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RobAT
Oct 18, 2012, 2:00 AM
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Sylvia,
here's one that embarrasses me to this day.
Winter, 2005-ish. It was one of the coldest, windiest February days of my climbing life. I had just led my way to the top of the ice flow to the left of Chouinard's Gulley. The "fire-hands" sensation was so bad I was nearly paralyzed. I wasn't sure what I would do first, throw up or crap myself? After a moment on my hands and knees, the pain subsided enough for me to realize, I knew what I would do first... I was going to doo-doo all over myself. I had no time to build an anchor so I yelled to my belayer...
"Paul, I'm sick and I have to take a shit!"
I heard my words echoing throughout Chapel Pond.
Paul said faintly from below, "Rob, say again?"
I couldn't believe it. I yelled into the wind again. This time louder "Paul...I'm sick and I have to take a shit!" My voice echoed again through the canyon.
I managed to get myself free from my layers of Gore-Tex and nylon just in the nick of time. My harness securely around my knees and the spin-drift swirling inside my bomb-bay door I defecated on top of the climb while my partner Paul belayed me. I had narrowly escaped a horrific walk across the pond and beyond.
Overheard at the crag...”Paul, I’m sick and I have to take a shit.”
(This post was edited by RobAT on Oct 18, 2012, 10:54 AM)
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