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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 10, 2013 - 01:12pm PT
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I do.....getting old isn't for wussies.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Dec 10, 2013 - 01:14pm PT
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depends if you want to forget
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 10, 2013 - 01:15pm PT
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They call it CRS. Can't remember shite.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 10, 2013 - 01:18pm PT
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It can be a very useful ploy if not over-played.
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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Dec 10, 2013 - 01:26pm PT
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But I forgot what it was...
That was the wax..or was it the edibles...I forgot.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Dec 10, 2013 - 01:31pm PT
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What was the question again?
On a serious note, how have you been doing? I climbed a bit with you at JTree last winter and you had some serious stuff going down and I have been wondering how you are doing. You seem to be doing pretty good so I'll take it your doing ok, at least not slowing down much.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2013 - 02:12pm PT
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Batrock....it was prostate cancer.....treated, i'm fine.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Dec 10, 2013 - 02:14pm PT
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Didn't Steve Martin do a routine on that? (As if any of us can remember), e.g., "Why didn't you pay your income taxes?" "I forgot."
Whenever we're leaving on a trip, my wife always asks "What are we forgetting?" without any concern for the incongruity of the question.
John
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2013 - 02:23pm PT
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One bonus is you get the thirty minute onsight.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 10, 2013 - 02:35pm PT
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Remember to forget!
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Larry
Trad climber
Bisbee
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Dec 10, 2013 - 04:04pm PT
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It's always been such a mystery...how you can *know* you once knew something, but you don't know it anymore!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 10, 2013 - 04:39pm PT
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What are you people talking about?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 10, 2013 - 04:40pm PT
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Hey Jim it'd be great to meet you some day.
You too Larry, and survival too.
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Dec 10, 2013 - 04:45pm PT
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When I was young I knew everything.
Now everything is news to me...
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 10, 2013 - 05:22pm PT
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PAGE 2
What were we talking about?
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Dec 10, 2013 - 05:29pm PT
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DMT that's some funny shite!
Whatever you said back there.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 10, 2013 - 05:37pm PT
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I'm looking forward to hiding my own Easter Eggs.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 10, 2013 - 06:36pm PT
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Ginko-Viagra. For when you can't remember what the fuk.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Dec 10, 2013 - 07:55pm PT
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Sometimes forgetting can be a good thing.
"It's easy sometimes when you just coast along
But like it or not something always seems to go wrong
Sometimes people build you up just so they can knock you down
Sometimes they will have you there 'cause they need someone around
Perhaps you'll receive invitations for tea
or perhaps you will laugh and you will make them all smile
Or maybe you'll join them 'cause it had to be
**Perhaps you'll forget you forgot for a while
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Birds of a feather are flocking outside
like whippets they dance in a curly-queue dance
of pulses and ringing and campfire chants
of ritual drumming although at first glance
you thought you could run but you won't take a chance
it's not an experience if they can't bring someone along
they hang on emotions they bottle inside
they peck at the ground
and they strut out of stride
It's easy sometimes when you just coast along
But like it or not something always seems to go wrong
Sometimes people build you up just so they can knock you down
Sometimes they will have you there 'cause they need someone around
Perhaps you'll receive invitations for tea
or perhaps you will laugh and you will make them all smile
Or maybe you'll join them 'cause it had to be
Perhaps you'll forget you forgot for a while
Birds of a feather are flocking outside
like whippets they dance in a curly-queue dance
of pulses and ringing and campfire chants
of ritual drumming although at first glance
you thought you could run but you won't take a chance
it's not an experience if they can't bring someone along
they hang on emotions they bottle inside
they peck at the ground
and they strut out of stride"
-T. Anastasio
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MH2
climber
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Dec 10, 2013 - 08:00pm PT
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Not that I recall.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Dec 10, 2013 - 08:11pm PT
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all the time.
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TRo
climber
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Dec 10, 2013 - 08:17pm PT
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Look at the bright side--every climb is an onsight!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 10, 2013 - 09:36pm PT
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Say what?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 23, 2014 - 11:12pm PT
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What is the question that I forgot again?
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dirtbag
climber
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Jul 23, 2014 - 11:19pm PT
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Yoda says to unlearn what I have learned.
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rincon
Trad climber
Coarsegold
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Jul 24, 2014 - 06:27am PT
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I blame it on the weed.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 24, 2014 - 07:18am PT
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Moose, yer eating "magic fraise"? They have magic strawberries in Poland?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jul 24, 2014 - 07:37am PT
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Moosedrool! Of course beer is good for the memory. There's even a scientific reason that I learned long ago from Cliff Clavin.
Well, you see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it’s the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.”
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 24, 2014 - 07:56am PT
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So, Moosie, how excited are they there about Winky Majka?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 24, 2014 - 09:59am PT
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I guess Rafal Majka isn't big news there. He won the Tour de France stage yesterday!
I've nicknamed him 'Winky' because he was winking at the motorbike camera
yesterday as he was going for the win. Only the second stage ever won by a Pole!
He was third today!
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Ropeboy
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jul 24, 2014 - 10:17am PT
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Donini just turned 71 and his climbing contribution of the day is "Do you forget what you forgot." Ha, ha, over the hill. I can personally relate to that.
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Psilocyborg
climber
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Jul 24, 2014 - 02:00pm PT
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Zen is forgetting
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jul 24, 2014 - 02:06pm PT
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Don't forget about 20th of August! :)
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Gorgeous George
Trad climber
Los Angeles, California
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Jul 24, 2014 - 04:51pm PT
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Well, if its any consolation, I've forgotten more sh#t than most of you under thirty ever knew.
So there.
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO
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Jul 24, 2014 - 05:35pm PT
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Not that I can recall!
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