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Our UKC Forums are infamous famous for attracting discussion on all sorts of climbing and non-climbing-related topics. Where else can you debate the grade of Three Pebble Slab, share beta on fixing your toilet and get into an argument about a plane on a treadmill, all in the one place?Whatever brings you to the UKC community, where you feel part of a tribe united by a common interest in climbing and the outdoors, you're going to meet a wide range of people. Here's a spotter's guide to the types you might meet online.

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Very humorously self aware.. I certainly suffer from 2 at times. As for the nastier or more useless folk on that list, the moderators do OK on the former and for the latter we should maybe remember what happened when the B Ark left for earth.

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Like it. Some spot-on observations of some of the strange types on UKC.

Apart from your description of me, of course. That was just vindictive and full of errors.

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My favourite line: "They were bouldering when L’Elephant at Font was still alive and well."

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Very perceptive - nice!


Chris

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Very accurate and amusing. I am going to break cover and admit it - yes I am predominantly a Lurker.

Don't do likes/dislikes though.

In reply to Tall Clare:


Yes, mine too!

Mick

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Great article. Suspect I'm a lurker as well...

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Terrific piece, I especially like the links where you've included them and the errors in the grammar section. It's good to know that you love us all really.

T.

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I am two, who are the other 18?

CB

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Is the 'The Del Boy Gear Flogger' a new line of comedy character endorsed products from Ann Summers?

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Thankfully I am none of those.

In reply to Urgles:

Phew - that's a relief! We always thought you were, hmm, let's see... 15, 16, 17 of 'em.

< Counts on fingers again, gets a completely different answer this time, scratches head in puzzlement. >

Mick

In reply to Mick Ward:

21. Indefinable

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"They wear a Whillans harness, super smooth PAs and use one of those fancy modern stitch plates"

Don't forget the very obscure lesser spotted Gear Spelling Old Fart Pedant - strictly speaking it's 'Sticht' Plate not 'Stitch'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belay_device#Sticht_plate

Sorry couldn't resist

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Amusing but here were many spelling and grammatical errors in the Spelling and Grammar Pedant section.

In reply to rockcat:


*there

In reply to rockcat:

Maybe it gives me away as one of the pedants but when she wrote "practice makes perfect" in the spelling section along with a whole lot of deliberate mistakes, I actually wondered for a second whether she was thinking she was misspelling "practice" deliberately!

In reply to Shapeshifter:



That typo made it all the way into print (twice on the same page) into one of the recent trad climbing books.

In reply to Tony the Blade:

I think rockcat's mistake was on purpose.

In reply to Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH:


My irony router needed rebooting

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I dont think I'm any of them. Am I no longer welcome?

In reply to bouldery bits:

I think it depends whether anyone else thinks you're one of them.

T.

In reply to Pursued by a bear:

In honour of UKC's current obsession please could you change your username to 'Pursued by a bear Grylls'? Thanks!

In reply to bouldery bits:

It could be worse. Pursued by a bare Bear Grylls...

T.

In reply to Pursued by a bear:



Terrifying.

I'll have nightmares now!

In reply to Pursued by a bear:

Or pursued by a bare Bear Grylls bearing a Platypus...

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*lurker sneakes in....................maybe has a wee like/dislike................. sips tea, maybe has a biscuit..................lurker sneakes out again pulling cloak back over her head*

In reply to Shapeshifter:



And its 'prusik' NOT 'prussic'.

Oh. Guess I've just outed myself......

In reply to SenzuBean:


Shear bloody ignorance. Should pulp the books.

In reply to Andy Say:


Err... I just meant that it's a common typo

Also what makes you think it was sheep who did it?

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Nice to be acknowledged!

In reply to Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH:


Rock Cat, the most effectual
Rock Cat, who’s intellectual
Close friends get to call him R.C.
Providing it’s with dignity
Rock Cat
The indisputable leader of the gang
He’s the boss, he’s the pip
He’s the championship
He’s the most tip top
Rock Cat
Yes he’s the chief, he’s the king
But above everything
He’s the most tip top
Rock Cat
Rock Cat

In reply to Andy Say:

No need to be so acidic...

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I see the Phantom Disliker of Old London Town is hard at work...

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Well that's the most ridiculous article I've read in a long time. Jesus.

In reply to simes303:

There's more ridiculous to come...

Mick