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akclimber
Jan 9, 2005, 11:12 AM
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Evidence. :lol:
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jimdavis
Jan 9, 2005, 12:10 PM
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You do a double take at the hammers in the hardware store.
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euroford
Jan 9, 2005, 3:04 PM
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if you accidentally hit yourself in the head with a hammer your first thought is 'whoa, thank heavens, it could have been the adze'.
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brewtoad
Jan 9, 2005, 3:20 PM
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Your wife looks at you in nice schoeller softshell pants and says you should be on "Queer Eye for the Mountain Guy"...
And you consider your flask a part of your rack!
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akclimber
Jan 10, 2005, 8:40 AM
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you have attempted to coil your rope it it has some how come out with corners on it...
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lambone
Jan 10, 2005, 7:22 PM
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In reply to: Your wife looks at you in nice schoeller softshell pants and says you should be on "Queer Eye for the Mountain Guy"... And you consider your flask a part of your rack!
hahah nice!
ok,
You have had stainless steel stuck to your toung.
You have spent all day digging your car out of the snow...just to get FURTHER up INTO the mountains.
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cor
Jan 10, 2005, 7:53 PM
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The first thing you think when you see any garment is how warm it would keep you on a forced bivey
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lambone
Jan 10, 2005, 8:22 PM
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...including a string bikini and the female wearing it!
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creemore
Jan 10, 2005, 9:31 PM
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If you get a weird look from the girl at the Home-Depot when you ask for bamboo wands..... :wtf: Do I look like a gardner ???
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dead_milkman
Jan 10, 2005, 9:42 PM
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You think a tea bag and packet of dried soup makes a meal... for two.
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boulder_boy
Jan 13, 2005, 1:19 AM
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when people ask you if you like their jacket, you ask him what its used for....a layering jacket or your outershell then he looks at you like your a moron because it is a skating jacket.
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rendog
Jan 13, 2005, 2:28 AM
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...you see a member of the opposite sex and can tell that they have a wicked sexy body. under 6 layers of clothes, a blelaclava, and a helmet
...you get a hard-on/wet panties thinking about spending an entire day freezing you butt off on some remote climb, getting soaked, dehydrated, and half starving. Then making plans to do it again the week after
...winter camping is viewed as training so you only bring the barest of essentials with you. (see dead_milkman's comment above)
...the choice comes down to two things....new axe....or pay taxes....pfft that's an easy one.
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j_from_the_307
Jan 13, 2005, 3:08 AM
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I like the idea of keeping a female alpine partner...
It's like having a -40 degree bag that doubles as a belay slave/rope gun. That is of course as long as you emphasize the fact that you have to "keep moving" when you run into "unexpected" bivies.
"I know it looks like it's only 50 ft. to the summit, but that's only the.. uhh... south summit... yeah... so we're gonna have to bivy... yeah."
Next morning: "My bad..."
When your girlfriend asks why you get up so early in the morning to do a route, you simply explain that "she gets wet by 9 am every morning, so I want to be there for primo conditions".
You've ever had an epic on a 2 pitch 5.2 route.
You think that same route should be rated "IV 5.2 A3 M8 30M"
Your partners won't speak to you anymore after how much you laughed at how much more they suffered than you.
You've sent a V4 in Koflachs and down mittens.
You've ever climbed in Koflachs in a gym.
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jimdavis
Jan 13, 2005, 4:47 AM
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In reply to: You've ever climbed in Koflachs in a gym.
I'll second that one!
(Although it'd be a lot weirder if I didn't work there and we didn't rent them.) :?
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kachoong
Jan 13, 2005, 4:58 AM
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....you consider the head of the glacier to be the start of the hike, not the end....
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petsfed
Jan 13, 2005, 5:14 AM
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In reply to: Your partners won't speak to you anymore after how much you laughed at how much more they suffered than you.
You'll get yours fucker.
If you find out your routes are really only 5.6 in rock shoes.
If you've ever considered 4 am a late start.
If you've ever cut labels off your sox.
If you know how to hand jam in a mitten.
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kachoong
Jan 13, 2005, 5:55 AM
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....what about if you snap your toothbrush in two to save on weight?....
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jimdavis
Jan 13, 2005, 6:29 AM
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In reply to: ....what about if you snap your toothbrush in two to save on weight?....
No, that just makes your stupid. :roll:
:twisted: Real alpinists don't carry toothbrushs! :twisted:
(No harm ment, kachoong)
Jim
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j_from_the_307
Jan 13, 2005, 6:38 AM
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If you every picked up a box of those "Brushups" (rip-slip-brush-ahhh) because it looked like a super lightweight alternative to a toothbrush and toothpaste.
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akclimber
Jan 13, 2005, 8:48 AM
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Evidence. :lol:
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clmbrdancer
Jan 15, 2005, 4:43 AM
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When you think about living in the back of your Subaru for the next three months of winter to save money for gear/flight to AK even though :
you'rer two inches too tall for the back
you don't own a -20/-40 sleeping, just two 15 degree bags, one of which is old
Hopefully I'll be able to couch surf for said 3 months once I arrive back in Bozeman.
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adamtd
Feb 1, 2005, 3:54 PM
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You might be a true alpinist when...
everyone else is heading home and you and your partner and just starting out.
you haven't been able to feel your extremities for two days, but you still have a smile on your face.
you wipe your a$$ with sticks, stones, and snow balls because TP weighs way too much.
what started out to as a beautiful day, turns into a monsoon, and now you're starting to have fun.
a well protected route means that you're looking at 30' rather than 60' whippers
it's 80 degrees outside and your climbing rock with crampons and tools, dreaming about the next ice season.
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akclimber
Feb 1, 2005, 8:28 PM
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...you look at a waterfall in summer and wonder what it would be like frozen...
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rendog
Feb 4, 2005, 4:45 AM
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HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAH
I did that last summer driving through the Roger's Pass.
you might be an alpine climber if...
a nice hike for an off day is to shuttle food/gear caches up the mt for your next winter ascent of Mt. X
your hands look weird when they're not all waxy and peeling
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