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socialclimber
Jul 7, 2003, 8:32 AM
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In reply to: And btw, "because its there" is Ed Hillary if I'm not mistaken.
Ed Hillary said:" Well George, We knocked the bastard off" to George Lowe after the first ascent
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benpullin
Jul 8, 2003, 11:39 PM
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"I'd better go first -- you're married." -- Layton Kor during a bold first ascent.
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alpinerockfiend
Jul 8, 2003, 11:44 PM
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I really enjoy that one.
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sixter
Jul 9, 2003, 12:11 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: "you don't die from the fall, you die from hitting the ground" It's not the fall that kills you... it's the sudden stop at the end !!!
My personal version of this when talking to a non climber is...
"I am not afraid of falling anymore, just the sudden stop at the end." :shock:
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watersprite
Jul 11, 2003, 5:46 PM
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not climbing related, or is it?:
"the shit you put up with is the shit you choose to accept" -- b. warr
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madturtle
Jul 11, 2003, 6:03 PM
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"time to suck it up baby, your in the gunks" I hear belayer tell partner leading Modern times roof.
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gekko
Jul 11, 2003, 6:20 PM
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This was not a statement by a climber, but I still consider it that way
(found on the web)
Recited by Astronaut Jeffery hoffman prior to re-entry of the Space Shuttle - Discovery April 1985
"You cannot stay on the summit forever. You have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this - What is above knows what is below - But what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, One sees, One descends, One sees no longer. But, One has Seen. There is an art of conducting Oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what One saw higher up. When One can no longer see, One can at least still Know."
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hammer_
Jul 11, 2003, 6:40 PM
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"shut up and climb"
"If your not going all the way why go at all?"
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watersprite
Jul 24, 2003, 4:32 AM
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In reply to: This was not a statement by a climber, but I still consider it that way (found on the web) Recited by Astronaut Jeffery hoffman prior to re-entry of the Space Shuttle - Discovery April 1985 "You cannot stay on the summit forever. You have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this - What is above knows what is below - But what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, One sees, One descends, One sees no longer. But, One has Seen. There is an art of conducting Oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what One saw higher up. When One can no longer see, One can at least still Know." |
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alwaysforward
Jul 24, 2003, 7:06 AM
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Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So. . . get on your way.
Dr. Seuss
"The best training was to go to the pub, drink 5 quarts of beer, and talk about climbing." Ron Fawcett
"In the mountains there are only two grades: You can either do it, or you can't." — Rusty Baille
I needed to clear my head, get some priorities... so I dropped out of college and went climbing. - Ryan Frost
some of the many...
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sharpender
Jul 24, 2003, 7:40 AM
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You all know the old saws about "old so and so's never die...."
Old climbers never die they just lose their friends (or nuts if you prefer)
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watersprite
Jul 24, 2003, 10:49 PM
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bump
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poorboy
Jul 24, 2003, 11:07 PM
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"Summit or death, either way I win."
-Rob Slater, before perishing on K2.
"No, all these ropes are to tie up your wife and daughter"
-some climber in El Cap Meadow after being asked by a tourist if he was preparing to climb El Cap.
not climbing, but:
"Osama bin Laden, we will smoke you out!"
-President BUSH
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gumbythepregnantelephant
Jul 25, 2003, 3:50 AM
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I can't believe I've read five pages of quotations and failed to see my favourite one, from the almight wolfgang...
"mono's are great, they're like a rest for all the other figures" :twisted:
another personal favourite was yelled at me on my first ever lead climb when I slipped and took a heap of skin off my knuckles...
"quit whining, it all grows back eventually"
(a cam or two almost made a musterious exit from my harness in the general direction of my belayer until I realised where that would leave me)
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tadam2000
Oct 21, 2004, 11:45 PM
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"Yeah, but isn't it great just being here?"
-- Rick Mosher to his partner (name unknown to me) while sitting out a brutal storm on Annapurna IV in the late 70's. He meant it, too.
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musicman
Oct 22, 2004, 12:07 AM
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wow, some of those are really great, liked coldclimb's one by Jim Morrison, but my personal favorite seen on a bumber sticker in the San Rafael Swell, its been in my signature ever since.
In reply to: Recited by Astronaut Jeffery hoffman prior to re-entry of the Space Shuttle - Discovery April 1985 "You cannot stay on the summit forever. You have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this - What is above knows what is below - But what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, One sees, One descends, One sees no longer. But, One has Seen. There is an art of conducting Oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what One saw higher up. When One can no longer see, One can at least still Know."
thought that that one was incredibly incredible
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bensnyder
Oct 22, 2004, 12:15 AM
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The best quote I've heard about climbing is in my signature. It was said by some random German sport climber some friends ran across. Say it to yourself in a thick German accent and then think about how true it really is! Don't you find that angry climbers seem to have trouble committing to moves because they are too busy being mad and thinking about what they look like to the people on the ground? Just a thought...
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slablizard
Oct 22, 2004, 12:31 AM
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My signature :D
Nitche while flying during WW2 in his FW190 (a fighter bomber )
Applies to climbing too.
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jgill
Oct 23, 2004, 3:16 AM
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Friedrich Nietsche (1844 - 1900). WWII? 8^)
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tattooed_climber
Oct 23, 2004, 3:35 AM
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"don't fall" (by bud i climbed with, said after i told him i did my first gear leads)
"Phil, if you want to become a jedi rock ninja, you must clear your mind" (told to me by a bud from my old job (GEAR SHOP) after i was caugh stairing at the ass of a lovely girl who was working in the foot ware department with us...)
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hyongx
Oct 23, 2004, 5:17 AM
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"Aaaarrrggghh!!!! POOP NUGGETS!!!"
-Climbing buddy, after falling off a move for the umpteenth time.
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bandidopeco
Oct 23, 2004, 5:28 AM
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"My best vacation is your worst nightmare." Jim Bridwell, i think
"Jams are good, pro's good, I'm feeling strong, I'm comming down." one of Jim's friends
I'll try to remember some more
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cadaverchris
Oct 23, 2004, 5:39 AM
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one of various combinations...
"sport climbers have no nuts and trad climbers have to buy their friends."
i think this quote is public domain =)
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anykineclimb
Oct 23, 2004, 5:44 AM
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From one of my climbing buddies
His philosophy of climbing. Hawaiian Style
"If can, CAN.
If no can....no can"
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petsfed
Oct 23, 2004, 5:48 AM
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"Big wall climbing. A strange pursuit. What reason could account for people committing such vast amounts of time, energy and money into crawling up humongous blobs of granite while toing hundreds of pounds of gear behind them? The best explanation I have heard is "to get the the haulbags tot he top"
-- Sean Easton, 2002 Metolius Climbing Catalogue
"Ok, lets get off of this thing"
-- my partner and I before beginning a route in our local alpine training grounds.
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