[clm]

eg. how do i top rope?

[old cheese]

what are the snow conditions like in south wales

that is real one

[AndiT]

Yeah, I don't think you can beat the real thing.

VS to E4 without being scared..

How do you reply to a question like that? I hope he succeeds though, I certainly didn't make it without a fair share of scares!

[Paz]

I hope he shits himself, and then succeeds.

We've been having an alarming number of cocktalk esque posts on here recently, and not all of them were mine.

[Pemb]

What are the moves like on Hubble?

How many chin-ups before I can climb E10?

Check out this amazing solo speed climbing video!!!

[andy_e]

An all time classic about the Indian Face.

(something like this)

"I've just progressed from 5b to 5c, and last month I progressed from 5a to 5b. If I keep it up will I be able to do Indian Face in three months?"

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure you will. Try it, please do.

[Bonjoy]

Three Pebbles Slab E1 or HVS?
How hard is Chalkstorm?

[Serpico]

Which Englishman is the worlds greatest climber?

[Ena]

You just can't make up anything more CT than gets posted everyday, many times a day.


By the way, how hard is Chalkstorm?

[AndiT]

By the way, how hard is Chalkstorm?

Pretty fookin hard for E1......




And in only six posts this has actually turned into a RT thread.

[andy_e]

Soft touch E4s 

[Baron]

Another of the genuine article:



Had an indoor lead fall tonight, about three metres just about to clip the next bolt. It was my first since coming off in Spain three years ago, and although it was a shock, and an adrenaline rush, it wasn't as bad as I thought...

It taught me that my new climbing partner is sound at belaying, and that I can climb to my limit, and falling sometimes isn't that bad.

Will this help me get my head sorted when leading?

Can more positives than negatives be taken from falling sometimes?

what do you think?

[andy_e]

Anything with the word "discuss" in. 

[Ena]

Hello! I live in Guildford and want to go climberering at Stanage in the Peaks on Bank Holiday Sunday. I can top rope up to HVD (indoors), and have lots of cams (but no friends). Please can I climb with you? Be my girlfriend!

[mark s]

whats the weather going to be like tomorrow?

whats the beta for such and such e6(can only climb e2 tho)

[soapy]

..and what it parodies, it becomes..


 

[Oli]

whats the beta for such and such e6(can only climb e2 tho)

Thats probably me then... 

[Will Hunt]

Poetry Thread 10           

Every time the poetry thread gets so big that it takes ages to load they have to start a new one!

[SA Chris]

What will winter climbing conditions be like on the weekend of the 15th of January, and can anyone recommend me a grade II icefall that will be in condition.

[old cheese]

seen these today

'just how hard is ama dablam'

'why do i shake on routes'

i will suggest that it is a reflex action to combat the fact they have a cold body, see how that goes down

[webbo]

how to get to caley on the bus from hyde park in leeds.




oh fuck. sorry andy e did that on here.

[andy_e]

 

[BenF]

The problem about many of the suggestions so far is that they actually involve discussing climbing and not pets/each other/IT problems/one's navel/4x4's etc etc.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Anyone want to buy some used Banana Promax MaxiMuscle? 



 

[Monolith]

Liftshare Wanted:

Any friendly locals in the Nuneaton area off to the Khumbu icefall this Sunday. Will pay petrol.

Down the Pub:

Coping with the loss of a terrapin.
Was Jimi Hendrix gay?
Has anyone solo downclimbed an E9?
Which is your favourite Anne Geddes baby photo?
Do heroin addicts make good pets?
Will anybody come the pub with me?
Rutger Hauer vs. Andy McNabb
Why do boulderers think they're climbers?
What time is it?
Seriously, will ANYBODY  come the pub with me?

[moose]

a genuine one I'm afraid, something like:

 "I have started climbing at my wall.  It is great and I have now bought a chalk-bag! But I keep running out of chalk.  I think I should put more in, but then I am afraid I might spill some.  I cannot find any instructions, how much chalk do you put in your chalk-bag?"

What made this almost unbearably bad was that the poster was 30+ years old.  I cannot imagine how anyone can get to that age with so little self-confidence that they need reassurance to acquire the devil-may-care attitude to chalk-usage needed to figure-out their optimum bag fill-level.

Mind you, at least it was vaguely climbing related... along with all of the usual bugbears of a "can anyone recommend a really well-protected E4 slab with easy 5a moves"  nature. 

But, the threads that REALLY piss me off are the horrible touchy-feely ones along the lines of:

 "why do people feel the need to bully those who are different",
"my boss does not appreciate my uniquely sensitive nature and puts me down, what can I do?" 

Frankly some of these people sound so determinedly wet that they deserve everything they get... and why use a climbing forum?  Don't they have any friends... or a local pub... or even a cat?  Surely they all own bloody cats... lovingly fed on Sheba whilst their owner imagines which food intolerance would best show how sensitive and out of kilter they are with the harshness of the modern world.

[Oli]

Moose, I think the current one is;

UKC a hot topic at UKBouldering.com - Mick Ryan UKC News

[BenF]

UKC a hot topic at UKBouldering.com - Mick Ryan UKC News

I think that was predictable really, given that Mick is some kind of automatic hyperlink between the two sites.  And that he loves stirring. 

[webbo]

what about. "what i like about mike ryan"




might be a short thread.

[Bubba]

This whole forum rivalry thing is a bit stupid - I used to slag rocktalk but then I realised that all you need to do is stop reading it and then it doesn't wind you up any more. Easy solution.

There's plenty of room for different styles of forums - it's unlikely that one particular site will ever satisfy everyone's needs, so if you don't like one then just move along.