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will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:27 am
by automated
i vote no, but that's only because i'm the world's longest running n00b.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:32 am
by pmahnn
Already ruined. Climbing is played out. The new hotness is ur mom!

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:04 pm
by Shaft
N00bs are the future, but what will ruin climbing is that is being invaded by douchebags, new 5.10 shoes are douchey, so was their street team, douchey parkour. I blame Ivan.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:55 am
by stonefiend
Remember when you got your first biner... pad?.. couldn't wait to get out and get shutdown by your next project? That move that had eluded you forever came together with mental prowess and hard work.

Everyone starts somewhere. You're not as cool as you think.. some 6 yo kid is crushing boulders in his backyard cuz there are no trees.

It's all about having a good time. You can't ruin climbing unless elitist fucksticks make a scene... and yea, they're being douchebags cuz their either hammered, antisocial, or just plain stupid. Ok.. look down on some neophyte kid all psyched on climbing, take 2 years off and see how things compare. Does it really matter? I think not.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:01 pm
by skav
Climbing can be ruined for you.


Hah.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:07 am
by abo
Climbing has been ruined by urban climbing gyms. Happened a long time ago.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:51 am
by RockPharmer
seriously. they should have stayed in the burbs & on the playgrounds where they belonged.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:02 pm
by stonefiend
those russian pygmies on crack seem to make climbing look easy.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:18 pm
by pmahnn
abo wrote:Climbing has been ruined by urban climbing gyms. Happened a long time ago.

I am the destructor of all things pure.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:25 pm
by stonefiend
"Be water my friend."

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:37 pm
by leaverbiner
Noobs are the salvation for climbing.

If not for noobs buyign shit they don't need, probably don't understand and most likely will not use 6 months from now, climbing companies would never stay in business to produce the shit that we want.

Next time you are at the crag, Thank a noob. Without them, you would be lucky to still be climbing in a 20 year old pair of Eb's.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:37 pm
by stonefiend
In all reality, the focus on fitness and climbing for personal achievement is probably at an all time high. A healthier genre of climbing is now in it's prime, which is a good thing in many respects.

I grew up in a scene where beer, weed and socializing were prioritized and everyone was wondering why they couldn't send shit. The oldschool tough-guy, dirtbag mentality of climbing has since dissipated into the backdrop of the climbing scene, and never had much of a bright future.

but yes, i do believe billy blanks has ruined boxing.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:25 am
by Lox
teamBLIMP4lyfe.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:01 pm
by drater
Fuck yeah they have!!!

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oh, you said noobs?

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:24 pm
by Cardboard_Dog
I haven't climbed in over a year. That means I get to be n00b f@#kstick all over again. It's like going back to highschool knowing that you already graduated college and used ot be so much cooler than you are now. sweetness.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:57 am
by skav
You were never cool.


Why the year off? Injury?

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:36 pm
by Cardboard_Dog
worse. lack of motivation. I moved from CO to PA and that was that. 30ft pristine granite nuggets to 10ft contrived dirt burglers. Oh well. On the flip side I did see a boulder in Pkill called Kill Whitey. When it gets cold enough I will be climbing it. SO sick. very perty.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 1:09 am
by FreeHueco
N00bs have definitely ruined the sport in the past eight years.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 3:06 pm
by FreeHueco
True dat. The only way to be authentic anymore is to stick to climbing chossy ice filled cracks at 18,000+ feet.

Re: will n00bs ruin climbing?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:30 pm
by FreeHueco
mountainz wrote:speaking of bros, i generally avoid patagonia dooshbaggery with the exception of the rugged vintage (circa 80's?) pilled-out fleece jacket I found in a northern NH thrift shop and wear like every day in the fall aaand a few free items of schwag from my last retail gig but ... last week riding back to the car after a long mtb ride i passed a patagucci hat that had been run over a few times lying in the gutter obviously blown off the head of a drunk frat boy in the back of a new silverado and left for dead cause daddy'll just buy me a new one. but i turned around to snag it of course. all smashed up. broken mesh. creased bill. nicely sun weathered. so i washed that bitch up and put it on and you know it looks real nice in a kooky sort of way.



If I'd known you were into trashed hats, I'd have saved the Patagonia hat my dogs used to play tug-of-war for you.

Arc'teryx is the new douchebag brand.