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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 22, 2018 - 06:14pm PT
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I’m at the tail end of a drive from SF Bay to LA. Feelin’ pretty tired today... maybe because I slept for about 5 hours and that takes more of a toll in my mid-40s than it did in my 20s or 30s. I’m now smack dab in rush hour as I approach downtown LA. Probably only 15 minutes from home.
So I was draggin’ pretty hard, letting the oppression of my mobility oppress my spirit. Then I started thinking about those times on climbs kn the middle of the night, grinding out the interminable 5.7-5.8 pitches or those “700 feet of easy 5th class to the summit” which can somehow take half a night. Or hanging in slings for all-night rap odysseys.
And thinking how much I relish those experiences, and how me sitting in traffic feeling really beat right now is a form of training for those moments... it just turned things around for me and brought a smile to my face.
When you can embrace joy and embrace suffering, the world is your oyster :)
What are some of your pearls?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 22, 2018 - 06:30pm PT
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There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jan 22, 2018 - 08:56pm PT
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"Don't do what you want to do, do what you want to remember doing."
I repeat that in my head when I'm miserable and want to bail.
Works for everything from pushing on in a climb to finishing school to making wise everyday decisions and everything in between!
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Jan 22, 2018 - 08:59pm PT
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Don't do what you want to do, do what you want to remember doing.
Spectacular quote! TFPU
For me it comes down to: Decide! Then get the job done in the way you want to look back on it.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jan 22, 2018 - 09:02pm PT
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DFU
Use it everyday.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 22, 2018 - 10:56pm PT
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Next time try a different approach.
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BigWall Chris 101
Trad climber
Vail
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Jan 22, 2018 - 11:05pm PT
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The four “P’s”. I love Logistics. And the Objective and Subjective hazards. Self defeating behavior has no room or play in Climbing or life in General.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 23, 2018 - 03:54am PT
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In climbing (alpine) as in life in general, your partner is the most important thing.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jan 23, 2018 - 04:21am PT
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At the Pinnacles there is a saying, "No route is completely worthless. It can always serve as a bad example".
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Adventurer
Mountain climber
Virginia
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Jan 23, 2018 - 04:46am PT
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Since climbing Aconcagua eleven years ago, I just laugh under my breath when someone here in the D.C. Area complains about ordinary winter weather.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Jan 23, 2018 - 06:06am PT
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Although my abilities are diminished and my motivations have certainly changed, when things get uncomfortable or weird I can always tell myself "well, you have certainly been in worst circumstances than this and did OK".
Mostly, though, my adventures have contributed to living a fabulous life, one I would not want to change in any way, where the good vastly outweighs the bad and the quality of folks who have peopled my life is well above what any rational person could have expected. I am enormously Blessed in so many ways because of the climbs and adventures, and enormously grateful for all of it.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:15am PT
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The importance of persistence.
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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:20am PT
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What's the use in getting sober, if you gotta get drunk again?
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:40am PT
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To live in the present.
I can think of a handful of others but the reason I am alive and happy today has most to with the present and continuing my practice of being there, uh I mean here.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:52am PT
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embrace adversity, but avoid encumbrance. so, check your nuts or at least keep 'em in check
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
The fake McCoy from nevernever land.
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:52am PT
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One step at a time.
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perswig
climber
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Jan 23, 2018 - 01:25pm PT
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1. Sometimes you're through the crux before you realize it.
2. Climbing above your level often shows you were selling yourself short.
Dale
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Jan 23, 2018 - 01:53pm PT
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Keep the legs moving, one foot in front of the other. This is what got me up so many of the PNW volcanoes when I was in my teens and twenties. Now, it's what gets me home on my bike (I'm a year-round bike commuter, 8.5 miles, each way, in urban traffic), now that I'm in my 60s.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Jan 23, 2018 - 02:39pm PT
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Keep on working through even if things look grim IF the route (or job or project) is worth it.
If things seem really sh**ty right from the beginning, and it doesn't look more promising up above, bail early before you have too much effort invested.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Jan 23, 2018 - 02:56pm PT
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How to sh#t in a paper bag.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 23, 2018 - 09:30pm PT
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hey there say, ... make sure you ARE on the right route/trail...
(since i am not a climber, i used trail) ... and--
keep in mind what others have already learned from 'the route or trail that you are on' -- and 'work out the situation' as to 'what is going on for
you, at that moment'... and, lastly, use any bad, to work for good, somehow...
thus-- you never regret, and, enhanced your skills, and
can help someone else, later... and-- have good memories, :)
this then-- applies to all you do, in life... and, then--
works both spiritually and physically... :)
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jan 24, 2018 - 08:59am PT
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Don't give up.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jan 24, 2018 - 09:31am PT
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when confronted with a perceived impossibility to self, stay calm, try your hardest, and don't get too wrapped up in the eventualities.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 24, 2018 - 01:13pm PT
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Nut Again: I like your posts!
You are thoughtful and meticulous when it comes to unpacking ideas.
My favorite maxim comes from outside of climbing and feeds back into it, because for me, climbing is life, and most of the rest is ... just waiting.
So, in carpentry, the good advice of: measure twice, cut once, is my enduring mantra when on long solo forays into and out of the mountains.
The only "climbing lesson" I can perhaps aptly apply to this particular life is: it ain't over till it's over.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jan 24, 2018 - 01:16pm PT
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The difference between subjective and objective risk...
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jan 24, 2018 - 01:33pm PT
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If that is right, I think the greatest climbing lesson must be winning a thread on ST ^^^^
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Jan 24, 2018 - 02:35pm PT
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That winter camping pee bottle can later be used to shorten those senior night time trips to the bathroom ;-)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 24, 2018 - 02:39pm PT
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As you age the winter camping pee bottle becomes the anytime camping pee bottle.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 24, 2018 - 02:50pm PT
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Russ McLean: Life is a bivouac
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Jan 24, 2018 - 03:06pm PT
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Don't climb with Nutagain. That's what I learned. ;)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 24, 2018 - 06:11pm PT
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Cussing inanimate objects is useless.
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Ballo
Trad climber
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Jan 24, 2018 - 06:19pm PT
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If you see people acting the fool, leave before you have to deal with it
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jan 24, 2018 - 06:28pm PT
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Self rescue.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jan 24, 2018 - 07:05pm PT
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"More than one person is an expedition."
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jan 24, 2018 - 07:08pm PT
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Back sh#t up, check your knots, and make sure your rap line goes all the way to the ground.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 24, 2018 - 07:10pm PT
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A painful lesson it took a bit to learn: relationships are not problems or projects to be worked and the tenacity and instinct required to be a good climber can easily misinform in some situations when you should really just walk away.
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Jan 24, 2018 - 07:16pm PT
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Bring two windproof lighters. And don’t drop the goddamn stash box from the 4th pitch belay of a 12 pitch route.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 24, 2018 - 07:18pm PT
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Since California traffic brought on your first post:
I’m at the tail end of a drive from SF Bay to LA. Feelin’ pretty tired today... maybe because I slept for about 5 hours and that takes more of a toll in my mid-40s than it did in my 20s or 30s. I’m now smack dab in rush hour as I approach downtown LA. Probably only 15 minutes from home.
You can lower your commute time & stress level & accept living poorer out in the schist-lands outside cities, where we don't often have heavy traffic & traffic-jams looks like this.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jan 24, 2018 - 11:09pm PT
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amen guido!
new route name: bro drama c2 IV
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docsavage
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Jan 31, 2018 - 02:28pm PT
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Don't drag other people into your sh#t ... volunteers only! ...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jan 31, 2018 - 02:40pm PT
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If yer seiging an unlikely line people will pull yer ropes and crap on them.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 31, 2018 - 02:46pm PT
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If that's the case then it seems you got away incredibly crap-free given how many of the lines you did were 'unlikely' at the time you did them.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jan 31, 2018 - 02:49pm PT
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Utah is more gun friendly than Cali,...
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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Jan 31, 2018 - 03:35pm PT
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Don't sh#@$%t where you sleep
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 31, 2018 - 03:47pm PT
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It's a lot easier to plan for a backpacking trip when you figure out the only things you really need are water and not dying of heat or cold.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Jan 31, 2018 - 09:29pm PT
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My daughter was working at the Dam Brewery in Dillon CO. We flew out to visit her in Colorado. One of my favorite musicians Tony Furtado's band was rocking the house and a super fun night ensued. His base player was also Jimi Hendricks base player and we bonded at the bar between sets. The wife and daughter went back to the hotel to settle in and I stayed to party until the bar closed.
I am not sure how I ended up with the rental car. Our hotel was about a quarter mile away just under the freeway. Easily within walking distance on a cold winter night. After raging at the Dam Brewery all night, I got in the car and drove to the hotel. As I pulled into the parking lot of our hotel the lights of the local CHP lit up behind me. Why are you pulling me over, I asked the officer. "You just ran two stop signs and a red light", he replied.
I proceeded to tell him how we just arrived from California and we were so excirted to be seeing my daughter for the first time in several months."You just arrived from California tonight? Have you been drinking, he asked. Oh Yes I replied we were so excited to be here. OK step out of the car. If you pass this test you can go straight to your room. If you fail I will take you to the station and book you for DUI.
This is when I went into climbing mode, on lead, at the crux move. He did the pencil test asking my eyes to follow his pencil. Then he had me walk backwards and count backwards from 20. I think this is how it went. I was so focused and said to myself, you got this, Crux Move no Elvis leg now. At the end of my test I was sent to my room. That is when I really got the Elvis leg thinking how stupid it was to be driving in this condition.
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Look at you, your a mess! Clean yourself up. I....I gotta go.
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