[ghisino]

he refers to the problems by the grade instead of the number, and that really annoys me, plus it gets complicated "I've done the other 7b" "which one?" "the one I had tried before" and so on...

 

reminds me of this guy i've been climbing a lot with this year since we had a common objective.

last 2 days of our trip, objectives ticked, we went to céuse for 2 days.

I put the guy on the best routes for his style (ananda and bibendum) and then, at the end of the second day, as i felt in top shape we went to the left side of berlin.
It's a sector i have a deep reverence for because  the routes are hard-ish for their grades, awesome, near the top of my abilities and relatively scarce (15 or 20?)... So  don't want to ruin my appreciation by trying them when i'm not ready, i don't want to get to the point where i hate the route after x unsuccessful tries, i want to climb them beautifully and savour each move.

ended up having my first go ever on "berlin" itself, being a bit hesitant, not quite sure it was a good choice, too hard for an onsight and possibly too hard for a 2nd go, "maybe it was better to go back to galaxy or queue de rat...but fuck it this route looks so good"
And i've heard so many positive comments on the route, talking of magnificent knob-like features higher up, that it only added some pressure.
I ended up working it quickly and having an almost flawless redpoint 40 minutes later, just before it got dark. Just perfect, i couldn't ask a better finish for such a mini-visit.

So, i was psyched about having climbed berlin in-an-hour.  But each time he talks about that trip to céuse, the other guy refers to the route with a grade, and even the wrong one! yes, the man here showed me céuse and on the last day he did this 7c+ second go, amazing effort!
Fuck it, it's a mere 7c, it's a warmup route for some people... but it's Berlin. I tried to explain to him but he really doesn't get the point...

[Nibile]

i meant to say 'the grade instead of the name' and not 'number'. Freudian lapsus innit?

[ghisino]

i meant to say 'the grade instead of the name' and not 'number'. Freudian lapsus innit?

yet sometimes boulders have a number istead of a name...
http://bleau.info/sabots/circuit96.html

[philo]

Same thing with surfing, you have to write the day off to everyone you know/will text/ring / communicate though they know where your most likely to be so could come try communicate that way.
When I climb I often do it alone or with a group thats usually hardcore and above my level.  We have a right laugh though and mix the two up.  When you spend a long time with the same people on the road the line between cranking and socialising is stretched as people want ticks etc. 
Or in other words, tell her to FO - in fact, I would never have a GF who climbs or surfs because one of the best things about it is that, its your time away from them for hours.. days...

[Fiend]

Forgot to mention before that there is a difference between actually liking CLIMBING, and not actually liking climbing but liking being out climbing, hanging out with climbers, being part of the climbing atmosphere, having just done climbing etc etc.