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macherry
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crazy crazy!!!! My husband asked me what i wanted for christmas. On the wish list: hangboard, lynn hill's book and a red rocks guide book.
Last year i got good outdoor clothing, the year before a set of cams. A couple of years ago i was surprised with a new snowboard and bindings. I'm very fortunate to have a spouse with the same gear lust.
Just thought i'd do a little check in the ladies room. What do y'all want for christmas? I've never been one for traditional gifts, meaning true girly stuff. you won't find jewellry or housewares on my list!!!!!!!
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granite_grrl
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My xmas list consited mostly of stuff I needed for my new place....I think the main xmas present from my parents will end up being a futon (boring!!!).
As for my boyfriend (aka- the only person who will get me a gift who actually understands climbing) getting me things, he's crafty. He hasn't asked me yet, and frankly there isn't much in the way of climbing gear or clothes that I actually need, but he'll pull something out of his ass...he always does :roll: . Irratating really...on account that I'm still not sure what I'm going to get him!
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ooh, a pair of those 5.10 retro approach shoes. And a food dehydrator!
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not really climbing related...but i have been promised a brand spankin new pair of snowshoes from my parents. which i'm going to use in my intro mountaineering class next term, in which we might do some ice climbing, so i guess it is climbing related :)
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Dec 6, 2005, 3:12 AM
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a harness, some chalk, and some snowboarding gear... and maybe some clothes to wear while rock climbing, since i have basically one pair of capris and two shirts, lol. im sort of scared to ask my parents though, since they are absolutely clueless about climbing...
macherry, what kind of board do you have? im obsessed with snowboarding. :)
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Dec 6, 2005, 4:39 AM
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In reply to: A couple of years ago i was surprised with a new snowboard and bindings.
Marge -- snowboard, snowboard, SNOWBOARD!!!!!!1111
If God had wanted humans to snowboard, he would have:
- given us only one leg.
- had our feet point diagonally to one side instead of straight forward.
- put one eye on the back of our heads.
- had engineers develop larger equipment baskets on Bell 212 helicopters used by Canadian Mountain Holidays & Mike Wiegele.
But no, the Big Guy decided:
- Man will have two legs, two arms, and two eyes in the front of the head. The two legs will allow independent motion and suspension, the two arms will allow humans to carry two sticks at once (i.e. one in each hand), and the two eyes will optimize forward binocular vision.
- The above design also optimizes Man's ability to move laterally -- even turn -- in both directions while still having peripheral vision in both directions.
- The term "dude" will be a mono-syllable word and shall not be directly combined with the words "gnarly, totally, awesome, bitchin', gonzo, rad, bogus, or sick" in a sentence.
- Trays will be designed for holding food and beverages, not humans.
Sorry, dude. (As in, "How do two snowboarders introduce themselves on a SKI slope?")
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macherry
Dec 6, 2005, 5:17 AM
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shorty, it's a dirty little secret that i don't usually admit, but, sometimes on a 25+ cm day, i strap on the board and go for some carving through the trees. I have a few boarder friends that i indulge now and then. I guess it goes back to my skateboarder days.
I ride a santa cruz girlie model 155cm, with ride bindings.
sorry shorty to wreck the fantasy.......i'll only break out the skis with you!!!!!
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um... mine is kind of cheesy, but i just want a safe roadtrip. that's all.
and a digital camera. oh okay, that's more materialistic.
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Ok, between Mitchal and I we have a ton of gear. We have all of the clothing, toys and digital things we could ever need or want.
So, all I want for Christmas is happiness for my children, Mitchal and my family, peace on earth and for my hands/fingers to stop hurting.
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My parents finally learned to have me order something from MEC and have it shipped to their house so that they can wrap it up for me and put it under the tree. This year I get a new rope and four more draws. They don't know that yet...
But I also like girly stuff - like kitchen stuff and fuzzy sweaters.
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Dec 6, 2005, 3:00 PM
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In reply to: I have a few boarder friends that i indulge now and then.
In reply to: I ride a santa cruz girlie model 155cm...
In reply to: sorry shorty to wreck the fantasy.......i'll only break out the skis with you!!!!! |
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macherry
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In reply to: In reply to: I have a few boarder friends that i indulge now and then. Ah, a closet boarder. It had to come out sooner or later. In reply to: I ride a santa cruz girlie model 155cm... 155!! 155!! Jeepers, even my slalom skis are 160cm -- which is still considered a "gurlie-man" length. (Real men do slalom on a 165.) Is there such a thing as a "blade board"? Get any shorter and you will be riding that skateboard. What ever happened to the days of 207cm GS stock that produced moguls the size of whale's backs? Oh yeah, they died with the dinosaurs. In reply to: sorry shorty to wreck the fantasy.......i'll only break out the skis with you!!!!! Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
shorty, 155 is quite respectable in snowboard lengths! my powder skis are only 160cm. short and fat, just the way i like them!!!!! But, those short slalom skis make me giggle. My friend regularly skis on a pair of 160cm elan slalom racing skis.
hope you've been a good boy this year shorty and maybe they'll be something good in your stocking!!!!!
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Dec 6, 2005, 4:00 PM
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Geeze, all this skiing and snowboarding stuff just seems so painful and scarey. You know, people die doing that stuff!! (ah, the irony :lol: )
Back to the topic at hand, I'm pretty sure my husband is going to get me a telephoto lens for my D70. I can't wait! I've wanted one of these nice lenses for years now.
I turned my back on climbing for him and went in with a couple other relatives to get my husband a new Dell laptop for Christmas. I think he'll like that too, even if it's not gear.
To help out the rest of the fam, my husband and I have kept a Christmas gift registry at REI for the last couple years. It's really nice, all of my relatives know that they can just pick something off the list in their price range, give it to either one of us, and we will be thrilled! Last year, my parents bought us a #1 camalot (they thought the red one was the prettiest) and a new Mammut rope. It was a great Christmas.
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My mother asked me what I wanted last weekend. I said I wanted a crash pad, she asked what the hell that was (obviously, "crash" did not sound like something she would like), and when I explained, she said "Oh my God, I did not realise that you were climbing without a rope". I tried to explain that 1/ one did not go very high when bouldering (OK, not strictly true, but at that point, I felt a little lie would not hurt), 2/ that's precisely why I wanted a crash pad, in the very unlikely (another little lie) event I would fall... from the look of it, I did not make a great job at convincing her of any of the above.
Apart from a crash pad, I don't need much. I am only interested in getting climbing gear, but 1/ I am a sports climber, so don't need that much gear, 2/ I am notoriously bad at waiting for a special occasion when I am dying for a new piece of gear, so I am pretty much everything I need! Or actaully, a winning lottery ticket, so that I can ditch my job and go on a climbing trip of unspecified length would be nice.
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In reply to: I ride a santa cruz girlie model 155cm, with ride bindings.
I have a santa cruz board too! 151cm though...I want to get a longer board this year for the deep powder days. :)
As far as my Christmas list goes: I already got myself a gift...a new computer! I'm hoping my mom gets me one of those cute climbing necklaces with the working biner. I've been hinting.
That's all I really want.
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My list:
metolius cams (don't flame be for not being a BD freak!)
a titanium mug
hip/butt pads for snowboarding (maybe I'll actually land some spins this year!)
and the usual stocking stuffer books and CDs.
What I really want, but won't get:
a week-long climbing trip to someplace that is in the low 80s during the day and low 60s at night!!!!!
a new job!!!!!!!!
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Gear stuff--new climbing/alpine pack, soft shell pants, android leashes for my ice tools, uber-light down sleeping bag for those possible but hopefully not bivies, couple of TCUs, and then not really a gift, but i'm getting hooked up with skis/boots/bindings super-cheap from a friend who works warranty at a gear company....time to finally learn how to get in and out of the backcountry in winter :) ......that'll probably do it, though i think my boyfriend has some other ideas that he hasn't shared with me....he's usually got for at least a couple surprising ones.
Non-gear stuff--gift cert to a knitting store (for yarn), bookstore gift cert, cash to help pay my phd application fees (10 schools at between $50 and $90 each....yikes).
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Dec 6, 2005, 8:53 PM
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ALL I really, really want is someone to take me out to try ice climbing.
But then, I'll settle for a softshell jacket or some tuition money...
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My husband and I already sprang for new telemark skis (which will hopefully be here soon), so we've agreed not to get each other anything too big for Christmas. We've generally just bought gear when we wanted it, so at this point there's very little we need right now. A new single wall tent would be nice, but than can probably wait.
On the non-outside front, I'm wanting a sewing machine, which would really be a present for both of us since I could finally get around to altering my husband's climbing pants to fit better. :wink:
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Dec 6, 2005, 9:28 PM
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what i want for xmas: climbing pants that fit
:wink:
I don't much care what I get, I'm just stoked to give The Boy his prezzie!
K.
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Dec 6, 2005, 9:41 PM
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In reply to: what i want for xmas: climbing pants that fit :wink: I don't much care what I get, I'm just stoked to give The Boy his prezzie! K.
i'd ask what you're getting him, but he might lurk here
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Hey macherry-
In the spirit of the season, I'll send you a copy of Lynn's book. I bought it for my wife last year and we've both read it so.... Save a tree. It's yours if you want it. Merry Christmas, phillip
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Of course, what I want most is an injury free year, lots of powder on the slopes and some more free time (yes, I know that all you people with real jobs are far busier than me, but more time to climb is always nice).
On the materialistic side -
-New pair of crampons
-Down jacket
-Quickdraws
-(maybe) new ice tools
Already got a pair of (second hand but new to me) telemark skis just waiting for enough snow to try them out.
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I was really hoping that my hubby and I could buy for new ice climbing crampons for each other for a xmas gift !!
but Alas, I had to have hand surgery last week, so that messes up the money situation at home and 'surgery' becomes my xmas gift this year - yippee . . . :(
luckily I'll be all better in 6 weeks and I'll be on the ice in Ouray!
- even if it is only with my old crappy sabertooths -
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Dec 6, 2005, 11:28 PM
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wine and coffee ... I seem to go through both very quickly. :D
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macherry
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In reply to: Hey macherry- In the spirit of the season, I'll send you a copy of Lynn's book. I bought it for my wife last year and we've both read it so.... Save a tree. It's yours if you want it. Merry Christmas, phillip
that would be cool philly, but the hubby might have already got it for me. he said he's done shopping and my list was pretty short!!!!
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In reply to: In reply to: Hey macherry- In the spirit of the season, I'll send you a copy of Lynn's book. I bought it for my wife last year and we've both read it so.... Save a tree. It's yours if you want it. Merry Christmas, phillip that would be cool philly, but the hubby might have already got it for me. he said he's done shopping and my list was pretty short!!!!
Done shopping!!?? I've just started thinking about what to get folks! :oops:
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Advance christmas presents from dad and partner-A spanking new mountain bike from my dad and some nice parts for it courtsey of my partner. Now all I want is a pair of anasazi velcros, a helmet for when I ride and some concentration to score me a second upper for my finals in May. That should do. Oh and maybe for slightly drier weather so we can go climbing outside, getting rained on often loses its appeal very fast.
In reply to: that would be cool philly, but the hubby might have already got it for me. he said he's done shopping and my list was pretty short!!!!
That's fast. Real fast. Says the girl who hasn't the foggiest idea what to get people.
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All I really want for Christmas, or anytime, is a perfect climbing partner. One that helps give me enough confidence to lead at my ability level. One who pushes me without pushing me. One who has the same schedule I do, who is always available to go climbing when I can. An Ice Climber and backcountry skier would be nice. Oh, and while I'm at it, male, good looking and single would be nice too! :wink:
But practically, a split board (my knees can't handle junk snow on the skis anymore), and a 30x snow crystal magnifyer.
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Oh wait, I have met someone like this.
Let me ammend, "That's not a pot head or alcoholic." There.
Don't want much, do I? :roll:
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In reply to: hope you've been a good boy this year shorty and maybe they'll be something good in your stocking!!!!!
- Trying to be more diplomatic with "challenging" customers, suppliers, and co-workers.
- Working out with a trainer, getting in better shape, eating better, drinking less.
- Putting up a couple dozen new routes in the Platte.
- Actually allowing snowboarders to ride on the same chairlift as me.
- Training hard for ski racing.
Shoot, I haven't been good, I've been flat out boring. :oops:
Maybe if I hang a fishnet stocking on the mantle, they'll be something good in it!
Now where's that VS catalog when you need it?
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In reply to: In reply to: hope you've been a good boy this year shorty and maybe they'll be something good in your stocking!!!!! Of course I've been a good boy.
Except for that one incident in the Ladies´ Room...
For shame!
In reply to: Maybe if I hang a fishnet stocking on the mantle, they'll be something good in it!
Sure, if you own one go right ahead.
In reply to: Now where's that VS catalog when you need it?
On your bedside table, right where you left it. :wink:
Still don´t know what to get me lady friend.... keep posting!
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In reply to: Still don´t know what to get me lady friend.... keep posting!
Well, you could start doing some browsing
HERE AT THIS GREAT WEBSITE http://www.wirednut.com/market.
does she need a new cool rug? the rugs are rockin'.
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What do I want for Christmas? Hmm. Last year my boyfriend got me a hangboard, and my best guy friend bought me a quickdraw.
This year I've been too busy to even think about Christmas stuff (except for other people). I guess my only wish would be to get to stay in Calgary next year (although I guess the climbing in Newfoundland is not bad...)
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I asked for a new helmet. My Ecrin Roc was too big, the damn thing never stayed on- always ended up like a freakin' yamecha. Anyway, getting one of the smaller Elios helmet.
The BF has something climbing-related up his sleeve..Can't wait to see what it is! Though, just having him in my life is all the Christmas present I need.
But if I was a really good girl.. a winter down bag and some skis would be lovely!
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Well. He told me he got me coal. I guess I've been naughty this year.
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In reply to: Well. He told me he got me coal. I guess I've been naughty this year. :twisted:
I've tried that, and it was NOT well recieved.
Even when it was accompanied by a nice gift! :?
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It's not the gift, it's the naughtiness that counts!
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In reply to: It's not the gift, it's the naughtiness that counts!
Not the gift? I did all that giving for nothing? :twisted:
But yes, the naughtiness does count. 8^)
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My mother used to give me make-up and "fluffy" or "froo-froo" clothing, very thoughtful but absolutely useless to me. She has finally cottoned on: last year it was a pass to the local climbing gym, this year it's cash to help with the LAST SEMESTER (whew) of tuition. Everyone else seems to know me pretty well; most anticipated present this year: ice climbing road trip!!!
Honestly, as long as it's not a "girly gift" (can't stand 'em) I'm thrilled to get a gift.. maybe the best one ever was from a friend that was housesitting for me around holiday time... she cleaned and scrubbed every single inch of my apartment and then gift-wrapped my door! I tear up just thinking about it...
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I just want to be able to walk again. I finally recover from my injury (torn MCL nine months ago) and then I go tobogganing on Saturday. Big mistake. Okay, the tobogganing wasn't bad - but getting clipped in the leg at the base of the hill by a 150lb woman, her 50lb kid and their 10lb toboggan wasn't alot of fun....especially right before a climbing trip.
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granite_grrl--I saw that the other day and thought about getting it, too. I definitely feel a little bit like Wonder Woman when I'm climbing well! It doesn't hurt that they're super cute, either.
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I asked for a rewnewal for my SuperDuper AAA Gold Plus,
Lift Ticket 6 for my rack, new snowboard bindings, new headlights for my Jeep and a microwave. I have inspected all of the packages under the tree and I think I will make out pretty well.
Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!
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reliable climbing partner who wants to climb every weekend from March to November and few warm weekend in the winter....*sigh*
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ice screws, more free time and Tom
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My bf and I work different shifts and are flying to my folks next friday so we decided to exchange gifts early.....I'm so excited, I have no idea what he actually got me. :D Should be climbing related so I'll post up when I find out.
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I got a set of double ropes!!! Sweet!
*doing a little happy dance*
Can't wait to take these bad boys to the gunks next season.
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I got a downie and a shell, a guide book and some other goodies. :D But I'm not allowed to wear the downie in our house because my mum says it's a "jacket" lol.
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