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madclimberboy
Dec 21, 2002, 7:06 PM
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Ok, now be reasonable, what's your ultimate goal to achieve in this incredible sport? Climb 5.12? Be a guide? Go pro? Make it up El Cap? Whatever...
Matt
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Dec 21, 2002, 7:32 PM
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Climb. Climb forever.
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geezergecko
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To be able to live and climb without having to get a real job.
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To Climb...
Have FUN!
Seek new adventures and make new friends...
...and to progress in my climbing ability somewhat, no matter to what degree, over the span of my climbing life (which hopefully will be very long )
Live Free!
Play Hard!
Climb On!
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addiroids
Dec 21, 2002, 8:25 PM
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To do the Nose of El Cap. I have had 2 failed attempts before even going to the Valley due to partners bailing for dumb reasons. But when boot hits rock, whenever that actually happens, we will get to the top.
Another goal is to climb at every different place I want to in the USA.
TRADitionally yours,
Cali Dirtbag
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coreyr
Dec 21, 2002, 8:28 PM
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Climbing guide at Mt. Rainier.
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moeman
Dec 21, 2002, 9:03 PM
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To live in a van (VW of course) in the valley.
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coolclimber
Dec 21, 2002, 9:09 PM
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I want to go pro, I tink that would be the coolest. climb all the time, my dream.
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baza_arrampicare
Dec 21, 2002, 9:17 PM
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to travel across the world climbing whatever the place im at has to offer, rock or buildings...Write about all of it, publish a few books, that way i can combine the two things i love together...and WONT have to get a real job!!! i have beaten the system!
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jt512
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Redpoint a 5.14a? Well, I can dream.
-JT5.12(b, almost c)
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cass
Dec 21, 2002, 9:40 PM
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Just Climb
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beyond_gravity
Dec 21, 2002, 10:10 PM
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Climb an 8000m peak
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cookiecrumb
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For me, climbing is a vehicle. My goal is complete harmony of mind, body, and soul. It's not what you climb, it is how you climb.
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To be able to just go and do classic HARD trad routes. For example, drive to Yosemite with partner, climb Astroman first try, leave and say "that was sweet". Soon enough.
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"Everest"
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no_limit
Dec 21, 2002, 11:14 PM
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To climb in the Himalayans.
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saxonz
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Have fun and stay alive, simple really.
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kalcario
Dec 22, 2002, 12:27 AM
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redpoint 13b when i'm 60
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natec
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To disappear never to be found in the finest of alpine style.
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To climb the 7 summits alpine style, no oxygen... blah, blah, blah...
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tim
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1) The Nose (ideally in a day)
2) Breach Wall on Kilimanjaro
3) Cerro Torre, summit via any route, alive.
/me figures this could take a while, but I'm heading to Patagonia this February to try something less committing (Mocho, maybe); slowly creeping towards 5.11 cracks (to climb the Nose in a reasonable time), with a possible ropegun for September; and started figuring out the logistics for the Breach, since a girl at my work has climbed both Kenya and Kili. I couldn't care less about grades, but there are milestones I need to hit in order to Not Die on my dream climbs.
Hell, let's be honest and add a few more:
4) Mordor Wall, winter ascent
5) Castle Rock Spire, ideally via an FA
#4 should be taken care of next month. #5, hopefully I can find some suck^H^H^H^Hpartners this coming summer...
It would seem like these dovetail with 1,2,3.
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To climb an underwater volcano without supplementary oxygen. Oh, and weights would have to be worn to cancel out the buoyant force of the water and maybe replicate the gravitational acceleration on Jupiter.
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Dec 22, 2002, 1:28 AM
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to have fun
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I just wanna climb for as long as I possibly can, even if I dont climb hard as I will in my prime, Hey! At least we be climbing eh? As far as "5.12, be a guide, go pro, make it up El Cap, whatever?" I'm not really that hardcore into ratings or anything, I just like to climb as hard as I can on any givin session, in the gym or outside. But, if I were to have a "dream or goal" highest red point, it would probably be 5.13c/d. Go Crank!!
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mesomorf
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I want to climb as well as I did 15 years ago.
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meataxe
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I'd like to do some high alpine climbs, but I've got a lot to learn.
Whenever I've seen a hill or mountain, I've always thought about how to climb it. Hard or easy, for some reason I want to get to the top. I wish I had started doing it sooner in life.
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coclimber26
Dec 22, 2002, 2:06 AM
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Climb the nose.
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hellbent
Dec 22, 2002, 2:31 AM
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El Cap........
then open out climbing ares in my native place in South India.(Himalayas is in the North)
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varstar10
Dec 22, 2002, 3:17 AM
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I wanna be able to climb 12+ and 13. I love using the rating to see how i have improved. Im at 12b. I tried a 13a. WOW... i have a little ways to go...
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climbingcowboy
Dec 22, 2002, 3:36 AM
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to climb a bigwall
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alpinelynx
Dec 22, 2002, 6:03 AM
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free solo astroman
solo FA for my first wall
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spork73
Dec 22, 2002, 6:30 AM
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Climb El Cap
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fo_d
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My ultimate goal is of coarse to have fun and climb till I'm just too damn old to get out of bed, but on the way I'd really like to improve to a level where I can lead trad comfortably to mid 5.10's, sport to low 11's and be able to go anywhere, walk up and comfortably climb anything in my skill level, I may be too old make this goal but I'm going to give it my best shot.
Les
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blueeyedclimber
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I don't have an end goal, but my goals for next year are to climb a 5.12, sport lead a 5.10, trad lead a 5.7-5.8, and climb a multi-pitch with my girlfriend (Wonder Woman). I just want to always keep improving.
Josh
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djmeat
Dec 24, 2002, 4:09 PM
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This is my goal. There is no entrance below 40 feet off the ground that is'nt welded shut.
for more info check out here:
http://www.builtkalamazoo.com/det/metropolitan/index.html
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freudian
Dec 24, 2002, 4:22 PM
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I'm not sure I have an ultimate climbing goal, except to keep climbing no matter what, and to get better every season.
Every season, I keep a record of what i've climbed and the difficultly, etc. I also say "wel, by the end of this season, i want to be onsighting 5.xx"... and keep moving thescale up every year.
Andrew
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hyhuu
Dec 24, 2002, 4:23 PM
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Climb all types (rock, ice) and live another day to tell the story But ultimately, to be able to get my butt off the ground and keep it off the ground.
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Dec 26, 2002, 6:55 AM
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I'd have to say my ultimate climbing goal would be to redpoint this climb:
Cobra
"This wildly overhanging straight-in finger on the backside of the Squamish chief has rappelled all efforts from many strong climbers. The route is 40 meters long and is not overly size dependant. Much of the climbing is first-digit thumb-down locks with absolutely no foot-holds, only poor smears in the . At this time I have done all the moves and am linking up to the crux, however, much more work is needed. This is by far the hardest thing I have ever been on, and could very well be one of the hardest pure finger anywhere."
Andrew Boyd
This climb hasn't even been free climbed. I heard it had a bunch of gear in it this fall. I think it was Boyd working it.
Here is a pic of him in Utah.
This is a long ways away in my climbing ability. But I'm motivated.
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enigma
Dec 26, 2002, 7:21 AM
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To be able to climb in new areas that I haven't been to before, to be able to lead where I have followed, to meet great people climbing and not get injured doing so.
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Dec 26, 2002, 7:25 AM
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having fun....just climb !!!
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camhead
Dec 26, 2002, 7:32 AM
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I'll settle for the first free onsite of the Nose.
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Dec 26, 2002, 7:34 AM
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I have lots of goals. My first big goal is to climb the north face of
[ahref="http://www.rmbooks.com/books/robson.htm"]Robson , and to climb LOTS of peaks to ready myself. And just to do as much climbing as I can, less work more climbing. And to get into aid and climb a big wall in a remote area such as Baffin Island. Getting all excited just thinking about it.
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Dec 26, 2002, 4:12 PM
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Boulder V6 - Hardest to date V4
SportClimb 5.12 - Hardest to date 5.11d
CABouldering
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climbchick
Dec 26, 2002, 4:18 PM
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summit K2 and get back alive.
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My ultimate goal would have to be to climb hard and have fun. I don't want to say "5.12" or whatever, because once I get there, I'm going to want more. My #1 goal for this year, though, is to climb Twisted (it's a nasty V4 in Little Cottonwood Canyon that kicked my butt all last season. one more move and I'm home-free). If I can do that, I'll be happy.
Jami
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crack_head
Dec 26, 2002, 5:03 PM
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be a guide, climb 5.11d/5.12, never stop climbing, climb in alaska and new zeland
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rocks4jules
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Wow - Mt. Everest seems too much of a goal for me. However, I love mountaineering, and I look forward to climbing as many peaks as possible. 2003 is going to be a great year! Bye.
JULES
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In the long run, I would like to be able to on-sight 5.13- and flash V8.
for now though, I'll have to break through the 5.12 sport lead mark and boulder consistently at V5-6.
For me, on-sighting/flashing is a lot more important than red-pointing just because it demands so much more of you, mentally and technically
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in no order
- to find the ultimate hand jam
- to find the nicest layback out there
- to find the most bomber nut placement in existence
- to climb the nicest finger crack
anyway, you get the point.
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crack_head
Dec 31, 2002, 8:01 PM
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yeah crack its addicting
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I used to say V6 until i did it. I used to say 5.12 until i did it. i used to say the Mt. Whitney, until i did it.
Now i refuse to limit myself. I am 30 and i won't give up until i feel i can't go any farther.
ask jamesmontster, i won't let her limit herself either. Twisted is only a beginning girl!
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vegastradguy
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ultimate climbing goal?
to be a guide and go make first ascents on trad lines in the backcountry of the Sierras or other out of the way places.
I also want to get into Alpinism and Ice Climbing so I have even more climbing options available to me!
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alpnclmbr1
Jan 1, 2003, 6:46 AM
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Have Fun
onsight solo 10+ alpine
send full service
onsight 13a sport
onsight 12a trad
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still be climbing when I am 80
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Find a way to make a living in or near Yosemite. Goal for this year? The Nose...or any route on El Cap. I just want to see the top
Ed
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Climb strong all around. Boulder hard, lead sport hard, and lead trad hard. a 5.14 trad FA would be nice someday too, but im not getting my hopes up.
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Jan 1, 2003, 7:48 PM
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To move to Colorado, climb all the 5.7's and classic routes in that range I can find, and summit all 14ers and 13ers.
Don't care about hard rock climbs. Just like to climb and I prefer easy fun routes, but I really have a goal on those mountains.
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tim
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I've set most of my goals around eventually climbing Cerro Torre. I figure preparing for that sort of a challenge ends up encompassing alpine, bigwall, trad, and good judgement.
More immediately, I'm hoping to knock off the Cilley-Barber route on Katahdin, do a winter ascent of the Mordor Wall with mshor, and something not-too-committing and not-too-hard on Cerro Mocho while I'm there this year. Weather permitting, obviously. Later in the year, again with a little luck, I'm hoping to climb the Nose (and move back to California).
Gotta kind of work up to the big ones, but I intend to have fun doing this, and re-evaluate my goals if I lose sight of that.
(edit: sorry mshore, I knew I left something out)
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to have fun and not suck
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Well, for right now it's lead 5.10 trad comfortably, finish all the Cascade volcanos, finish the Colorado 14ers, then, Denali. After that, who knows?
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Goals: To become proficient in every type of climbing/mountaineering. As Klem says - working at my personal limit.
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I just want to get better. climb harder everyday and improve in whatever ways I can. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Being able to do it, not really being better than anyone, screw that, I want to see myself healthy, and 100% trad. If I can be healthy in 20 years provided I am still into the sport like I am now, than I'll be glad in it. Later.
Steve.
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It would be cool to the first FA on some Martian or Lunar crag.
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To be able to keep climbing, and keep loving it.
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TAKE ALOT OF DAY'S OFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!
DO SOME GRADE VII CLIMB!!!!!!!!!!!!
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To climb any of the towers out west. Pa rocks and the Gunks are cool but those towers are awe inspiring.
One day my friend, One Day.
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to have fun. to climb at my limit then someday go further
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I would like to get out and climb trad. What a rush. Can't wait to place a cam or nut in my first crack!
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I'd like to put up some new alpine routes. Locally first, in the Lost River Range here in Idaho. Then later in the Canadian Rockies or something. FA's would be the best for me. Cool thread.
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My two goals now are to climb the Casual Route up Long's Peak and to do the Prow up Kit Carson. They are not my final, end-all be-all goals, but I would really really like to do them!
My final, end-all be-all goal is to climb overhanging glass. Or boulder V6.
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I climb to pick up chicks...
Hmmm...I haven't been on a date in months....
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rockhound71
Jan 4, 2003, 2:46 AM
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To still be climbing when I'm old and gray, leaving the young kids in the dust as I'm climbing 5.14s!
Casey
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westbeachgirl
Jan 4, 2003, 4:57 AM
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To have the experience to climb in numerous countries and the desire to continue to climb for many more years to come.
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knuckles
Jan 4, 2003, 12:18 PM
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to be old AND bold...
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jer
Jan 4, 2003, 3:04 PM
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my ten lifetime climbing goals:
1. To never let the rating dictate my fun.
2. To never let the protection dictate my abilities
3. To not let a year go by without visiting a new area
4. To never lose motivation putting up FA's
5. That even if my abilities drop in numbers, my enthusiasm and drive will not
6. That I never let others talk me out of my goals
7. That I be considered a trustworthy friend by all of my partners
8. That I encourage others to success as they encourage me.
9. That I always am willing to introduce new people to the sport, even if it cuts into my own climbing time.
10. That I redpoint my project "TigerBill" bolted and named after my grandpas death.
Jer
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meataxe
Jan 4, 2003, 8:16 PM
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I vant to climb zee Schmatterhorn!!!
http://www.jenn98.com/bugs/1957-3.html
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trebclimber
Jan 5, 2003, 12:35 AM
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To Climb and not fall.
To live to old age.
And to still be climbing when I'm 70.
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canrocker
Jan 5, 2003, 2:40 AM
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Gonna climb 5.14d, 5.15, whatever the highest grade is. No joke.
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benblake
Jan 5, 2003, 4:47 AM
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to put up new routes and to be respected for any achievements that i make.
nothing else.
oh yeah, there is el cap and climbing everest without o2...
rock on
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flying_dutchman
Jan 5, 2003, 5:18 AM
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onsite 'Zombie Roof', 13a roof finger crack
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dimeedge
Jan 5, 2003, 6:13 AM
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Climb harder today than I did yesterday, and to climb even harder than that tomorrow.
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beyond_gravity
Jan 6, 2003, 3:03 AM
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heal this damn tedon.
9 weeks and it's still fuked!
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darken
Jan 6, 2003, 3:54 AM
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Everest & BIGWALLs
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macattack22
Jan 6, 2003, 4:41 AM
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Yah, I just want to climb. And climb. And climb some more. And get as good at it as I personally can. I don't have a specific numeric goal I want to reach, just want to keep challenging myself, so it never gets boring.
I dunno if I would ever want to go alpine, but I definitely want to learn to do some more trad. Right now all I've been doing is sport, though I enjoy it and don't see anything wrong with it. I also want to get better at bouldering. I think I at least want to try it all before I settle on anything, though.
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bobbabaru
Jan 6, 2003, 5:17 AM
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Goal: Keep this tight climbing body for the rest of my life, and have fun and stay strong while I'm at it.
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bear55068
Jan 6, 2003, 5:26 AM
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my goal is to explore and find a virgin face somewhere in the himalaya's, and climb the hell out of it. Maybe just live at the base with some buddhist monks.
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beercanclimber
Jan 6, 2003, 7:22 AM
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ultimatly i want to make sure not to lose focus, of climbing and its role in my life. i want to make sure i can dedicate myself to using climbing to help develop myself physically and spiritually. with dedication many other, smaller, goals will be attained allowing me to have continual growth as a climber and a person.
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blackjack
Jan 6, 2003, 11:56 AM
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good Q.
Well to me .. i really wanna get into 5.13 and as u mentioned EL-CAPITAN ! thats a real dream to me ....
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roughster
Jan 6, 2003, 12:03 PM
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Hmm, have fun with friends everytime I go out is my #1 goal.
Long term-wise... Move to Vegas and start developing long Multi-pitch Sport Routes
Wife graduates from college in 3 years and then that dream just may become a reality!
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spider_woman
Jan 6, 2003, 12:17 PM
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Main goal, to lead trad on a 5.11b multi-pitch climb.
Other goals - Half Dome, El Cap, Mt. Ranier, Everest, and Kilamanjaro, and learning to love slopers.
[ This Message was edited by: spider_woman on 2003-01-06 08:23 ]
[ This Message was edited by: spider_woman on 2003-01-13 08:16 ]
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bighigaz
Jan 6, 2003, 2:09 PM
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Jer, I like your list. Noble.
Here's mine:
1: NEVER stop climbing, no matter how old and decrepid I am... I'll keep moving up in any way possible, on any grade I can still manage.
2: Can you say Portaledge+Honeymoon?
3: Have a beautiful wife (working on that right now!) that at least tolerates my addiction to climbing (preferably shares or understands it, though this is not a must), and 3 or 4 children that I can start teaching to climb as soon as they start grabbing things with there hands and climbing up household furniture.!
4: Start my own climbing gym (already working on that, mainly for my future children/grandchildren) within the next 2 years! Make it a social haven for climbers to meet other climbers, train, and enjoy themselves, from all over the world. The plans are taking shape now, and this place is going to be a model of what a climbing gym should be.
5: Become an AMGA certified Rock Climbing instructor and Guide.
6: Oh, and I always want to be known as the "crazy rockclimbing relative" to all of my family -- cousins, nephew and neices, grandparents, siblings, uncles and aunts, etc. Maybe someday a few of them will understand, become less cynical, and give the mountains the love they deserve, and feel what it's like to get that love in return for your personal efforts and achievements!
7: As much as climbing is my passion in life, it is my goal and intention to always keep it second to God and Family. Only then will my efforts on the rock bring me complete satisfaction.
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katydid
Jan 6, 2003, 2:53 PM
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Short-term:
-- Learn to ice climb this winter
-- Start leading trad this summer
-- Climb as much multi-pitch as I can (hell, CLIMB as much as I can)
-- Get stronger
Long-term:
-- Some sick-ass aid route that no other woman has climbed
-- The biggies in the Alps
-- Machapuchare, because it is beautiful
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jiadar
Jan 6, 2003, 5:22 PM
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My lifetime goal is to trad lead mid-10's. Once I can do this so much opportunity opens up.
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Jan 7, 2003, 1:27 AM
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1) Climb until I can't
2) Compete in our local bouldering competitions and WIN (at least in my old age division)
3) Climb happy
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theperfectdrugsk
Jan 7, 2003, 3:40 AM
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unrealisticly? i want it ALL...
realisticly? just to climb, and climb until i die from it...
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kcrag
Jan 7, 2003, 3:55 AM
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Will ya'll think I'm a freak if I say I wanna poop in a tube? (read: climb a REALLY BIG WALL!).
Also, I'd like to summit an 8000 meter peak someday.
(Yvette, K2 is insane, girl!)
Cheers,
-k.
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milesdesbrie
Jan 7, 2003, 4:07 AM
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First, to make it up a big wall, preferably the Prow in Yosemite, and ultimately, to get good enough to do A3 routes.
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roarke80
Jan 7, 2003, 12:07 PM
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GET KIDS OFF THE STREET AND ON THE ROCKS !
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climbnow1
Jan 7, 2003, 5:40 PM
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I just want to keep on improving on both : climbing / bouldering and shooting pictures !
... and of course doing all that till I die !!!
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jarlicho
Jan 7, 2003, 10:05 PM
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I want to get out of the gyms onto some real walls. For that i'll need my own gear & a keen climb partner, gotta do it though if i don't get into it soon i'll go mental.
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scotia
Jan 7, 2003, 10:26 PM
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Climb 5.13 and work for a cliff rescue team in Colorado or any place in the west.
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ponyryan
Jan 7, 2003, 10:28 PM
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Redpoint 5.13b, that's my goal.
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buzzardboy
Jan 8, 2003, 3:07 PM
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I want to climb the nose on El Cap, the Diamond on Long's Peak and maybe some Alpine stuff in Alaska. I'd also like to do some treking in Asia.
Anyone planning on climbing El Cap in 2003? Let me know (PM), maybe we can hook up. My first team to climb the Nose has already fallen apart.
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phitty
Jan 8, 2003, 5:39 PM
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The Stawamus Chief. Should bag it at the end of the summer.
Keen as mustard.
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calimouth
Jan 8, 2003, 5:49 PM
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to do the tyrolean traverse on the lost arrow spire (and be able to laugh about the absurdity of it all while doing it).
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mmindtrap
Jan 8, 2003, 8:12 PM
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I want to die while climbing.
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indigo_nite
Jan 8, 2003, 8:51 PM
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I want to live (long) while climbing.
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grandwall
Jan 9, 2003, 5:58 AM
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It's the journey that counts not the destination. I just enjoy every moment climbing.
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ultraorange
Jan 10, 2003, 1:20 AM
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you may think im crazy but... 7 summits
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catra
Jan 10, 2003, 2:59 AM
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Climb Half Dome and El Cap in a push.
And to do it in under 24 hours.
Catra
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copperhead
Jan 10, 2003, 3:05 AM
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You go girl!!!!
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petsfed
Jan 10, 2003, 3:31 AM
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I want to put up routes that lead to debates like this.
Note especially the back and forth between jmlangford and others on at the end of page 1 as well as on page 2.
[translation]I feel the need to prove that my the ratio of my bollocks size to brain size is in fact greater than 1. Whether or not reality reflects this is an other issue entirely[/translation]
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screamer
Jan 10, 2003, 4:26 PM
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My main goals are basic. They are to have fun, try my hardest, progress, travel to new places.
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russmanswife
Jan 10, 2003, 4:36 PM
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for me this year i want climb as much as i can at least until i can't fit into my harness anymore and as long as my doctor lets me and after we have our second child try and get back out as soon as i can before it gets too cold.
ultimately for russ and i we would like to open a climbing gym sometime in the future.
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pusheremsgrl
Jan 10, 2003, 9:19 PM
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i used to be a swimmer and swam all the time for other people. i didn't actually like it that much. since i've started climbing, its like therapy...just me and the rock. all my stuggles get thrown into my determination to conquer something. i would say to keep climbing to keep my sanity.
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climbingjoy
Jan 11, 2003, 2:41 AM
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Right now, my goal is to find time to climb.
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hwghead
Jan 11, 2003, 3:23 AM
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As a new climber my goal is to never stop learning.
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absolutsl
Jan 11, 2003, 5:28 AM
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as far as climbing goals are concerned, my new year's resolution for 03 is to do some trad by the end of the year. I'm pretty new to the sport of climbing, quickly addicted, and i've been doing the poor man's climbing (bouldering) mostly. I love it, and while it will give me a lifetime of difficult enough problems, i think i'll enjoy the perspective big wall has to offer, and as far as big wall's concerned, trad's where it's at imho. happy climbing : )
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stann
Jan 11, 2003, 9:43 AM
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my goal is to climb and get paid for it!
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euroford
Jan 11, 2003, 10:24 AM
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my ultimate goal is to climb trango tower.
fortunatly, if i ever actually take this on (believe me, i have a long way to go before its even concievable) allot of the logistics in pakistan will be minimized. my fiancee is from over there and she has some connections.
(got a sighned poster by ed viesters prior to his k2 summit!)
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shadowspider
Jan 12, 2003, 2:37 PM
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TO CLIMB EL CAP... and to keep climbing for as long as I can..
keep defyin..
Derek
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rockjunkie
Jan 12, 2003, 6:02 PM
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to be a dirtbag hippy climber living in yosemite valley. nothing but myself and my unending addiction to the rock.
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venture160
Jan 13, 2003, 1:53 AM
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Climbing up Mt. St. Elias and skiing down, i dont think its ever been done, longest descent in the world.... over 18,000 feet. man o man
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climbergirl15
Jan 13, 2003, 1:44 PM
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Climb Everest. Just to prove to everyone that tells me I can't or I won't that I can. In the next six months climb a 5.10.
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rockjok
Jan 14, 2003, 11:59 PM
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Just to push the limits and come home happy one more time...
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sparky
Jan 15, 2003, 3:30 AM
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get paid to climb whatever I wanted, if I only want to climb a 5.3 i get paid, if I want to set up a v16 (i could do it, ha ha ha) i get paid too. That will never happen so someday I'll open up a
climbing shop
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