General Climbing Discussion

Author	Havachatwithhexy...
The HEX 24-Oct-2005 12:19:24 PM	------------------ ---> " Awwwww , faaaaarrrrkkk !!!! --- I'm being etc,etc,etc-ed !!! " adski 24/10/2005 >The interview was actually in Climb magazine issue 1. >The whole series of 4 mags is worth looking up for the creative approach they took with >layouts, photography and articles. In my opinion it wouldn't be a problem for Rock to break >out of their (shrinking) formula and publish a magazine with more emotion and less gloss. >Long live grainy photography! Megan@ROCK ... please consider !!! ... -------------------
mousey 24-Oct-2005 12:28:25 PM	true that!! 3cheersfuradski
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 4:06:29 AM	------------------------------ YAAAAAAAWWWWWWNNNN !!!! --- we need a new bench-mark for shock'n'awe --- itz no longer AD :-( >Action Directe: It’s a Trade Route >After only five ascents in 13 years, Germany’s Action Directe (5.14d) has been redpointed >three times in a little over a week. According to www.8a.nu, the latest to succeed on the >limestone testpiece is Germany’s Markus Bock. The 26-year-old is the fourth German to climb >the route, which was established by the late Wolfgang Güllich in 1991 and is considered the >benchmark 9a (5.14d)... -------------------------------
Uncle Chester 25-Oct-2005 8:14:37 AM	On 24/10/2005 The HEX wrote: >----------------------- > >> > >" Hmmmmm ... I wonda if hexy will notice my cyber-fly-by today ..." > >Yeah I did, lil fella ... not soooo sure about those plastic chairz, tho >... > >-------------------- hey heey heeey! how are ya hexy-ma-boy?!?! sadly that is the only seating option at my gym.....
kezza 25-Oct-2005 11:53:00 AM	In order for Mammut Climbing Shoes thread to not go any more off topic than it is.. i'll post it here. Armyiain: "I hereby withdraw my previous comments on other threads" the now locked thread obsessedclimber started... Spam Schmam!! I just wonder whether said locked thread would have been considered "spam" if I had notified fellow chockstoners of the MD DFO Opening... Crazy rediculousness
nmonteith 25-Oct-2005 12:12:12 PM	The DFO is in DIRECT competition to our sponsor Rock Hardware. The plug was by a paid employee of the company. You can't get a worse example of spam than that. If we let this slide then every store could start posting its specials onto this forum. It has happened before... People may be suprised how powerful this forum is as a marketing tool. Where else in Australia can you connect to over 200 climbers a day - on a daily basis? No magazine can boast this sort of advertising potential. If companies want to use this forum for advertising purposes then they need to PAY for the privilege - just like any other form of adverting. A simple single page ad in Rock magazine costs many hundreds (or more). Back covers cost thousands of $.
kezza 25-Oct-2005 12:24:46 PM	Yeah, I was just saying if I had mentioned it opening.. being a non employee with no benefits coming from the store selling stuff... know what i mean? Depending on who says it, depends whether its considered spam.. Like if I was to say there was a sale on at Cliffhanger I would consider that spam.. but if a regular to the gym had mentioned it.. would it just be considered informing? And the examples could keep going..
nmonteith 25-Oct-2005 12:29:38 PM	On 25/10/2005 kezza wrote: >Yeah, I was just saying if I had mentioned it opening.. being a non employee >with no benefits coming from the store selling stuff... know what i mean? >Depending on who says it, depends whether its considered spam.. >Like if I was to say there was a sale on at Cliffhanger I would consider >that spam.. but if a regular to the gym had mentioned it.. would it just >be considered informing? And the examples could keep going.. Your employer was one of the first examples of a spamming Chockstone! (back in 2002). It is not new - we have beeing trying to edit out this stuff for years.
kezza 25-Oct-2005 12:33:19 PM	so it is dependant on who says it? whether it is considered spam? If a newbie walked into said gym and then comes online and posts about said sale. spam or not? If another climber walked into the DFO and saw the said store open, comes online and posts about it's opening, spam or not?
nmonteith 25-Oct-2005 12:41:09 PM	If the person is not directly or in-directly financially benefiting from the post then it is not considered spam. This includes people receiving discounted product form the company in question through formal or informal sponsorship. Sponsored climbers are also advised to not plug their 'free' gear without disclosing that they are sponsored.
kezza 25-Oct-2005 12:52:44 PM	That's what I wanted to hear -moving on-
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 2:11:42 PM	-------------------------------------------- SPAM-CLEN-ZING BUFFER ZONE Climbingjac >Yesterday I visited the Champs Elysees - one of the most famous shopping strips in >the world. I am proud to say that I made a purchase there. I bought chocolate. The >fancy kind :-) On of them had a mint centre. And it wasn't the kind of mint centre like >you'd find in your Cadbury block. It actually tasted exactly like the aroma of a mint leaf >straight off the plant... Fascinating ... and how did it feel as it melted in ur tender , warm, mouth ... and then slid luvingly down ur eager throat ... ---------------------------------------
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 2:19:02 PM	------------------- Neilo >...I was pumped, panicking and >hyperventilating. I honestly thought there was going to be a large ledge to stand on >whilst clipping into >this anchor. I needed half an hour to calm down after this incident... Excellent short-story, dude ! ... but I wanna hear about all the bloodsweat'n'tearz between 'anchor.[&] I' ... Was KP there ? ...................... laughing his head-off ? ... ----------------------------------
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 2:33:41 PM	------------------------- One Day Hero 24/10/2005 >Jeezuss Farkin' Chriiiiisssssstt!! >This is a rant against skinny dwarves, not a support network for climbers with fat >arses!!! Don't be too harsh, mate ... the musings of Mikl suggest that some ppl like to get therapy on CS for all sorts of things ... many generation X ers who were once skinny dwarfs are now rationalising and justifying being climbers with fat arses ... --------------------------
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 2:41:26 PM	----------------------------------- Adamk cod-jit-ates from the edge of the rat-race ... > Topic Date User So what makes a good climber? Monday, 24 October 2005 , adamk >Why do we have to measure everything?... ... because , without the analysis we don't move towards the synthesis ... ----------------------------- ...THINKING ZONE ... -----------------------------
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 4:34:14 PM	------------------- >I was pumped, panicking and hyperventilating... Still a bit distracted by this ... it can be the very experience, that induces someone to NEVER go climbing again ... or in the same moment of the extreme intensity , actually program ones bio-psychological-perceptions of how to get regular psudo-ultimate-orgasmz... the human-optimistic-mind wants to assimilate the experience as ' I was pumping, picnic-ing and hyperventilating ' >retrospective fun ... ...becomes ... ------------------------------------
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 4:47:21 PM	>It just fitted me in the foetal position. I then yelled up for them to move the rope down >to a lower tree. >The next guy down was mighty suprised when out of the pitch black i yelled 'bo!' to >him as he was >midway down rapping the pitch! My little hole was strangely comforting when i was >that tired... ... this is very strange ... sort of dream-interpretation stuff ... the umbilical-cord is ready to be cut ... Neil is keen to enter the vertical-world ... his chalk-bag supercedes his rich-blooded placenta ... ----------------------------------- Addax-addicted deleted a post under here ... most unusual ... next he will be rapping down CQ to de-mystify the essence ,spirit, etc,etc,etc... did I mention 'herr-a-tige ?... -----------------------------------
nmonteith 25-Oct-2005 4:49:03 PM	I reckon it was about the closest I have ever come to a full blown panic attack. Luckly i kept it together, grabbed the chain and clipped in. Stupidly i only had one quickdraw as well - so even when i was clipped in I was not a happy chappy. Luckily the rope actually pulled through this time. Of course to top it all off - the bloody 50m rope didn't reach the ground from the rap chain! (but thats another story all together).
nmonteith 25-Oct-2005 4:51:03 PM	p.s. a 50m rope doesn't reach the ground from the rap chain on World Party top pitch either. Learnt that lesson last weekend.
The HEX 25-Oct-2005 5:02:25 PM	------------------------- >reckon it was about the closest I have ever come to a full blown panic attack... & that, of course is the danger/addiction ... one is tempted to contrive a similar scenario, at same point in the future, so that the experience can be re-lived in a rational/controlled manner vsv " ... oh WHY?! did I react that way last time ..." The addiction being the incredibly enlightening/toxic combination of cortisol, adrenalin, endorphinz, seratonin ... which the mind/body craves ... the magic fix being only (once program by such an experience) available ... just ....... beyond............ reach ................outside the comfort/contortion zone of the postmodern-bio-technological-paradigm ... ---------------------------------

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