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marcsv
Sep 24, 2001, 4:47 AM
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do you have any serious phobias i'm acrophobic thats why i climb. . .any one else?
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climberchk
Sep 24, 2001, 5:20 AM
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I have this thing with bugs. I think that they're in every crack and pocket just waiting to bite/sting me. I've even gone as far as coming off a route just so I didn't have to touch them. I'm also afraid of clowns.
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wandt
Sep 24, 2001, 5:53 AM
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Snakes and rats.
If I come across a bear in my travels I'm cool, calm and collected, but if I see a snake or a rat I run screaming like a frightened schoolgirl. If I see a snake or a rat on TV even I get some fierce shivers and do anything within my powers to lift my feet off the ground. (Needless to say, "the Bone Collector" traumatised me, and I have not watched "Anaconda".)
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fiend
Sep 24, 2001, 6:17 AM
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wandt... running screaming like a little girl ......
*shudder*
that's my phobia
[ This Message was edited by: fiend on 2001-09-23 23:18 ]
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compclimber
Sep 24, 2001, 8:08 AM
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My fear is taking a gigantic fall on some lone crappy RP placement behind a hollow flake.
I guess its "deckophobia"
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compclimber
Sep 24, 2001, 8:10 AM
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Oh wait did I mention its on a slab with cactus at the base. Days later they will find my bruised battered cactus filled body in a gully.
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anomaly
Sep 24, 2001, 8:53 AM
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Someone getting hurt trying something they saw me do. At my company picnic this weekend, I did a backflip entertaining some of the kids when one of them said "I'm gonna try that".
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marcsv
Sep 24, 2001, 9:17 AM
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is the kid ok, i mean was it serious. . .i hope not
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anomaly
Sep 24, 2001, 11:36 AM
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The kid is fine. I stopped him from trying anything, but it alarmed me thinking my influence could be so dangerous.
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decked
Sep 24, 2001, 1:53 PM
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my partner decking(been there done that)
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krillen
Sep 24, 2001, 2:07 PM
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Comittment
Uknown things in the water.
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bart
Sep 24, 2001, 2:22 PM
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Me too. It's kinda scary if you can't see the bottom.
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aulwes
Sep 24, 2001, 2:36 PM
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I have rapelling fear, I am most nervious when I'm repelling. I'm afraid the rapel anchors won't hold. Rapelphobia...
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ratstar
Sep 24, 2001, 3:07 PM
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the fear of bugs well not just bugs spiders. I cant stand all the spider webs at this one bouldering spot. If you dont go to it everyday you get spider webs in your holds. I cant be the first to climb this cause of this phobia. and I have a fear of someone not spotting over the sharp pointy rocks below.
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case22
Sep 24, 2001, 4:42 PM
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I'm afraid of anything that stings. If I'm belaying my partner, it's terrible. A bee will start flying around me and I just have to ignore it instead of my normal screaming and running away! Call me a wimp, but I'm also afraid of the dark! Especially when I'm by myself!
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downshift
Sep 24, 2001, 11:19 PM
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I have a fear of hights... But I think I'm prettt much over that.
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rck_climber
Sep 25, 2001, 3:10 AM
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Not a big fan (at all) of spiders. That's about it. Started climbing to get over the heights thing - it worked .
Mick
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ratstar
Sep 25, 2001, 5:53 AM
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Man theres alot of people who dont like spiders. I am not making fun just read my previous post on this forum. I am a little girl when it comes to spiders I feed them to my venus fly trap.
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nikegirl
Sep 25, 2001, 6:05 AM
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let's just make this the anti-spider forum.
ratstar, I do the same thing with my flytrap. I've had it for two years. He eats GOOOOOD! We have big Vampire spiders the size of a dime/nickle. OOOOhhhWWEEE!!! Ok, when I walk thru the web, I loose it. So, I have a stick at my front door, and back, and wave it up and down and side to side in front of me. My neighbors asked me why I did that. They thought I was doing a daily "blessing ritual" to my garden. They are full blown Hippies.
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compclimber
Sep 25, 2001, 7:18 AM
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I almost stepped on a rattle snake when I was at morrison about a month ago. Now when I'm out cragging I'm looking in like all the little gulleys and under boulders....its quite funny actually. About another month and I shouldn't have to worry though.
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marcsv
Sep 25, 2001, 8:51 AM
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this is not so much of a phobia but i try to stay away from crowded places because bbecause i tend to dry up (emotionally and psychologically) its like these people are sapping all the strength you have.
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bart
Sep 25, 2001, 11:17 AM
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I am a little afraid of having (too) little space. E.g. yesterday I tried to take off my sweater without teking off my chest harness and it was really scary when I was kinda stuck in it. I don't want to climb in large cracks either. If I would slip and get stuck between the two walls...
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camhead
Sep 25, 2001, 3:49 PM
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As i climb more, my fear of 4th class scrambing increases. It just totally psychs me out to be doing anything with exposure if I am off rope. Weird?
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climberchk
Sep 26, 2001, 12:37 AM
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This one is probably just a me thing, but I can't stand having dry lips. I keep lip Gloss in my chalk bag, bouldering bag, school bag... everywhere. I can't stand the thought of having chapped, cracked, bleeding, and just non-moisturised lips.
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rck_climber
Sep 26, 2001, 1:03 AM
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Camhead,
I feel your pain too. I get freaked out on high-exposure 4th-class scrambling now too w/o the rope. Think I've just become so accustomed to having it there, that w/o it I'm a wreck. Have had to make some pretty hairy scrambles doing 14'ers out here about 2000' up. One included a 4th-class/5.0 traverse across a knife edge for 100m from one peak to another with nothing but air around me for 2500' - talk about freaky!
Mick
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