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zaza410


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keep_it_real wrote:
when you can get excited about a "problem"

When you can get excited about CLEANING a problem[


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dingus wrote:
you keep finding new hand jams and fingerlocks in various places in your car. Like that great two finger lock at the edge of the dashboard or the handjam next to the spare tire in the back.

DMT

I have done this.....

Not only in my car though, just about anywhere ;)


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You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.


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GeneralZon wrote:
12. When your girlfriend (soon to be fiancé) says that she always dreamed of being proposed to in a romantic place and your reply is, "you mean at the Gunks?"Blush

LOL -- Or when you think the most romantic place to be proposed to is your favorite climbing area (i.e. Squamish!)

When you think the most awesome proposal would be to somehow affix the ring to the anchors at the top of a single pitch climb that your girl would find when she was cleaning the route.

When you're compelled to climb the underside of the staircase much to your non-climbing boyfriend's amusement. Kind of like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICuqGPlY4r0

(my boyfriend showed me that video after I'd done something like that with the stairs outside his apartment.)

This list is cracking me up -- I think I've done almost everything people have mentioned (with the exception of the skeevey gross "girlfriend naked" one.


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You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

Worse you run to the telly, point at some tiny speck of gray and white and triumphantly turn to the room and beam (chest out of course)

You see that rock???? I CLIMBED THAT ROCK!!!!111

This has happened to me many times as I dig old Western movies. My kids ROLL their eyes, nearly out of their sockets, any time this goes down.

As they should hehe

DMT


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You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

Heh. A co-worker of mine just got back from Thailand and he was showing a bunch of us his pics. Even though there was a beautiful beach in nearly all his shots, I kept point to the background saying, "whoa, dude, check out that rock!"

Unfortunately, no one understood me when I also said, "I wonder what it goes."

WTF? A mountain "goes"?!?!? Crazy


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You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

My fiance and I are like that. Sometimes we see a sweet bit of rock in a movie and make little weird pleasure noises that freak out anyone within ear shot.


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I don't know if this is a sign of obesession, but...

when I'm standing still for any longer than a minute, I find myself in my belay stance...

ls


clmbr


Feb 27, 2009, 8:23 PM
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The welds on the sides of storage tanks at work look like pretty good crimpers.


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dingus wrote:
Rocknovice wrote:
You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

Worse you run to the telly, point at some tiny speck of gray and white and triumphantly turn to the room and beam (chest out of course)

You see that rock???? I CLIMBED THAT ROCK!!!!111

This has happened to me many times as I dig old Western movies. My kids ROLL their eyes, nearly out of their sockets, any time this goes down.

As they should hehe

DMT
yeah, been there. The post man, i was pointing out all my favorite smith gorge climbs to my sister through the whole lion hunt sequence.

Heres another on the movie line, you point out the brand, type, size, etc. of all climbing gear you see in movies.
(the tcu's in the opening sequence of vertical limit, the venom ice axes in the decent-thats another thread all together)


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desertwanderer81 wrote:
dingus wrote:
you keep finding new hand jams and fingerlocks in various places in your car. Like that great two finger lock at the edge of the dashboard or the handjam next to the spare tire in the back.

DMT

I have done this.....

Not only in my car though, just about anywhere ;)

Yeah, I know what you mean. I found this neat little thumb jam in my ass. Sometimes, I spin on it! It releases pressures.


zeke_sf


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dingus wrote:
Rocknovice wrote:
You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

Worse you run to the telly, point at some tiny speck of gray and white and triumphantly turn to the room and beam (chest out of course)

You see that rock???? I CLIMBED THAT ROCK!!!!111

This has happened to me many times as I dig old Western movies. My kids ROLL their eyes, nearly out of their sockets, any time this goes down.

As they should hehe

DMT

Thumb jammer thinks you're a cool guy, Dingus.


dingus


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zeke_sf wrote:
dingus wrote:
Rocknovice wrote:
You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

Worse you run to the telly, point at some tiny speck of gray and white and triumphantly turn to the room and beam (chest out of course)

You see that rock???? I CLIMBED THAT ROCK!!!!111

This has happened to me many times as I dig old Western movies. My kids ROLL their eyes, nearly out of their sockets, any time this goes down.

As they should hehe

DMT

Thumb jammer thinks you're a cool guy, Dingus.





Million to one shot Doc, million to one.



Nawmean?

DMT


zeke_sf


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dingus wrote:
zeke_sf wrote:
dingus wrote:
Rocknovice wrote:
You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

Worse you run to the telly, point at some tiny speck of gray and white and triumphantly turn to the room and beam (chest out of course)

You see that rock???? I CLIMBED THAT ROCK!!!!111

This has happened to me many times as I dig old Western movies. My kids ROLL their eyes, nearly out of their sockets, any time this goes down.

As they should hehe

DMT

Thumb jammer thinks you're a cool guy, Dingus.





Million to one shot Doc, million to one.



Nawmean?

DMT

It pains me like a fissure in my ass, but, yeah, I nawyoumean.


jamesellis


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one of your standard first date questions is "are you afraid of heights"


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Rocknovice wrote:
You get distracted during movies with scenes that contain climbable rock. This also includes nature programs. You then annoy all your non climbing friends and family by speculating on the possible grades.

I always point out and often name the spectacular mountains/cliffs in 'Planet Earth' in biology class.... theres some random spires and im like, 'those ore the Aguilles in Chamonix' or 'Thats the West Face of the Matterhorn'

Also - You substitute the word 'steep' for words like 'cool' and 'awesome' without thinking

E.G 'whoa that car is sooo steep'!


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zeke_sf wrote:
desertwanderer81 wrote:
dingus wrote:
you keep finding new hand jams and fingerlocks in various places in your car. Like that great two finger lock at the edge of the dashboard or the handjam next to the spare tire in the back.

DMT

I have done this.....

Not only in my car though, just about anywhere ;)

Yeah, I know what you mean. I found this neat little thumb jam in my ass. Sometimes, I spin on it! It releases pressures.

The trick is to go only one knuckle deep...then you won't hit mud.Shocked


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Fogot to add. You knw you're obsessed with climbing when you start the 200th "you know when you're obsessed with climbing when..." thread.


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just awesome Smile


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climbingtrash wrote:
zeke_sf wrote:
desertwanderer81 wrote:
dingus wrote:
you keep finding new hand jams and fingerlocks in various places in your car. Like that great two finger lock at the edge of the dashboard or the handjam next to the spare tire in the back.

DMT

I have done this.....

Not only in my car though, just about anywhere ;)

Yeah, I know what you mean. I found this neat little thumb jam in my ass. Sometimes, I spin on it! It releases pressures.

The trick is to go only one knuckle deep...then you won't hit mud.Shocked

thumb's up, brah!


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rsmillbern wrote:
When you come back to work after "lunch" with chalk on your pants
+1

When you buy pants with removable legs so you cran dress up for work after climbing.


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winglessangel wrote:
rsmillbern wrote:
When you come back to work after "lunch" with chalk on your pants
+1

When you buy pants with removable legs so you cran dress up for work after climbing.

Pants with removable legs are so dorky. Wait, I own 2 pairs. Never mind, pants with removable legs are soooo cool!


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Valarc wrote:
My fiance and I are like that. we make little weird pleasure noises that freak out anyone within ear shot.

understandable


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coolcat83 wrote:
Valarc wrote:
My fiance and I are like that. we make little weird pleasure noises that freak out anyone within ear shot.

understandable

It probably sounds like a walrus coming up to a blowhole.


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--- when you have to think "do i use open hand, crimp or pinch" when about to open your underwear draw


when you find yourself challenging your friends in "one handed-door-frame hanging" every time you have had more than a ˝ beer

-when you won your 37th door frame pull-up contest...

- when you have a door sign saying "chips and screw-ons only - no tracking".

- when your friends ask why you heelhook to close the car-door..

- when you wake up and are hugging your new 9.7mm rope - instead of your wife!


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