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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 22, 2015 - 08:40am PT
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Using up all of our fossil fuels to fly to far away places to put up that new 300 foot 5.8 in lower Moldavia! Spending all our inheritance on fast screws, light cams, and easy women(and men). All the while leaving no first ascents to the next generation.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Apr 22, 2015 - 09:19am PT
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Life is getting faster, we are getting slower.
Enjoy it!
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skitch
Gym climber
Bend Or
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Apr 22, 2015 - 09:33am PT
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Hell yeah we are!!! Back in the day old climbers had to wait around for someone to come around for the old climber to brag about themselves, now we have supertopo.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 22, 2015 - 09:45am PT
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Say what you really mean, fossils using fuel to do something with absolutely no redeeming social value. Guilty as charged and loving every minute of it!
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Gorgeous George
Trad climber
Los Angeles, California
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Apr 22, 2015 - 09:52am PT
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I'm sorry, what was your question? I accidentally spilled a little Pinot Noir and missed it.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Apr 22, 2015 - 11:04am PT
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fast screws, light cams, and easy women
light cams, fast screws and easy women?
:)
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Apr 22, 2015 - 11:40am PT
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Stalin's hot, or is that JFK with a moustache?
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Apr 22, 2015 - 11:40am PT
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^lol, clever
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Gunkie
climber
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Apr 22, 2015 - 12:08pm PT
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I see no problems with this scenario.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 22, 2015 - 12:19pm PT
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Old fart sittin' by the side of the road,
I'm a lot like you were
(In my dreams!)
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son of stan
Boulder climber
San Jose CA
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Apr 22, 2015 - 02:21pm PT
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Are spoiled climbers more 'bold' these days?
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Crump
Social climber
Lakewood, CO
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Apr 22, 2015 - 02:26pm PT
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I think they are asking if we are spoiled as in been left out too many days, rotted, and smells bad.
Yeah, if that is the question, the answer is affirmative.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Apr 22, 2015 - 02:31pm PT
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spoiled as in been left out too many days, rotted, and smells bad
F'n hilarious!!
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Apr 22, 2015 - 02:34pm PT
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What do you mean, no FA's for the next generation?
If you do it right, no one will know that it's been done before.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Apr 22, 2015 - 03:06pm PT
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Apr 22, 2015 - 09:45am PT
Say what you really mean, fossils using fuel to do something with absolutely no redeeming social value. Guilty as charged and loving every minute of it!
We used to be a nuisance to the economy of vacation destinations. Now we are the reason those places exist at all.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 22, 2015 - 03:59pm PT
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You mean other than Donini?
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Sacramento
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Apr 22, 2015 - 04:34pm PT
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Yes, you used to have actually have the cajones of a young man to do what was called climbing and it meant climbing something a bigfoot truck couldn't drive over. Now all you need is a piece of foam and/or be able to run it out at least 3 feet on 3/8 inchers.
The old men (and women) can now climb to still be able to "climb".
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 22, 2015 - 04:52pm PT
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I maintain I'm only spoiled by the fact that I still am able to call out the OP on posting a very
poorly worded question. Maybe he/she was merely testing our extant syntax skills?
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 22, 2015 - 04:57pm PT
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The bummer for me in old age, is my adult lifetime of saved slide-shows are mostly for naught. I can't remember when I last sat down with a group of fellow climbers and bored them spitless with old climbing adventures.
Yeah, yeah, I can always post the scanned images to ST, but its not the same as having a "captive-audience" to punish with my wit & wisdom.
Worse yet, my old slide projector only runs backwards, if it runs at all.
Maybe when Heidi sends me off to the "Old Climbers Home," the foxy nurses there will arrange for shared slide shows for the senile.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Apr 22, 2015 - 05:05pm PT
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Fritz, you are right. Gone are the days of the slide show. Everyone brings ten slides and we all connect thru the experiences of our mates. The Internet is certainly not as intimate of a connection but it is what we make time for these days. With people we may not have ever have met!
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