Shit People Say to Climbers

[@adelardj7026]

"You guys know that you can just like walk around right?" Wins 😂

[@ericcartman9594]

Bigger thrut has never been told

[@mammalianmolasses4724]

The sad thing is I have genuinely been asked that.

[@georgeb9585]

I asked that when I was like 8🥲 my mum told me about it recently and I was just crying I embarrassment. She told all her friends about it and also told them that now I climb, I will never meet my mum's friends now😰

[@ZoMichael-a]

That send me🤣🤣

[@jasonstarrising]

LOLLL

[@Nerdfighter21]

I get the sense that the people who made this video are irritated by these questions? I love it when people ask me about rock climbing! I get so excited, I tell them they have to try it, I MAKE them try it, and then I quietly start chanting "One of us, one of us, one of us" until they get scared and tried to run, but AHA I've tied them into a harness! NO ESCAPE NOW.

[@NeonCat100]

+Nerdfighter21 I love your attitude! If some one is asking a question it's because they are curious. Why would you be mean to some one who is interested in the thing you love? I think one of the problems with any hobby or interest is experienced people looking down on beginners. Everybody starts out not knowing anything so why not be the person who helps them out and gets them involved. I leant most of my rock climbing technique from friends (and on the odd occasion friendly strangers) giving me advice and now it feels great if I can help out some one else. The more people I can get to come climbing with me, the more potential partners I have :-)

[@Nerdfighter21]

Totally agreed! One of my favorite things about climbing is that I've never met an unfriendly climber! We all sympathize with falling and taping our hands, etc. We're all in this together!

[@AnyaIzmailova]

+Nerdfighter21 Straight up!!

[@thundercheeks1989]

You are a hero 😂

[@gnhorvat]

@NerdFighter21 Love your enthusiasm! And no definitely not irritated by by these types of questions. I hear that it read that way. The intention was to be goofy/make some jokes while also making fun of ourselves (myself) and how absurd our sport is. Keep up the good work. The climbing community is awesome because of people like you and yes it sure is a friendly bunch : )

[@10emac27]

Best one a friend and I got... 3 mile hike into a bouldering area and we were on our way out... a guy stops us and asks us "are those thing TV's?" my buddy just answered "yep, wanted to get outdoors and play xbox" and we kept walking.

[@travisjohnson3319]

The guy was probably making a joke about how big and flat it was prob just sarcasm that you and your stuckup friend were unable to pick up on

[@batman5527]

@@travisjohnson3319 the guy commenting was probably making a joke, being sarcastic about the guys presumed lack of knowledge that you and your stuck up profile were unable to pick up on

[@travisjohnson3319]

@@batman5527 ............

[@qwasyx3]

@@batman5527 What particular aspect of Travis' profile do you find to be stuck-up?

[@jarnold1789]

@@travisjohnson3319 Lmao the original comment sat in peace for 5 years and you really just had to leave a typical snarky contrarian reply

[@thaliabarrmalec]

That belay technique tho....

[@adriansalas3951]

Hopefully that was part of the joke 🥴

[@ezmatt]

which one, the guy with the white hat?

[@englund45]

I definitely would not let the old guy belay me.

[@gwhech]

That was my first thought

[@kcwliew]

Yeah WHAT THE ACTUAL F was that? It's the only reason I clicked on this video in the first place - I saw the first 10 seconds and was like uh that looks like some janky ass belaying... maybe the old dude has no idea what a belay plate is - looks like he was belaying the guy using the italian hitch technique. He's 100% going to get someone killed belaying like that on a belay plate.

[@a10cufer]

@@kcwliew not to mention being oblivious to the cross loading too!

[@ForzaMonkey]

evidently none of you understand how belaying works, or that ANYBODY with proper training can do it. I’ve had to belay people almost twice my weight before (for reference I weigh 110 lbs). All you have to do is pull down and pull taut and that person ain’t moving.

[@ForzaMonkey]

replying to myself: Obviously you need the proper gear, but there are certain knots that can perform similarly.

[@Antivists]

While splashing around in a swimming hole in PA, my amigo and I had our gear with us. A British woman asked what the crash pad was and I told her and showed them some video. She was mesmerized because she had always seen documentaries, but never seen a climber in real life! Told her to try it one day and we went about our splashing business.

[@alixmorris5953]

"this one got good grips?" fucking hilarious

[@donovancorcoran1392]

cross-loaded belay carabiner 0:17 0:29 0:34

[@josefmekyska9748]

Even more... His belay technique is dangerous

[@blondlezar8995]

"How'd you get the rope up there ? " I got that one a thousand times...

[@evanthayer5374]

They left out "Whoa, you're like spiderman" Heard that a few times.

[@ashes746]

I can feel shivers down my spin when hearing this: 1:20

[@mstrchief43]

You know you guys can just walk around, right? hahahha

[@gtrocksyosocks]

"Is that a purse?" I died.

[@arebalwithacause]

This video was so ahead of its time. . . well done!

[@jackchrisevans]

Somebody asked me this one time when climbing indoors: "So how far up have you got on the wall before?" "Erm,...to the top."

[@VT-tz5bm]

All I say is, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”

[@DjSanscrainte]

My favorite: 6 people with bouldering pads hiking to the problems at Devils Lake WI... "are you guys going hang gliding?"

[@realbland]

"Have you ever fallen" is easily the funniest

[@collinmorton5668]

0:21 "are those real carabiners." 😂😂😂

[@smau990]

Also "So you aren't afraid of heights?"

[@nickhumble9468]

Also didn't say "Aren't you scared you'll fall?"

[@adarks8410]

i love how this 10 year old video (and only video of this channel) just popped up on my recommended page right when i started rock climbing this year :,)

[@TheMegaMrMe]

The belay technique on that older gentleman. That is scary. Someone should honestly give him some pointers

[@denlillebiokemiker3226]

Came to say this. Wow, just wow.

[@geologick]

0:41 When he slips off the hold and the guy goes "huh..." I fkn lost it lmfao

[@Northernblades]

That cross loaded biner is more likely to hold than his ultra skets fake attempt to fail at belay.

[@legolvr101]

My left ear really enjoyed this

[@sophiamcmanus191]

Nowadays, so have you heard about those two guys that free climbed that mountain?

[@10emac27]

I heard they only used their hands and their feet!

[@Svengrustaben]

Huh

[@declancalfy]

even more nowadays, have you seen Free Solo?

[@sebastianboyd9640]

"have you ever free-climbed?" LOL

[@kellyrussell190]

Not something non-climbers say, exactly, but I love when I'm training at the gym and a few football players come in thinking that cause they're more muscle than anything else, they'll be a great climber. They then refuse to wear climbing shoes or use chalk, cause thats what pussies who aren't strong enough to climb properly do, and then get halfway up a grade 12 (Australian) while wearing running shoes and start yelling to their friends about how there's a hold missing (I have seen this happen on a route made for eight-year-olds with enormous jugs every thirty centimetres all the way to the top) or the foothold is too small (I have seen THIS happen on a two-inch wide horizontal foothold about twenty centimetres above the last one). And then they get to the top and that's when the fun starts, watching them try to lower off xD It's also great to watch them get a metre off the ground and then realise that their biceps are doing awesome, but their fingers and calves? Not so well.

[@vincentbernier7808]

you are so angry for nothing

[@paulmanitzas]

@@vincentbernier7808 right? like just fucking climb already

[@humanimal5527]

I too find this hilarious.

[@spjr99]

bro chill. lol its not that serious. we all start somewhere

[@robertkennedy9639]

you forgot "are you guys going to the top!!"

[@findalproebst2578]

Love the premise for this! Greg, please make more. Also, please get a good mic, it will skyrocket your viewership. Keep it up!

[@Grongooo]

This has to be one of the funniest videos on KZbin

[@SpitefulAZ]

You know you guys can just walk around? Lol that cracked me up. 🤣🤣🤣

[@nevigator90]

This is freaking fantastic 😂😂😂😂

[@philrobertson2201]

My left ear really enjoyed this.

[@rzwright484]

that cross loaded binner made me cringe.

[@Squids_Vlogs]

+Zach Wright its fine

[@thaliabarrmalec]

Ya Ironworks would have had something to say about that belaying...

[@dfjdskf9234j4fisd]

uh what...

[@harveycollins6012]

He didn't notice eather

[@vickhily]

9 years later and this is still so applicable

[@DirtyDirtbath]

"Huh" thats me. Lmao

[@momentzpk5326]

why is everything playing in my left ear

[@tchris013190]

To boulderers: "What are those things on your backs?" "Did you guys sleep up here last night?" "Do you guys to yoga?"

[@joshuabowley3846]

They forgot to talk about sport rappelling, or how we "climb with with just our hands and our feet".

[@66shalo]

if the people teaching you are belaying like the guys in this video watch out! that is some scary technique there.

[@orion7741]

naw, that is how the pros do it. you sound like a weekend whipper to me.....

[@purememory939]

Im waiting for a bouldering pad with a graphic and text explaining what it is.

[@SarntAKluss]

The hand position on the breaking side (dude in the white shirt) is worse shit than the talk

[@foneteltonynti7670]

I love how this was filmed in Yosemite

[@FlyWithBrayden]

“Have you seen free solo?”

[@ryman2760]

I saw at least 3 improper belaying techniques in this video. I hope they weren't actually belaying someone or they would die if they fell. 0:15 wtf his belay device is upside down??!!! Another is 0:24 guy completely let go of the brake hand. shameful.

[@brynowen7751]

Yeah it’s not upside down that’s how they used to be made

[@louisenglish4301]

I'd love to see one of these done for highlining!

[@ezmatt]

ur name reminds me of my english teacher, her first name is louis 😂

[@ricardoharo4156]

That carabiner was crossed.

[@headdown1]

It's strange. I am a skydiver and have fielded a lot of questions from newbies. One time I was hiking into Berg Lake at Mt. Robson and I met a group hiking out that looked like serious climbers on the way down. I paused and asked them if they had summited. They walked right past me like I was invisible. I guess it's a climbing thing. They can keep it.

[@GregoryPagano]

Maybe they were just exhausted or didn’t speak English. Or didn’t hear you. Or they’re assholes. Definitely not representative of the climbing community

[@namuhtsuj4025]

@@GregoryPagano as with everything there are assholes who want to gatekeeper and then there are those that are welcoming to newcomers because they understand that without fresh blood, their hobby will die a slow and painful death. Be kind to others. Most of the time people are just curious and don’t intend to annoy you.

[@jarnold1789]

@@namuhtsuj4025 Very true. Most of us are stoked when people ask about what we’re up to and are encouraging of newcomers

[@MrWannawang]

Interesting… I used to skydive before being a climber. Reason I swapped over was bc the lack of community in the skydiving world. Bunch of elitists in my opinion that don’t welcome newcomers. Asshole’s are everywhere though…

[@headdown1]

Well as often happens I wrote a long reply and KZbin made it disappear. Condensed...I did find my community in the skydiving world, but that was a generation ago. With the trash talking me generation, DZ's are likely a different place now. From what I have read, surfers are often real assholes for "turf" reasons. Maybe skydivers would be too if they had a very limited number of planes, and outsiders kept showing up and taking the few slots.

[@MMSF.1]

That is great! My Dad and I used to do Civil War reenacting and my favorite question of the "tourons" was, "Is that a real camp fire?"

[@Totalavulsion]

0:36 sketchiest belaying ever

[@kittycatcuti]

As a headphone user, my left ear really enjoyed this video.

[@brandonr9541]

The ripped pants, 🤣💀 never happened to me 👀 lol

[@buddybuddytymtym]

All of the above. Some people just choose one, it's best to do all three. Especially if you start with classes and a gym first, and then meet friends to climb with. Some people have sketchy technique, so learning the ropes a bit through a class or a trusted gym before you hop on the rock with anyone is always a good idea.

[@themaninblack2724]

"Grappling hook." LMAO

[@aidenhughes6144]

"Have you seen free solo"

[@beeslovetrees4509]

1:21 his bad form scared off that rodent

[@Blackjack4141]

:35 cross loaded biner

[@colorado841]

Me watching this video: Check, Check, Check, Check....

[@anderssends6315]

This is perfect!! Could use an update with a “have you seen … free solo”

[@TheFoxfiend]

These sound like the sort of questions I might ask, cause I'm not a climber. I mean, my local community center has a climbing wall that I've attempted a few times, even made it to the top once or twice, but I understand like none of the jargon, don't own any specialized gear, and only barely understand what chalk is meant for(is chalk used for rock climbing or is that just for indoor rock walls?).

[@broman4998]

It’s used inside and out

[@vanqiishr9827]

Chalk is used for climbing and weightlifting, and absorbs sweat.

[@hemming57]

I love to ask,"do you have one of those bolt guns, Sylvester Stallone used in Cliffhanger"? The looks are priceless!

[@liamhaberl3448]

That scene, alone warrants more laughter than any joke I have ever heard

[@jagbem]

my left ear enjoyed this

[@kenweis2291]

As a tree climber....the top 3 things... How fo you get up there Have you ever fallen. How do you get down

[@benjamint2039]

1:03 midnight. "this one got good grips"

[@johnschaechter]

I was at Lincoln Woods RI popular bouldering area. I had my crash pads and gear. A none climber recommend I go to Colorado because the climbing is good there.That none climber told me something that I already knew.

[@garywheaton7112]

Literally at swan slab two weeks ago. “How’d you get the rope up there?!”

[@user-tu5tm6kn6k]

It's called ice breaker

[@jakefay3163]

“You’re like the real life Spider-Man”

[@haydenshaffer5784]

*at Midnight Lightning* “does this one have good grips?”

[@Yaploq]

Ha ha, loved it ! But dude, what happened to your pants ?? On my local crag you can add "Don't you feel cold bare chest ?", "That looks easy", "Mum, is he going to die if he falls ?"

[@andrescifuentes7782]

That binner is cross loaded and the belaying socks

[@aurtisanminer2827]

I get similar questions about my car’s ham radio. Lol

[@Flies_the_limit]

"So you guys know u can just walk around right" lol I mean... thats the way I see it too

[@southernappalachianrecon]

You should hear the shit people say about backcountry camping

[@cliffhangergirl]

Nice! Someone asked me if my bouldering pad was a massage table too.

[@WildsDreams45]

When we're on the sea and people see the mountains. "Are we at sea level?"

[@mangotaco3036]

kids in my history class always say “rock climbing not a sport”

[@CharlesCurtisCreates]

What the heck dude. Do you even know this is blowing up right now?!? 😲

[@aarongolding2868]

and we’ve made it to “have you watched free solo”?

[@ColorChartsCentral]

what is your favorite Colour to view while climbing?

[@bryaneditiontv600]

Great, just great😂

[@BillWright]

Just seeing this now. Very creative.

[@mefrosty5658]

1:21 he scarred that gopher thingy! (bottom left)

[@LZmiljoona]

Not enough Free Solo-references

[@boogieheads]

"I've climbed a few trees"

[@zark674]

That old guy belaying made me anxious

[@tylerengle4540]

*falls* "huh" man I'd be so annoyed lmao

[@telestix6606]

Going ice climbing at whistler bungee you have climb over the safety fence to then go 20 feet. through the woods to get to the climb that you lower into, it's in a gorge. Whistler Bungee staff as we go over the safety fence, knowing what we were going to do "yeah just stay away from the edge okay." - Yep going climbing by rapping into a gorge but we will stay away from the cliff.

[@Marauder1981]

They forgot: "Ugh, what animal shits such turds from that altitude?!"

[@connormolson]

“Have you seen Free Solo?”

[@gnhorvat]

Wozzi7 I recommend going to a gym, and learning the basics from staff. Take a class on belaying (both top rope and lead climbing) and get it dialed in. After that if you are friendly and safe, it will be easier to meet other climbers. Then once you get to know some people ask if they ever climb outside Stress that you are solid at belaying but need someone experienced to show you a bit more. (this not only compliments the other person but also emphasizes you are safe- key) Meetup.com is good too

[@joserodriguez537]

I was guilty of asking the Mount Everest question

[@MrMrMckinley]

The comments are so much better "Shit climbers comment on climbing videos."

[@crazyjoe123456789]

This the funniest and most true video I have ever seen! :D

[@benja_mint]

"is that safe?"... The way he is belaying... Maybe

[@TheCenturySentry]

I have heard 90% of these in real life.

[@colehuston1333]

Have you seen free solo? “Yeah” Anyways I think that stuff is crazy! (Proceeds to explain every part of free solo to you and their opinion on it) Every time I tell someone I climb

[@calvinchoe5015]

Dawg these are the people who watched free solo once and think they know everything about climbing