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majid_sabet
May 13, 2008, 9:45 PM
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fitzontherocks wrote: Adk wrote: I want to see this rap on video otherwise I'm NOT going to believe it!!! I still believe my method is faster and smarter.  Don't you get it? This is Majid we're talking about. We will NEVER see this video.
I will hammer Angry down like a piton once for all in RC for messing aroung with me.
MAJOR SORBAT WILL NOT LOOSE TO RCERS
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dutyje
May 13, 2008, 9:48 PM
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I was in Raleigh for a conference about 8 years ago and was chatting it up with a guy at the hotel bar. When I asked what he did for a living, he said he was a professional cruise ship passenger. Yes, that's right.
He gets paid to pose as a paying customer on cruise ships. This isn't even a mystery-shopper type thing either. He is paid to have fun, and be seen having fun, and make sure the other passengers are having fun. For example, he'll go to a bar on the ship and hang out with people, buying them drinks, getting them to dance, etc. If they're doing some big thing on deck, he'll talk about it like he's real excited and try to get as many people as he can to attend.
The whole idea is to get them having a good time, spending money, and going home to tell everybody what a great time they had. Sounds like a pretty sweet job. Free room and board... all you can eat and drink. Party all day and night... etc.
I always wondered if he worked in a cubicle for his vacations.
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dutyje
May 13, 2008, 9:51 PM
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majid_sabet wrote: MAJOR SORBAT WILL NOT LOOSE TO RCERS
Thanks, Majid! I always wanted a signature! :)
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majid_sabet
May 13, 2008, 9:57 PM
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dutyje wrote: majid_sabet wrote: MAJOR SORBAT WILL NOT LOOSE TO RCERS Thanks, Majid! I always wanted a signature! :)
Look, this thing is been eating Angry since I mentioned it in 2007. All this time, he has been suffering try to get even with me and tonight, I am going to take the 5 feet rope apart and film the whole thing. So either I will make it or I will end up in a hospital. I am very positive he is going to loose.
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a.frosch
May 13, 2008, 10:00 PM
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wmfork wrote: a.frosch wrote: In reply to: When you have the time to climb every single day with no end in sight, you have to just take some time off once in a while or you'll die. So clearly you don't work your ass off. Unless I'm missing something. Is your job so mysterious that it doesn't actually exist? Think outside the box a bit, will ya?
If Angry works night shifts, how does he have the energy to climb .12d cracks at the creek all day long? I mean I know he's an enduro ironman super-triathlete and everything, but come on.
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theguy
May 13, 2008, 10:05 PM
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irregularpanda wrote: basically we're looking at professional male prostitute, gigolo, or bartender.
I once knew a gymnastics coach who put his skills and body to use as an exotic dancer. But Golden, CO?!
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angry
May 13, 2008, 10:20 PM
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a.frosch wrote: wmfork wrote: a.frosch wrote: In reply to: When you have the time to climb every single day with no end in sight, you have to just take some time off once in a while or you'll die. So clearly you don't work your ass off. Unless I'm missing something. Is your job so mysterious that it doesn't actually exist? Think outside the box a bit, will ya? If Angry works night shifts, how does he have the energy to climb .12d cracks at the creek all day long? I mean I know he's an enduro ironman super-triathlete and everything, but come on.
My life is like a chapter from a Mark Twight book...
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dutyje
May 14, 2008, 1:20 AM
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a.frosch wrote: wmfork wrote: a.frosch wrote: In reply to: When you have the time to climb every single day with no end in sight, you have to just take some time off once in a while or you'll die. So clearly you don't work your ass off. Unless I'm missing something. Is your job so mysterious that it doesn't actually exist? Think outside the box a bit, will ya? If Angry works night shifts, how does he have the energy to climb .12d cracks at the creek all day long? I mean I know he's an enduro ironman super-triathlete and everything, but come on.
Work 8 hrs
Climb 8 hrs
Sleep 8 hrs
Repeat
Easy if you've got climbing available in your back yard.
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dingus
May 14, 2008, 1:50 AM
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angry wrote: majid_sabet wrote: Angry I am going to get the 5 meter rope apart and have that 30 footer tied up to rap with my 8. You better hope something happens to me, otherwise , I am coming after you once I get down. Angry, I was sittin on the terlit pondering the great beyond and I wondered... why not just tie little hero loops every 3 feet or so on the bogus cord and just down aid the 30 feet? Or just wear gloves and hand over hand down the thing (ouch!) But seriously, why not the down aid idea? Use two biners french free style, as handles - down ya go? DMT
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dingus
May 14, 2008, 1:59 AM
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dutyje wrote: I was in Raleigh for a conference about 8 years ago and was chatting it up with a guy at the hotel bar. When I asked what he did for a living, he said he was a professional cruise ship passenger. Yes, that's right. He gets paid to pose as a paying customer on cruise ships. This isn't even a mystery-shopper type thing either. He is paid to have fun, and be seen having fun, and make sure the other passengers are having fun. For example, he'll go to a bar on the ship and hang out with people, buying them drinks, getting them to dance, etc. If they're doing some big thing on deck, he'll talk about it like he's real excited and try to get as many people as he can to attend. The whole idea is to get them having a good time, spending money, and going home to tell everybody what a great time they had. Sounds like a pretty sweet job. Free room and board... all you can eat and drink. Party all day and night... etc. I always wondered if he worked in a cubicle for his vacations.
Dude I am perfectly serious about this... that job sound like one of the inner circles of Dante's Hell.
Reminds me of the Star Trek where the crew gets stuck in the Casino Royal pulp fiction novel. It would be like being on the Love Boat but everyone is 64 years old.
It would be....
the horror
the horror
DMT
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dutyje
May 14, 2008, 2:00 AM
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dingus wrote: Angry, I was sittin on the terlit pondering the great beyond and I wondered... why not just tie little hero loops every 3 feet or so on the bogus cord and just down aid the 30 feet? Or just wear gloves and hand over hand down the thing (ouch!) But seriously, why not the down aid idea? Use two biners french free style, as handles - down ya go? DMT
I like this.. maybe Majid can film it for us after he gets out of the hospital.
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a.frosch
May 14, 2008, 2:17 AM
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dutyje wrote: a.frosch wrote: wmfork wrote: a.frosch wrote: In reply to: When you have the time to climb every single day with no end in sight, you have to just take some time off once in a while or you'll die. So clearly you don't work your ass off. Unless I'm missing something. Is your job so mysterious that it doesn't actually exist? Think outside the box a bit, will ya? If Angry works night shifts, how does he have the energy to climb .12d cracks at the creek all day long? I mean I know he's an enduro ironman super-triathlete and everything, but come on. Work 8 hrs Climb 8 hrs Sleep 8 hrs Repeat Easy if you've got climbing available in your back yard.
Let's say it gets dark at 10. That means, wake up at 6, work till 2 pm. Immediate transport yourself to the crag. Climb from 2 to 10. Immediately fall asleep and wake up at 6 again. Forget meals; that's easily 1.5 hrs. including preparation, buying food etc. So basically Angry must not eat either.
That's one hell of a day.
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dan2see
May 14, 2008, 2:27 AM
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Hey you guys! I posted my own better solution to the Professor's BlueJay Problem (sorry not the "tell someone" version), here it is again:
dan2see wrote: I have the entire solution to the professor's challenge majid_sabet wrote: A university professor (leading expert in South American blue jay) decided to go and check out the new nest by a dry waterfall. His plan was to rappel 700 feet on the face of the dry waterfall. ... The waterfall is dry, so a lot of trees and bushes, grass and moss, are growing on the cracks and ledges. This is home to a lot of creatures. But not blue jays! Jays like the big woods, the kind you see in Canada and USA, where they can fly from tree to tree. They like evergreens, especially pines, so they compete with red squirrels (but not grey squirrels, who prefer deciduous). In my neighbourhood, they often fly from tree-top to tree-top, always in a straight line, always at least 10 meters off the ground. When they meet a red squirrel, they argue for the rights to the tree branches. Based on this knowledge, the professor's solution is: majid_sabet wrote: On early Monday, professor headed to see the blue jays. A hot summer day with no climbers around, professor decided to go naked ... professor decided to go naked as a jay-bird, and spent the rest of the morning enjoying the sun and the wind and the birds (but not the jays). After enjoying his lunch in peace, he packs up his clothes and gear, and hits the trail back to his camp, so he could enjoy a delightful dinner and lovely night. The professor might be smart, but he ain't crazy! 
Not as skillful as Angry's revealing research. Not as wise as Dingus' sage analysis. But totally practical, and far more fun.
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dutyje
May 14, 2008, 2:30 AM
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a.frosch wrote: Let's say it gets dark at 10. That means, wake up at 6, work till 2 pm. Immediate transport yourself to the crag. Climb from 2 to 10. Immediately fall asleep and wake up at 6 again. Forget meals; that's easily 1.5 hrs. including preparation, buying food etc. So basically Angry must not eat either. That's one hell of a day.
A friend of mine in Boulder has 6-pitches of rock less than 5 minutes from his house, including approach time. When you've got climbing that close by, you don't need to have a balls-out all-day-long climb-fest. Hit a handful of pitches and call it a day.. come back tomorrow for some more.
Revised timeline: Get to work by 6 AM (plenty of people I work with choose to do this in order to leave work at an early time). Work until 2 PM (many people I know work shorter days, but let's say it's 8 with a working lunch). Grab food and be climbing by 3 PM. Climb until 8 or so. Grab more food and be home no later than 9 PM. Get on RC.com to harrass Majid and then get to bed by 9:30. 8 hrs of sleep (who gets 8 hrs of sleep these days anyway?) Get up and get to work by 6 AM. Repeat.
I have no climbing nearby, so I'm stuck in a gym on weekdays. I reguarly climb at the gym after work. We usually spend about 3 hrs there and we're totally worn out by the time we leave. Of course, it's easier when you've got a lot less gear to tote and set up. So throw in a couple hours for all that screwing around. But my commute is 45 minutes each way.. I don't have any problem doing this.
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angry
May 14, 2008, 4:02 AM
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Most days I wake up around 8-9am. I slowly make coffee, check this board, do some trolling, and eat my breakfast.
Sometime between 11 and 1 I get my stuff together and head somewhere to rope solo. I can usually fire off about 15 pitches in 3 hours.
If I get a partner, we'll head somewhere depending on our schedules. If I need to work that night, we stay local. If not, anything is open.
I head back and if it's before 5 I'll decide to head to work. I'll be at work until 11pm most nights but 2-3am on friday and saturday.
If I work super late, I generally won't climb the next day if I'm working the following evening. That means I rarely climb Saturdays.
During good creek season I'll skip many weekdays because they aren't too busy and spend Monday-Thurs at the creek, driving back at my leisure Friday morning in time to make it to work that night.
It's a good gig for now.
And dingus, if you tied an extra loop to stand in to unweight your top biner and unclip, it just might work. Scary stuff either way.
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majid_sabet
May 14, 2008, 4:28 AM
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Angry
Film is been uploaded to youtube as of now
you better pack your stuff and leave RC cause you are going down AMIGO
You can win a war with commandor Sorbat
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angry
May 14, 2008, 4:43 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: Angry Film is been uploaded to youtube as of now you better pack your stuff and leave RC cause you are going down AMIGO You can win a war with commandor Sorbat
Seeing is believing.
I'm trying to think of the ways in which your video will fail to prove anything. Let me guess.
Too blurry or lack of close up to verify how many strands you are using. Maybe you outright just used way more strands than the required 2. It's entirely plausible that the video will be some random unrelated shit.
I really am looking forward to it.
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majid_sabet
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angry wrote: majid_sabet wrote: Angry Film is been uploaded to youtube as of now you better pack your stuff and leave RC cause you are going down AMIGO You can win a war with commandor Sorbat Seeing is believing. I'm trying to think of the ways in which your video will fail to prove anything. Let me guess. Too blurry or lack of close up to verify how many strands you are using. Maybe you outright just used way more strands than the required 2. It's entirely plausible that the video will be some random unrelated shit. I really am looking forward to it.
I took a PMI 11mm apart and got 22 cords out. attached 4 and made little more than 24 feet. I also test it with two cord but on shorter rap just to see how things go.
In either test I used ATC just be fair to you. I am very disappointed at you for been a total failure and for going all over me in RC . I always though you knew your stuff but you proved me that you are no different than most of the big talkers round here.
Just do not forget about the 12 pack and pizza. no need to carry me on HD.
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WVUCLMBR
May 14, 2008, 12:14 PM
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My verdict: You both are losers. You both should have to feed me pizza/beer then drag me up half dome.
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May 14, 2008, 1:16 PM
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WVUCLMBR wrote: My verdict: You both are losers. You both should have to feed me pizza/beer then drag me up half dome.
No one should ever have to drag anyone else up Half Dome. I climbed it after multiple stiff drinks and mass quantity bong hits, and still managed to top out.
It really is not that difficult.
Still mega classic, though.
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Gmburns2000
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Majid,
I'll be in Yosemite the second week of June. I didn't bet anything, but I did harass you a bit (just a bit, though). I'll buy you a beer for the nice work on the video.
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May 14, 2008, 3:25 PM
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a.frosch wrote: angry wrote: a.frosch wrote: Angry, I'd still like an answer to my original question. Thanks. I wrote: In reply to: In reply to: angry wrote:When you have the time to climb every single day with no end in sight, you have to just take some time off once in a while or you'll die. Angry, I'd be very interested to hear what you do for a job, and where I could get one like it, or if you don't work, how you manage to get money for climbing trips. Cheers. The first rule of ______ is that you don't talk about _______. If people started figuring out that I actually make money doing _______ I probably would stop making money. I hope that helps. Ok, so what I really need to do is ___________. Got it. Looks like I've got my work cut out for me. 
He makes soap, or didn't you all catch that thinly veiled reference up-thread?
Still, I doubt we'll ever see Majid carrying Angry up Half Dome.
Nor Majidiot S'n TFU.
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shorty
May 14, 2008, 11:46 PM
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majid_sabet wrote: You failed due to lack of skills and not knowing how to use tools to create friction.
Translation for angry:
"You failed due to lack of skills and knowledge of creating friction on your tool."
Angry -- sadly, you lose here. Majid is undeniably the uber-master of friction and dry tooling.
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angry
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shorty wrote: majid_sabet wrote: You failed due to lack of skills and not knowing how to use tools to create friction. Translation for angry: "You failed due to lack of skills and knowledge of creating friction on your tool." Angry -- sadly, you lose here. Majid is undeniably the uber-master of friction and dry tooling.
Did you read his rebuttal? He basically agreed with everything I said and declared himself the winner.
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