Comments on: 6 Ways to Spot a Bumblie

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:06:20 +0000

I don’t know about your gym but if I don’t tape for the cracks at mine I come out bleeding. I know I’m not the only one too – not too rare to see fresh crimson on those things!

Good practice too. I just wish they had a finger crack…

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:15:39 +0000

“Myticklistishuge@8a.nu, Sharmaluvr18@myspace.com”

HAHAHA! Good blog guys!

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:59:24 +0000

Oh shit! I think I am one! Dammit!

By: Mighty

Mighty — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:20:37 +0000

wow!! did someone actually take wig’s rants as the law? amazing..

By: bronco

bronco — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:04:10 +0000

The other funny thing is that those are your REAL email addresses? I thought those had to be fake and that’s why I posted’em…Come’on SHARMALUVR18?, REally?

By: Wig

Wig — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:25:47 +0000

You guys have to be kidding.
1. it’s all tongue in cheek. i’m guilty of every one of those up there. that’s why i wrote it. and that’s the same for most of the articles i’ve ever written on this site. Everyone can relate and everyone eventually moves past being a gumby… I’m sure you did do despite your whiny attitude.

2. the argument ‘don’t come here if you don’t like’ is actually a pretty GOOD argument. i don’t want to see porn of a girl giving a horse a blow job. so i don’t go to horsey blow job websites. you don’t like our blog you don’t have to stop by to leave whiny comments. We aren’t a magazine we don’t have ads we don’t need your traffic *we don’t care. We care just enough to leave you a comment back because we are equally as pathetic as you. (see number 3)

this site is a fun little hobby for us and as much as we would like to make money off of it, we don’t, so we can say what we want because we don’t need you to approve of it. so quit sending us those “i’m not renewing my subscription bullshit comments” we dont’ give a shit.

3. i can’t understand why you’re writing such long comments to tell us you don’t like what we do when it’s not going to do much to change OUR minds or the minds of those who do like us. it’s a bit pathetic i think. (see number 1*)

Thanks for caring.
xoxo
Wig.

By: Gabe Walker

Gabe Walker — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:02:22 +0000

So, you trained on an indoor crack, it helped you, then you go and trash talk it. Makes a lot of sense. Also, I never implied that the “more complicated ladder” that is a face climb doesn’t require skill. I was implying that in the gym, frequently it’s the newer/more amateur climber that would probably avoid a crack as the technique is most likely very foreign to them. It’s much easier for someone to grasp how they would climb a given face climb, even if they couldn’t do the moves, than cracks, which are not quite as intuitive.

As for finding climbing partners on the internet – sure, jumping into a full day on some big multi-pitch R rated climb with someone you’ve never climbed with is probably not a good idea. Like all of life, especially with climbing, common sense should be applied. So, even if you realize this, and are purely poking fun at the “flying in from Kazakstan this Monday and will hit the valley that night, have 4 days, looking for partner for Mescalito” crowd, I just don’t see the point. Climbing is still relatively niche, if anything, I think it’s awesome the internet helps people find others to climb with, why be down on it?

And no, I don’t need to sign my real name so that whenever I look for a job, some HR schmuck gets to read every internet comment I’ve ever made. But kudos on posting those email addresses, despite the comment next to the field that says (will not be published.)

By: bronco

bronco — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:44:12 +0000

Your Mom, Myticklistishuge@8a.nu, Sharmaluvr18@myspace.com, and Anonymous Coward,

We don’t need to refute anything you’ve said because you’re right on so many levels…1. We are lucky to live in the Front Range. 2. We meet people at bars. 3. We are elite. 3. We are the conductors of the fucking hate train…ChooChoo! 5. We do have a lame blog, but it works for us.

There is one thing to refute though. This whole crack climbing in the gym business. We don’t avoid cracks, outside or inside. In fact, we love cracks! Limit and I trained on an indoor crack before our first ever trip to Indian Creek and I will say without a doubt that it was the best thing we could’ve done before we ventured into the world of splitter sandstone. Hence, you are right, tongue and cheek. That was a long time ago now, and I probably haven’t been on an indoor crack in 3 years, but it is good practice, you’re right. As for your implication that “complicated ladders” don’t involve skill, well, that’s just silly. Okay, maybe two things to refute. We here at P&C are from the great state of Oklahoma, hardly the climbing metroplex of Boulder. We know what it’s like to be hard up for climbing partners, but we think it’s a pretty bold move to submit yourself to a climbing forum so douchebag mcgee on MountainProject can meet you for a marathon day in Eldo. It seems dangerous when the people that reply to your partner inquiry have information on their profile like “TR’ed clean to the top, slack in the line the whole way.” What the Fuck is that supposed to mean and you wanna go trust that person? Meet some people at your gym or do what I’ve done and go to the crag by yourself and try and find someone suitable to hook up with, unless you’re sitting behind your desk masterbating to photos of Wig, Limit, and I…We understand, we’re pretty damn good looking.

Oh yeah, you still won’t reveal your name, that’s Weak Sauce son!

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:38:53 +0000

The old “if you don’t like it, go elsewhere” argument doesn’t really hold a lot of water for public content. Someone publishes something…it gets critiqued. Fact is every few months I’ll click your link on someone’s blog rule, see your latest article on “how to spot a 5.6 climber at your local crag”, and remember why I don’t in fact read this site too often. I realize a lot of it is probably tongue in cheek, but I stand by what I said.

Also, aside from some name calling (whiny little git, really?), I didn’t really see anything refuting what I said in there. Weak sauce.

By: bronco

bronco — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:26:17 +0000

Your Mom,

Yeah, we hate everyone! We especially hate AC’s that don’t have the moxie to complain about our writing and leave their real name. I guess you wouldn’t want one of your potential future partners from rc.com or mp.com to see what a whiny little git you really are. If you don’t like our blog, then STOP READING!