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climbsomething
Nov 10, 2007, 5:53 AM
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stymingersfink wrote: did your mother have any children that lived?
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macblaze
Nov 10, 2007, 6:27 AM
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Anybody notice how many threads USNavy has started that turned into giant physic lectures?
Ummmm T++
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stymingersfink
Nov 10, 2007, 6:39 AM
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climbsomething wrote: stymingersfink wrote: did your mother have any children that lived? As long as we're quoting Stand by Me, now might be a good time to ask, "Does the word retarded mean anything to you?"
Stand By Me? I've killed far too many brain cells since viewing it to be quoting from it.
Does the word retarded mean anything to you wrote: what would you call Beth Thomas’ bra strap?
WTF you say?
google it. the whole sentence. That's right, take 0.13 seconds to find 4,130 results for "what would you call Beth Thomas’ bra strap?". I'm sure the proper page will come up to the top of the list.
Sorry, but climbing (other than bouldering.. or buildering for that matter) requires a not-insignificant outlay of cash. The whole "retarded" thing fails to apply here, since every manufacture's (of respectable repute) hangtags specifically says:
In reply to: CLIMBING IS DANGEROUS, SEEK QUALIFIED INSTRUCTION!
Similar warnings should... well... where would one put such a warning about sport-fucking where those who need to see it would find it? Obviously not on the Durex wrapper.
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hopperhopper
Nov 10, 2007, 7:00 AM
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i'm loving the misinterpretations of my posts tonight. let's start thinking outside the box here people. Ja Rule, i didn't mean only factor 1 falls, i was using it as an example. sometimes you shouldn't take things so literally.
In reply to: In reply to: of course someone wouldn't be able to grip a rope hard enough to hang on during a factor 1 fall. imbecile. ANY fall.
but as long as we are...you could hold yourself during a 1ft fall, and probably higher if you're holding onto an eight 
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stymingersfink
Nov 10, 2007, 7:09 AM
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hopperhopper wrote: i'm loving the misinterpretations of my posts tonight. let's start thinking outside the box here people. Ja Rule, i didn't mean only factor 1 falls, i was using it as an example. sometimes you shouldn't take things so literally. In reply to: In reply to: of course someone wouldn't be able to grip a rope hard enough to hang on during a factor 1 fall. imbecile. ANY fall. but as long as we are...you could hold yourself during a 1ft fall, and probably higher if you're holding onto an eight
I'd finance the remainder of your college education were you able to successfully pull it off. No shit! I feel pretty safe in saying that, as I doubt you're currently enrolled. Even more so, when the trap-door opened, I doubt you'd even be able to think about grabbing the rope before you realized what was happening!
I've taken short falls onto a daisy... no, I've no illusions about my ability to have been able to grab, let alone hold onto, a 1" rope in such a situation, let alone one half that diameter.
Good luck with that. Even sharks need to eat.
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diebetes
Nov 10, 2007, 2:59 PM
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stagg54 wrote: lofstromc wrote: "Fool me once shame on you, fool my twice , blah, blah, duh...won't get fooled again" I take it you're voting for Hillary?? You're about to get fooled 3 times. I guess when you're a climbing bum it's easy to be a democrat. Once you get a real job and start paying taxes everything changes. I'm giving them all this money for what? So I can support all the homeless people out there?
I hate this argument. You mean you don't get any benefits from taxes? You probably won't get social security cause your president is going to ruin that. You mean to tell me that people with mental disabilities should be expected to hold a job and take care of themselves? I have a job, I pay taxes, I'm not republican. I guess once you realize that all your taxes are paying for a foreign occupation, the purpose of which is to strengthen our hold on the world's oil reserves, it's easy to be a democrat. (which, by the way, I'm not). You're so worried about f-ing taxes, stop voting for people who give tax breaks to the wealthy. It's not wonder why the gap between the have and have-nots is growing. There is hardly a middle class anymore. Ask anybody who was alive in the 50s and 60s. ...homeless people... heh. Keep hording your resources selfish, not only are you not a member of a community, you also can take your money with you when you die.
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angry
Nov 10, 2007, 3:26 PM
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In my first year of climbing I needed to rappel 40 feet. I had left my one and only belay device on the ground with my belayer.
So I wrapped the rope around a biner 2 or 3 times and proceeded to rappel down. Soon the rope twists came right across the non-locking gate, opened it, and I was off.
This happened very very slowly. So slow in fact that I was able to reach up, grab the rope then let the biner unclip. So yes, I was hanging maybe 25 feet off the ground, from one hand. While hanging I grabbed a sling and tied a prussick and then had my belayer toss me up my belay device. It was a significantly sketch moment.
Did I catch the rope? Yes, but I eased onto it, I did not fall.
Could I do it again? Very unlikely.
That incident might be proof that you can be a total idiot and get away with it, as long as you're 19.
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climbsomething
Nov 10, 2007, 6:12 PM
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diebetes wrote: You mean to tell me that people with mental disabilities should be expected to hold a job and take care of themselves?
They try, though.
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ja1484
Nov 10, 2007, 6:14 PM
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climbsomething wrote: diebetes wrote: You mean to tell me that people with mental disabilities should be expected to hold a job and take care of themselves? The poor things can barely post on the internet! They try, though.
*snortle*
Nice.
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diebetes
Nov 10, 2007, 6:55 PM
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That's good, give people more reasons to think you're douche than respond to the points made. I often hear conservatives complain that liberals "have all the answers". That's easy to do when you never admit you're wrong, and/or never change. I think the stats of how often different party members vote across party lines says it all. "Liberals" are, in fact, more willing to meet in the middle (versus just making asinine comments). Sorry for the rant, but I work in special ed, and people making fun of those with mental challenges are about the same to me as some 12 year old pushing a 7 year old down then laughing about it. Wow. Good for you. Good for you.
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ja1484
Nov 10, 2007, 7:20 PM
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Molehill --> Mountain
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diebetes
Nov 10, 2007, 10:54 PM
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Again, nice argument. You're really bringing people over to your side.
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ja1484
Nov 11, 2007, 3:37 AM
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What side, exactly, am I on? I never took place in your silly little political exchange. All I ever discussed in this thread was harness strength.
Reading comprehension FTL.
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coolcat83
Nov 11, 2007, 4:52 AM
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angry wrote: So I wrapped the rope around a biner 2 or 3 times and proceeded to rappel down.
No munter?
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diebetes
Nov 11, 2007, 4:56 AM
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ja1484 wrote: What side, exactly, am I on? I never took place in your silly little political exchange. All I ever discussed in this thread was harness strength. Reading comprehension FTL.
You're right, you just joined the cool kid clique by egging somebody on. I apologize.
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ja1484
Nov 11, 2007, 5:19 AM
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diebetes wrote: ja1484 wrote: What side, exactly, am I on? I never took place in your silly little political exchange. All I ever discussed in this thread was harness strength. Reading comprehension FTL. You're right, you just joined the cool kid clique by egging somebody on. I apologize.
Actually, I thought it was funny that climbsomething was obliquely referring to a lot of the stupid arguing that takes place on this website with her "they try" post as quoted above, thus calling spades spades and noting that:
I guess maybe you felt some particular offense because you have a special relationship to the demographic that is, fairly or not, commonly utilized for cheap zingers in a metaphorical manner.
I don't have such emotional coordinates vis a vis the mentally disabled, so I don't share your reservations or offense. Does this make me an asshole? Arguably, but I'm willing to bet you might not be a perfect person either.
For my part, I've made peace with the fact that humor is almost always going to be irreverent to something or other, and I make no considerations for special interest groups. I'm sorry you don't like it when someone attempts to insult someone else by calling them retarded. I'm sure we all don't like a number of things.
Do you feel better now?
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curtis_g
Nov 11, 2007, 7:33 AM
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angry wrote: stagg54 wrote: lofstromc wrote: "Fool me once shame on you, fool my twice , blah, blah, duh...won't get fooled again" I take it you're voting for Hillary?? You're about to get fooled 3 times. I guess when you're a climbing bum it's easy to be a democrat. Once you get a real job and start paying taxes everything changes. I'm giving them all this money for what? So I can support all the homeless people out there? We should round up poor people and kill them. Fucking poor people, making us all look bad.
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josephgdawson
Nov 11, 2007, 7:35 AM
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jt512 wrote: hopperhopper wrote: if the harness loops fail at least they could still grab the rope with their hands and stand a chance. Wild guess here: You voted for Bush, huh? Jay
Go fuck yourself.
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jt512
Nov 11, 2007, 9:15 AM
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josephgdawson wrote: jt512 wrote: hopperhopper wrote: if the harness loops fail at least they could still grab the rope with their hands and stand a chance. Wild guess here: You voted for Bush, huh? Jay Go fuck yourself.
*plonk*
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bennevis
Nov 13, 2007, 1:39 AM
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Something happened to me last night(emphasis on night) that relates.
While working on retrieving a stuck rope on Seneca Rocks(another story) a gear loop blew out on a new BD momentum AL harness.
It happened as I was squeezing through a waist deep/wide walkway.
I did have a good bit of gear clipped to it which, I believe, was all recovered from the ledge just above the Le Gourmet Direct rap.
I've had the harness just over a year, and certainly haven't put it through much abuse. I like the stand up style of gear loops, but the rubber used doesn't seem to hold up like other versions.
I had a gear sling sitting at the bottom (as well as a headlamp) that I decided to do without. Last time I'll make that mistake.
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coastal_climber
Nov 13, 2007, 1:48 AM
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josephgdawson wrote: jt512 wrote: hopperhopper wrote: if the harness loops fail at least they could still grab the rope with their hands and stand a chance. Wild guess here: You voted for Bush, huh? Jay Go fuck yourself.
Why not do it yourself, you'll get more pu**y.
>Cam
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JackAttack
Nov 13, 2007, 2:37 AM
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stagg54 wrote: jt512 wrote: Wild guess here: You voted for Bush, huh? Jay What does voting for Bush have to do with being stupid?
I think my fingers would fall off from so much typing before I finished telling you how much they have to do with each other
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JackAttack
Nov 13, 2007, 2:51 AM
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stagg54 wrote: lofstromc wrote: "Fool me once shame on you, fool my twice , blah, blah, duh...won't get fooled again" I take it you're voting for Hillary?? You're about to get fooled 3 times. I guess when you're a climbing bum it's easy to be a democrat. Once you get a real job and start paying taxes everything changes. I'm giving them all this money for what? So I can support all the homeless people out there?
oh jeez, im trying so hard not to go on a political rant. Basically, don't vote for hillary for so many reasons. 1)take money from rich and just give it to the poor? wheres the sense in that? the rich(er) people actually work but get their money taken away to give to the poor people who dont work but get free money. 2) her whole election campaign is centered around the fact that shes a woman. just recently she came out of a debate that she lost badly and said that the other people in the debate were picking on her because she was a woman. so if she becomes president and some other country starts nuking us, is she just gonna whine and say that its because shes a woman? doesnt sound like much of a president to me. im gonna cut myself off now before i right another three pages on why not to vote for hillary. but by the way, i dont see obama complaing that other people are picking on him because he is black, and everyone seems to overlook the fact that we havent had a black president either.
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stymingersfink
Nov 13, 2007, 5:26 AM
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Harnesses are not nearly strong enough to support a
{PTFTW}
clearly.
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