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pysched climbers 29-Nov-2006 At 8:25:51 PM LGJ

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On 28/11/2006 Pommy wrote:
>Being "psyched" and being a noisy tosser while climbing are completely
>different things.
>I can't stand being near people who grunt like Monica Seles as they thrash
>around on their latest project.
>They're probably the same sort of people who put exhaust tips on their
>Hyundai Excels to get noticed

Someone else also commented that they prefer climbing around quiet climbers rather than loud climbers, if at all. I'd have to agree with this but I have found myself being quite loud on climbs before.

The first time I ever grunted aloud on a climb was on Interstate 31 at Cosmic County, Blueys. It's a 17 hand crack. I'd never really done any crack climbing before that so the jamming thing was very new (and non-existant?) to me. It was such a struggle for me to get up though I found myself almost subconsciously grunting quite loudly. Afterwards I realised what I had been doing and knew that I couldn't have held it back if I tried.

I still find myself grunting up things every now and then. Generally, it's only when I'm on top rope and am trying something harder than what I can climb cleanly/silently! The thing is, I know that when I do climb 'loudly' its involuntarily - it just comes out. So surely there's a half way point between being a noisy tosser and climbing quietly.