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riceplate
Nov 8, 2003, 4:46 AM
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Know who said this:
"It is true that climbing one finger pockets put a horrendous strain on that finger. However, in the meantime, the other fingers are all spared the stress!"
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ell
Nov 8, 2003, 5:36 AM
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Wolfgang Gullich.
"There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games."
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roseraie
Nov 8, 2003, 5:43 AM
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Ernest Hemingway.
"Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it."
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ropeburn
Nov 8, 2003, 11:07 AM
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Sir Edmund Hillary.
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."
:mrgreen:
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riceplate
Nov 9, 2003, 6:09 PM
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In reply to: Sir Edmund Hillary. "Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess." :mrgreen:
sounds like something harding would say...
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ropeburn
Nov 9, 2003, 6:39 PM
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*buzzzzz*
Nope.
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reno
Nov 9, 2003, 6:45 PM
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In reply to: "Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."
"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon."
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iltripp
Nov 9, 2003, 9:07 PM
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In reply to: "Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon."
Woody Allen
"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative"
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maculated
Nov 9, 2003, 9:12 PM
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H.G. Wells
And one from my hero:
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet."
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stickclipper
Nov 9, 2003, 9:56 PM
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In reply to: H.G. Wells And one from my hero: "Great things are done when men and mountains meet."
William Blake.
"There is no best time, there is only this time."
or (a less obscure fellow)
"Whoever tries for great objects must suffer something."
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okcdirtbag
Nov 9, 2003, 10:04 PM
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2nd one is Plutarch, 1st one no idea...
Only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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justin
Nov 9, 2003, 10:07 PM
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"If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life." Albert Camus
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ropeburn
Nov 9, 2003, 10:38 PM
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In reply to: "There is no best time, there is only this time."
Jeez this one is hard.
Ummmmm..
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ropeburn
Nov 9, 2003, 10:39 PM
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In reply to: Only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
Oscar Wilde.
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. "
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okcdirtbag
Nov 9, 2003, 10:46 PM
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John Muir
Beer is proof that god loves us.
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pighumper
Nov 9, 2003, 11:16 PM
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I think the beer quote was by Ben Franklin.
"The only way to overcome temptation is to yield to it"
Oscar Wilde
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ropeburn
Nov 9, 2003, 11:30 PM
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"Screwing is more enjoyable than drilling bolt holes."
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furryfrisbee
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You're only alive for a short time, but you're dead for so long.
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jorgle
Nov 13, 2003, 10:16 PM
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W. Harding
"The best climber in the world is the one who is having the most fun."
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tucsonalex
Nov 13, 2003, 10:21 PM
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aww, someone stole my quote.
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enanubis
Nov 13, 2003, 10:23 PM
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Alex Lowe,
Is there an Echo in here.
"Life ain't nothing but B!tches and money"
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Nov 13, 2003, 10:28 PM
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In reply to: Life ain't nothing but B!tches and money
ice cube
"Two great classes, indeed, seem everywhere to make of life one great holiday - the civilized rich, who have all things, and the savage, possesses almost nothing"
(edited to correct paraphrasing)
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enanubis
Nov 13, 2003, 10:30 PM
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Ha ha, that was just a filler quote while I found one relevant to climbing. But good call. It was the only thing I could think of...
"Climbing when it's cold. When my fingers get cold, I hate that"
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noshoesnoshirt
Nov 13, 2003, 10:36 PM
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"A man who is strong enough to use women as slaves and playthings is all right"
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enanubis
Nov 13, 2003, 10:46 PM
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Aleister Crowley
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