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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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^^^
Luckily, ST didn't get going until September 2001.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Once again, I think Jstan nails it. I would only add that there are a few that can or have, pulled it off. That climbing means something, but usually at best, it's a part of a bigger, better something.
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jstan
climber
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I deleted my post. Upon looking at it a second time it seemed irrelevant.
Edit:
Sorry about that. I'll try and fix the error.
Many of the things we are doing are caused by a subliminal or conscious expectation that climbing is important in the grand scheme. It isn't. What we do has effects but they are pretty generally located only in the mind of the climber.
If we simply stopped thinking the clouds will part on our command because of something we did on the rock, a lot of good things would follow.
I felt it was irrelevant to say this because I have no expectation good can come from it being said.
My apologies W.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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O.K. great. Leave me hanging, I've had worse. I still think you had a good point, irrelevant as it may seem.
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Frogjamm
Trad climber
San Francisco
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20th century? I'd say the nadir was the advent of technical roped climbing.
Oh, and then it went downhill.
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Richard
climber
Bend, OR.
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The stick clip
....and stick clipping
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Disaster Master
Sport climber
Arcata / Santa Rosa, CA
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Can't we all just smoke a bong.... er , I mean get along?
This thread is starting to sound like the late 80's, early 90's in climbing. That, or my family reunion.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Those dirty Hippies, who was that now.... Bridwell, Long & Westbray? Long hair, drugs, and...fast climbing.
Belay devices, starting with the Stich plate by Salewa.
Crash pads...now I'm tearing at the last few gray hairs on my head.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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"Get along": what he said. Also: what's wrong with Tori Allen?
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Tube socks
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flakyfoont
Trad climber
carsoncity nv
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summit registers
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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FFA- first female ascent- does that mean this is first male ascent?
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Oct 19, 2012 - 12:02am PT
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Not climbing
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Oct 19, 2012 - 01:25am PT
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Grumpy old men.
Edit: Nah, on second, thought, I love them too. They give me a good laugh. Plus, for some reason, Sophia Loren hangs around them and you can't complain about that!
Eric
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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Oct 19, 2012 - 01:33am PT
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LEO's otherwise known as TOOLS
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 19, 2012 - 02:03am PT
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Too many climbers!
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Oct 19, 2012 - 02:54am PT
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The commercialization of Everest.
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