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utahwiregate
Mar 15, 2004, 6:02 PM
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Ok.
It has been a little while since the last trivia thread, and I have got a good one bouncing around in my head.
"If the couch beckons, set it on fire."
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unabonger
Mar 15, 2004, 9:44 PM
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"Is discretion really the better part of valor?"
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utahwiregate
Mar 17, 2004, 6:09 PM
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"Is discretion really the better part of valor?"
-Kregg P. Jorgenson from "LRRP Company Command : The Cav's LRP/Rangers in Vietnam, 1968-1969"
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unabonger
Mar 19, 2004, 1:47 PM
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Ok, nice job, quote boy, but what route includes the "valor" quote in its description in a Colorado guidebook?
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rokshoxbkr19
Mar 19, 2004, 1:53 PM
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"I diffuse fear with 2 words, YOU LEAD", partner to me on the 5 pitch sport climb Made To Be Broken in Zion National Park. I love that line, hehehe
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utahwiregate
Mar 19, 2004, 4:27 PM
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In reply to: Ok, nice job, quote boy, but what route includes the "valor" quote in its description in a Colorado guidebook?
Dooooood. No Idea. :oops: Must...ahem...say I have not yet climbed in the great state of Colorado. Anyone else know what route this quote ties into in the guidebook?
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unabonger
Mar 23, 2004, 3:10 PM
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Utahman,
Jim Erickson. Rocky Heights, Guide to Boulder Free Climbs. 1980
In the description for Perilous Journey....
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crag
Mar 23, 2004, 3:19 PM
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In reply to: Ok. "If the couch beckons, set it on fire."
David Harris
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rockprodigy
Mar 23, 2004, 4:47 PM
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A notorious climber once stated this as the meaning of life:
"To flash my enemies routes, to have them fail miserably on mine, and to be the example of sexual perfection to their women."
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utahwiregate
Mar 29, 2004, 7:14 PM
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lol...let me take a stab at it...
Arnold in "Conan the Barbarian"?
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rockprodigy
Mar 29, 2004, 8:05 PM
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Nope.
Arnold said:
"To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women."
It was Todd Skinner who said the former quote.
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danabart
Apr 2, 2004, 1:25 AM
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ISN'T THAT A PARAPHRASE FROM ATTILA THE HUN?
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cmll777
Apr 6, 2004, 7:29 AM
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Rock prodigy. I remember that one, but I can not place it. I believe it was a California climber. One of the old Yosemite hard men, I believe. T.M. Herbert, maybe? If not give me a hint.
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cmll777
Apr 6, 2004, 7:51 AM
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Oops, did not read the next thread. That was my first guess, but I did not remember Skinner having a sense of humour. Where was that quote from?
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rockprodigy
Apr 6, 2004, 1:37 PM
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You're right, Todd Skinner, has no sense of humor...he was completely serious!
Just kidding. I was flipping through my back issues of Climbing one day, and I found it in the "Overheard" section. I have no idea which issue it was...nor am I going to search for it. Supposedly he said that during a slideshow.
Who said this (not a climber as far as I know):
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
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utahwiregate
Apr 7, 2004, 7:44 PM
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Prodigy, that is one sweet quote! Very poignant/humbling to us who belong to the self proclaimed tribe of "know little"...
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
Charles Darwin
K here is one:
"No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character."
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cmll777
Apr 7, 2004, 8:36 PM
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Here is some route trivia. I am paraphrasing the route name, because I can not find the mag that had the info.
Who put up Turd Skinner and his faithful Husky? (I am actually asking this because I can not remember)
What area is it in? (I remember that)
Personally, I think Todd and Paul got a bad rap. If you are going to earn a living as a professional climber, you have to get into the mags and self-promote. I do not think that takes away from their accomplishments. Their ascent of the Salathe was a ground breaking ascent, but all they got for it was crap from the climbing community. First, people publicly accused them of lying, then, when someone else led all the pitches instead of trading off with his partner, the mags called it the first true ascent. Bullsh*&%. Climbing large walls and mountains is about partnership. It is about two people bringing out the best in each other. The person first person who led all the pitches by himself deserves recognition, but he did not make the first true ascent. I think the climbing community was just bitter that Todd and Paul were able to do what others could not.
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rockprodigy
Apr 8, 2004, 12:17 AM
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I couldn't agree more. But, just like Darwin, pioneers rarely receive credit for their breakthroughs soon enough to benefit from them.
Skinner and Pianna were a glimmer of open-minded thought in the world's largest sea of crotchety proponents of the status quo...yosemite.
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