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quiet please 7-Jun-2005 At 2:39:49 AM Tel

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Bouldering etiquette... well I'm sure most would be familar with the standards that it is not good manners to go greasing up the holds on a problem someone is working, and it is always polite to give them a brush after you have had your shot and there are others working the same problem. Things such as asking to jump on a problem as opposed to just barging on through when it is obvious others are on the same problem. Don't start volunteering beta unless you have been asked etc etc . So my question for this poll is about chatter, especially loud incessant chatter. Not to be confused with encouragement. This may also apply to those that suffer from that rope affliction thing also, though possibly not to the same degree... hmmm not sure
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The scenario...
You have brushed the holds, chalked up and you are now sitting beneath your project. In your mind you start working throught the beta, visualising the moves. You control your breathing and try and quiet your mind. With eyes closed your begin to focus, left hand, pull up, heel hook,extend back righthand crimp,
" DID YOU SEE SEINFELD LAST NIGHT"
lock off, lefhand match
" IT WAS SO FUNNY GEORGE DID BLAHDY BLAH BLAH"
right foot toe hook
" BLAH BLAH BLAH KRAMER BLAH BLAH BLAHDY BLAH BLAH"
pop left hand to pocket, kramer and george..... what the #$%^
" BLAH BLAH OOOOHH IT WAS SOOOO FUNNY"
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Well you get the idea, end result focus is gone. The questions are above but they do beg a little further interrogation....
If you were aked for a bit of shoosh, would you understand the reason why or think the person is being a bit of a whinge?
Would you feel upset if you were asked to be quiet(working with the assumption it was a polite request)
At what point do you feel you would lay the law down and tell chatter bugs to can it?
And I suppose the most important question is, how to ask for a bit of shoosh without offending and sounding like a prat?
Obviously it is taken as given that the incessant droners are in the same vicinity.. best thought I'd add that

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