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static_climber
Oct 14, 2003, 4:19 PM
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In reply to: The day I am incapable to climb is the day I lay down and die.
A-MEN to that
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static_climber
Oct 14, 2003, 4:23 PM
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i would give up just about anything for climbing. its the only thing i really like doing. nothing is better than clipping the last clip on a long sport climb. or anchering in on the last pitch of a multi pitch route.
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rokshoxbkr19
Oct 14, 2003, 4:36 PM
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Climbing means everything in the world to me. If I couldn't climb I would rather be dead!
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bishopclimber
Oct 14, 2003, 4:42 PM
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In reply to: there are things more important than climbing. Mainly, sailing, regattas and other events. I spend most of my summer weekends on a boat, racing/crewing. And that's what's important to me. Sailing -Steve |
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slablizard
Oct 14, 2003, 4:57 PM
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I love climbing. I actually met my wife climbing and we climbed together for 10 plus years. Now she's not into it anymore (she was leading 5.12b...good ole times) but if we argue is generally because I want to go climb, or becasue I''m home late from a climbing day (hey I had to send that route honey!)
I'm taking my kids climbing now, (I will need a reliable partner for the future..lol) they seem to enjoy it, and I want them to grow up loving the outdoors.
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overlord
Oct 14, 2003, 5:00 PM
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In reply to: Well, lets put it this way. I wouldn't give up climbing for anything else. 8)
me2.
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dingus
Oct 14, 2003, 5:01 PM
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In reply to: Climbing is not the end all be all of life, if you think that it is then you have not lived a fulll life. but ultimately it is not the purpose of living.
I'd ask "What then IS the purpose of living," but since you have no idea either, I won't.
I HAVE sacrificed career and spent relationship points on climbing. I live where I live so that I may climb. I have turned down job offers that would take me away from the mountains. I have almost no non-climbing friends.
Cheers,
DMT
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robmcc
Oct 14, 2003, 5:51 PM
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In reply to: As far as personal endeavors go I would say there is only one thing to distract me from climbing, THE MILE! Nothing comes close to tearing into the final 100m of the mile and your body feels like it is a solid block of lactic acid and the finish line doesn't seem to be getting any closer. I am never more centered than during the mile, I can almost feel all the different molecules moving around my body. Any Milers out there? Run free or die! :D
Funny, I thought you were the guy who bashes running all the time. Am I misremembering?
Nope, not a miler, though I did set a mile PR last night. Don't ask, you wouldn't be impressed, but I'm pretty happy about it. Going for my first 1/2 marathon on Oct 25th, though, with no goal other than finishing.
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maculated
Oct 14, 2003, 6:24 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Climbing is not the end all be all of life, if you think that it is then you have not lived a fulll life. but ultimately it is not the purpose of living. I'd ask "What then IS the purpose of living," but since you have no idea either, I won't.
Careful Dingus, look at his username. He does know.
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chosschick
Dec 6, 2003, 4:27 AM
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i wouldn't give up climbing for anyone!!! hell no!! if a guy wants to be with me, he has to accept that climbing is my passion...i couldnt really date a non-climber for that reason. if its meant to be it will happen, climbing or not...
as for the social aspect, its great, all my friends climb, so yaaa!!
im living the life
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adventureman
Dec 9, 2003, 11:45 PM
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In reply to: As of now, no. But then I'm just beginning to delve into the climbing world. It makes me enjoy the other things in life more though.
I was going to post something witty, but kimmyt beat me to it. :D
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climb4life
Dec 10, 2003, 12:54 AM
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priority number 1: climb
priortiy number 2: look at priority number 1
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jt512
Dec 10, 2003, 3:07 AM
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In reply to: I HAVE sacrificed career and spent relationship points on climbing. I live where I live so that I may climb. I have turned down job offers that would take me away from the mountains. I have almost no non-climbing friends.
LOSER! Oh, wait. Me, too.
-Jay
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jt512
Dec 10, 2003, 3:11 AM
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In reply to: My girrlfriend[sic, due to parental controls]...
Your parents won't let you type the word "girlfriend"?
-Jay
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robmcc
Dec 10, 2003, 3:19 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: My girrlfriend[sic, due to parental controls]... Your parents won't let you type the word "girlfriend"? -Jay
Don't listen to him, Jay's hard on everybody. I have complete sympathy for you. My wife gets all upset whenever I use that word, too.
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ikefromla
Dec 10, 2003, 3:39 AM
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she couldn't relate. she didn't understand my passion for climbing. this led to other issues within our relationship. we are not together anymore. i still climb with her brother.
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roadguy
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I have, over the course of a long climbing career, been so obsessed with it that I lost a few very nice girlfriends because of it. It became a standard refrain "it's either climbing or me". When that happened, well the g/f just sorta disappeared from my scene. But after climbing for many years a bit of burnout crept into it and I found other high intensity activities to take their place.
Bike racing replaced climbing for a number of years. Met another g/f who I taught how to climb, where upon climbing became my focus for the next 4 years or so, then back to cycling, skiing, they all are great ways to get my yayas going. But one thing I have found, whether it was in cycling or climbing, g/fs who did the same things as I did created a situation which usually led to me lowering my level of climbing or riding to do it as a couple. Over time this would lead to subtle resentments on my part, since I was not doing it at the level I enjoyed the most. It's sorta like being a climbing or skiing instructor, you're always teaching others the basics and only on days off do you get to climb at the level you are used to climbing. But since it's a day off, being at the crags has to be replaced by chores you don't get done during the week, and before you know it you're own skills begin to suffer. I know this sounds like a worst case scenario, but from my own experience, which is based on working 5 or 6 days a week during the season. YMMV of course but for me it was probably why I would find new ways to bring risk and intensity to my life. But whats really cool, I always come back to climbing cause its been such a good passion in my like. Ok..nuf said
On a side note..the g/f I taught how to climb, well we broke up cause she became a better climber then me and I was cramping her climbing style..LOL..I guess a bit of qud pro quo is always in order.
cheers all
Pat
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dingus
Dec 10, 2003, 3:40 PM
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In reply to: Careful Dingus, look at his username. He does know.
Do you see the blood running down my chin Maculated my dear?
Biting one's tongue will do that.
On some days, I do actually possess restraint. Cheers!
DMT
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crazygirl
Dec 10, 2003, 4:04 PM
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[quote="dingus
I HAVE sacrificed career and spent relationship points on climbing. I live where I live so that I may climb. I have turned down job offers that would take me away from the mountains. I have almost no non-climbing friends.
i couldn't resist this one. Might have something to do with your personality.
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dingus
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In reply to: i couldn't resist this one. Might have something to do with your personality.
Ya think????
DMT
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timstich
Dec 10, 2003, 4:52 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: Climbing is not the end all be all of life, if you think that it is then you have not lived a fulll life. but ultimately it is not the purpose of living. I'd ask "What then IS the purpose of living," but since you have no idea either, I won't. Careful Dingus, look at his username. He does know.
Reminds me of a neighbor who was arguing with his wife all of the time. He was always walking out after those yelling back at her, "I'm going down to the bar for Christ's sake!"
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cthcrockclimber
Dec 10, 2003, 4:57 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: Climbing is not the end all be all of life, if you think that it is then you have not lived a fulll life. but ultimately it is not the purpose of living. I'd ask "What then IS the purpose of living," but since you have no idea either, I won't. Careful Dingus, look at his username. He does know. Reminds me of a neighbor who was arguing with his wife all of the time. He was always walking out after those yelling back at her, "I'm going down to the bar for Christ's sake!"
Climbingforchrist, who are you to tell what someones be all end all of life is? It varies per person and their situation, to some it is. There is no purpose to life but to live it to its full extent, do something every day that scares you, makes you happy or both and at the end you need to ask yourself has anything I've done today made my life better, and hopefully the answer is yes. Some go climbing and the answer to that question is in fact yes, so it might be thier purpose in life, the purpose to live it to its fullest extent, because in my mind life is just like a big joke, sometimes you get it, sometimes you dont and sometimes the joke is on you.
"is this really the blood of christ? This guy must have been hammered 24/7"
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dabhaid
Dec 14, 2003, 1:48 AM
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mental liberation, but utter focus
physical pain, but satisfaction
goals and targets but no repercussions
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laclimberchick
Dec 14, 2003, 3:36 AM
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Every thing and anything. I have ended things I loved and stopped all other sports. The only time i'm not climbing is when I'm getting my shoulders put back in their sockets. climbing is the most fucking addictive sport in the world.
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diodesanddihedrals
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climbing is an out for me...from my real commitments
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