Can I just vote for gangsta rap three times consecutively for my quota?
Can I just vote for gangsta rap three times consecutively for my quota?
If there was something for hash tagging your sponsors in insta feeds, when you are not sponsored, I'd have voted for that.Bloody hell, is that a thing?? Tempted to re-do the entire poll (and swap that in instead of gangsta rap you bunch of daily mail-esque fuddy duddies :p )
If there was something for hash tagging your sponsors in insta feeds, when you are not sponsored, I'd have voted for that.Bloody hell, is that a thing?? Tempted to re-do the entire poll (and swap that in instead of gangsta rap you bunch of daily mail-esque fuddy duddies :p )
The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:
If there was something for hash tagging your sponsors in insta feeds, when you are not sponsored, I'd have voted for that.Bloody hell, is that a thing?? Tempted to re-do the entire poll (and swap that in instead of gangsta rap you bunch of daily mail-esque fuddy duddies :p )
Agreed re instagram. Somone yesterday said to me 'theres a video in my instagram' about some boulder problem. Its such a black hole of photos/videos, designed for instant consumption, and with shit search functions, which means I will never search back through your fucking beta viddys. Nevermind, as long as you got the likes on the day, its all good.
I saw an freind use #climbing_is_my_passion the other day, and lost all respect.
Agreed re instagram. Somone yesterday said to me 'theres a video in my instagram' about some boulder problem. Its such a black hole of photos/videos, designed for instant consumption, and with shit search functions, which means I will never search back through your fucking beta viddys. Nevermind, as long as you got the likes on the day, its all good.
I saw an freind use #climbing_is_my_passion the other day, and lost all respect.
Wank pile.
#insta_is_my_psyche
No, it's not as good youtube/vimeo for beta searching, but for general browsing I think it's far superior. And as Will says, you can search for stuff with hashtags which has often thrown up videos of specific problems for me. The future UKC link sounds great, I know I was big fan of Ed's old site.
Let the puntering commence.
Last year I was under some limestone eliminate and I had no idea where it went or what was in, a quick search on my phone for beta came up with nothing. Saw that someone had logged it on UKC recently, found them on instagram, their account was private so I requested to follow, 5 minutes later they had accepted and lo and behold their second most recent post was the beta I was looking for.
I climbed the climb, had a quick scan through their insta to see what it was like, unfollowed them, and continued with my day.
The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:
The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:
Oh my goodness, yes, this!!
Not to worry. Alan James is coming to the rescue by incorporating the functionality that Ed GS developed a little while ago. You will soon be able to link Instagram, Youtube, and Vimeo videos to the UKC logbooks.
In my view the biggest crimes is that a) bouldering is a cool new "thing" and b) that there is something spiritual and mystic about the climbing "experience" or "journey" and "self-discovery" it's not just people dicking about pulling hard on rocks for shits and giggles.
The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:
The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:
I’ve mentioned it before but betacache.com fills the void that Ed left. It’s used extensively in the US but has global videos. Another advantage is you don’t have to go to UKC for it (I thought this was a UKC bashing site)?!?
...they do have the most comprehensive online database of climbs in the UK.
The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:
Use of the word bloc is the one that sends me over the edge.
I saw a comment on insta once
"there are some great blocs on that boulder" my head nearly spun off my shoulders
And a feature in the works that lets you add videos to climbs in the logbook.
Not to worry. Alan James is coming to the rescue by incorporating the functionality that Ed GS developed a little while ago. You will soon be able to link Instagram, Youtube, and Vimeo videos to the UKC logbooks.
The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:
Use of the word bloc is the one that sends me over the edge.
I saw a comment on insta once
"there are some great blocs on that boulder" my head nearly spun off my shoulders
Excuse me while i pull my remaining hair out...
+1The elephant in the room is, of course, using ‘send’ in any climbing related context. :chair:Oh my goodness, yes, this!!
We used all kinds of ridiculous lingo in Wales in the 80s, probably much to the bewilderment and disgust of previous generations. I can forgive the young their new inventions.
what Mark refers to makes f-all sense though. - "Some great blocs on that boulder", unless there is actually a large rock on top of another.
Although beta videos on instagram can be a bit of a ballache to (re)find, I imagine most of those clips would never had made it on to the internet in the first place if it wasn't for insta.
Have a look at these things from Jack Hustler, completely buried in Instagram.
Throwback to 2017. Such a fun boulder #feelingblessed
:sick:
An example of a good use of IG for climbing, sharing memories and climbs that haven't been publicised much. Colorado's answer to the Toit du cul de chien: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMkRZ-sDMDA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Cannot wait for the Red Feather guide to come out (and fingers to be working again)...
Throwback to 2017. Such a fun boulder #feelingblessed
:sick:
Don't get me started. Seriously. Nobody fucking cares.
I'm glad I have a safe space of friends who understand who I can vent to without upsetting the Insta people and getting called a cyber bully.
WTF WFT! I thought we’d had loads of fun together :'(
WTF WFT! I thought we’d had loads of fun together :'(
I'm sure you'll agree when you climb with me, it's an experience.