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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 25, 2014 - 03:57pm PT
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RE: the latest WOS circle jerk: this phrase gets thrown around a lot, as though it means something. Is it a club you get voted into, like the free camping ropes-and-jugging ghetto they had in C4 in the 80's? Is there a secret handshake? A particular grade you must be able to hike? I lived Yosemite for years and years over four decades, and I don't think that this apparently self-designated badge-of-whatever means a f*#king thing.
What am I missing?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2014 - 04:01pm PT
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Perhaps, but my question is sincere. I mean, wtf?
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Nov 25, 2014 - 04:06pm PT
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Matching sheepskin codpiece's, DUH!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 25, 2014 - 04:06pm PT
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I't a designation that defies analysis. The Urban Dictionary states the term "Yosemite Valley local" is nearly always used as a pejorative.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Nov 25, 2014 - 04:09pm PT
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 25, 2014 - 04:10pm PT
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People who live and/or work there, I would guess.
Just like villages, towns and cities everywhere.
lo·cal (lkl)
4. Informal A person from a particular locality.
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DickSilly
climber
cutlass supreme
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Nov 25, 2014 - 04:10pm PT
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Well that's a Stoopid American question. Everyone knows Werner thinks he has all the answers. what a dumbf*ck
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Nov 25, 2014 - 04:47pm PT
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As I understand it, you totally nailed it with No 2...secret handshake. Never have been able to get anyone in the inner circle to sing. Be perfectly honest, I just wanted to post to this thread because it's bvb.
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 25, 2014 - 04:59pm PT
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"Valley Locals" protecting the home turf
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Nov 25, 2014 - 05:06pm PT
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Well bvb you get to decide, just like Herr Braun and all Americans (even the stoopid ones). I will grant you the right to make these decisions for me, so de facto with a count of two, you are the winner.
C'mon everybody ante up for bvb for Emperor of the North.
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Nov 25, 2014 - 05:09pm PT
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Get a job, buy a house in El Portal, sire a kid...then you are a Valley Local! Hanging out a few seasons, climbing a bit, embarrassing yourself drunk at the Deli...not so much.
Peter
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Nov 25, 2014 - 05:11pm PT
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Ha ha! I could tell ya, but it MIGHT spell your doom.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Nov 25, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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Actually, it occurs to me that I NEVER saw the secret handshake. I mean, I'm not the most observant person, but it DOES seem a little unlikely that in all of those Springs in the Valley, that I wouldn't have even once observed the secret handshake. So, I'm changing my answer.
My new answer is, it's like pornography, you know it (one) when you see it (one). Since a Valley Local obviously has a temporal aspect, I'm going to give an example from, say, 1979.
Valley locals (from Captain Obvious):
 Bridwell
Long
Kauk
Bachar
Werner
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You know, people like that.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Nov 25, 2014 - 05:20pm PT
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Maysho just answered the question.
Next?
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Nov 25, 2014 - 05:25pm PT
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DMT has it right.
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Nov 25, 2014 - 05:55pm PT
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These days, I reckon it takes tremendous fellatio skills.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Nov 25, 2014 - 06:15pm PT
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Herr Reagan?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 25, 2014 - 06:24pm PT
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Duh,,,,the postal department decides, you have a PO Box, you're a local.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Nov 25, 2014 - 06:26pm PT
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Po box won't get you a library card.
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Larry
Trad climber
Bisbee
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Nov 25, 2014 - 06:28pm PT
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It helps if you've been given a nickname.
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