another way you can do it is give the guy the benefit of the doubt, be friendly, do your climbing etc but interact with them as a friend. thats one way to head off embarassing let downs, be positive about how you get along as friends etc, you don't even have to put it in words. gives them a chance to recognise whats going on and not lose face etc.
if they're not going to make it obvious that they're interested just deal with the ambiguity. of course if they're direct, be clear as well. but i don't see why people feel they have to jump on any possibility that someone was interested in them, are they embarrassed about it?
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