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tradmanclimbs
Aug 11, 2003, 11:11 PM
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You just might be a REAL CLIMBER if............
Pulling plastic fills you with the urge to deficate!!
You pull on gear rather than wast time trying to free a single move 1,000 ft off the deck and feel good about it 8)
Your girlfriend gets all hot when you break out the piton hammer :P
You have ever done the wild thang on a cliff :P
your willing to risk your life for a first accent :shock:
you have ever done the colorado fire dance :twisted: (don't try this if you have a high profile job)
You know how to dumpster dive :roll:
If you have ever considered tying off to a bird beak, pulling up the lead rope and sending a loop down to pull up more gear :shock: (I had second thoughts and climbed through without the extra gear 8)
You have ever termantated a relationship or a job to go climbing 8)
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petro
Aug 11, 2003, 11:48 PM
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You've seriously considered coating your finger tips with superglue or liquid skin to climb longer...
You describe the time you fell, buildering on your friend's balcony, as that horrible climbing accident...
You broke your thumb in a "horrible climbing accident"... :oops:
Even though you were drunk, you still think that not having chalk was the reason for the "horrible climbing accident"... :twisted:
You found some perfect "cast jams" two weeks after you broke your thumb...
Your friends accuse you of aiding the off hands section when you jam your cast into it...
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pinkamy
Aug 12, 2003, 12:40 AM
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...you no longer need to use a washcloth in the shower... your hands are rough enough. 8)
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hishopper
Aug 12, 2003, 2:12 AM
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You've come dangerously close to driving off the road while passing crags on a highway.
You know what JT means. And you live on the East Coast.
Every financial decision or investment you make has an associated rack enhancement option.
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tradmanclimbs
Aug 12, 2003, 2:23 AM
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You might be a real climber if your rack is so freaking huge that when your significant other askes what you want for your Bday you can't think of anything new and settle for trying to rember which cam is in the worst shape and needs replaceing or which rope system is due for retirement 8)
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crackaddict
Aug 12, 2003, 2:55 AM
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You use a piton as a bottle opener, can opener, spoon, fork, and knife.
People look at you funny :shock: when you talk about how you spent the week hauling and ridding a pig!
:oops:
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yadeb
Aug 12, 2003, 11:01 AM
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... your significant other takes out a second and larger life insurance policy with out your knowledge :shock:.
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teddy
Aug 12, 2003, 12:45 PM
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... your regular pack for school includes shoes, chalk, tape and a toothbrush. I spose thats more of a bouldering thing though :P
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vertical_reality
Aug 12, 2003, 2:01 PM
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You might be a climber if....
The closest thing you've ever had to a real estate agent was the guy who sold you his VW van.
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climbingfoo
Aug 12, 2003, 11:02 PM
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Your hands and/or feet begain to sweat at the mention of:
rock, line(s), routes, send, etc.
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organic
Aug 13, 2003, 2:17 AM
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...you don't put on clean clothes you put on clothes with less chalk on them.
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imaclima
Aug 13, 2003, 2:31 AM
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when someone mentiones stealth technology, you wonder how they made a rubber airplane fly
if you think about climbing during sex...........and so does your partner!!
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alpinerock
Aug 13, 2003, 2:39 AM
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You talk about jamming nuts in a and you are surprised when people givve you strange looks.
If during lacrosse camp you come up with 13 routes in the dorm that your staying in (V hall DT BYU for all you utahns)
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unabonger
Aug 13, 2003, 9:37 PM
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...You consider the term pinkpoint appropriate for polite dinner conversation
The unirrepresible Unabonger
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alpinerock
Aug 13, 2003, 10:28 PM
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When you tie your shoes in a figure eight, or a double fishermens
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legless
Aug 14, 2003, 7:25 AM
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you equate "being strong" with being skinny and without muscle.
you are in thailand for a month and dont go in the water once.
your forearms are bigger than your calves (possibly quads)
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roseraie
Aug 14, 2003, 10:29 AM
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When bored during lecture, you amuse yourself by practicing your one-handed clove hitch with your sweatshirt strings and a novelty biner.
You doodle route names, instead of guys' names, in your notebook margins.
Every visor and hat you own has chalk thumb prints on the bill.
You dreamed about slab last night...
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allan_thomson
Aug 14, 2003, 6:13 PM
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You look out for any potential routes where ever you go.
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tradmanclimbs
Aug 15, 2003, 1:22 AM
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You might be a real climber if you know that bouldering is somthing you do arround the campsite after climbing all day 8)
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sharpender
Aug 15, 2003, 7:52 AM
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If you laugh when the whole theatre audience gasps in fear/awe of the cliff edge danger faced by the "climbers" on the screen, ala Cliffhanger.
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geezergecko
Aug 17, 2003, 1:00 AM
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...you decorate your Christmas tree with bootied gear.
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rjtrials
Aug 17, 2003, 2:14 AM
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-your forearms and biceps are bigger around than your girlfriends neck.
-you actually have used super glue on your fingertips to climb longer
-your so psyched the night before a climbing trip that you spend hours bouldering on the staircase with your partner
-you pick things up with you middle nuckles because your tips are totally shot
RJ
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pinkamy
Aug 17, 2003, 2:38 AM
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You've figured out more than one way to get up to your church balcony without using the stairs. :)
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majoringinclimbing
Aug 17, 2003, 5:23 AM
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People say you need a girlfriend and you say, "what for I have climbing!"
No matter where you are you can come of with a bouldering problem in under 30 seconds...and you won't stop til you send it!!
You can afford a $150 pair of shoes that are 2 sizes to small but you cannot afford your next meal!
You no longer see building but just buildering problems!!
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turockgirl
Aug 19, 2003, 2:56 PM
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The guy at the auto parts store and an old friend in line bust out laughing when you tell them the touch-up paint is not for your car...but to mark your biners.
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