Hey Ardarvin, thanks for the site!
I started ‘indoor rock climbing’ a few months ago and plan on buildering asap.
I’ve already scouted some great problems around the city I live in; Brampton, Ontario.
I wasn’t aware some rock climbers scoffed at buildering untill I started talking about it at Rockhead’s in T.O and people raised their eyebrows at me like I was peculiar; but to me climbing is climbing.
Hopefully I can get some cool pics taken of sweet probs I find.
Happy climbing and thanks again!

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  1. ardarvin Reply

    After reading How Not to Fail at Life , I’ve been trying to ween myself off of calling people douchebags. This part really hit home:

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    That said, most climbers are douchebags. Especially the ones you’ll meet in a gym. They’re too busy trying to save the fucking seals and complaining to politicians about how a snowmobiler ruined their little nature walk. They view buildering as illegal (well it sorta is), and therefore beneath their upstanding reputation. Fuck em.

    As the little picture shows, we are both douchbags. Depending on our intelligence and motivation, we’ll both go on to have varying degrees of success in life. Although it is us, the guys who don’t give a damn what people think about our activities and affiliations, who’ll have all the fun. Plus we’ll slay all the chicks. We may not be alpha male baby making material, but dammit there is still there is still the odd girl out there who enjoys a little something called adventure.

  2. Petrots Reply

    That’s some funny shite.
    I like being reminded I’m a douchebag; gravity is good.
    I’ll have to work on the ‘slay all the chicks’ part but I have been working on buildering and have some pics…
    just waiting for my douchebag friend to send them my way.
    lates

  3. Kiell Reply

    Oh my god, I’ve just gotten around to reading all of How Not To Suck At Life after skipping past it in the b3ta newsletter the other day. Fucking brilliant.

    Which is funny, because I hooked up with John Bourne on Saturday for a light session of buildering at a new spot he’d found in west London. And guess what – he and I believe that all other climbers are douchebags. Apart from the ones that we already know that aren’t douchebags. Same goes for Parkour, as it happens.

    But, all that said, in London there isn’t really the air of superiority when it comes to climbers and buildering. I’m guessing that’s because of two huge factors: 1. very, very very few people go out and builder; 2. there are no rocks in London so if you’re climbing something, it’s better than climbing nothing.

    I’ve got a veritable TON of photos from Saturday and as soon as I get chance I’ll do a write up and post em to the front page. 😀 And then ard can edit what I’ve posted cos I can’t figure out how to make it look nice. Awesome.

    (Ard, email me the code for “Featured Route: Hennings Arete” otherwise it’s just gonna look crap when I post it. Will take me ages to figure it out for myself. Ta. 🙂 )

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