Comments on Mountains and Water: "Manning Up"

Thanks for bringing this up - I totally agree.

2010-03-15T02:26:32.278-06:00

Thanks for bringing this up - I totally agree.

Peter- I fully agree. Funny, the women climbers i...

2010-03-14T17:38:25.021-06:00

Peter- I fully agree. Funny, the women climbers in my group tell each other to "V-up", but they don't says "V".

Likewise the language of "crushing".

2010-03-13T15:12:42.852-07:00

Likewise the language of "crushing".

"If you really want to man up, get a career, ...

2010-03-13T10:10:59.520-07:00

"If you really want to man up, get a career, have a family, serve the public in some important way, and especially don't perpetuate sexist stereotypes."

Well said. If this kind of attitude was more prevalent in the climbing community (and everywhere else for that matter!) the world would be a better place.

But oh how our fragile egos love to attach significance to climbing on rocks...

I completely agree with you Peter. Good point! I s...

2010-03-12T19:09:27.467-07:00

I completely agree with you Peter. Good point! I see plenty of that at Flag all the time.

Good call, but it should be expanded too. What abo...

2010-03-12T18:00:40.588-07:00

Good call, but it should be expanded too. What about the situation of the novice boulderer being psyched to climb with a more experienced/knowledgeable boulderer for the first time. Male or female, they will be either so psyched that they will get on something waaaay over their head (and potentially injuring themselves), or they will try and "man up" to keep up with the better boulderer (and potentially injuring themselves). You see it in climbing, running, mountaineering, etc., whether it is said (yelled?) out loud or not.

I don't know if it is a "male" thing, or if it is more of a "subterranean psychological ego" thing, but I agree that it is not a very positive form of encouragement.