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mike_devildog
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Just for fun..keep adding to the list..
1. You constantly trim your fingernails.
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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.
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2. You like climbing more than doing the laundry.
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dingus wrote: ...handjam next to the spare tire in the back. DMT
When you find a handjam next to the spare tire in the front, you may not be climbing enough.
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you draw funny looks on the metro for using the finger pockets in the side of the car instead of the handrail when standing on the train.
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You look at your girlfriend naked and things like mono pocket, hand crack etc come to mind 
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You consider most door frames, chimney or lie back.
Talk to your non-climber friends in .."Vertical"
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In reply to: You look at your girlfriend naked and things like mono pocket, hand crack etc come to mind
A guy at my gym constantly refers to the one-finger and two-finger pockets as third-base holds.
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when you start a post about Steph Davis being divorced.
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johnwesely wrote: 2. You like climbing more than doing the laundry.
9. When you hang out on the RC.com forums.
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Agreed!!
10. When I sit at work and constantly look at areas to go climbing on line, plane tickets, weather forecast, etc!
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11. When you're constantly wondering what the brick walls inside the restuarant / bar / bank / bookstore / etc. will go at.
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dingus wrote: denorza2009 wrote: You look at your girlfriend naked and things like mono pocket, hand crack etc come to mind (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT
I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motorsickle...
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when your constantly plotting routes to the tops of all the buildings you visit
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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?"
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climbingtrash wrote: dingus wrote: denorza2009 wrote: You look at your girlfriend naked and things like mono pocket, hand crack etc come to mind (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motorsickle...
Coming in from London
over the pole
ridin in a big airliner
chicken flying everywhere around the plane
lord I couldn't feel much finer.....
To keep this on topic - I broke my neck a few years ago. And I fly a lot on business. It has been my great pleasure and privilege to fly over many of the continental mountain areas of the US, many times, in all seasons, etc.
So as a climber and a mountaineer of course I pined for the coveted 'window seat in front of the wing.'
I knew before boarding any flight (still do) which side of the plane was likely to offer the best eye-balling seats.
well I get terrible neck cramps if I eyeball out the window too long. And yet... I can't stop myself.
So if you're flying somewhere and you see a strange old man at the window seat, face plastered to the window, alternately making cooing noises followed by whimpering?
It may be me... obsessing over climbing. Hurts so good.
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dingus wrote: (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT
The "Group W" bench?
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When running out of Friends and having nuts that are too small makes you really giddy and excited with nervous energy.
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You Know youre obsessed with rock climbing when...
you take your rack more places than you take your wife.
In reply to: The "Group W" bench?
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the_leech wrote: dingus wrote: (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT The "Group W" bench?
With the mother-rapers and father stabbers and father rapers? Father rapers!
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...you refer to climbing gear as "sexy". And you mean it.
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the_leech wrote: dingus wrote: (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT The "Group W" bench?
The Oldsters will out.
Hehe
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dingus wrote: the_leech wrote: dingus wrote: (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT The "Group W" bench? The Oldsters will out. Hehe DMT
...and I said littering, and they all moved away from me there on the group W bench. So I added and causing a general nuisance, and they moved back ad we was havin' a good time there on the group W bench.
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You have a plan for climbing to the ceiling for every room you've ever been in.
And for particular rooms (office meeting rooms), you've already come up with mental eliminates.
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mike_devildog wrote: Just for fun..keep adding to the list.. 1. You constantly trim your fingernails.
When you never have to trim your nails because the rock keeps them ground down for you.
If yo have ever placed a stopper or cam inyou floppy drive at work and thought that might be bomber.
when you are at work and typing stuff like this on RC.com instread of working
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fxgranite wrote: And for particular rooms (office meeting rooms), you've already come up with mental eliminates.
Ummm....did you mean imaginary routes with fewer holds, or a lack of mental capacity from the meetings?
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Yeah, I know I spelled rapers wrong...not gonna change it either.
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boymeetsrock wrote: dingus wrote: the_leech wrote: dingus wrote: (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT The "Group W" bench? The Oldsters will out. Hehe DMT ...and I said littering, and they all moved away from me there on the group W bench. So I added and causing a general nuisance, and they moved back ad we was havin' a good time there on the group W bench.
They was mean and nasty and ugly and horrible crime-type guys sitting on the bench next to me. And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one -- the meanest
father raper of them all -- was coming over to me and he was mean and ugly and nasty and horrible and all kind of things, and he sat down next to me and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?"
I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?"
And I said, "Littering."
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and toenails... to keep squeezing your feet into those old pair of shoes that still have some rubber left on them you think you can get one or two more redpoints out of! evan..
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Gmburns2000 wrote: 11. When you're constantly wondering what the brick walls inside the restuarant / bar / bank / bookstore / etc. will go at.
11.5. When you have climbed them all.
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rockforlife wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: 11. When you're constantly wondering what the brick walls inside the restuarant / bar / bank / bookstore / etc. will go at. 11.5. When you have climbed them all.
heh...well played
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When you happily smash your foot in a 2 size smaller shoe. And reply..." O these are nice"...
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Your climbing gear is worth more than your car.
You coil your extention cords the same as you do your rope.
You use an old ice axe to weed the garden.
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kachoong wrote: Your climbing gear is worth more than your car. You coil your extention cords the same as you do your rope. You use an old ice axe to weed the garden.
kachoong I'm curious dude - what's an Aussie rock climber need ice axes for (other than hoeing?)
Ah.... maybe one of those classic Phil Box jungle adventure walls?????
Poaching kangaroos?
There's no ice atall on the continent is there (ignorance on my part)
Do you go all Kiwi to get you icicles?
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when...
the shirt you are wearing right now has chalk on it
Rob
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bill413 wrote: fxgranite wrote: And for particular rooms (office meeting rooms), you've already come up with mental eliminates. Ummm....did you mean imaginary routes with fewer holds, or a lack of mental capacity from the meetings?
Imaginary routes with fewer holds but there are plenty of meetings where the second is equally true
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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
There's a really good finger lock between the cab and topper of my truck, but it turns to tight hands near the roof of the cab.
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petsfed 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 There's a really good finger lock between the cab and topper of my truck, but it turns to tight hands near the roof of the cab.
Same here, but mine's thin hands the whole way.
I've got another one:
When you've ripped off the top of your doorjam from doing pullups on it.
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hahahaha..so true..multiple door jams!
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When you come back to work after "lunch" with chalk on your pants
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I may have asked you this before mike, but what's with the devildog handle? We have a sport route near here named AC Devildog. Apparently it was the call sign of the FA's brother, a chopper pilot in the Army.
Is that you?
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When you budget for gear/trips each year and that amount is 50%+ of your income.
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jpetsch123 wrote: petsfed 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 There's a really good finger lock between the cab and topper of my truck, but it turns to tight hands near the roof of the cab. Same here, but mine's thin hands the whole way. I've got another one: When you've ripped off the top of your doorjam from doing pullups on it.
Its always good for a silent smirk when you catch one of your fruity climbing budds feeling up your car or house.
Pervs!
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you know your an ice climber if you live in MN and go to Canada for vacation in the winter
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caleb_danner wrote: you know your an ice climber if you live in MN and go to Canada for vacation in the winter
Good one.
Or maybe you curl?
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when you can't comprehend what non-climbers do with their spare time
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la_rouche wrote: In reply to: You look at your girlfriend naked and things like mono pocket, hand crack etc come to mind A guy at my gym constantly refers to the one-finger and two-finger pockets as third-base holds.
LOL
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moose_droppings wrote: You Know youre obsessed with rock climbing when... you take your rack more places than you take your wife.
Or you like um racking your rack, better than racking your wife?
j/k
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dingus wrote: kachoong wrote: Your climbing gear is worth more than your car. You coil your extention cords the same as you do your rope. You use an old ice axe to weed the garden. kachoong I'm curious dude - what's an Aussie rock climber need ice axes for (other than hoeing?) Ah.... maybe one of those classic Phil Box jungle adventure walls????? Poaching kangaroos? There's no ice atall on the continent is there (ignorance on my part) Do you go all Kiwi to get you icicles? DMT
Heh!! Box's Jungle Wall...
Yeah, sounds like a bit of a conundrum to have ice downunder, eh?
The first place I climbed ice was at Blue Lake on the Main Range in Aus. Short routes but fun! We have plenty of snow (more like Appalacian snow though), but not much actual ice climbing.
Here's Blue Lake:
But yeah, we mostly go to NZ for both ice and great powder.
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I was in the Marine Corps for 6 yrs..awww the good times..haha! Not really!
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mike_devildog wrote: I was in the Marine Corps for 6 yrs..awww the good times..haha! Not really!
A former Marine recon splained to me the meaning of
USMC...
U Signed the Motherfukin Contract!
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HAHA definently a fact..lol!
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When you care about the size of your rack more then the size of your girlfriend's.
When you catagorize your friends into two lists - climbers and non-climbers.
When you then mentally delete the second list.
When a ham sammach doesn't taste right without a little chalk on it.
When someone asks if you like the new V8 and you say it was sandbagged.
when you reach for your chalkbag when you get sweaty hands from typing at work. Extra points if it's actually there.
You look at a stone bulding and all you friends say "NO!"
When your feet hurt for days after having to run from the cops/security in your climbing shoes.
When "going out for a night on the town" requires dark clothing, chalk, and climbing shoes.
You leave your second story window open and "forget" your keys once a month.
When someone says "tight crack" you immediately think of hard climbing and blue TCUs.
When you dig a chick with nuts.
When you haven't had sex in months and read a dirty message from your girlfriend you shrug and go back to looking at pics on rockclimbing.com.
When your world geography is based completely off of where the famous climbing areas are.
"wait, where's Argentina?" "Patagonia is there" "oh, right on. I know where you're at."
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if you've ever shoved your hands into a chalkbag to stop the bleeding
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You obsess over which rubber gives you more sensitivity...and you aren't purchasing them at a pharmacist.
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"I'm not obsessed....
...I can quit whenever I want to...
...I just don't want to is all....
...Stop staring at me like that!"
And that's when I clubbed my mother unconscious with an old hex and stole her wallet (so I could double up on a few cam sizes and still have gas money to get to the crag). Interventions are fucking lame.
By the way dude, can I bum some chalk off you? Just 30g to hold me over for a few days. I swear it's the last time I ask. I swear. I'll pay it back... just as soon as I get sponsored.
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sungam wrote: When you catagorize your friends into two lists - climbers and non-climbers. When you then mentally delete the second list.
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kriso9tails wrote: "I'm not obsessed.... ...I can quit whenever I want to... ...I just don't want to is all.... ...Stop staring at me like that!" And that's when I clubbed my mother unconscious with an old hex and stole her wallet (so I could double up on a few cam sizes and still have gas money to get to the crag). Interventions are fucking lame. By the way dude, can I bum some chalk off you? Just 30g to hold me over for a few days. I swear it's the last time I ask. I swear. I'll pay it back... just as soon as I get sponsored.
heh
Been told by people around me that I'm addicted...but I don't FEEL addicted...
though since the money ran dry, I'm exchanging services to satisfy my need to climb great big hard things...
so if you see a pair of rainbow armwarmers...
addiction/obsession?
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sungam wrote: When you care about the size of your rack more then the size of your girlfriend's. When you catagorize your friends into two lists - climbers and non-climbers. When you then mentally delete the second list. When a ham sammach doesn't taste right without a little chalk on it. When someone asks if you like the new V8 and you say it was sandbagged. when you reach for your chalkbag when you get sweaty hands from typing at work. Extra points if it's actually there. You look at a stone bulding and all you friends say "NO!" When your feet hurt for days after having to run from the cops/security in your climbing shoes. When "going out for a night on the town" requires dark clothing, chalk, and climbing shoes. You leave your second story window open and "forget" your keys once a month. When someone says "tight crack" you immediately think of hard climbing and blue TCUs. When you dig a chick with nuts. When you haven't had sex in months and read a dirty message from your girlfriend you shrug and go back to looking at pics on rockclimbing.com. When your world geography is based completely off of where the famous climbing areas are. "wait, where's Argentina?" "Patagonia is there" "oh, right on. I know where you're at."
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sungam wrote: When you catagorize your friends into two lists - climbers and non-climbers. When you then mentally delete the second list. when you reach for your chalkbag when you get sweaty hands from typing at work. You look at a stone bulding and all you friends say "NO!" When your feet hurt for days after having to run from the cops/security in your climbing shoes.
haaaaaa these are soooooo true.
i've found awesome offwidths between buildings in downtown sac.. yeah which of course results in running 6 blocks to catch up with everybody after you send it and/or running 6 blocks away from a cop....
always..
i was once climbing an easy low angle brick wall (~80 degrees) got about 2.5 stories up (the whole thing's about 6 stories) realized i had a crowd gathering so promptly downclimbed and walked quickly away as if they didn't see me... good times. lol
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dingus
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Maybe we need to do an Intervention?
Like when one of those polar bear club winter swim freaks decides to quit the club and the rest of the old freaks intervene to confront the wayward soul...
'what - you don't want to be a polar bear no more?'
Huh?
HUH???!!!!
DMT
ps. Maybe the Dingus 8 your baby!
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rockandlice
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rdmeeks wrote: when... the shirt you are wearing right now has chalk on it Rob
Hah! Guilty as charged, and I'm at work!
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dingus
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Your kids make fun of your mountain driving habits (unmercifully in my case, of course)....
(Gabby pretends to be driving with her head out the window looking up at rocks and driving off the wrong side of the road, intoning...)
"You see those rocks? Those sure are some pretty rocks!"
Hehe. Kids! Don't ever have any!
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dingus
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evanwish wrote: i was once climbing an easy low angle brick wall (~80 degrees) got about 2.5 stories up (the whole thing's about 6 stories) realized i had a crowd gathering so promptly downclimbed and walked quickly away as if they didn't see me... good times. lol
What were you climbing, a ziggurat?
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dingus wrote: evanwish wrote: i was once climbing an easy low angle brick wall (~80 degrees) got about 2.5 stories up (the whole thing's about 6 stories) realized i had a crowd gathering so promptly downclimbed and walked quickly away as if they didn't see me... good times. lol What were you climbing, a ziggurat? DMT
I was thinking it was the Leaning Tower of Piza. Those brick layers need shooting.
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zeke_sf
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dingus wrote: evanwish wrote: i was once climbing an easy low angle brick wall (~80 degrees) got about 2.5 stories up (the whole thing's about 6 stories) realized i had a crowd gathering so promptly downclimbed and walked quickly away as if they didn't see me... good times. lol What were you climbing, a ziggurat? DMT
I'm pretty sure he's talking about a staircase. Heady shit.
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evanwish
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when everytime you see the word "off" you expect it to be followed by "width"
no joke i just did that.. i'm obsessed.
my valley giant's comming in the mail tomorrow can't get my mind off[width] of it!
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MrMeticulous
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Speaking of buildering...
When you use the combed corners of a brick house to "warm up" on.
When you use those same combed corners to change a flood light because "Ah hell, who needs a ladder!"
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evanwish
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kachoong wrote: dingus wrote: evanwish wrote: i was once climbing an easy low angle brick wall (~80 degrees) got about 2.5 stories up (the whole thing's about 6 stories) realized i had a crowd gathering so promptly downclimbed and walked quickly away as if they didn't see me... good times. lol What were you climbing, a ziggurat? DMT I was thinking it was the Leaning Tower of Piza. Those brick layers need shooting.
haaa now that would be cool!
no it was one of those "modern design" parking garages.. each corner had a brick cap covering the stairs.. one side would be dead vertical and the other was overlapped brick.. so infinite holds and all about a good .5"
didn't even have to bother with the climbing shoes or chalk, super fun!
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kriso9tails
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ladyscarlett wrote: though since the money ran dry, I'm exchanging services to satisfy my need to climb great big hard things... so if you see a pair of rainbow armwarmers...
Will do bad things for good belay?
Although, the last time a girl got me with that 'exchange for services' line I seem to have misunderstood. I thought she was going to carry all my gear for me, but it turns out she just meant sex. So much effort.
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lucaskrajnik wrote: Talk to your non-climber friends in .."Vertical"
You ditch your non-climber friends for all climber friends
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ladyscarlett
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kriso9tails wrote: ladyscarlett wrote: though since the money ran dry, I'm exchanging services to satisfy my need to climb great big hard things... so if you see a pair of rainbow armwarmers... Will do bad things for good belay? Although, the last time a girl got me with that 'exchange for services' line I seem to have misunderstood. I thought she was going to carry all my gear for me, but it turns out she just meant sex. So much effort.
heh - I come from a long history of coolies, so I'm used to mule services. The pack helps me on chimneys though! The complimentary gummy worms at The Top, picture-taking, and that mint on your sleeping bag... that's all part of it!
Bad things...it depends on how you interpret "bad" - heh - I like to play with nuts and cracks, is that bad?
My best service though - instigating!!
Addition to the list
Putting everything in the kitchen high, so that every time you're in the kitchen, it's a boulder problem! (maybe this is only for short people...no wonder mantling came so easily...)
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amen.
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keep_it_real
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when you can get excited about a "problem"
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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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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
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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.
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...
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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
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.
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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.
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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?
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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. Nawmean? DMT
It pains me like a fissure in my ass, but, yeah, I nawyoumean.
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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.
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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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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.
thumb's up, brah!
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winglessangel
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rsmillbern wrote: When you come back to work after "lunch" with chalk on your pants
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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zeke_sf
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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 ½ 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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- When you realize the summer is almost over and you haven't been to the beach once. And you live in a city with near two dozens of them.
- When you consider becoming a naturist cause the nude's beach has some killer boulders.
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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.
- When you realize you shower more often at the waterfall then at home. (to make it to work on time)
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winglessangel wrote: 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. - When you realize you shower more often at the waterfall then at home. (to make it to work on time)
Reason #1,102 it sucks I don't live in Brazil: Climbing chicks most often shower in waterfalls there
Reason #1,103 it sucks I don't live in Brazil: the affordability of brazil nuts
Reason #1,104 it sucks I don't...
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...when you see this REALLY HOT chick and say to yourself: "Thisone's 5.13d..."
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you start practicing knots when your board
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When you migrate out of the mountains to low lying boulders where you can continue to boulder all winter in the sun, even though you should have stayed in the mountains and enjoyed the change of season and ripped on a snowboard
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You bring shoes and chalk on non-climbing trips, just in case.
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For you female climbers: When you can exfoliate your face with your hands.
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True Story: I was able to pick out my son’s racketball racket by the fact that the shoe string at the end of the handle was tied with a double fisherman’s.
Yes, I have ropes for practicing knots by the john.
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Your fire escape from your ninth story apartment is a repel off the balcony.
You have stayed in during a fire alarm just in case you might get a chance
You have dropped your rope out the window to check if you need to double it or not
You open Pulling doors with one finger, becuase it might help with the mono strength
Your favorite climbing spot is visable from your ninth story apartment, and you actively check there daily to see if there is a belay available
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... when your dry, chalky, cracked hands start to resemble that route you sent last weekend... (ah.. that's where I put my #2)
... when you grab some electrical tape out of the tool box and start taping your chimney in the backyard. (true story...)
... everywhere you go your fingertips are always black from fondling just about every projection in sight... (that's why no one wants to shake my hands...)
... you won't buy any clothes unless they are practical for climbing as well...
... you've been reading RC.com for the last hour and a half while you should be practicing your speech.....
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winglessangel wrote: - When you realize the summer is almost over and you haven't been to the beach once. And you live in a city with near two dozens of them. - When you consider becoming a naturist cause the nude's beach has some killer boulders.
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patmay81 wrote: winglessangel wrote: - When you realize the summer is almost over and you haven't been to the beach once. And you live in a city with near two dozens of them. - When you consider becoming a naturist cause the nude's beach has some killer boulders. If you need a spotter you could probably get a few volunteers!
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patmay81 wrote: winglessangel wrote: - When you realize the summer is almost over and you haven't been to the beach once. And you live in a city with near two dozens of them. - When you consider becoming a naturist cause the nude's beach has some killer boulders. If you need a spotter you could probably get a few volunteers!
...when you feel obligated to make a redundant post about how redundant it is to post that it's obsessive to create a thread about being obsessed with rockclimbing.
...when you buy a Powerlung Sport to aid in your climbing and swimming conditioning (handy for commuting,) get long-winded in person, unconsciously allow it to carry over to the internet, type much more than is necessary, and take enough time doing so to realize that you're doing it and then write even more about that. 
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You've seriously considered putting an optical mouse inside a plastic gym hold. Bonus points for anyone who's actually done it. Double bonus points if you claimed it was more 'ergonomic.'
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In reply to: when you're walking down the street, look at a brick wall and your friends sream NOOO!!!!
this happened to me the other day. I climbed it anyways.
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When your friends are getting annoyed at your incessant ramblings for over 3 months about your upcoming month long vacation to Hueco Tanks. AAYYYIIIEEEYYYEEEEEEEEE!!!! eleven111.
When you pack stuff on your motorcycle (sport bike) even tho your not taking a trip, just to see how much more stuff you can fit for next time.
When going to the crag sounds more appealing than going to a pool party with many bikini clad females. (and Im single, by choice).
When all of your plans for future vacations change into climbing vacations instead of stupid ones.
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- when you just flashed that last double black mogul section
- when someone asks you how your midterm went and you tell them "i'd say it was at least 5.13d... didn't go so well"
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When you forego snowboarding on a snow day for climbing on plastic instead!
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mecalekahi-mekahidyho wrote: When going to the crag sounds more appealing than going to a pool party with many bikini clad females. (and Im single, by choice).
Um.......
Uh......
Eh, er, ah.......
Never mind. Carry on.
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dingus wrote: mecalekahi-mekahidyho wrote: When going to the crag sounds more appealing than going to a pool party with many bikini clad females. (and Im single, by choice). Um....... Uh...... Eh, er, ah....... Never mind. Carry on. DMT
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your hands are rougher than a carpenter and your job is a cashier
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Im single now, but I was in a relationship for the past 4 years and just enjoying my single life with no obligations.
What would be your motivation to going to this party? Sex? Eye candy? "socializing"? If I were to go, I might end up dating again which would kill my climbing life.
Id rather climb.
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When you have pictures of your gear as the wallpaper on your cellphone
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You know you're obsessed when
Your girlfriend constantly steers from the passenger seat whenever you drive by mountains or rocks.
You need your daily climbing fix, even if you have to climb the doors in your house.
You walk into a bar and pay more attention to the walls then the women.
You are at the gym at least 15 minutes before its open on a regular basis.
You have asked the gym owner for special 24 hour access.
Your second date was to the local crags.
You are afraid of low places.
You keep a bag of chalk in your car, just in case.
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amigo25zmy wrote: You are at the gym at least 15 minutes before its open on a regular basis.
As someone who works at a climbing wall, let me simply say that I hate you for arbitarily making me feel bad for showing up on time (which is to say, the same time you got there). You could've left 15 minutes later, but no, you had to be there first, and nothing makes a customer service rep feel worse than a customer they are not allowed to help yet.
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petsfed wrote: amigo25zmy wrote: You are at the gym at least 15 minutes before its open on a regular basis. As someone who works at a climbing wall, let me simply say that I hate you for arbitarily making me feel bad for showing up on time (which is to say, the same time you got there). You could've left 15 minutes later, but no, you had to be there first, and nothing makes a customer service rep feel worse than a customer they are not allowed to help yet.
Open sooner. Our gym doesn't open til 12 during the week, 10 on weekends. They need to open by 9 at least.
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amigo25zmy wrote: petsfed wrote: amigo25zmy wrote: You are at the gym at least 15 minutes before its open on a regular basis. As someone who works at a climbing wall, let me simply say that I hate you for arbitarily making me feel bad for showing up on time (which is to say, the same time you got there). You could've left 15 minutes later, but no, you had to be there first, and nothing makes a customer service rep feel worse than a customer they are not allowed to help yet. Open sooner. Our gym doesn't open til 12 during the week, 10 on weekends. They need to open by 9 at least.
I'm not the manager.
And if the gym can't afford to pay somebody to cover expanded hours, you're just gonna have to deal with it. Managers expand the hours after it gets crowded during regular hours, not because a few members (who are not typically the primary revenue source at a gym) want to be there earlier.
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amigo25zmy wrote: You walk into a bar and pay more attention to the walls then the women.
I'm sensing an unhealthy trend in this thread.
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fist wrote: You bring shoes and chalk on non-climbing trips, just in case.
When there's no such thing as a "non-climbing trip"!
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petsfed wrote: amigo25zmy wrote: petsfed wrote: amigo25zmy wrote: You are at the gym at least 15 minutes before its open on a regular basis. As someone who works at a climbing wall, let me simply say that I hate you for arbitarily making me feel bad for showing up on time (which is to say, the same time you got there). You could've left 15 minutes later, but no, you had to be there first, and nothing makes a customer service rep feel worse than a customer they are not allowed to help yet. Open sooner. Our gym doesn't open til 12 during the week, 10 on weekends. They need to open by 9 at least. I'm not the manager. And if the gym can't afford to pay somebody to cover expanded hours, you're just gonna have to deal with it. Managers expand the hours after it gets crowded during regular hours, not because a few members (who are not typically the primary revenue source at a gym) want to be there earlier.
That makes sense. And I guess there's no way to allow members in without supervision, thats just trouble waiting to happen.
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When you are willing to tolerate a psychotic paranoid wanker for a belay.
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You Know youre obsessed with rock climbing
when you marry a retard rock climber
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Everywhere you go you want to climb or boulder that wall you see as you go past, or you at least observe it to predict how climbable it is.
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you read TR as top rope on a profs office hours insead of Tuesday Thursday
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the_leech wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: dingus wrote: the_leech wrote: dingus wrote: (and they all moved away from him there on the bench...) DMT The "Group W" bench? The Oldsters will out. Hehe DMT ...and I said littering, and they all moved away from me there on the group W bench. So I added and causing a general nuisance, and they moved back ad we was havin' a good time there on the group W bench. They was mean and nasty and ugly and horrible crime-type guys sitting on the bench next to me. And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one -- the meanest father raper of them all -- was coming over to me and he was mean and ugly and nasty and horrible and all kind of things, and he sat down next to me and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?" I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" And I said, "Littering."
"Kids, this-piece-of-paper's-got-47-words-37-sentences-58-words-we-wanna-
know-details-of-the-crime-time-of-the-crime-and-any-other-kind-of-thing-
you-gotta-say-pertaining-to-and-about-the-crime-I-want-to-know-arresting-
officer's-name-and-any-other-kind-of-thing-you-gotta-say", and talked for
forty-five minutes and nobody understood a word that he said, but we had
fun filling out the forms and playing with the pencils on the bench there,
and I filled out the massacre with the four part harmony, and wrote it
down there, just like it was, and everything was fine and I put down the
pencil, and I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the
other side, in the middle of the other side, away from everything else on
the other side, in parentheses, capital letters, quotated, read the
following words:
("KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?")
I went over to the sargent, said, "Sargeant, you got a lot a damn gall to
ask me if I've rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I'm
sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench
'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army, burn women,
kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug."
Arlo is the man.
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I listen to a lot of different music. I like modern rock, the stuff you'll hear on pop radio today. I like the rock hip hop fusion too. I detested the 80s Big Hair Music and always will.
But being an old man my roots are firmly planted in the 60s and 70s. I remember seeing the naked dude on the cover of Life (Woodstock).
The folk movement of the 60s had a powerful influence in rock.
So a dope smokin friend of my brother's introduced me to Arlo, to John Prine and a host of other riff raff.
I like a lot of you fell in love with Alice's Restaurant and knew every word, every note (like American Pie too).
I saw Arlo and Prine play together, in Stockton of all places, in 1989. Arlo had his long trademark hair - but it had all gone white.
Prine was hitting on all cylinders that night. It was great, to see Arlo play his signature songs (Coming in from London, over the pole, flying in a big airliner!).
ANYWAY... many years later I found my daughter delving 'into Dad's music.' She's her own woman and listens to what she likes.
One day I noticed she had Alice's Restaurant on her iPod. And she knew every word, every note.
A generational connection like that is cool. Gabby and I can speak in Seinfeld and we can also speak in Alice's Restaurant.
Yall know exactly what I mean, dontchya?????
But I didn't come here to talk about that. I came to talk about the draft.
DMT
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you just read every single post on this discussion and laughed to yourself because you know you've done that.
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krusher4
Mar 18, 2009, 3:31 PM
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clews wrote: rockhound71 wrote: When you forego snowboarding on a snow day for climbing on plastic instead! agreed... i've made it out once this year
after 15 years of never missing a ski/board season, I haven't gone up this year to avoid injury during my winter training.
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dingus wrote: But I didn't come here to talk about that. I came to talk about the draft. DMT
You remember "climbing" this is a "thread" about "climbing.'
LOL, not directed at you Dingus. Gud story BTW. I hope to share these same realizations as a father one day.
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dingus
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This is a thread about obsessions.
"He wants it? HE GETS IT! Now I don't like it any more than you men."
DMT
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You have an EXCEL spreadsheet that calculates your monthly paycheck into climbing gear: 1x set of nuts, 1x ice tool, 10x biners + 5x slings = 5 draws, 2x #4, 2x #3, etc.
You wear nylons only because they are great for making chalk balls.
You piss off your mother, who has just flown in miles to see you, her only child, for Mother's Day because there's excellent climbing weather. Your logic: when you come back in the afternoon, it still will be Mother's Day! (btw... She's still pissed off about that!... Not my fault Mother's Day comes on a Saturday).
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dumbsocrates wrote: (btw... She's still pissed off about that!... Not my fault Mother's Day comes on a Saturday).
Maybe she's pissed because you missed Mother's Day completely....
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Does it come on a Saturday? Or maybe it was her birthday? That's serious.... the POINT IS if it's a good climbing day, you go climb! And she should understand!
oooh... one more: Your idea of a romantic date is watching climbing videos!
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boymeetsrock wrote: dingus wrote: But I didn't come here to talk about that. I came to talk about the draft. DMT You remember "climbing" this is a "thread" about "climbing.'
Not getting the joke?
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majid_sabet wrote: You Know youre obsessed with rock climbing when you marry a retard rock climber
I'm REALLY not a fan of saying "FAIL," as I think it is so utterly unoriginal. However, perhaps there truly is a time and a place for everything.
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nice
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scienceguy288 wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: dingus wrote: But I didn't come here to talk about that. I came to talk about the draft. DMT You remember "climbing" this is a "thread" about "climbing.' Not getting the joke?
Apparently YOU aren't getting the joke. Dingus did.
"Remember Alice? This is a song about Alice." (Altered only slightly to fit the thread.)
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boymeetsrock wrote: scienceguy288 wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: dingus wrote: But I didn't come here to talk about that. I came to talk about the draft. DMT You remember "climbing" this is a "thread" about "climbing.' Not getting the joke? Apparently YOU aren't getting the joke. Dingus did. "Remember Alice? This is a song about Alice." (Altered only slightly to fit the thread.)
Ah, sorry 'bout that. Didn't quite get the connection at first.
Well here's one for ya:
When somebody says that you HAVE to fix the roof this weekend and can't go climbing you "wanna kill...Kill...KILL!"
Pleast note that this is NOT a threat. Listen to Alice's Restaurant by Arlo guthrie and then you will understand half of these posts.
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boymeetsrock
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scienceguy288 wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: scienceguy288 wrote: boymeetsrock wrote: dingus wrote: But I didn't come here to talk about that. I came to talk about the draft. DMT You remember "climbing" this is a "thread" about "climbing.' Not getting the joke? Apparently YOU aren't getting the joke. Dingus did. "Remember Alice? This is a song about Alice." (Altered only slightly to fit the thread.) Ah, sorry 'bout that. Didn't quite get the connection at first. Well here's one for ya: When somebody says that you HAVE to fix the roof this weekend and can't go climbing you "wanna kill...Kill...KILL!" Pleast note that this is NOT a threat. Listen to Alice's Restaurant by Arlo guthrie and then you will understand half of these posts.
And the Sargent came in, and we were all jumping up and down saying kill... Kill... KILL!!
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boymeetsrock
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When you keep hanging around this thread even though you haven't climbed in so long that you really have nothing to add...
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rainman0915 wrote: when your constantly plotting routes to the tops of all the buildings you visit
Guilty as charged.
Oh, and it seems that there is a bit of an inside, reoccuring joke on this thread.
You know you are obsessed with climbing when...
You take a half a ton of climbing gear, put it in the back of a red VW
microbus, take biners and chalk and implements of destruction and headed
on toward the local crag.
Well you got there and there was a big sign and a chain across across the
gate saying, "Closed on Thanksgiving." And you had never heard of a crag
closed on Thanksgiving before, and with tears in your eyes you drove off
into the sunset looking for another place to climb.
You didn't find one. Until you came to a side road, and off the side of the
side road there was another 50 foot cliff so you decide to climb there.
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amigo25zmy wrote: petsfed wrote: amigo25zmy wrote: You are at the gym at least 15 minutes before its open on a regular basis. As someone who works at a climbing wall, let me simply say that I hate you for arbitarily making me feel bad for showing up on time (which is to say, the same time you got there). You could've left 15 minutes later, but no, you had to be there first, and nothing makes a customer service rep feel worse than a customer they are not allowed to help yet. Open sooner. Our gym doesn't open til 12 during the week, 10 on weekends. They need to open by 9 at least.
I work at a gym that opens at 6am and we have this problem too.
and you're not really obsessed with climbing until you quit your job and buy a van
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5 more months and then I'm spend 1 year on the road!!!!
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Varanuschris wrote: amigo25zmy wrote: petsfed wrote: amigo25zmy wrote: You are at the gym at least 15 minutes before its open on a regular basis. As someone who works at a climbing wall, let me simply say that I hate you for arbitarily making me feel bad for showing up on time (which is to say, the same time you got there). You could've left 15 minutes later, but no, you had to be there first, and nothing makes a customer service rep feel worse than a customer they are not allowed to help yet. Open sooner. Our gym doesn't open til 12 during the week, 10 on weekends. They need to open by 9 at least. I work at a gym that opens at 6am and we have this problem too. and you're not really obsessed with climbing until you quit your job and buy a van
Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear.
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sungam wrote: Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear.
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patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear. this would be any trad climber, obsessed or not! unless your pulling 6 figures a year who could afford a BMW, fillet Mignon and double sets of c4s?
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sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear. this would be any trad climber, obsessed or not! unless your pulling 6 figures a year who could afford a BMW, fillet Mignon and double sets of c4s? Did I hear Curt come in?
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patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear. this would be any trad climber, obsessed or not! unless your pulling 6 figures a year who could afford a BMW, fillet Mignon and double sets of c4s? Did I hear Curt come in? does he drive a beemer, eat $20 steak and climb exclusively on bd? If so, I'm not sure he qualifies as a trad climber.
I'd say that he's pretty much a badass, btw.
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sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear. this would be any trad climber, obsessed or not! unless your pulling 6 figures a year who could afford a BMW, fillet Mignon and double sets of c4s? Did I hear Curt come in? does he drive a beemer, eat $20 steak and climb exclusively on bd? If so, I'm not sure he qualifies as a trad climber. He drives a toyota hybrid, ate various foods, all of which were tasty, and climbed on a bunch of stuff. I'd say that he's pretty much a badass, btw.
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sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear. this would be any trad climber, obsessed or not! unless your pulling 6 figures a year who could afford a BMW, fillet Mignon and double sets of c4s? Did I hear Curt come in? does he drive a beemer, eat $20 steak and climb exclusively on bd? If so, I'm not sure he qualifies as a trad climber. He drives a toyota hybrid, ate various foods, all of which were tasty, and climbed on a bunch of stuff. I'd say that he's pretty much a badass, btw.
But he mostly boulders anymore. Boulders harder than me, when he forgets his shoes and has to buy a new pair.
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petsfed wrote: sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: patmay81 wrote: sungam wrote: Here's another - when you eat shit and drive a rust-mobile but insist on paying extra to have the best climbing gear. this would be any trad climber, obsessed or not! unless your pulling 6 figures a year who could afford a BMW, fillet Mignon and double sets of c4s? Did I hear Curt come in? does he drive a beemer, eat $20 steak and climb exclusively on bd? If so, I'm not sure he qualifies as a trad climber. He drives a toyota hybrid, ate various foods, all of which were tasty, and climbed on a bunch of stuff. I'd say that he's pretty much a badass, btw. But he mostly boulders anymore. Boulders harder than me, when he forgets his shoes and has to buy a new pair.
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sungam
Apr 1, 2009, 6:27 PM
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This just in-
You know you're a dirtbag climber when roadbikers riding by comment on your filthyness.
When push-starting your friend's POS car (no offense, jmenzies, but it IS a POS) becomes a casual experiance.
When considering where to park and what shops you can go to, push-starting considerations must be made.
When you look foreward to "gourmet dinner night" all week, which consists of two tins of chef-boy-ardee ravioli and some parm.
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mounacheese
Apr 1, 2009, 11:46 PM
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when all you can think of is knee bar when driving with no hands
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Craggmire
Apr 2, 2009, 5:38 AM
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When during the break up argument with your was girlfriend one of your retorts is "oh yeah, well you're a shitty belayer and I'd rather solo than have you as my partner!"
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