Snowmobiler Caleb Moore dies after X Games crash

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kennyt

climber
Woodfords,California
Feb 2, 2013 - 11:12am PT
Hmmmm, Thanks for clearing that up Base. And for future reference....

(let's just pretend Kenny is not posting.)
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Feb 2, 2013 - 11:37am PT
Lol!
Mark Hudon

Trad climber
Hood River, OR
Feb 2, 2013 - 11:43am PT
That is really sad.
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Feb 2, 2013 - 11:57am PT
Snowmobiling use to be an old farts hobby akin to sitting on one of those coin operated horses in front of k-mart...Now they are seen in the back of every snow-boarding , goggle wearing , trust funders brand new Tundra with urban assault rims ...It's all about the marketing , image , and environemental destruction....Tragic and sad for everyone involved that this young guy had to die doing something so stupid....
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 2, 2013 - 12:57pm PT
Bring back real Gladiators! This ghey ESPN shiz is weak.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Feb 2, 2013 - 01:26pm PT
Tragic and sad for everyone involved that this young guy had to die doing something so stupid....

RIP John Bachar. Same thing guys.
Norwegian

Trad climber
Pollock Pines, California
Feb 2, 2013 - 11:30pm PT
to sit upon a snow mobile.
your arse is planted upon foam.

your thumb pivots,
the f*#king machine accelerates.
you hit a f*#king jump
your rig flies.
you pull on the handlebars,
your rig spins.

so to summarize:
you sit there,
twiddle your thumb,
and now for the heroic part....

you pull up on the bars!

bang. you're a hero.
the pilot is merely a passenger to physics.

bachar's story is a long and complex
journey towards pysiological and psychological mastery.
the pilot is an author of reality, revised.

shut the f*#k up comparing bachar
with some juiced up youth flipping a machine upon his head.

big mike that there was a
ridiculous attempt to justify
your own hell bent efforts
to glorify a sport where you simply sit upon your fatting asse.
Rolfr

Social climber
North Vancouver BC
Feb 3, 2013 - 01:29am PT
Rain, rain, rain, I don’t mind , the weathers fine
I take my umbrella and hide my mind
Live in a world of all my kind
Bobby Fischer pivots his thumbs but is no friend of mine
Iambic pentameter could be a friend of mine
But I can’t see past the tribe of mine.

With apologizes to the Beetles.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Feb 3, 2013 - 01:57am PT
Agree to disagree obviously. Respectfully and no disrespect meant to John Bachar. Just another human being who had an unfortunate passing.

Plus infinity Rolf. Thanks.

Pretty sure this is the first time I've disagreed with weege!
Todd Eastman

climber
Bellingham, WA
Feb 3, 2013 - 02:48am PT
Remember all our friends that didn't make it out of their 20s. Most of us in climbing watched a lot of bright stars go dark. Regardless of the activity, when we were that age, we were wired for craziness and most of us were lucky.

They don't fight wars with senior citizens or old climbers...
xtrmecat

Big Wall climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:05am PT
What a bunch of pantywad posers, posting opinions on topics they not only don't understand, but cannot fathom.

In the sixties, I skied on the edge of insanity, only to have my feats outdone by many by the mid seventies. Way outdone.

In the late eighties, I got into an extreme form of snowmobileing. By the nineties I was professionaly hillclimbing, and doing things with one of those sinful machines considered to be insane and extreme. I even made a few dollars winning in the senior classes. These guys doing what they are doing today, are as out there on the edge as far as any soloist has ever been. The talent and skill is truly mind boggling. To try to understand how far beyond my ability they have gone is nearly impossible for me to comprehend. To a layman or armchair athlete, impossible.


Rest in peace young man, you hung your toes over the edge, more than almost all others. Just came up short to the predictable tragic end.

I slowed down now and took up safer activities in the later years, big wall, etc..

Burly Bob
east side underground

climber
Hilton crk,ca
Feb 3, 2013 - 10:31am PT
Rotting johnny, where's my trust fund?.......eeeyyyyiiii ..... Norweegan....you have no clue , ever ride?

edit: a f*#k all you spadex clad, tassel hatted, skinny/skate ski whinners who cry when thier PERFECTLY GROOMED skate track gets a dog print ( how much diesel does it take for your run?), on public land....... from a snowboarding, goggle clad, snomobiling ( non- trust funder, damn) backcountry rider.......... just kidding.......kinda

edit:edit: except for Maysho.....that man is truley a BAD ASS.....:)
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:15am PT
Eastside....I was talking about Bondo not you , you envious carpentry , slave , bastard...smiley face - bugs bunny sound effect...RJ
Srbphoto

climber
Kennewick wa
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:16am PT
climbers = environmental sensitivity. Now that's funny!



The wise old owl
He lives in the oak
The more he saw
The less he spoke
The less he spoke
The more he heard
Why can't we be
Like that wise old bird?
east side underground

climber
Hilton crk,ca
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:20am PT
hey johnny , check my edit........eeeyyyyyiii.......heh heh heh
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:24am PT
Eastside....You forgot the hydraulic spills and flourocarbon emissions....bugs bunny...RJ
kennyt

climber
Woodfords,California
Feb 3, 2013 - 11:46am PT
Careful guy's, Yer gonna Ruppell someones feathers
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
Feb 3, 2013 - 01:39pm PT
I have to take issue with Jim's assertion that climbers are into self propelled sports.
It is like claiming that downhill skiers at the resorts is non-motorized.

Climbers have huge carbon footprints. Some even migrate annually tens of thousands of miles!

And that doesn't even take into account the ethical lapse of doing marathon drives to climb that leaves exhausted climbers driving home drowsy.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
bouldering
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 3, 2013 - 03:25pm PT
I ain't very envoiromentally astute, but always kind of associated sleds with the mountains or whatever. Heard about people doing clandestine expeditions into the Ritter Range etc on them, and they are used for accessing rock/ climbs in the Springtime.
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Feb 3, 2013 - 05:27pm PT
What a bunch of pantywad posers, posting opinions on topics they not only don't understand, but cannot fathom.

Speak for yourself, and get your panties out from your butt crack, it's cutting off circulation to your brain.
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