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jpearl
Dec 2, 2003, 8:10 PM
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Ha Ha...Great Thread!
Here's a few more:
- you grab every doornob, draw handle, and subway rail with a nice two-finger pinch.
- you show up to work the next day with chalk-encrusted fingernails (and yes, you did take a shower).
- people compliment you not on your abs or biceps, but on your forearms.
- your "slippers" are not fuzzy and shaped like bunnies!
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-you catch yourself trying to double back your belt in the morning(done it)
-stare at your hands and admire all the new callous tissue.
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harrisha
Dec 5, 2003, 5:25 AM
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you read this whole post
the only two stores you need in life are REI and your local grocer and only because you can't afford the food at REI because you spent the majority of your money on more gear.
you thank about the amount of money in your bank account not in terms of dollars and cents but rather how much gear you can buy.
you get bored in physics and bolder the acid proof tables. the way the table are set up you can crimp the overhanging lip and use the drawer pulls as foot holds then go to the next table four feet away by jaming your foot b/t the draw and and cabinet side the thing sits on and then trying to pull a dyno to the the next lip crimp.
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lemmon_squeezer
Dec 5, 2003, 8:11 AM
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...when you look at universities not by the quality of their programs but by the proximity to good climbing
Best thread yet!!
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dc
Dec 5, 2003, 2:40 PM
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In reply to: if .... you read this whole thread to this point. if .... rc.com is your homepage. (Well, it did say might be).
yeah.. both are true for me.. yes even the first one.. (all 9 pages) :oops:
all the good replies have been taken by now.. and as everyone has said this is a damn awesome thread!
In reply to: You know what JT means. And you live on the East Coast.
also:
if/when you check out a girl you first look at her forearms :wink:
and:
every building has a route
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boulderqt
Dec 5, 2003, 4:08 PM
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If you read every single post on all nine pages.
If you climb more days then you work.
You work at a summer camp where you don't get off till 9:30, 10 at night but you still go climbing even though it is pitch black! ( i did this all last summer)
"You log on to climbing sites instead of doing your homework."so true
"Not only is your Nalgene scratched and covered in climbing stickers, but the stickers are so sun-bleached that you can't tell what they say" ( i dropped mine off a cliff)
If you drive 2.5 hours to go climbing even though the rocks have snow on them and it's below freezing
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malabarista
Dec 5, 2003, 4:27 PM
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You might be a climber if when you get ready to make an important point during a presentation at work, you instinctively reach for your (absent) chalk bag.
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iclimbtoo
Dec 5, 2003, 4:31 PM
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...your girlfriend tells you your hands are dry and it makes you smile.
...she tries to tell you to put some lotion on them and you give her a look probably similar to if a person from the stone age were to see a car.
...you don't mind sticking your nutz into random and unfamiliar cracks.
...when your Ethics professor asks for someone in class to name off a list of heros they have, and after saying, "Anatoli Boukreev, Reinhold Messner, Alex Lowe, Steph Davis, Lynn Hill, Peter Croft, Irvine and Mallory, etc." the entire class just stares at you in completely uncomfortable silence not having a clue what or who you're reffering to. (yep...that would have been yesterday... :lol: )
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gregtrammell
Dec 5, 2003, 4:33 PM
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You might be a climber if......
... you practice your crimp hold on the lip of the sunroof in your car (or on the steering wheel at red lights).
... you keep a countdown timer til it's time to leave for the next climbing trip.
and yes i did read all nine pages (while working), just to make sure mine were original.
great post, i've done many of these things.
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nagatana
Dec 6, 2003, 12:47 AM
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..your fingertips hurt while replying to this thread.*
*just slightly, of course!
..in acting class, when the teacher leaves the theatre early, you and another climber find an alternate way onto the catwalks. And when a girl tries to get up, you automaticaly put your hands up to spot her while everyone just stares. And while the the other guys are checking her out while she's struggling, you're looking at how her hands and feet are doing to see if she's gonna fall.
And you find that girl 100x more attractive 'cause she just climbed something. :D
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canrocker
Dec 6, 2003, 1:06 AM
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... if you roll out of bed, head to the bathroom, look in the mirror, and are not at all surprised to see the reddish imprint of a carabiner across your face (this has happened to me- several times!) :?
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cjstudent
Dec 6, 2003, 11:30 AM
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You are up 5:00 this morning because you woke up, remembered you would be climbing in a few hours and couldn't go back to sleep so you get on rc.com and read through 9 pages about being a real climber until your lazy climbing partner gets up and calls you. U do this while its 30 deg outside, and snowing...and yet you are still going climbing...yea!
or...if you log more hours on rc.com than you do in your college classes.
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alan_ellis
Dec 6, 2003, 2:58 PM
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.....you have no idea who the cast of "Friends" are.
.....you would rather sleep in your 4WD Toyota than in your bed.
.....all your meals at home are planned around 2 cups of boiling water.
.....you buy a scale to weigh gear instead of you.
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superfox
Dec 6, 2003, 4:50 PM
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. . .you watch a TV show/music video you hate because you see a nice line going up the rocks in the background.
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ksudyno
Dec 6, 2003, 5:52 PM
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When you have 2 magazines in the mail, one is a playboy and the other is the new winter mgear catalog and you check out the mgear catalog first.
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phyre
Dec 6, 2003, 5:53 PM
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...When bored in class you draw detailed pictures of climbing routes from memory.
...You can't do internet research for a paper because you have RC.com set as your homepage and you have to read 10 pages of posts first.
Great thread!!!!!
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jebel_andi
Dec 6, 2003, 6:47 PM
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..... you annoy your friends by pointing out technical inaccuracies in movies like "vertical limit" and "cliff hanger"
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ksudyno
Dec 6, 2003, 6:54 PM
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You might be a climber if..
When you play climbing videos as background noise when you read climbing magazines.
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shutupandclimb
Dec 6, 2003, 7:40 PM
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... you throw your water bottle off cliffs and don't worry about it breaking
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c_kryll
Dec 6, 2003, 9:14 PM
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Your working part-time building houses to help fund your next climbing trip when your boss approaches you and asks if it's true your a climber. After replying yes, he tells you to go up on the 3rd story roof and finish it because none of his other workers will in this weather. (cold and snowing)
Chris
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rendog
Dec 6, 2003, 10:21 PM
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In reply to: You might be an ice climber if.... sitting on a tropical beach with your toes in the sand sounds boring. you use your ice axes to remove ice dams on your roof. there are only two seasons in your world. Ice climbing and Ice climbings coming! you think "DAMN THIS HEAT AND GREEN STUFF TO HELL!!" your air conditioner is a cooling unit for a walk in freezer from Cub. you've got the dream of buying that little hobbie farm not to raise chickens, pigs and grow your own veggies but so you can run a garden hose up that silo in the winter and have your own ice climbing palace in the winter. you take you crampons when you go ice fishing. you over hear your coworkers talking about how they cant wait for the snow to melt and you think "idiots" you say you broke one of your picks and you don't own a guitar. your ice boots are the most expensive piece of clothing. you can walk around in a t-shirt when it's forty degrees. you are a guy wearing bright yellow boots and no one walking by would call you a sissy. and the number one reason you might be an ice climber.... you live in Minnesota and go to Canada for vacation. IN THE WINTER!
lmmfao you pretty much nailed it man.
You forgot one though.....
you only rock climb to stay in shape in the off season for ice climbing.
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crimpman
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You sleep on your crashpad on the floor instead of on your big bed.
Nobody at school asks you what you're going to do over the weekend because they already know... You're going climbing!
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robmcc
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...you're sitting here desperately hoping one you'll get to drive all night to climb in sub 20 degree temps all day tomorrow, then drive all night to get home in time for work.
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climbingspaz
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-- you've been given the option of the significant other or the climbing weekend, and chosen climbing.
-- you look forward to spending time in the cold, rain, or hail for a day of climbing.
-- you've eaten only peanut butter sandwiches for periods of 4 days or longer.
-- protein bars are one of your favorite foods.
-- there isn't anything that can't be fixed by chalk or a biner.
-- you use your shower to air out your tent.
-- the gear in your truck is worth more than the truck itself. by a long shot.
-- bandannas, knit caps, and sleeveless tshirts are 3 of your favorite "fashion" items.
-- you get prana confused with prada. often.
-- you've spent time in a bar in a harness on a non-S+M night.
-- red rocks doesn't mean music (at least primarily) to you
great thread.
CF
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In reply to: ...When bored in class you draw detailed pictures of climbing routes from memory.
yup. I drafted a problem on a V2 at the Gym while "paying attention" in Algebra. Hey, so what if I can only do a V2! I wish I was 5'2"!! :D
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