In reply to Pete E:
> I'm sure i'll get abuse for this from certain "real climbers"...
Not sure that I'm good enough to count as real climber but I'll give it a go...
> but there's a level between light hearted humour and general snobbishness.
There is, but you appear here to be very delicate and put it much further down the spectrum than most would! Right, now I'm off to find some boulderers to mercilessly mock.
BTW - I like and am all too impressed by shiny new gear in exciting cheery colours, so I'm exactly the type of person the whole article is laughing at. Consider yourself lucky that as a "slackliner" that you just get one throw away comment!