The Screaming Meemies, another joy of ice climbing.
I think it was last summer that I was telling a friend about the “Screaming Meemies” (A.K.A. the Screaming Barfies) and how bad they suck and how I thankfully haven’t gotten them in a few years. I totally jinxed myself. The Screaming Meemies happen when you over-grip your ice tools and all the blood rushes out of your hands as you climb. You’re hands feel like blocks by the time you get to the belay, you clip into the anchor, relax and then it starts. The blood rushes back into your hands and the short lived pain starts.
So in the past few weeks I’ve made the trek over to Cody, Wyoming a couple times with my buddy Brian Prax to get some of the great ice they’ve had this year. On our first climb, I had the pleasure of getting some of the Meemies and Brian had the pleasure of documenting it with his camera. So putting all ego aside, I put the sequence together and added commentary to this painful process know as the “Screaming Meemies”. So remember kid’s, DON’T OVER GRIP YOUR ICE TOOLS!
Photos courtesy of Brian Prax
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I noticed you wer NOT wearing Cloudveil gloves - hmmmm
THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT!
it feels as if time stops while you are in the midst of a barfie session. no matter what i do to prepare, no matter how loose i grip my tools, i always get a nice refresher barfie session at the beginning of the ice season. i always find that my ability to curse and make sense does not work. long live the melt freeze cycle of human flesh. By the way, what climb were you on in the pics?
I feel your pain Brian!
We were on “Mean Green”. Spectacular climb!
We hit “Mean Grean” the other day as well. Incredibly fun. Try as I might to curse like a sailor I was left windmilling my arms and growling like a junkyard dog. I always think of childhood snowball fights every time I get the barfies… which seems to be frequently.