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ecdh
climber
the east
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Dec 14, 2018 - 04:36pm PT
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Malala yousefi
Nancy wake
Imoto
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 14, 2018 - 04:53pm PT
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi (Italian pronunciation: [maˈriːa ɡaeˈtaːna aɲˈɲeːzi; -ɛːzi];[1] 16 May 1718 – 9 January 1799) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university.[2]
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 14, 2018 - 06:27pm PT
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All the lists above pretty much say it. I'd add blues singer Barbara Dane, and delete Jane Fonda, but that's just me.
But as it happens, I kind of have a crush on my wife...
We went up to Spokane a few months ago as she was competing in the USA Power Lifting Association Nationals. She busted three national records in her class. Bench, deadlift, and total. The bench record cut down through two age groups below her. Gotta be a wake up call for the 40 year olds in the 155/160 weight class.
How many 62 year old women do you know who bench press 207, dead lift 335, and squat 248? My strategy for safety? I can outrun her :-)
PS "RAW" means no assisting outer wear other than a belt.
PS #2 I was up front. The place was packed.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Dec 14, 2018 - 06:29pm PT
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during my EMT days in red lodge montana,
we got dispatched to the scene of a lightning strike at a lake not very far out of town.
there was handicap access which on this occasion was attended by a boy scout group including the son
of our ambulance administrator/trainer who was behind the wheel as we rolled, lights and sirens.
there was a metal hand rail on the shoreline and our information indicated multiple casualties.
it was pedal to the metal up a steady grade in a diesel rig to the lake and while en route
an oncoming vehicle issued an ambiguous headlight signal. as it carried on by, laying on
some stuff in the bed of the pickup, under a crouching adult, we recognized her son.
one slight drop in RPM on the tach, an instant maybe two, of maternal instinct,
a moment in the mirror, and then a profound resumption of throttle and duty.
we were knee deep in it up by the railings. notably, it all went
as smooth and professionally as it should have, but damn!
skipping ahead: the kid made a good recovery. at least near term, reason to be hopeful.
i guess i never heard about the kids we transported to billings. sad, but not unusual
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 14, 2018 - 06:57pm PT
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^^^
One hell of a situation.
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Aeriq
Sport climber
100-year Visitor
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Dec 14, 2018 - 07:02pm PT
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Such a stoopid thread to have to name only a few.
Go ahead and post your favorites - the list will never be complete.
You boxed your male ass in with the thread title.
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Gene
climber
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Dec 14, 2018 - 07:08pm PT
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My two daughters.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 14, 2018 - 07:17pm PT
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hey there say, ... thank... thebravecowboy... will do... :)
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Dec 15, 2018 - 12:04am PT
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Two Ns in Lynn
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perswig
climber
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Dec 15, 2018 - 06:31am PT
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But as it happens, I kind of have a crush on my wife...
How many 62 year old women do you know who bench press 207, dead lift 335, and squat 248?
Out-fukin-standing and badass, Kris.
Dale
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Dec 15, 2018 - 08:03am PT
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Shakti.
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ecdh
climber
the east
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Dec 15, 2018 - 06:08pm PT
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Laurie Anderson for sure.
Gerlindhe Kaltenbrummer. No O, k2 north side, and still worked a day job as a nurse.
In fact all nurses, especially the one I married. 12 years in ER, damn superhero.
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Dec 15, 2018 - 07:50pm PT
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Someone say Rachel Carson? Low T? Yeah, thanks, maybe it's the organochlories.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 16, 2018 - 03:28am PT
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Way, way too many to list here so I'll leave it at my wife, Ada Lovelace, and Silvia Vidal.
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capseeboy
Social climber
portland, oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2018 - 12:42pm PT
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-Helen Keller
-Anne Sullivan
-Emilie du Chatelet
-Catherine Destivelle
My grandmother, mother of six girls and one boy, devout Catholic. At around age 85 said, " I don't think it matters too much what people believe, as long as their nice."
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 17, 2018 - 01:21pm PT
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" I don't think it matters too much what people believe, as long as their nice."
That just about says it all.
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