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Docs rant thread


bluey

12-Jul-2006
1:47:00 PM

On 12/07/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>Cliffhanger is ridiculously crowded during tuesday nights rush hour! Bumblies
>turn into good climbers
>remarkably quickly - there are many examples of guys/girls cranking grade
>25s+ within their first few
>months of trying the sport.

Um, can I put my hand up and say "not me"? I would suggest that the majority of those new to climbing who are "crowding" the gym may give the sport away after a few months, in the meantime probably won't attend the gym every week, and may never make the transition to outdoors (which can be hard if you don't have buddies already climbing).

It would be a small percentage of new climbers at gyms that graduate to cranking grade 25+ outdoors.


tnd

12-Jul-2006
2:28:42 PM

On 12/07/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>Bumblies
>turn into good climbers
>remarkably quickly - there are many examples of guys/girls cranking grade
>25s+ within their first few
>months of trying the sport.
So the grade you climb is what makes you a "good" climber? These "good" climbers are usually the ones who manage to rap off the ends of a rope, or drop someone when using a GriGri.


nmonteith

12-Jul-2006
2:57:27 PM

ahh forget it. Just lock this thread mods. This is making about as much sense as the trad vs bolt
arguments.

simey

12-Jul-2006
3:12:40 PM

Neil, I think you need to take your frustrations out on the footy field.


nmonteith

12-Jul-2006
3:15:52 PM

Simey,you should sign Kent up for this weekend! Do a swap - you give him a belay on your stellar ***
route @ taipan and then he can play a match for the Rams. Sounds like a fair swap. At least Kent's tall
enough to be a footy player.

simey

12-Jul-2006
3:17:20 PM

Does he know how to kick?


nmonteith

12-Jul-2006
3:18:27 PM

He kicked the rock real good when he fell off the crux of Father O on saturday.

drdeviousii

12-Jul-2006
3:19:50 PM

On 12/07/2006 simey wrote:
>Does he know how to kick?

is the pope catholic?!?

you obviously haven't witnessed a KP tanty when he falls off his latest project.... Gives that Hoette fella a run for 'is money 'e does!!

12-Jul-2006
3:30:34 PM

how did the dr's rant thread suddenly turn on me ? Chockstone is one cruel unpredictable beast...

dalai

12-Jul-2006
3:31:55 PM

Give it another minute KP, this topic will shortly revert back to a sport vs. trad arguement.

They always do...


Eduardo Slabofvic

12-Jul-2006
3:38:51 PM

On 12/07/2006 dalai wrote:
>Give it another minute KP, this topic will shortly revert back to a sport
>vs. trad arguement.
>
>They always do...

No such thing would ever occur. Anyway, AFL is such a lame game and all of the people playing it have
small penises. Rugby is the far superior sport.


Phil Box

12-Jul-2006
4:15:04 PM

On 12/07/2006 dalai wrote:
>Give it another minute KP, this topic will shortly revert back to a sport
>vs. trad arguement.
>
>They always do...

So how's them bolts beside those cracks eh.

simey

12-Jul-2006
4:25:40 PM

On 12/07/2006 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>... AFL is such a lame game and all of the people playing it have small penises. Rugby is the far superior sport.

Well I've just had a look down my pants and my only comment is that rugby players must be MASSIVE.


Sabu

12-Jul-2006
7:25:23 PM

On 12/07/2006 Phil Box wrote:
>On 12/07/2006 dalai wrote:
>>Give it another minute KP, this topic will shortly revert back to a sport
>>vs. trad arguement.
>>
>>They always do...
>
>So how's them bolts beside those cracks eh.

*shudder*


Eduardo Slabofvic

12-Jul-2006
8:40:34 PM

On 12/07/2006 simey wrote:

>Well I've just had a look down my pants and my only comment is that rugby
>players must be MASSIVE.

I'm not sure, but maybe you could go into an All Blacks changing room and compare yours to theirs, and
then report back to us on what the results are.

simey

13-Jul-2006
8:36:26 AM

On 12/07/2006 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>...maybe you could go into an All Blacks changing room and compare yours to theirs,

Sounds more like one of your fantasies Eduardo.


billk

13-Jul-2006
11:24:20 AM

On 12/07/2006 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>On 12/07/2006 simey wrote:
>
>I'm not sure, but maybe you could go into an All Blacks changing room
>and compare yours to theirs, and
>then report back to us on what the results are.

Comparing your handbag with theirs?


Eduardo Slabofvic

13-Jul-2006
12:14:39 PM

yuk yuk yuk

dalai

13-Jul-2006
12:27:21 PM

Come on Ed and Simey - your squabble is pointless. If you feel the need, just continue it over a beer at the Nati pub tonight.


tmarsh

13-Jul-2006
3:21:04 PM

On 13/07/2006 dalai wrote:
>Come on Ed and Simey - your squabble is pointless. If you feel the need,
> just continue it over a beer at the Nati pub tonight.

If actually having to have a point was a requirement for a discussion, Chockstone would be nothing but tumbleweeds blowing across the screen.

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