Chronic has done some very silly things, but to be caught out climbing only being tied on by a slip knot, has to be one of its silliest stunts. Topping out on an indoor climbing wall, Chronic's belayer took in the slack only to hear Chronic call out, "slack, SLACK". Chronic's end of the rope had untied ( durrh, a slip knot tends to do that, Chronic ). In Chronic's desperation it clings onto one hold and miraculously manages to tie a complete bowline without loosing its cool. Nice trick, Chronic. Just don't freak us out like that again.
Obviously Chronic is still very young and impressionable, so when it realised that it needed climbing gear of course it didn't have the resources to afford new shiney gear. Chronic wanted to impress the new crowd of climbers it had met, so went about making its own. It scabbed some climbing tape from friends' slings which they were retiring and borrowed your sewing machine to stitch them up.
After Chronic had been climbing for a little while it realised that using a rope gave it more nerve than just soloing or using home sewn quick-draws to pull on, "You rambling aid climber, Chronic". Chronic therefore decided rather than finger knitting 50 to 60 m of wooley rope, it would get a proper dynamic rope. It waited until a trip to the mountains, where some climbers had enjoyed 2 months rock climbing in the valleys and doing some high altitude routes. Having cramponed their 60m rope, with only one day left before their return coach journey, Chronic spots them slinging it in the dustbin. Waiting for them to be fully out of sight, it sneaks up and swipes the furry dirty rope. Hey presto Chronic has a full set of unsafe gear for sport climbing on a very low budget thanks to your support for it. How proud you must be!
Since Chronic has been climbing it's visited quite a few
indoor climbing walls
most of which it would recommend as mad days out of the rain. Meeting other
nutters on a similar level with just as mad hair-doos.
Chronic's most visited wall is
the Bear Rock
. It has many friends there who speak to it every time it goes, "never belay
me again" they shout to it. "Are you a moron?" They're just so supportive.
Come along and frollick with Chronic at the Bear Rock it'll show you its new games on the wall
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