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jonstantine
Sep 27, 2005, 9:54 PM
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You are told that you need to undergo surgery and are extremely pissed off that you won't be able to climb for a month rather than concerned about the surgery itself. Maybe it's just me. :shock:
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crankingclimber
Sep 27, 2005, 10:05 PM
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When you no longer use hand rails like they're meant to be used. Instead, you handjam between the wall and the rail.
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slablizard
Sep 27, 2005, 10:21 PM
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When having climbing shoes and chalk in your car it's a given fact.
When you keep showing pictures of Zack soloing Separate Reality too your 6 years old son hoping to leave a subconscious trace...
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musicman
Sep 28, 2005, 5:06 AM
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In reply to: You measure your money in climbing gear. Dude you made two biners in tips That pay check is almost three cams
haha, i just got paid today and the first thing i said was "sweet! i made a new pair of shoes this week!" my boss and co-workers looked at me a bit strangely. :oops:
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tweeker
Sep 28, 2005, 6:21 AM
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When you feel guilty for not climbing more than a few days because your fitness will suffer- and this has gone on for the last 13 years
When you refuse to have a normal job because your climbing will suffer
When you dump any girlfriend that takes you away from climbing
When you realize you are now part of climbing and there is no way you could ever quit! :twisted: :twisted:
When all your friends climb
When family members say climbing has ruined your life and -those climbers are a different breed.
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jeffvoigt
Sep 28, 2005, 6:49 AM
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I convinced my parents to let me major in Geology, just so that I could be around rocks.
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mcgivney_nh
Sep 28, 2005, 9:56 AM
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In school, all you think about is climbing, so you squeeze your pencil really hard to develope a calous on your middle finger for those really skinny cracks.
-Sean
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zao479
Sep 29, 2005, 3:28 AM
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jeffvoigt
I have to go to school an extra semester because I wanted to take Geology instead of Biology. :shock: :shock: :!:
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slablizard
Sep 29, 2005, 4:13 AM
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when you are in a boat trip to visit caves on the coast, everybody has googles and fins while you have slippers and chalk.
You look at people forearms (on BART) trying to guess if they are or if they could be climbers.
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lewisiarediviva
Sep 29, 2005, 4:46 AM
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In reply to: your smeakers are actually approach shoes. ...you discover boulder problems in your kitchen... I Know I know...I'm just a bit bored today...that's all
Exactly.
The Volleyball team can't remember that you were on the team!
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lewisiarediviva
Sep 29, 2005, 5:15 AM
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As sooon as Mt. St. Hellens erupted I was going to climb erupting valcano's for ther rest of my life. My mother convinced my geology teacher to try to get me into to oil rigging. Now I'm an at home mom working in Escrow!
edited to turn the ! into an ! because I had it as an l.
Then I begin to wonder. . . I think I posted this comment into the wrong thread.
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squid
Nov 15, 2005, 4:40 AM
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You campus the stairs instead of going up them normally; throw a massive heel hook to mantle. All so you can have a beer with your bro.
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nola_angie
Nov 15, 2005, 5:01 AM
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...two days after surgery, with a drainag tubes still intact, you go to do some light conditioning at the gym...
...and you see your friend there, a few hours after his oral surgery....
and the conversation goes like this
him "long time no see- you were in the hospital for 3 days?"
me "yeah, don't wanna talk about it...I'm on percocet, tho!"
him "you shouldn't be climbing"
me "you just had oral surgery and your on Vicadin"
him "true. ready for some bouldering problems?"
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squid
Nov 15, 2005, 5:09 AM
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In reply to: ...two days after surgery, with a drainag tubes still intact, you go to do some light conditioning at the gym... ...and you see your friend there, a few hours after his oral surgery.... and the conversation goes like this
Damn and I thought I was rocking it with stitches in my back for two weeks
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zao479
Nov 15, 2005, 5:38 AM
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When you carry your crash pad car shopping.
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stroker
Nov 15, 2005, 5:45 AM
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When you understand that crashpads aren't climbing equipment.
-tda
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slablizard
Nov 15, 2005, 5:56 AM
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When you keep your climbing guidebooks in the trunk of your car.
When you still get excited at 40 as you were at 20 (and even more) about a new climb ( President Day....Gold Wall...HMMMMMMMMM )
When the only sticker allowed on your car is a "black Diamond"one.
When you remember every hold of a route (outdoor) and think about the moves while commuting. Falling at the same spot.
When you find yourself at a crag, after a route and think"Yes, this is exactly where I want to be now..Yes!" with a sort of hallucinated look in your eyes.
When you see this hread that keeps going and you think that you're not alone. :)
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sartor
Nov 15, 2005, 6:11 AM
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STOP ALREADY! Do you guys know that if you post it, they will read it! That's 21 pages!!! I'm in.
"i'm a climber named jason"
You know you're addicted to climbing when:
the value of all common goods and services is translated not into dollars, but into gear.
1 year's education = a LOT of gear
car payment = new rope + couple new cams
night out with local hottie = new cam
lunch at Chipotle = new helium biner
6 pack of beer = 6 pack of beer
sorry, but beer is beer.
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ablann
Nov 15, 2005, 7:05 AM
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Your girlfriend asks "What would you save if the house was on fire and the people and animals were safe?"
You say "Climbing gear."
She gives you a dirty look and you say "Pictures and other keepsakes."
But you secretly think climbing gear.
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squid
Nov 15, 2005, 8:48 AM
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In reply to: When you understand that crashpads aren't climbing equipment. -tda
Then you wake up and realize that some people actually do boulder and carry crashpads
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squid
Nov 15, 2005, 8:49 AM
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In reply to: Your girlfriend asks "What would you save if the house was on fire and the people and animals were safe?" You say "Climbing gear." She gives you a dirty look and you say "Pictures and other keepsakes." But you secretly think climbing gear.
What about the pictures of you climbing that 5.12c
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fanederhand
Nov 15, 2005, 11:29 AM
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Ah, what a great thread. It is sooooo nice seeing other people that are hooked on climbing as much as I am ...
You know that you are hooked when your getting towards the end of a great day climbing and your on one of your last routes before the sun sets and you start planing your next climbing trip in your head ... by the time you finish the route you have a pretty good idea where, when and how your going to get out climbing on your next outing ... ya hoooooo lets go climbing NOW!!
oops got to get back to work..
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nola_angie
Nov 15, 2005, 2:55 PM
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In reply to: Damn and I thought I was rocking it with stitches in my back for two weeks
yeouch. At least my tubing was in a place that climbing didn't wack it too much!
Stitches in your *back*?!?! that must've hurt a LOT.
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lewisiarediviva
Nov 15, 2005, 5:08 PM
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In reply to: Your girlfriend asks "What would you save if the house was on fire and the people and animals were safe?" You say "Climbing gear." She gives you a dirty look and you say "Pictures and other keepsakes." But you secretly think climbing gear.
Sorry, but if my husband returned to a burning house for pictures and keepsakes I'd potentially lose my best climbing partner to trinkets. I'm for the gear though, besides, it's all stored in such a way that I could hand it to the fireman and point to the door.
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verticon
Nov 15, 2005, 8:25 PM
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You replace your toothbrush every week, because you have to use the old one to clean the chalk from the holds and those brushes worn out so fast ...
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