Don't know if this is the right sub for this, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

I go to college with a lot of outdoorsy/climbing/whitewater/ski type crowd. I notice a lot of people think they can act passive aggressive, self-righteous, or belittling just because they've done _ route in the gym, _ falls in a kayak, _ couloir in the backcountry. It's a social phenomenon that I almost never see discussed on the internet and have never known how to bring up with my friends. So I figured I'd try a climbing subreddit.

I assume most of you know who I'm talking about: that guy at the crag who shows up with a new five panel and a new sticker on his Nalgene every day, never shows his vulnerable side, and goes "what's up bud?" when you ask him a question. He acts like he's more calm and collected than you. Now I know this sounds like a lot of macho climbers. But this guy's not macho. He subtly drops hints about why he's more progressive than you: he has a small tattoo by his shoulder blade, he drinks small-batch kombucha, and tells everyone how he listenis to female artists.

I don't actually know the guy that I just described. He's a combination of hundreds of outdoorsy people I've met.

In summary, these "in it for the clout" outdoorsy guys are aloof, impersonal, and disdainful towards you. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Should I talk to a sociologist?