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sungam
Sep 30, 2009, 5:08 PM
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Squamish - "So it really does rain this much, eh?"
Moab - "Fuck, I thought this was a desert - like, hot and shit? Why does it get so cold at night?" + "What the fuck??? This bolt is an angle!!"
RRG - "WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE? WHERE THE FUCK IS FUNK ROCK CITY?"
NC slab - "Two bolts on the pitch and no pro? That's no SO bad, I guess  " "Dude, those two bolts are the next anchor..."
Phoenix - "It's too hot."
Little Cottonwood Canyon - "That was a 5.6?????"
Oak Creek Overlook - "TAKE!!!!! TAKETAKETAKE!!!! FUCKING TARANTULA ON THE HOLD!!"
Bugaboos - "Huh, it's farther then I thought" + (after returning from the trip "We had to bail halfway up due to weather" "On which route?" "all of them..."
Fishers - "This is rock?"
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Gmburns2000
Sep 30, 2009, 5:37 PM
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Gunks - "wait, what? my warmup has a roof?"
Rumney - "Excusé moi, mais avez vous un cigarette? Merci. Maintenant, quel est la difficulté pour ce route? Je'n ai pas un livre."
Cannon - "fuck. Gmburns is here today. Might as well get the coffin ready."
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bill413
Sep 30, 2009, 5:38 PM
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Gunks - Why are all those other people clogging up the climbs?
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shoo
Sep 30, 2009, 6:00 PM
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Gunks: "Day pass?!?! Do I have to take a belay test too?"
Whitehorse: "If I fall here, am I more likely to a) slide, b) tumble, or c) become a delicious topping for tacos?"
Rumney: "You told me that the new guide book was coming out 3 EFFING YEARS AGO."
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robdotcalm
Sep 30, 2009, 6:03 PM
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Lumpy Ridge in Rocky Mt National Park.
All stories begin this way, "It was a warm and sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, hardly a breeze...."
Typical story: Lumpy Ridge sudden storm
Cheers,
Rob.calm
Edited to add reference
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the_climber
Sep 30, 2009, 6:13 PM
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On the same note as rob.calm...
The Canadian Rockies - In reply to: One sunny turned light snowy day full-on-white-out-blizarding/raining/sleating/the-rock-you're-on-turns-into-a-vertical-river June day in the Rockies two Chossmasters and an unwitting vacationer were high up on new ground...
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petsfed
Sep 30, 2009, 6:29 PM
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Vedauwoo - "the locals are fuckin' sandbaggers!"
By the way Rob, despite what your book says, Hideaway Chimney is not now, nor has it ever been 5.7. It is easier than Ed's, which is soft for 5.7. So quit putting damn fool ideas in all of those Colorado climbers that if they onsight that, they will cruise Mother #1 or the first pitch of Captain Nemo.
Eldorado Springs Canyon - "so where's all the good rock?" (I seem to recall that it was Ron Kauk who said that)
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robdotcalm
Sep 30, 2009, 6:48 PM
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petsfed wrote: Vedauwoo - "the locals are fuckin' sandbaggers!" By the way Rob, despite what your book says, Hideaway Chimney is not now, nor has it ever been 5.7. It is easier than Ed's, which is soft for 5.7.
What are you talking about? On p. 34 of "Rock Climbing at Vedauwoo, Wyoming" it states:
"Hide-A-Way Chimney 5.5. Looks are deceiving, this classic climb is not 5.10. There are handholds hidden inside."
Petsfed, time for you to get a new set of bifocals.
Cheers,
Rob.calm
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rockandlice
Sep 30, 2009, 6:53 PM
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NRG : "How exactly am I supposed to reach that next hold?"
"Rico's Dry"
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petsfed
Sep 30, 2009, 6:55 PM
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robdotcalm wrote: petsfed wrote: Vedauwoo - "the locals are fuckin' sandbaggers!" By the way Rob, despite what your book says, Hideaway Chimney is not now, nor has it ever been 5.7. It is easier than Ed's, which is soft for 5.7. What are you talking about? On p. 34 of "Rock Climbing at Vedauwoo, Wyoming" it states: "Hide-A-Way Chimney 5.5. Looks are deceiving, this classic climb is not 5.10. There are handholds hidden inside." Petsfed, time for you to get a new set of bifocals. Cheers, Rob.calm
Weird, the last party I met there asked what I thought the grade was, and I said 5.5. And they replied that your book (not the book by that no-account New Jersey hippie) said otherwise. And I was appalled. That's what I get for believing out-of-towners.
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hafilax
Sep 30, 2009, 7:00 PM
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Smith Rock: "I thought you said this bolt ladder would be easy?!"
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LostinMaine
Sep 30, 2009, 7:14 PM
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Acadia - "err... a staple?"
'dacks - "Fukin' Barber sandbagged another 5.9!"
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andersjr
Sep 30, 2009, 7:14 PM
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robdotcalm wrote: petsfed wrote: Vedauwoo - "the locals are fuckin' sandbaggers!" By the way Rob, despite what your book says, Hideaway Chimney is not now, nor has it ever been 5.7. It is easier than Ed's, which is soft for 5.7. What are you talking about? On p. 34 of "Rock Climbing at Vedauwoo, Wyoming" it states: "Hide-A-Way Chimney 5.5. Looks are deceiving, this classic climb is not 5.10. There are handholds hidden inside." Petsfed, time for you to get a new set of bifocals. Cheers, Rob.calm
oh shit. burrrrrrrnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!
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donald949
Sep 30, 2009, 11:06 PM
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JTree - that rock is sharp.
Alabama Hills - rock seams to be a little chossy in sections. As the climber pulls off a serving platter sized flake and lands next to the coiled rope I'm laying out.
Needles - climbing parties need to be self sufficient.
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clausti
Sep 30, 2009, 11:17 PM
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rockandlice wrote: NRG : .... "Rico's Dry"
bwahahahaha.
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kriso9tails
Sep 30, 2009, 11:40 PM
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Gunks: While pointing to a page in the guidebook, "Can you tell me where [insert popular route name] is?"
With a smile, "Sure, it's the line right there, buried under all of those people. Pitch two is nice; it starts right on that ledge where it looks like a Japanese tour bus exploded."
Rumney: Shit, I ran out of draws and I'm only ten feet off the deck.
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johnwesely
Oct 1, 2009, 12:11 AM
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Little River Canyon- There are 3 bolts on this 70 foot sport route
Sandrock- Too much trash, too many bubbas
Fosters- Ethnic cleansing is actually 11c
-Ethnic cleansing is actually 12d
-I climb 5.13 because I did one bunker route
-Johnny arms should rebolt this place to make it safe
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Alpine07
Oct 1, 2009, 1:49 AM
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rockandlice wrote: kriso9tails wrote: Rumney: Shit, I ran out of draws and I'm only ten feet off the deck. hehehe. 
Hahaha, sooo true
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jmeizis
Oct 1, 2009, 2:02 AM
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Garden of the Gods: "Don't fall before you clip that first bolt."
"I don't see it (looking less than ten feet above the ground)?"
"Tilt your head up more...little more...tad more...there it is (forty feet off the ground)."
Shelf Road: "Haven't seen those type of hangers before."
Black Canyon: "Fucking gully hell!"
First time at the Tetons: "We have to walk up there...fuck!"
First time in RMNP: "Is it always this windy?"
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camhead
Oct 1, 2009, 2:10 AM
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Indian Creek or the Red: "I can't find any stances!"
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Alpine07
Oct 1, 2009, 2:12 AM
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Climbing a partly frozen waterfall: "Um yeah, you can come up now... stay super far to the right, the left is running water. Oh yeah, and watch out over that bulge, theres a big hole in the ice. Don't fall after that first screw, cause thats the only one, and you'll have a big fucking pendulum. And ummm... Don't fall eh??
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angry
Oct 1, 2009, 2:17 AM
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Bermuda
This rock is choss/slimy/mossy
Is that a jelly fish?1!
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rgold
Oct 1, 2009, 2:26 AM
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Gunks: this one is true, from a famous Yosemite climber of the sixties who shall here be nameless:
"Any time I have to grab a horizontal hold, I feel all the strength draining out of my hand!"
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cragmasterp
Oct 1, 2009, 2:44 AM
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NRG: "i think I'll use this 10' long stout branch as a spider wand to whack at the arachnids ahead as I ascend this lovely 5.10 corner"
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