UKC

Which branch of the climbing fraternity are the most anti-social as far as other climbers are concerned?

Sport climbers with their noisy drills and pervasive bolts?
Boulderers with their tick marks and power screams?
Toprope group route hoggers?
Self-righteous trad lead bumblies?
Scratching dry toolers?
Peg hammering, turf removing, winter crusties?

Cast your votes now or post further nomiations.

In reply to JLS:
Big wall climbers and their penchant for flinging poo?

In reply to JLS:

The greater european snoring alpinist.

In reply to JLS:

Any climbers who think grades and ethics are important. What tedious conversations they are.

In reply to JLS: Sport climbers - bolting is just not OK.

Climb it properly!

In reply to Fredt:

Yep.

In reply to JLS: climbers who post topics about being anti social and then ask you to vote

In reply to JLS:

those who shit at the crag

In reply to idc:

those who shit on the crag

In reply to JLS:

The ratbags who booked the last two seats to Kalymnos that we wanted

In reply to JLS:

Bloody student groups! (said in a Paul Calf accent)

In reply to JLS: All of the above plus the goats in Wales who follow you with an ever increasing herd - spooky!

In reply to BeckyOfTheLake:

And, when it comes to it, climb harder than me.

Y.

In reply to JLS:

In my experience....ones who are anti-social...

In reply to sweenyt:

You're profile seems to suggest you've clipped a bolt or two. How come you're not following your own advice?

In reply to JLS: Armchair climbers or climbing wall socialites, never actually see them climb anything more than stairs, but they have an opinion on everything and need to tell you it, read every book and even determine which sort of real climbers most worthy of their derision. Can often be found ranting about on climbing forums No better than saturday afternoon football fans.

Far worse than any other sort (If we accept them as climbers even), all the rest are fine they get out and enjoy themselves climbing.

J x

In reply to JLS:

Russian Ivy is a pretty anti social climber....

In reply to JLS:

trad folk discovering a drytooler in their midst.

In reply to Fredt:

So you'd say ther're completely unimportant then?

I agree re: the tedium though.

In reply to all: Chronic UKC posters?

In reply to sweenyt:

Just ran your post through Google Translate, it came out as:
"I've only been climbing for 5 minutes and I'm desperate for the approval of my peers".
Perhaps next time you could just say that in the first place?

In reply to JLS:

I find that the most anti-social climbers seem to be the ones at our local wall that wont even bother smiling at you unless you climb 6c/7a or above... oh well, their loss!

In reply to staceyjg:

That's because they're mostly foetuses who haven't developed social skills yet, bless them.

In reply to Ava Adore: haha I wouldn't say that makes them anti-social, more socio-apathetic.

In reply to Hoppo:

Those who shit in cracks.

In reply to JLS:

Those that abuse crags and the environment see:

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=59205

In reply to JLS: Everyone who crowds a route,pushing shoving trying to squeeze on to belay ledge's standing on our rope's.
P.s we found the best way to disperse them was a punch or kick(in the face) and then push them off.

In reply to JLS: Climbers with ASBOH's