were going to stop gazing at the lower off? Half an hour? An hour?

[DannyBoy]

Cant resist.

The Depot is pretty fucking hot at the moment. Compound this with the fact that I will sweat even looking at a boulder problem and you get a foul dripping wet beast slipping of holds and greasing them for everyone else. Occasionally I will whip the tshirt off while trying a problem and pop it back on when I cool down again.
I have a technical top (a nice icebreaker) but if you think I'm going to rag it to shit down The Depot considering how much I paid for it then you're taking the piss. It also wouldn't help me cool off or stop sweating. Its not narcissism believe me. My body is as pale as a newborn fish. You can see ribs. You can probably see my heart beating. Last time I checked my BMI meant I was clinically underweight. None of this bothers me, please don't let it bother you.

Sounds like there are some serious chips on shoulders here (and not a small amount of fuck-wittedness).

It doesn't bother me at all, the concept was completely foreign to me untill I started to frequent red point.  I am sure a good private training session amongst males on a wall would end up like first year at Eton.  I was just supporting the claim that it bothers the female of the species, especially when compounded with the general look at me attitude.

[Will Hunt]

But I'm not convinced there is a "look at me" attitude. Its just hot! If I wanted to be admired the last thing I would do is to reveal my torso.

I maintain that a lot of people have big fat chips on their shoulders about the quality of their climbing. The fact of the matter is is that some people are very very good indeed at climbing. Some people are complete and utter shit at climbing (through complete lack of skill or perhaps experience). Does it therefore follow that there should be different training facilities established for both these types of climber? If a newbie is present must the experts tone down the difficulty of their sends? Should they fuck.
Personally I, and everybody else that I know in the climbing world does not make a big deal over climbing ability. I'm happy to be burned off by friends and I also enjoy helping people take their first steps into climbing and aiding their improvement (not that I can do this a great deal, I'm certainly not one of the expert climbers) so long as everyone is having fun and enjoying themselves. I know of very few things more rewarding when out climbing that seeing a climber really push themselves and get up a route or problem that is hard for them and to best themselves at any grade whatsoever. Its a joyous thing to see and one that everyone can revel in. 

[DannyBoy]

Sorry, I meant to distinguish between taking your top off and a look at me attitude.  I assume the former would have not really affected my friends if it was not for the latter, and I certainly wouldn't automatically assume that taking a top off is an indication that people want attention.

I don't at all dispute your second paragraph, the wall we now climb at on rainy days is full of amazing climbers and we spend much of our time watching them whilst simultaneously catching flies.  The difference being the wall etiquette you referred to earlier is predominantly observed with no overbearing wannabe alpha males throwing themselves round the mat's precariously in a vain attempt at impressing the few females that attend.  I am not passing judgement on every body who removes there top when bouldering, just on the few repeat offenders we had the pleasure of meeting on the couple of occasions I visited a certain wall where the temperature certainly did not necessitate the removal of clothing.

Surely it would be much more heat effective for them to lose the half-ton cotton trousers and replace them with a nice pair of gym shorts?

On a side note, I received my first Karma!!!  I'd just like to dedicate this one to all the starving children in Indian sweat shops, without them I wouldn't have my sexual technical tee's.  I'd like to thank the forum warrior for his concise, yet compelling reasoning for issuing me with the honour and fully intend to reciprocate the time and thought spent when contemplating repartee.

[SA Chris]

Pure genius this. 100% unadulterated wafle.

[lagerstarfish]

...eventually ended up with me and Brandon stripping to just our boxers to loose weight

:shudder:

[slackline]

I'd wad Nik if I could figure out how to do it.

You need to have made 50 posts before you can partake in the joys of wadding and puntering.

[slackline]

On a side note, I received my first Karma!!!  I'd just like to dedicate this one to all the starving children in Indian sweat shops, without them I wouldn't have my sexual technical tee's.  I'd like to thank the forum warrior for his concise, yet compelling reasoning for issuing me with the honour and fully intend to reciprocate the time and thought spent when contemplating repartee.

Seems you're karma is well balanced

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[Joepicalli]

Cant resist.

The Depot is pretty fucking hot at the moment. Compound this with the fact that I will sweat even looking at a boulder problem and you get a foul dripping wet beast slipping of holds and greasing them for everyone else. Occasionally I will whip the tshirt off while trying a problem and pop it back on when I cool down again.
I have a technical top (a nice icebreaker) but if you think I'm going to rag it to shit down The Depot considering how much I paid for it then you're taking the piss. It also wouldn't help me cool off or stop sweating. Its not narcissism believe me. My body is as pale as a newborn fish. You can see ribs. You can probably see my heart beating. Last time I checked my BMI meant I was clinically underweight. None of this bothers me, please don't let it bother you.

Sounds like there are some serious chips on shoulders here (and not a small amount of fuck-wittedness).

It doesn't bother me at all, the concept was completely foreign to me untill I started to frequent red point.  I am sure a good private training session amongst males on a wall would end up like first year at Eton.  I was just supporting the claim that it bothers the female of the species, especially when compounded with the general look at me attitude.

Sir I used to play rugby against Eaton first years and let me tell you, not even an early '90s Sheffield cellar session (complete with fatdoc) compares with the post pubescent, testosterone fulled, jockstrap snapping rampage that was and under-fifteen's inter-school rugby match communal shower. Windsor biscuit shops hired security upon hearing that such matches were scheduled.

[Mr Cat]

yep - it was a route and I was figuring out how to do the last bit (at the top)...

Eh?  Your original post says "...that when some blokes go indoor bouldering..."
And you moan about this guy at DCC.  Is that Durham Climbing Centre? - do they have routes there, thought it was just bouldering??
I'd wad Nik if I could figure out how to do it.

yeah - durham climbing centre (DCC) - is bouldering only...sorry about the confusion and misuse(?) of terminology...but when I said route - I meant a route of colour co-ordinated holds up a wall... I was standing below it checking out how to do the top couple of holds when you see, this bloke walks upto me...

anyway, I've another question...

I'm holding a BBQ for about 19 people on Saturday. I'm a little worried about the weather as it hasn't stopped raining here for days. I'm new to this BBQin lark, and wondered if it does rain, can I put the BBQ in the lounge or kitchen and do it all inside?

Any advice would be much appreciated.