Saw this on supertopo maybe climbing does equal dating :-)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=714817
Rating Opposite Sex in the climbing language (cred to MisterE)
(Excellent for discrete banter)
Traditional: The One you could se yourself getting old with, having a family, etc.
Sport: One night, one week, one month stand. Playin’ around, getting good.
Mixed: Not quite sure yet which way...
Grading:
Anything under 5.0 is too easy or unappealing.
5.1 through 5.6 generally requires aid (see below)
5.7: marginally attractive, amazing feature
5.8: homely
5.9: average looks
5.10: good looking
5.11: hot and good looking
5.12: turn-your-head WOW!
5.13: the one someone else always gets.
5.14: the 5.13 that climbs hard
5.15: The 5.14 that is wealthy, a virgin contortionist and massage therapist.
Aid: Alcohol, whatever, that makes it go better. A1 is a beer, A6 is blotto.
Aid Fall: Whiskeydick
First Free Ascent: Without aid.
R: There’s definitely some psycho elements
X: They may get you into serious sh#t.
Eurogrades: Foreign chicks, guys
Bolt Chopper: c--k-blocker
Discrete Tension: Cheating behind the spouse’s back
Onsight: That moment where you make it happen with the perfect one.
Direct Variation: Anal Sex
Chipping/Glueing: Homoeroticism
Alpine: Blue Balls, weeks of wooing/spending for a peck on the cheek.
Clean Ascent: Condomless
Bouldering: Making Out, coppin’ feels
Grade 1: A quickie
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Grade 6: Tantric Sex: Cobra In The Red Cave, etc
Extensions: Children
Link-ups: 2pitch = twosome, 3pitch = 3some, etc
Free solo: masturbation
Gym Climbing: toys for sex
Toproping: teasing
Campusing: Coppin’ feels
Flappers, Gobis: VD
First Ascent: Virgin
Seconding The Pitch: Sloppy seconds
Classics: Older Men, Women
Finger Crack to Offwidth: A reference to the fairer sex, mono being smallest...
Slab Climbing: Flat-chested
Jug Haul: Well endowed
Lead Fall: Getting dumped
Pulled Gear: Belongings thrown out on the lawn
Backing Off a Lead: Deciding it’s not worth it (psycho, wrong sex).
Spraying about climbs well above your climbing level: Impotence |