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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Knob Central
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Ed, the new term is 'I OSF'ed that baby'. 'On Sight Flash' is the only send that counts? To some degree I get the most satisfaction from sending a route that has taken me some tries to get. Yes, it's nice to OSF a route but often that just means the routes was not at the absolute top of my capabilities. Now, I have only ever 'projected' one route in my life, but to try a route a few times over the course of a season and finally send it is very rewarding. I actually think there is too much emphasis on the OSF now days, at least in the crowd I hang in.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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"When you hang on all that gear and lower and rest and rehearse, or whatever, and pretend you did it free, you have sinned, i.e. send."
Pat's pun leads to another. In the 19th century, Britain governed most of what is now India. They steadily expanded to the west and north, into what is now Pakistan and Kashmir. General Napier was once put in command of forces sent to the area, but under instructions not to occupy Sind, a southern province. He did so anyway, out of military necessity, and supposedly his telegram announcing he'd done it was one word of Latin: "Peccavit". Which means, in English, "I have sinned".
I guess you have to have learned Latin in an English public school to make bilingual puns like that. Although apparently not a true story, it's a good one.
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Wonder
climber
WA
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G Gnome, your right about the Fish thing.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Darlin' youoouuooouu send me....
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there all....hmmm, obviously, this is an unskilled, and just as clueless rendition of the word...
having a "send"---three, to choose from, depending on the mood at hand:
upon setting out to climb:
s-incerely
e-nergized,
n-ot
d-elusional
upon reposing after a climb:
s-incerely
e-nthralled,
n-now
d-elighted
waiting for the next climb:
s-incerely
e-mpty,
n-one-the-less
d-etermined
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Aug 12, 2014 - 12:29pm PT
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I think neebee sends this debate.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Aug 12, 2014 - 02:00pm PT
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If its brown...send it down...
Sent him packing...ie...finished with it.
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Braunini
Big Wall climber
cupertino
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Aug 12, 2014 - 04:52pm PT
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Research "sick" next
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 16, 2014 - 11:43pm PT
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Enclosing a money order. Thank you.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:16am PT
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I hate that fuking word
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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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Aug 17, 2014 - 08:08am PT
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Ed Hartouni for president!
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all in jim
climber
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Aug 17, 2014 - 08:41am PT
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Send, in climbing terms, did not evolve from the word ascent.
It started in the late 80s in places like Rifle and American Fork and has to do with the word send, as in "put a stamp on it and send it", meaning, you're done with that route. It's a dismissive term.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Aug 17, 2014 - 09:23am PT
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I heard that at a comp in the late-80s a climber, nicknamed "Metal Head" was clinging to the crux for a while and someone in the crowd yelled up' "send it Metal Head", the crowd joined in and...
... that's the story I heard from Lester some two decades ago.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Mar 30, 2015 - 08:17pm PT
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An older expression was to "dispatch the crux".
Definition 2 below.
"send" would be a shorter version of this.
E.g. "finish", possibly after prior working of the route.
dis·patch
dəˈspaCH/
verb
1.
send off to a destination or for a purpose.
"he dispatched messages back to base"
synonyms: send (off), post, mail, forward, transmit, email
"all the messages were dispatched"
2.
deal with (a task, problem, or opponent) quickly and efficiently.
"they dispatched the opposition"
synonyms: deal with, finish, conclude, settle, discharge, perform; More
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Oct 28, 2017 - 11:57am PT
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So the ever pedantic Hartouni came through with the historical goods.
Velly Intelesting, but Stlange
You gotta remember Laugh In for that one. 20 points for whoever can name the speaker.
Neebee, the non-climber has the best reduction.
Mighty Hiker has the best diversion, to "dude" or preferably "DOOD!".
And Tami The Valley Maven: When I first heard it, I thought "Valley Girl" was YOSEMITE Valley girl. HAHAHAHAHAAHHA
really made me laugh because Yosemite Valley Girls were all I chased in those days, even occasionally successfully.
I hope we haven't SENT this topic yet
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Oct 28, 2017 - 07:48pm PT
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Then:
So-and-so sent such-and-such.
Now:
He or she cleaned the route.
(Meaning they climbed it cleanly with no falls or hangs, I am guessing.)
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