This isn't new by any stretch. Back in the late 80's a couple of my early climbing buddies went clubbing in London, and for a laugh wore rockboots, chalkbag and brightly coloured climbing tights. To their astonishment, a couple of other people there were similarly attired - turned out it was briefly rather fashionable. Real climbers doing it probably cusped it, as Grimer would say.
touché
Looks good- but where does thetoothbrushrolled up £50 note go?
This isn't new by any stretch. Back in the late 80's a couple of my early climbing buddies went clubbing in London, and for a laugh wore rockboots, chalkbag and brightly coloured climbing tights. To their astonishment, a couple of other people there were similarly attired - turned out it was briefly rather fashionable. Real climbers doing it probably cusped it, as Grimer would say.
Liverpool EBs sold a few ermm.. EBs to scallies for poncing about on scouse dance floors back in the 80s
I saw a guy walking round Denver the other day in punter climbing shoes, didn't look like a climber or he'd been / was going climbing.
But, you never know...
Hmm, looked to me like he'd just stumbled out of the local weed shop...I saw a guy walking round Denver the other day in punter climbing shoes, didn't look like a climber or he'd been / was going climbing.
But, you never know...
Perhaps he was entering a strongman competition, they sometimes wear climbing shoes. Unbeknownst to you, he walked around the corner and started to drag a truck.
I saw a guy walking round Denver the other day in punter climbing shoes, didn't look like a climber or he'd been / was going climbing.
But, you never know...
Perhaps he was entering a strongman competition, they sometimes wear climbing shoes. Unbeknownst to you, he walked around the corner and started to drag a truck.
Hmm, looked to me like he'd just stumbled out of the local weed shop...
The golfer was weirder...
The golfer was weirder...
I don’t want to know.
Naked Alex Honnold quite put me off my muesli.
The golfer was weirder...
I don’t want to know.
Naked Alex Honnold quite put me off my muesli.
Did you spit your nuts out?
Sport Climbing Barbie released by Mattel in advance of Tokyo Olympics
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/02/tokyo_2020_olympic_sport_climbing_barbie_doll_launched-72211
Sport Climbing Barbie released by Mattel in advance of Tokyo Olympics
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/02/tokyo_2020_olympic_sport_climbing_barbie_doll_launched-72211
https://www.bananafingers.co.uk/chalk-accessories/black-diamond/nail-clippers
Kind of fits here. Amazing thing is they are out stock.
Not so much weirdness, but very mainstream
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/sports/olympics/olympics-climbing-adam-ondra.html
Trying to imagine how tricky it’d be to move on a bearing in those
Not really weirdness - but this is probably the best place for this to go :)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/31/country-diary-boulderers-make-the-most-of-the-rocky-terrain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
indoor and outdoor leisure facilities such as bowling alleys, leisure centres and gyms, sports facilities including swimming pools, golf courses and driving ranges, dance studios, stables and riding centres, soft play facilities, climbing walls and climbing centres, archery and shooting ranges, water and theme parks
undefeated PanAmerican Champion since 2004
It's a relief this is all considered empowering nowadays and not just smutty dfbwgc fodder.
undefeated PanAmerican Champion since 2004
Holding the world title for PanAmerican champion since 2004
No idea, but this is what she's wearing for comps this season (npsfw):
https://instagram.com/p/CE7AqMqAGjJ/
It's a relief this is all considered empowering nowadays and not just smutty dfbwgc fodder.
No idea, but this is what she's wearing for comps this season (npsfw):
https://instagram.com/p/CE7AqMqAGjJ/
It's a relief this is all considered empowering nowadays and not just smutty dfbwgc fodder.
I don’t get it. Mainly it’s just ridiculous. Also is it the case that wearing lingerie is meant to be sexy but simultaneously not objectifying at the same time? Can someone explain it to me to bring me up to date.
Also is it the case that wearing lingerie is meant to be sexy but simultaneously not objectifying at the same time? Can someone explain it to me to bring me up to date.
Also is it the case that wearing lingerie is meant to be sexy but simultaneously not objectifying at the same time? Can someone explain it to me to bring me up to date.
A woman, by choosing to wear an item of clothing that makes her feel good, does not objectify herself. Only other people can objectify her.
No idea, but this is what she's wearing for comps this season (npsfw):
https://instagram.com/p/CE7AqMqAGjJ/
It's a relief this is all considered empowering nowadays and not just smutty dfbwgc fodder.
I don’t get it. Mainly it’s just ridiculous. Also is it the case that wearing lingerie is meant to be sexy but simultaneously not objectifying at the same time? Can someone explain it to me to bring me up to date.
Had to Google what dfbwgc stood for; glad that's been consigned to history.
:lol:Also is it the case that wearing lingerie is meant to be sexy but simultaneously not objectifying at the same time? Can someone explain it to me to bring me up to date.
A woman, by choosing to wear an item of clothing that makes her feel good, does not objectify herself. Only other people can objectify her.
Had to Google what dfbwgc stood for; glad that's been consigned to history.
Likewise. That thread should be scrubbed from the internet.
https://latticetraining.com/product/lattice-the-send-blend/
For fucks sake! Prime candidates for ad space in London Climber though.
I quite enjoyed it. Bonkers enough you know it's not meant to be realistic, quite liked the general vibe.
(https://i.ibb.co/SdP8PQ0/C57-C4049-4290-4-DD6-B27-D-28-BF15951-C0-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vQHGHsm)
Troop London
(https://i.ibb.co/SdP8PQ0/C57-C4049-4290-4-DD6-B27-D-28-BF15951-C0-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vQHGHsm)
(https://i.ibb.co/SdP8PQ0/C57-C4049-4290-4-DD6-B27-D-28-BF15951-C0-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vQHGHsm)
Is that... Is that a Raj style pith helmet? I can't figure out whether getting a black model to wear such a thing is empowering or awful.
(https://i.ibb.co/SdP8PQ0/C57-C4049-4290-4-DD6-B27-D-28-BF15951-C0-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vQHGHsm)
Is that... Is that a Raj style pith helmet? I can't figure out whether getting a black model to wear such a thing is empowering or awful.
No, it's this bucket hat https://www.gucci.com/uk/en_gb/pr/women/accessories-for-women/hats-and-gloves-for-women/bucket-and-sun-hats-for-women/cotton-fedora-with-gucci-label-p-6271744HK021400
I want all of it, starting with the tent and the rucksack..
I want all of it, starting with the tent and the rucksack..
Surprised LNDN CLMBR aren't all over this, the look for the Shoreditch Boulderer.
(https://media-vogue-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/media.vogue.co.uk/photos/5fe1c950a114b729243df09d/master/w_1024%2Cc_limit/GU699_TNF_PR%20CROPS_single%20image_150dpi_088.jpg)
Is this LDN CLMBR’s new North American correspondent?
(https://media-vogue-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/media.vogue.co.uk/photos/5fe1c950a114b729243df09d/master/w_1024%2Cc_limit/GU699_TNF_PR%20CROPS_single%20image_150dpi_088.jpg)
Is this LDN CLMBR’s new North American correspondent?
(https://media-vogue-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/media.vogue.co.uk/photos/5fe1c950a114b729243df09d/master/w_1024%2Cc_limit/GU699_TNF_PR%20CROPS_single%20image_150dpi_088.jpg)
Is this LDN CLMBR’s new North American correspondent?
Shit isn’t that Barrows’s erstwhile partner in crime ‘39’ aka attack poodle!?
Given Yoss's response, in the light of this photo and the fact that LDN CLMBR has been suspiciously quiet of late, I'm now convinced Gucci took his parody account for real and hired him as creative director. If you need someone to play Kaspar Ruiz-Montano I'm in, this is key work if ever I saw it.
(https://i.ibb.co/SdP8PQ0/C57-C4049-4290-4-DD6-B27-D-28-BF15951-C0-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vQHGHsm)
I'm just surprised Jurgen Klopp got mixed up in this
I want all of it, starting with the tent and the rucksack..
I want ... the tent.
haha! the lengths I go to to avoid a bivy...
At Helsby of all places.
This ad just popped up on my Instagram feed. (https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7Q4OOsTW-/?igshid=1i7nefsfytwxf) :lol:Always liked those trainers but the trousers are dismal and WTF is that even an advert?? Totalbumbleshite.
First ever “Vertical fashion show” bouldering competition
https://www.instagram.com/p/COFNorar3JK/?igshid=1fycmqrys8ew0
Future is Nature and Bouldering is Rad!
Future Nature salutes the styling and teachings of the great outdoors counterculture pioneers.
Inspired by the vibrant and eclectic style of 70's and 80's Californian hippy hikers and misfit rock climbers.
Mixing abstract rock formation patterns with vivid highlight colours, only a spring wilderness can naturally create.
Field tested on location by French bouldering champions Léo Avezou and Maelys Agrapart, this eco-conceived, versatile collection serves both urban utility and casual outdoor adventure.
Go outdoors more, Future Is Nature!
QuoteFuture is Nature and Bouldering is Rad!
Future Nature salutes the styling and teachings of the great outdoors counterculture pioneers.
Inspired by the vibrant and eclectic style of 70's and 80's Californian hippy hikers and misfit rock climbers.
Mixing abstract rock formation patterns with vivid highlight colours, only a spring wilderness can naturally create.
Field tested on location by French bouldering champions Léo Avezou and Maelys Agrapart, this eco-conceived, versatile collection serves both urban utility and casual outdoor adventure.
Go outdoors more, Future Is Nature!
So much irony packed into one short paragraph.
More luxury vertical fashion by Fendi this time:
Is it just coincidence that 'Fendi' is an anagram of UKB's own fashion guru Fiend?Probably.Definitely not.
There is just soooooooo much to unpack here. It's an outdoor brand incepted by Ant Middleton, Alan Partridge, and Tommy Robinson.
https://thrudark.com/blog/op-skyefall/
There is just soooooooo much to unpack here. It's an outdoor brand incepted by Ant Middleton, Alan Partridge, and Tommy Robinson.
https://thrudark.com/blog/op-skyefall/
There is just soooooooo much to unpack here. It's an outdoor brand incepted by Ant Middleton,
I wonder if the kit is actually any good, it doesn’t look horrendous and seems be made out of the right sort of materials.
ThruDark team will road move directly to the Scottish Highlands atfirst lightwhenever Bazza has had his Belly Buster Breakfast from the local spoon and done a shit. We will move directly to ourforward mounting baseAir BnB on the Isle of Skye andbrief all relevant individuals on the week’s activitiesgo to the pub. Day 1: ThruDark team will move by road to Sligachan for a morning vehicle shoot andarea reccemooch. Upon completion we will move to a local undisclosed waterfall location. The afternoon/evening will consist of Neist Point and the Lighthouse. Day 2: ThruDark team willroad movedrive to Quiraing – Needles in the morning for a sunrise shoot and trail hike followed by a visit to Tallisker Bay for an eveningshootphotoshoot that would make an influencer blush/scramble. Day 3: ThruDark team will break into 2 groups. Group 1 will complete the Inn Pinn climb and group 2 will concentrate onvehicle specific contentmore excruciating photoshoots with the Range Rovers. Day 4: ThruDark team will move to The Storr for a first lightclimbwalk up to the viewpoint because the only climbing on the Storr is fucking harcore and never gets repeated. The afternoon/evening will include a high abseil scenario inan undisclosed locationthis means we're lost.
Fucking hell if we can't laugh at this then what can we laugh at?QuoteThruDark team will road move directly to the Scottish Highlands atfirst lightwhenever Bazza has had his Belly Buster Breakfast from the local spoon and done a shit. We will move directly to ourforward mounting baseAir BnB on the Isle of Skye andbrief all relevant individuals on the week’s activitiesgo to the pub. Day 1: ThruDark team will move by road to Sligachan for a morning vehicle shoot andarea reccemooch. Upon completion we will move to a local undisclosed waterfall location. The afternoon/evening will consist of Neist Point and the Lighthouse. Day 2: ThruDark team willroad movedrive to Quiraing – Needles in the morning for a sunrise shoot and trail hike followed by a visit to Tallisker Bay for an eveningshootphotoshoot that would make an influencer blush/scramble. Day 3: ThruDark team will break into 2 groups. Group 1 will complete the Inn Pinn climb and group 2 will concentrate onvehicle specific contentmore excruciating photoshoots with the Range Rovers. Day 4: ThruDark team will move to The Storr for a first lightclimbwalk up to the viewpoint because the only climbing on the Storr is fucking harcore and never gets repeated. The afternoon/evening will include a high abseil scenario inan undisclosed locationthis means we're lost.
Me? OTT? Seriously though their "area recce" is gonna look fucking epic when they're all being laughed at by a bunch of weeg weekend trippers necking gallons of Bru in crocs and football shorts whilst their toddlers run riot and someone has to go for a piss behind the Range Rovers.
There is just soooooooo much to unpack here. It's an outdoor brand incepted by Ant Middleton, Alan Partridge, and Tommy Robinson.
https://thrudark.com/blog/op-skyefall/
Fucking hell if we can't laugh at this then what can we laugh at?QuoteThruDark team will road move directly to the Scottish Highlands atfirst lightwhenever Bazza has had his Belly Buster Breakfast from the local spoon and done a shit. We will move directly to ourforward mounting baseAir BnB on the Isle of Skye andbrief all relevant individuals on the week’s activitiesgo to the pub. Day 1: ThruDark team will move by road to Sligachan for a morning vehicle shoot andarea reccemooch. Upon completion we will move to a local undisclosed waterfall location. The afternoon/evening will consist of Neist Point and the Lighthouse. Day 2: ThruDark team willroad movedrive to Quiraing – Needles in the morning for a sunrise shoot and trail hike followed by a visit to Tallisker Bay for an eveningshootphotoshoot that would make an influencer blush/scramble. Day 3: ThruDark team will break into 2 groups. Group 1 will complete the Inn Pinn climb and group 2 will concentrate onvehicle specific contentmore excruciating photoshoots with the Range Rovers. Day 4: ThruDark team will move to The Storr for a first lightclimbwalk up to the viewpoint because the only climbing on the Storr is fucking harcore and never gets repeated. The afternoon/evening will include a high abseil scenario inan undisclosed locationthis means we're lost.
I'd like to know the difference between "high abseil scenario" and "abseil", and "trail hike" and "walk". I feel like I'm missing out on some intense experiences.Shirley the difference will depend on the outfit you are wearing.
They should have definitely got you and OMM as authentic models :P
They should have definitely got you and OMM as authentic models :P
I'd like to know the difference between "high abseil scenario" and "abseil", and "trail hike" and "walk". I feel like I'm missing out on some intense experiences.
Jottnar stuff is apparently very legit and indeed for that price I'd hope it was. They don't go into that tacticool oPeRaToR shit though do they, just doing dangerous stuff in the mountains.
That whole range is :o
I can cope with the £2k puffa jackets but it's the hats that are really blowing my mind.
https://www.moncler.com/en-gb/genius/shop-moncler-genius/2-moncler-1952-man
Imitation climbing shoes that make real climbing shoes look like a bargain. (https://www.moncler.com/en-gb/men/accessories/shoes/nirmal-khaki-G20924M7050002T14200.html)Thank you cheque (and subsequent link posters) for souring my day by making me aware of this utter bollox. Literally and exactly 10x overpriced on everything. And most of it, and the gormless models, looks bloody mediocre too. This sort of drivel makes me wish everyone involved including anyone who buys it gets ground down into budget dog food.
Imitation climbing shoes that make real climbing shoes look like a bargain. (https://www.moncler.com/en-gb/men/accessories/shoes/nirmal-khaki-G20924M7050002T14200.html)Thank you cheque (and subsequent link posters) for souring my day by making me aware of this utter bollox. Literally and exactly 10x overpriced on everything. And most of it, and the gormless models, looks bloody mediocre too. This sort of drivel makes me wish everyone involved including anyone who buys it gets ground down into budget dog food.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcVAsWhopUZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=That video was atrocious
Margo Hayes will burn you off in some £800 trainers.
That's awful. I mean, who apart from Hot Henry Barber climbs in white jeans?
Evidence, if it were needed, that speed climbing sucks.
https://youtu.be/N2RvDf09fJs
pole dancingIt is not a sport it is a way of life.
Ever tried pole-dancing? It's absolutely nails. My gf is good at it, used to do comps etc. Got me to try some of the moves once - inverts, basic shoulder mounts and stuff, set-up into flags etc. (no way could I flag) - one of the toughest bodyweight workouts for core, shoulders and legs I've ever tried. Shame it looks so camp or it'd be fantastic strength and mobility cross-training for climbers!
You bump into Malcolm Smith and Andy Earl at the Ibrox wall. Andy tells you that Malc has finally sent the project they have both been working on. Malc gives you a comprehensive description of the moves, saying it was a bit tricky, and calls Andy 'a weak Geordie git'.
You are messing about on the Dumby boulders, and Dave MacLeod asks if you would mind spotting him for five minutes. After he sends the prob, a sweet 7c+, you ask what he's been up to, and he tells you about an XI, 11 route he has just done in the Northern Corries.
You read a post by Si O'Conor on a web forum. He reports that he has just done Britain's first E17 on a previously unknown crag on the Isle of Skye. The route is 110 metres long with multiple V13 cruxes, and a V16 crux right at the top. Si hadn't planned to solo onsight the first ascent of this new route, but was forced to, as he was being pursued by an elite squad from the Special Boat Service.
The SBS were pursuing him because Si had just been involved in a violent fight with a group of hill shepherds and tractor men in the Isles Bar. Unknown to Si, the shepherds and tractor drivers were actually undercover special services agents. Despite their extensive combat training, and martial arts skills, they were no match for Si who had put them all on the waiting list at the Portree Cottage Hospital A + E department.
The avenging SBS squad pursued Si out of Portree, heading northwards along the A855. He tried to confuse his pursuers by talking very loudly to himself in Swedish, and generally pretending to be from Sweden. Unfortunately this gambit only enraged his pursuers further, and they were gaining on him at every step.
Fortunately for Si, Scott Muir was driving past in his pretendy 4x4 and offered Si a potentially life saving lift. Unluckily for Si, and luckily for Scott, Si refused the lift in a fit of pique and went bounding off across the Bealach Mor. The SBS, sensing their quarry was proving too fast and furious for them, called in air support in the form of a Royal Marines Sea King, a pair of Sea Harriers and a passing Nimrod.
Si knew the odds of him escaping were lengthening now, and had the genius idea of putting his beloved 5.10 Moccasyms on to the back paws of his equally beloved collie, and commanding it to head off across the moor, walking on its hind legs. The SBS pursuit squad followed what they thought were Si’s footprints, and were surprised and dismayed to apprehend a collie wearing rock slippers, a flat cap and smoking a roll up.
Opportunely for the SBS, one of the Sea Harriers had managed to acquire the fleeing and now bare footed Si, using its experimental infra red target acquisition pod. The Nimrod swooped low across the moor, and air dropped a selection of SAS specification trials bikes to his pursuers. The squad tore the parachutes from the motorbikes as they landed, and roared off after Si. The chase was on again!
Uncharacteristically, Si began to panic, as he realised that his only escape route was looming malevolently in front of him. It was a massive black cliff, incredibly overhanging, and unusually for a sizeable rock formation, it had no holds whatsoever.
Although the light was fading now, Si vaguely remembered the cliff, having ridden by it once on the pillion of Birkett's Africa Twin. Sadly, he had been temporarily blinded back then by the light reflecting off Gaskins head as he cycled past on a Raleigh Chopper, and so had no clear recollection of the crag topography.
Any ascent would have to be a first sight onsight solo. Just his style. The approaching cacophony of screaming two stroke engines and intermittent small arms fire brought his attention back into the present. There was nothing else for it; he would have to scale the cliff. He would have to do it barefoot though, having given his Moccasyms to his dog.
He would have to do it drunk as well, because he had consumed the entire case of Talisker that he had won in the air guitar competition that evening in the bar. That was why the fight had broken out with the bogus agricultural workers in the first place, when one of the fake tractor drivers had suggested that Angus Young looked stupid in a primary school uniform.
It got even nastier when an incognito Marine declared Brian Johnson was way better than Bon Scott. Si had stretched a few necks in the bar tonight. He craned his neck upwards and surveyed his route to freedom. It was a real death or glory job this one. It was going to be even harder than the sit down start to Ama Dablam that he had done last week.
He pulled himself, footless, on to the first matchstick slopers, and floated up the positive sharp crimps on a soaring arete. He then took a jolly out left across the main wall steeply to a course of gnarly slopers. Then a bit of balance ballet up the left arete to a mantel. He was getting into his rhythm now, using poor low holds on to an undercut and using dynamics to get onto the poor edges left, and then the large gripless sloping ledge into the centre of the face.
He used every dynamic trick he knew, dancing across tiny undercut slopers, deftly dodging the laser guided bombs from the Sea Harriers and the arcing tracers from the Sea King door gunner. He flashed across a line of toe smears and a small rail of two finger undercuts leading to a scalloped hold and made a huge lunge, locking off this to make a leap for some tiny quartz thimble pockets.
Pausing briefly to rescue a small girl wrapped in a duvet, he used a hard dyno to get into the rail of high undercut edges and set out along these to make an extremely hard drop down move catching the fingertip sidepulls and toe smears simultaneously to trend rightward along these where the holds ran out.
He spanned the void and gained the high shallow mono finger pockets at full stretch then followed the awesome desperate seam right to razor finishing pockets on the areted corner. As he leapt triumphantly on to the top of the cliff, the full moon slid out from behind a bank of cloud and illuminated the route of his unbelievable ascent.
The Sea King swooped towards his lofty perch, and Si, alert as ever, even after twelve bottles of Talisker, leapt cat-like into a convenient crevice. However, as he looked out from his lair, he could see that the door gunner had swapped his belt fed machine gun for a megaphone.
Si heard the words echo out across the coire 'We don't know who you are, but your incredible climbing skills have amazed us all. Sir, on the rock we salute you!' Si looked down into the coire. The SBS squad were saluting and cheering, and as he looked back up at the helicopter hovering in front of him, the Sea Harriers victory rolled around it, the pilots faces beaming with admiration. Even the Nimrod did a fly past, with everyone waving from the windows. At least it looked like they were waving.
Si felt a sudden twinge of disappointment. None of his regular documentary team had seen his greatest climb ever. His usual entourage of itinerant trawlermen, decorated war veterans, and bewildered girlfriends who routinely photographed and videoed his every move on the rock hadn't captured his most amazing ascent for posterity.
Aha! Si had a sudden thought. He shouted to the crewman in the Sea King doorway. 'Did you get any pictures?' The crewman replied through the megaphone. 'We recorded the entire episode in the utmost detail in both ultra high definition still and video photography across the electromagnetic spectrum from infra red to ultraviolet. We will of course archive all this material, but I'm afraid no member of the public will ever be allowed access to it. Official secrets, sir, I'm sure you'll understand. As far as we are concerned now, amazing though your climb was, officially it never happened.'
The Sea King wheeled away into the Hebridean night, the downwash from its rotor blades beating against the impossible steepness of the cliff. Si couldn't believe it. No one would believe him. It was beyond belief. Maybe he could knock something up in Photoshop.
Who cares, that looks great! :lol:
Who cares, that looks great! :lol:
The annoying thing is that "two people get stranded on top of a very high thing and have to work out how to get down" could be a great premise for a thriller, if it wasn't so clear that the makers have no idea how physics, rope or buildings work.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjDRYeCgrfy/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=Stick that on UKC and there will be a massive debate about whether bespoke hand made shoes are unethical.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmMySoGrUcH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This actually looks great :lol:
Saw this on the high street, random and tenuous.
https://www.santander.co.uk/personal/savings-and-investments/investments/get-advice-on-investing
Designer quickdraw that comes in a little bag (https://www.moncler.com/en-gr/men/grenoble/ski-accessories/alpine-quickdraws-black-H20960G00006M3179999.html)
fuck that entire brand and everyone involved with it.
Designer quickdraw that comes in a little bag (https://www.moncler.com/en-gr/men/grenoble/ski-accessories/alpine-quickdraws-black-H20960G00006M3179999.html)
Yeah but check it - it's not branded as climbing gear, it's branded as SKI gear. With that crowd I bet you can just think of a number, double it and they'll still cough up.I might be missing something here but why would you need a quick draw when skiing.
I might be missing something here but why would you need a quick draw when skiing.
Yeah but check it - it's not branded as climbing gear, it's branded as SKI gear. With that crowd I bet you can just think of a number, double it and they'll still cough up.
:lol:
They do have one good bargain, only €90 for a 14-point 'crampon'...
https://www.moncler.com/en-gr/men/grenoble/ski-accessories/crampons-black-H20960G00008M3231999.html
I think LDNCLMBR needs to get in touch and do a shoot at Westway, on lead with a full rack of Moncler QDs...
Open carry
(I did like the hat mind)
Good for Janja, style icon innitMore style than me that's for sure.
Zara getting in on the climbing crossover market:
https://www.zara.com/uk/en/man-athleticz-mountainbike-l5972.html?utm_source=ig_fb&utm_medium=social_paid&utm_content=post&utm_term=nc&utm_campaign=UK_viewcontent_athleticz_man_1004&fbclid=PAAabyjCqRdDtS7FIe6y1obi5S6tUSkUXIVaPSv5J9Oc_hOvCRYY1xftpHsVE_aem_AUoFhxl3PiAZP-wApgBBpvvw6WRqlw1FGyUsMX-c8HhD17iJRN-dQ01R5mCzN2tMOZugQFydOe1ZvrXxfkXv8E-LGkCdzQW_HVX8MJSykFUeWjqVJcbjtmI3MQ0iYovTPuU (https://www.zara.com/uk/en/man-athleticz-mountainbike-l5972.html?utm_source=ig_fb&utm_medium=social_paid&utm_content=post&utm_term=nc&utm_campaign=UK_viewcontent_athleticz_man_1004&fbclid=PAAabyjCqRdDtS7FIe6y1obi5S6tUSkUXIVaPSv5J9Oc_hOvCRYY1xftpHsVE_aem_AUoFhxl3PiAZP-wApgBBpvvw6WRqlw1FGyUsMX-c8HhD17iJRN-dQ01R5mCzN2tMOZugQFydOe1ZvrXxfkXv8E-LGkCdzQW_HVX8MJSykFUeWjqVJcbjtmI3MQ0iYovTPuU)
Zara getting in on the climbing crossover
4. Yosemite Mountaineering School t-shirt ($250 vintage, $85 new)
I think this fits here...
I got followed on Instagram by a company called Faithful Ascent, whose tagline is:
Coming soon: A Christian apparel brand focused on reaching and spreading the Gospel to rock climbers, hikers and outdoor lovers!
I'm not sure whether Christianity or rock climbing is more mainstream these days...
4. Yosemite Mountaineering School t-shirt ($250 vintage, $85 new)
Yes! I have one of these in a drawer, the white speckled one VGC. I think it must be from about '91, I'm starting bidding at $100. Cash only, no timewasters.
London. Paris. Raven Tor.
https://youtube.com/shorts/0ooMLuJQrZ4
https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/shop-all?ideal=Climbing
another on the bandwagon.
I have just over £100 to spare, so I am getting 2 brushes and a bandana. Next month I will drop the same on a T shirt that looks like the fleece I had with hot rock burns all over the front in the 90s.
https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/shop-all/products/mothtech-muscle-tee-16?variant=8338706071880
https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/shop-all?ideal=Climbing
another on the bandwagon.
"MothTech (tm)."
... it literally just has little holes in it.
"MothTech (tm)."
... it literally just has little holes in it.
strategically placed ventilation.
Hmmm, https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/stoner, that looks a bit like Jim Pope.
Hmmm, https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/stoner, that looks a bit like Jim Pope.
I hope they have paid him for using his image. At least a three hundred pounds / a pair of trousers.
Oh my god. I've just looked closer and realised that yes, MothTech referees to actually little holes and yes, they're actually for breathability. And it isn't a joke. I can't believe the brass neck to sell stuff to the intellectually sub-normal like this.
Oh my god. I've just looked closer and realised that yes, MothTech referees to actually little holes and yes, they're actually for breathability. And it isn't a joke. I can't believe the brass neck to sell stuff to the intellectually sub-normal like this.
Hmmm, https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/stoner, that looks a bit like Jim Pope.
I hope they have paid him for using his image. At least a three hundred pounds / a pair of trousers.
https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/shop-all?ideal=Climbing
another on the bandwagon.
I have just over £100 to spare, so I am getting 2 brushes and a bandana. Next moth I will drop the same on a T shirt that looks like the fleece I had with hot rock burns all over the front in the 90s.
https://satisfyrunning.com/collections/shop-all/products/mothtech-muscle-tee-16?variant=8338706071880
Is it possible that it's a self-created garment? Looking through my climbing clothes recently I realised I actually own quite a few MothTech t-shirts.
Is it possible that it's a self-created garment? Looking through my climbing clothes recently I realised I actually own quite a few MothTech t-shirts.
The hole pattern is quite distinctive, it said "Running Cult Member" on the chest and my part of Manchester is full of people who lap this stuff up so I'm pretty sure it was a genuine sighting.
https://newheightsgame.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSRIMYw0XE
looks spectacular.
https://newheightsgame.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSRIMYw0XE
looks spectacular.
In case the Three Peaks Challenge is too worthwhile for you, people are now doing a Depot Challenge. You go to each of the Depots and climb all the problems of a particular colour in 24 hours. I presume that documenting it on your social media to rapturous applause is mandatory.
:tumble:
In case the Three Peaks Challenge is too worthwhile for you, people are now doing a Depot Challenge. You go to each of the Depots and climb all the problems of a particular colour in 24 hours. I presume that documenting it on your social media to rapturous applause is mandatory.
:tumble:
In case the Three Peaks Challenge is too worthwhile for you, people are now doing a Depot Challenge. You go to each of the Depots and climb all the problems of a particular colour in 24 hours. I presume that documenting it on your social media to rapturous applause is mandatory.
:tumble:
This isn’t exactly new. People have been doing this at the LCC centres in London for like 5 years :lol:
In case the Three Peaks Challenge is too worthwhile for you, people are now doing a Depot Challenge. You go to each of the Depots and climb all the problems of a particular colour in 24 hours. I presume that documenting it on your social media to rapturous applause is mandatory.
:tumble:
Don't outdoor climbing challenges normally attempt to add enjoyment to an activity that is already an act of play?
Don't outdoor climbing challenges normally attempt to add enjoyment to an activity that is already an act of play? This appears to add labour to an activity akin to work. I might as well have a challenge where I split my weekly shop between 5 different supermarkets.
Cultural appropriation of rock climbing by indoor climbers must stop!
You could save half an hour by eating lunch on the drive to Sheffield. #marginalgains
This would be a lie-in! I'm in Glossop Travelodge, ready for a few days of trad-dad action in the Peak. First days away climbing since last September, I'm buzzing!
Anyway, as you were...
This would be a lie-in! I'm in Glossop Travelodge, ready for a few days of trad-dad action in the Peak. First days away climbing since last September, I'm buzzing!Good effort, Enjoy :)
Anyway, as you were...
Laughable elitism from UKB once moreOh come on, indoor "climbing" isn't actually climbing. It is wet weather / dark evening / limited time training and/or rehab / recruitment for genuine climbing i.e. outdoors. It serves a useful purpose in the same way as "driving to the crag", "purchasing climbing gear" and "reading the guidebook", but no-one should pretend it's climbing.
Oh come on, indoor "climbing" isn't actually climbing.
QuoteOh come on, indoor "climbing" isn't actually climbing.
Impressive mental acrobatics at play to write this on a forum dedicated to talking about a subset of climbing that involves climbing up tiny bits of rock that other climbers have been ignoring for decades due to them being so small, and that since its inception has been referred to as 'not real climbing' by crusty tradsters. But I'm sure there's a very solid argument in place that goes beyond 'I don't like some people or understand their motivations so will pretend that my pointless niche pastime is objectively better than their pointless niche pastime'.
The Depot thing isn't for me in the slightest, but if I had to choose between that and doing the Three Peaks, I'd much rather spend the day climbing than traipsing up hills.
We can presumably agree that both the UK 3 peaks and depot challenges are disgraceful wastes of fuel, quite apart from any consideration of aesthetics. The driving for that depot one is grim, and for what?!
To put it a different and much more succinct way, it sometimes feels like Droyd's image, but with the roles reversed.
Presumably you feel the same about people from Sheffield making a twice weekly 4hr round trip to Malham in season? To pick just one example of how one person's disgraceful waste of resources is another's enjoyable pastime.
When I was a teenager I became completely besotted with an activity which had at its core such things as: adventure, connection to the natural world, aesthetics, romance, risk, beauty, history and the connection of people through place. Of course there were other important elements such as difficulty, numbers, athleticism, ego etc,
One man's meat is another man's poisson.
We can presumably agree that both the UK 3 peaks and depot challenges are disgraceful wastes of fuel, quite apart from any consideration of aesthetics. The driving for that depot one is grim, and for what?!
Presumably you feel the same about people from Sheffield making a twice weekly 4hr round trip to Malham in season? To pick just one example of how one person's disgraceful waste of resources is another's enjoyable pastime.
I hope that makes some sort of sense.
I hope that makes some sort of sense.
So how does that affect you?
To continue, I would consider those morons who try to complete all the 8000m peaks in a single season the absolute zenith of this phenomenon.
All challenges are arbitrary, but ones involving a time limit particularly so. Indeed, a lot of bouldering is arbitrary too; I don't like eliminates and most sit starts either!
I would watch a fight between Huber and Andrada.
I take your point about impact, but the end result of this line of argument is surely there is no point having an opinion about anything cause there is always something worse? Seems to miss the point.
I would watch a fight between Huber and Andrada.
100%
I hope that makes some sort of sense.
So how does that affect you?
It doesn’t
I agree with Droyd that there is increasingly little to no overlap between indoor climbing culture and outdoor climbing culture.
This is a complete straw man as far as I'm concerned. Doing a journey repeatedly for something which makes them happy (fishing, climbing, even shooting wild animals as per SA Chris' example), and gives joy every time it is done is different. These activities have value beyond the arbitrariness of an invented challenge. This would be the same for people who invented an arbitrary challenge about outdoor climbing as well. It's nothing against indoor climbing, it's a philosophical position taken against arbitrary challenges. If people want to do them then biking is clearly the way to go and keep them localised (London walls, Yorkshire crags, welsh 3 peaks etc).
As I said before, time and tide wait for nobody, but it still baffles me that people have to film EVERYTHING now.
The 3 highest mountains in the UK has an obvious attraction
No it's a serious point that the sort of behaviour in question in theory doesn't physically impinge on one's personal enjoyment, but in climbing as a community and publicly shared activity as Will highlighted, it is still unavoidably repulsive. I suppose if people did those revolting things and kept them entirely private it would be less awful. A bit like the weirdo in my metaphor going for a shit on an entirely different and secluded country lane that no-one ever saw.
No it's a serious point that the sort of behaviour in question in theory doesn't physically impinge on one's personal enjoyment, but in climbing as a community and publicly shared activity as Will highlighted, it is still unavoidably repulsive. I suppose if people did those revolting things and kept them entirely private it would be less awful. A bit like the weirdo in my metaphor going for a shit on an entirely different and secluded country lane that no-one ever saw.
Both you and Will have put up shit first ascents and sprayed about it on your social media accounts :lol: maybe before talking smack you could delete your Instagram and Facebook and UKB accounts ::)
Droyd ; even if you're right and the actions of part of the climbing community don't directly affect others, does that mean having a negative opinion of it is wrong? Are people only allowed opinions on things that directly affect them? It's not a line of argument that holds in my opinion. One can hold negative views about things that will never affect their lives directly without it being in any way problematic.
No it's a serious point that the sort of behaviour in question in theory doesn't physically impinge on one's personal enjoyment, but in climbing as a community and publicly shared activity as Will highlighted, it is still unavoidably repulsive. I suppose if people did those revolting things and kept them entirely private it would be less awful. A bit like the weirdo in my metaphor going for a shit on an entirely different and secluded country lane that no-one ever saw.
Both you and Will have put up shit first ascents and sprayed about it on your social media accounts :lol: maybe before talking smack you could delete your Instagram and Facebook and UKB accounts ::)
You seem to be taking this awfully personally. Do you currently own the Steve Dunning Depot Round record?
Droyd ; even if you're right and the actions of part of the climbing community don't directly affect others, does that mean having a negative opinion of it is wrong? Are people only allowed opinions on things that directly affect them? It's not a line of argument that holds in my opinion. One can hold negative views about things that will never affect their lives directly without it being in any way problematic.
I think it is better to be positive and practice and talk about the climbing style that you find personally satisfying for yourself.
That seems to me to be quite different from being disparaging about others who choose differently.
Droyd ; even if you're right and the actions of part of the climbing community don't directly affect others, does that mean having a negative opinion of it is wrong? Are people only allowed opinions on things that directly affect them? It's not a line of argument that holds in my opinion. One can hold negative views about things that will never affect their lives directly without it being in any way problematic.
I think it is better to be positive and practice and talk about the climbing style that you find personally satisfying for yourself.
That seems to me to be quite different from being disparaging about others who choose differently.
Yes, that's fair comment. But part of the reason we are positive about things we like is because we set them in opposition against things we don't. It's all on a spectrum. It doesn't seem unreasonable to discuss both ends of that spectrum surely. I'm just interested in the idea that it's not a reasonable /appropriate line of argument.
Carlos; I don't think anyone is dictating anything. They're saying they think what they're choosing to do is fucking stupid. You might think that makes them a wanker and that's fair enough but I dont think there's any dictating going on.
FWIW I think this is an interesting philosophical discussion
Two things..
Slab_happy, did ‘Offwidth’ steal your username?
And, Fiend based on that turd analogy, if ‘comparison is the root cause of unhappiness’ then you seem doomed to remain forever unhappy.
I don't think anyone is dictating anything. They're saying they think what they're choosing to do is fucking stupid. You might think that makes them a wanker and that's fair enough but I dont think there's any dictating going on.
I don't think anyone is dictating anything. They're saying they think what they're choosing to do is fucking stupid. You might think that makes them a wanker and that's fair enough but I dont think there's any dictating going on.
I think disparaging someone is a sort of dictating. Humans are social animals. Being welcome in wider society is crucial to most people. Solitary confinement is unbearable for many/most people. I think disparaging what someone chooses to do is a sort of social exclusion. That's why I think it is important to stick to being positive about our own choices and not to stray into disparaging other peoples' choices.
Not taking it personally at all, I just hate miserable hypocrites trying to dictate how others should enjoy climbing when they’re guilty of the exact same stuff they’re complaining about :beer2:
Not taking it personally at all, I just hate miserable hypocrites trying to dictate how others should enjoy climbing when they’re guilty of the exact same stuff they’re complaining about :beer2:
I don't think you've read or understood what I've written. I'm not, nor could I, dictate how anyone enjoys climbing. My argument is that indoor climbers/those who only boulder generally have a different attitude towards climbing (of course there are exceptions, Slab), and that these attitudes have spread beyond indoors/bouldering. The climbing community has changed from how it was when I started. This thread pokes fun at that. Railing about something is not the same as trying to change it.
Stone, to reflect your argument back to you:
Imagine a hypothetical climber who valued all the things I mentioned in my previous post, and who would turn up to a crag and find like-minded individuals and a community that they felt they belonged to. Can you then imagine how they might feel marginalised within that community as it changes over time?
Stone, to reflect your argument back to you:
Imagine a hypothetical climber who valued all the things I mentioned in my previous post, and who would turn up to a crag and find like-minded individuals and a community that they felt they belonged to. Can you then imagine how they might feel marginalised within that community as it changes over time?
Stone, to reflect your argument back to you:
Imagine a hypothetical climber who valued all the things I mentioned in my previous post, and who would turn up to a crag and find like-minded individuals and a community that they felt they belonged to. Can you then imagine how they might feel marginalised within that community as it changes over time?
I'm sure there are plenty of individuals within the climbing community that share your values still, there's just more breadth now? Like if you go to Gimmer or Scafell east buttress I would assume there is still a dearth of portable fingerboards, bluetooth speakers and live streaming?
A better example is when people ask at sport climbing crags whether a hold is in or not. Like, yeah, duh!
I think disparaging someone is a sort of dictating. Humans are social animals. Being welcome in wider society is crucial to most people. Solitary confinement is unbearable for many/most people. I think disparaging what someone chooses to do is a sort of social exclusion. That's why I think it is important to stick to being positive about our own choices and not to stray into disparaging other peoples' choices.Is it different when you're disparaging the majority, as awful as they are?!
It's less harmful when they are in the majority and confident in themselves etc but still not great IMO.I think disparaging someone is a sort of dictating. Humans are social animals. Being welcome in wider society is crucial to most people. Solitary confinement is unbearable for many/most people. I think disparaging what someone chooses to do is a sort of social exclusion. That's why I think it is important to stick to being positive about our own choices and not to stray into disparaging other peoples' choices.Is it different when you're disparaging the majority, as awful as they are?!
Dingdong do you need some soothing ointment applied anywhere?? I'm sure Will wasn't referring to any boulderswithcarlos in particular....
Imagine you've pulled up to a crag, parked neatly, are packing your pads ready to walk in, and someone trots along the road next to you, stops right in front of you, and does a massive rancid, post-curry, steaming dump on the road, that whilst it doesn't get in the way of the walk-in at all, doesn't actually impinge on your climbing plans, is done right in full, unavoidable view, so the manure-fountain is indelibly seared into your retina...
No it's a serious point that the sort of behaviour in question in theory doesn't physically impinge on one's personal enjoyment, but in climbing as a community and publicly shared activity as Will highlighted, it is still unavoidably repulsive. I suppose if people did those revolting things and kept them entirely private it would be less awful. A bit like the weirdo in my metaphor going for a shit on an entirely different and secluded country lane that no-one ever saw.
Both you and Will have put up shit first ascents and sprayed about it on your social media accounts :lol: maybe before talking smack you could delete your Instagram and Facebook and UKB accounts ::)
I dunno webbo there seems to be a fair bit of romance on the go....Well you are certainly my go to Romantic author. I never knew how injuries and failing on stuff could be portrayed so lovingly.😂😂😂
I dunno webbo there seems to be a fair bit of romance on the go....
[Stone, to reflect your argument back to you:
Imagine a hypothetical climber who valued all the things I mentioned in my previous post, and who would turn up to a crag and find like-minded individuals and a community that they felt they belonged to. Can you then imagine how they might feel marginalised within that community as it changes over time?
Conformity isn't what is needed for social cohesion IMO.
UKB, don't ever change.The 3 highest mountains in the UK has an obvious attraction
Point of order, they aren't the 3 highest mountains in the UK. By the most commonly used prominence thresholds, they are the 1st, 57th and 184th* highest mountains. Since when did mountains care about arbitrary political borders?
*if anyone's feeling really pedantic, you may wish to review this.
Great, does that mean more people at the wall dressed like whacky aunts?
https://people.com/style/harry-styles-best-fashion-moments/
Meet your new friends Matt. :hug:UGH. It could be worse. I could have actively chosen to hunt out the Lady Gaga - "climbing" connection :ohmy:
Heineken owned beer company using climbing to fulfill corporate and social responsibility requirements...
https://beavertownbrewery.co.uk/pages/crush-loneliness-climbing
Seems to be for a good cause at least.
Discussed elsewhere. I avoided thinking the buts and whys and went along with it. The kids loved it.
Lordy, look at this:I would actually go to Denmark, coax andy popp out of retirement, and do that!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1RZzREtgFX/
https://www.commonclimber.com/copen-hill-climbing-wall.html
"The Amager Bakke ("Bakke" = "Hill" and Amager is a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark) climbing wall was conceived and constructed rather differently than most climbing walls. Leading Danish architect, Bjarke Ingels (who has big projects all over the world and won the competition to build a large garbage incinerator for Copenhagen) wanted to include the citizens as users of the building. It needed to include hiking trails, a skislope on the roof, and a climbing wall up the outside of the building."
HBO so Max I think is the platform nameDiscussed elsewhere. I avoided thinking the buts and whys and went along with it. The kids loved it.
Which streaming platform is this on?
Not sure where to put thisIn the log burner.
Not sure where to put this, but £650 fingerboard?
https://climbro.com/shop/
Not sure where to put thisIn the log burner.
Meet the love of your life on the only platform for dating in climbing. No longer do you have to settle for punters and top ropers, filter your results by grade and style and swipe right today.
https://linktr.ee/boulderdatingapp?fbclid=PAAaal8V_WIRwpP2eF-mehlPxE78BuXNZLO95oFOQO5U18-9nd_6jWz7kkRls_aem_ASWctapw2PmdgBDlxxuniwfz0EQQ0dTaosdsrEvUR1fB4t9YIjhnX5hmmyid--VoLpdq5if5TX0eQ7qRr5Q1CC5H
Just for boulderers? That’s niche
Bit of mixed messaging with the carabiner logo.I'd have said it would actually make sense considering who is likely using that app. I'm always surprised by the random screwgates and other hardware you see attached to chalk bags etc. at walls nowadays.
Hopefully a wind-up. (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4XqILSt3Xd/?igsh=MW5wc3hqNW4wbm5kag==)
:wank:
Hopefully a wind-up. (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4XqILSt3Xd/?igsh=MW5wc3hqNW4wbm5kag==)
More shite for the landfill
I used to get calluses higher up though, on the third phalange, until I got clued up and started to do it with gloves.
Not weird, but mainstream. Does anyone in climbing actually call him "Toby the terminator"?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/24/toby-the-terminator-roberts-climbing-paris-olympic-games-2024