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mike_devildog
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I was in the Marine Corps for 6 yrs..awww the good times..haha! Not really!
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dingus
Feb 26, 2009, 8:04 PM
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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!
DMT
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mike_devildog
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HAHA definently a fact..lol!
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sungam
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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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rdmeeks
Feb 26, 2009, 8:34 PM
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if you've ever shoved your hands into a chalkbag to stop the bleeding
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bill413
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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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kriso9tails
Feb 26, 2009, 8:54 PM
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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.
(This post was edited by kriso9tails on Feb 26, 2009, 8:58 PM)
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fresh
Feb 26, 2009, 8:57 PM
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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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ladyscarlett
Feb 26, 2009, 11:51 PM
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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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patmay81
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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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evanwish
Feb 27, 2009, 12:28 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:28 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:30 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:31 AM
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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!
DMT
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dingus
Feb 27, 2009, 12:33 AM
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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?
DMT
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kachoong
Feb 27, 2009, 12:34 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:35 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:37 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:39 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:41 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 12:46 AM
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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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Hennessey
Feb 27, 2009, 12:50 AM
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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
Feb 27, 2009, 1:27 AM
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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...)
ls
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tysonl33cobb
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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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