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[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In rock climbing we use “Gumby” no clue why.

EDIT: I’d like to clarify I agree about the gatekeeping this reinforces and this really doesn’t get used often, and if anything it sees more use among friends for silly reasons, like missing a Velcro on a shoe or something. Like I said I don’t know the origin because I don’t really engage with the “joke” that much.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I thought Gumby was just a beginner.

[-] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah I suppose, I think there’s a certain visual associated with it that gear plays a part of. Like big wall harness, TCPros, and chalk bucket clipped in the front, trying to top out some boulder that ends on a jug or something.

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