Tunes at the crag?

[jwi]

Are we cool with bluetooth speakers at the crag these days?!

Where's Cedric Lachat when we need him?

 

[spidermonkey09]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The battle is surely lost among Americans. Think it's still there to be won here though!

 

[Duma]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

Fuck those cunts

 

[jakaitch]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The battle is surely lost among Americans. Think it's still there to be won here though!

Sadly a losing battle

 

[teestub]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

Sadly a losing battle

I’ve yet to see one in the UK, where have you had the displease of encountering them?

Been trying to work out what the best way to say ‘please turn your music off’ is without just sounding like a grumpy old man (which I am).

 

[Fiend]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

I've just said it directly, whilst emphasising it's nice to be out enjoying the sounds of nature etc etc.

It is a totally fucking naff thing to have on the go at the crag. Cunt behaviour for cunts.

 

[jakaitch]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

Mainly in the south west (e.g. Ogmore, Dinas, Tintagel) but also noticed it elsewhere (e.g. Anston, Stanage). Not seen it yet since Ive moved to Glasgow though which is nice (ignoring non-climbers at Dumbarton).

Sadly a losing battle

I’ve yet to see one in the UK, where have you had the displease of encountering them?

Been trying to work out what the best way to say ‘please turn your music off’ is without just sounding like a grumpy old man (which I am).

 

[JamieG]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

I’m no fan of music at a crag either and wouldn’t ever play it myself. But the attitude and language of some people on here about other people enjoying a day out climbing is quite something. Let’s try tone it down please.

 

[jakaitch]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

Im not a fan of it but if it doesnt impact me (e.g. someone at a crag alone/not forcing it on others) then go ahead! I have a friend who likes to listen to the cricket at more remote spots

 

[Wellsy]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

I've just said it directly, whilst emphasising it's nice to be out enjoying the sounds of nature etc etc.

It is a totally fucking naff thing to have on the go at the crag. Cunt behaviour for cunts.

Same. I was at a block and two fellas came up and put their pads down and turned their speaker on. I hesitated but decided to tell them that it's considered pretty poor to play music at the crag and they did turn it off to be fair (they also left lol)

 

[spidermonkey09]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The final frontier is people playing videos on their phone in public without headphones.

 

[Wellsy]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The final frontier is people playing videos on their phone in public without headphones.

Grounds for murder imo

 

[remus]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The final frontier is people playing videos on their phone in public without headphones.

And people having a phone call on speakerphone in a public place. Obviously you can't hear anything because there's other people around, so you turn up the volume? Instead of just using your phone like any normal person and putting it next to your fucking ear like we've been doing since 1876, because that sound is intended for your ear and not everyone else who happens to be stood next to you.

 

[spidermonkey09]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The final frontier is people playing videos on their phone in public without headphones.

And people having a phone call on speakerphone in a public place. Obviously you can't hear anything because there's other people around, so you turn up the volume? Instead of just using your phone like any normal person and putting it next to your fucking ear like we've been doing since 1876, because that sound is intended for your ear and not everyone else who happens to be stood next to you.

This absolutely fascinates me. You see people walking along, basically shouting into their phone. It's like the Fast show sketch. How and why did this this fashion for speakerphone calls begin?

 

[Fiend]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

I've just said it directly, whilst emphasising it's nice to be out enjoying the sounds of nature etc etc.

It is a totally fucking naff thing to have on the go at the crag. Cunt behaviour for cunts.

Same. I was at a block and two fellas came up and put their pads down and turned their speaker on. I hesitated but decided to tell them that it's considered pretty poor to play music at the crag and they did turn it off to be fair (they also left lol)

Double victory then!!

Also I agree with all the grumping so far, please topic-split if appropriate and really let rip :2thumbsup:

 

[Bonjoy]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

Whilst you brought up Kai's channel, I've been meaning to post somewhere on UKB about his working sessions on Shaolin 9A, for anyone interested in seeing more of that climb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQxbnuaR29U


I'm not sure these videos are considered quality, but low key working sessions are easily my favourite type climbing media to consume nowadays.

Are we cool with bluetooth speakers at the crag these days?!

Out in the desert, on your own? I doubt the rattlesnakes find it any more disturbing than the presence of the climber. In this instance it seems no more or less objectionable than listening to music on earphones at the crag. In a UK context though you are far more likely to be disturbing wildlife and spoiling other people's day.
The real issue I'd say is featuring it on a youtube vid. Effectively he is no longer alone at the crag and is normalising the practice in a way that is likely to result in more people doing it in more objectionable ways.

 

[teestub]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The real issue I'd say is featuring it on a youtube vid. Effectively he is no longer alone at the crag and is normalising the practice in a way that is likely to result in more people doing it in more objectionable ways.

Yes this is where my issue lies really in this case, the normalisation. I’m sure there’s lots of stuff that gets done regularly, like that Vastervik vid where someone’s using a blowtorch to dry holds, but they don’t need to be put out to the wider climbing audience!

 

[CameronTaylor158]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The final frontier is people playing videos on their phone in public without headphones.

And people having a phone call on speakerphone in a public place. Obviously you can't hear anything because there's other people around, so you turn up the volume? Instead of just using your phone like any normal person and putting it next to your fucking ear like we've been doing since 1876, because that sound is intended for your ear and not everyone else who happens to be stood next to you.

This absolutely fascinates me. You see people walking along, basically shouting into their phone. It's like the Fast show sketch. How and why did this this fashion for speakerphone calls begin?

I unfortunately have to do this with my work phone. The speaker for my ear is broken so the volume is impossible to hear anywhere that isn't a library, therefore I always have to use it on speakerphone. Frustrating but unfortunately necessary as a result. Where possible if I'm inside then I'll go outside but otherwise there isn't a lot else that can be done.

 

[spidermonkey09]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

Ha, I have the opposite problem- the ear speaker works fine but the other speaker is broken. This also means I can't watch TikToks out loud on the train anymore. :devil-smiley:

 

[galpinos]

Re: Re: Quality Bouldering Videos (part I)

The final frontier is people playing videos on their phone in public without headphones.

And people having a phone call on speakerphone in a public place. Obviously you can't hear anything because there's other people around, so you turn up the volume? Instead of just using your phone like any normal person and putting it next to your fucking ear like we've been doing since 1876, because that sound is intended for your ear and not everyone else who happens to be stood next to you.

This absolutely fascinates me. You see people walking along, basically shouting into their phone. It's like the Fast show sketch. How and why did this this fashion for speakerphone calls begin?

I blame the Apprentice......, a group of t**ts clustered round a phone in the back on an MPV arguing over whatever mundane task they had to do next.