Bouldering

"Boulder /n./ place close to the ground to practice falling. When climbers aren't climbing, they like to sharpen their skills by bouldering on large rocks located in places frequented by impressionable tourists. Because bouldering is done without protection, the rule is never to climb higher than you'd like to fall. That is why so many climbers stand around discussing boulder problems instead of climbing them."

"If you do spell check on Denali, you come up with denial... Bouldering turns up blundering and piolets becomes piglets !"

"To be a full-fledged boulderer, you need to be able to do two things: climb way harder than I can, and shout 'You got it, dude !' with convincing enthusiasm every time someone leaves the ground, continuing until their return."    — Dawn Alguard.

"Sometimes I'm soloing and then someone calls me 'bro' or tells me to 'go big' and suddenly i'm bouldering."    — Tico.

"The hardest thing about Fontainebleau is spelling it."    — John Black.

"Take your chisled, over-bolted routes and puny boulder problems and go have an epic finding a vegan meal in Thailand."    — Clyde Soles.

"Bouldering is like masturbation: not as good as the real thing but you don't need to worry about your protection."    — Scott Grimes & David Kastrup.