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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Hmmmm, Thanks for clearing that up Base. And for future reference....
(let's just pretend Kenny is not posting.)
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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That is really sad.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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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....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Bring back real Gladiators! This ghey ESPN shiz is weak.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Tragic and sad for everyone involved that this young guy had to die doing something so stupid....
RIP John Bachar. Same thing guys.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Pollock Pines, California
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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.
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Rolfr
Social climber
North Vancouver BC
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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.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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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!
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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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...
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xtrmecat
Big Wall climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
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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
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east side underground
climber
Hilton crk,ca
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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.....:)
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Eastside....I was talking about Bondo not you , you envious carpentry , slave , bastard...smiley face - bugs bunny sound effect...RJ
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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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?
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east side underground
climber
Hilton crk,ca
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hey johnny , check my edit........eeeyyyyyiii.......heh heh heh
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Eastside....You forgot the hydraulic spills and flourocarbon emissions....bugs bunny...RJ
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Careful guy's, Yer gonna Ruppell someones feathers
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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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.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 3, 2013 - 03:25pm PT
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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.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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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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