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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Apr 28, 2008 - 06:37pm PT
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and employed ther better strategy overall
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Apr 28, 2008 - 06:38pm PT
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am i right?
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Apr 28, 2008 - 06:45pm PT
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If this post 2027 when I clicked on it and already 2024, ever makes it down to 2000, I get a hat trick and Matt and others should be ashamed!
But i did it anyway, just in case ya'll suck
Peace
karl
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Ok I lied in a previous 2000 winning post, now deleted but copied below
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At least this game is resulting in the deletion of dozens of formerly useless posts.
Like this one. I get to be 2000 again don't I?!
Peace
karl
Edit. as a public service I'm deleting my former prize winning post 2000 and reposting it here. All the crap goes in one shitter
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Screw you 2000 ho-ing whores?
Does that mean I get to be 2000 for a microsecond?
Orgasm!
Edit: I'm 1988 now.
Will Matt have to delete posts from way back to make 2000, and sacrifice his other landmark round-number posts to do it?
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Second edit
Now I'm at 2000 again! I'm quitin' while I'm ahead since there are 27 posts ahead of this, it's not worth going for the hat trick.
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Spencer Adkisson
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Apr 28, 2008 - 06:57pm PT
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Matt, get help.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Apr 28, 2008 - 07:02pm PT
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Matt wrote:
" blowguy-
you want my address now?
=)"
Thanks, but you're not really my type.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Apr 28, 2008 - 07:05pm PT
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Beside Karl, & and that pitbull Coz, does this thread have anything to do with Half Dome, anymore?
Spencer, were you doing some sort of student teaching? If so, or similar, or whatever, welcome to our world! I really appreciated your perspective. I try to keep it real (more or less) from 7:30 to 2:30.
"who we are is bigger than what we climb."-brilliant!
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Apr 28, 2008 - 07:30pm PT
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btw- the whole thread is ridiculous-
were you thinking i ought to show some respect to a 2000 post bitch-and-wank-fest?
everyone bitching about it online is a numbskull-
and that's the motha-funkin point pal!
it's a sideshow, get over it.
(how many posts is it now... ?)
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Apr 28, 2008 - 07:47pm PT
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The internet is an amazing place.
Where else can you get, in one place, every generation of Climbing, from the Big guys that show us that nothing is impossible to the gumby lurker who is stopping on the way home from Apple Valley (lol locker) to say a few words.
and then there's Matt. Not sure what to think of that. Hopefully this thread isn't dead yet.
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atchafalaya
climber
Babylon
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Apr 28, 2008 - 08:17pm PT
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"This thread is not a wank-fest."
hahaha... seriously?
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Apr 28, 2008 - 08:21pm PT
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tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999
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jstan
climber
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Apr 28, 2008 - 08:22pm PT
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In order that we might get back on topic..........
One observer on the Long Ago thread complained that a bolt was chopped "without getting a consensus in the community." The asymmetry here is quite striking. Those opposed to this particularly artificial form of resource development have not pointedly called for a consensus as regards any specific bolt. Generally we have said as a policy we should find an alternative to complete freedom in the placing of these. This asymmetry is not suggestive of movement. So where do we find ourselves?
Well, on the flatirons there was a rapid and strong action by the municipality when a tax paying citizen complained about the whine of power equipment and disfigurement due to chalk in a taxpayer funded city park. On ST there was a complaint that this was an over reaction by the citizenry. I have to presume that comment came from someone whose quarterly real estate taxes for Boulder CO were not onerous. Perhaps that person does not realize we are now paying as much each month in taxes as we used to pay for an apartment? There has been an expression that we should just keep going as we are until municipalities are forced to take action. But consider. What is a municipality going to conclude when the citizens not involved in climbing are complaining, and half the people who are involved in climbing are also complaining? I would suggest they will decide the problem is due entirely to a small group of people unwilling to respect rules of any kind in the use of publicly funded parks.
Then the problem comes down to enforcement, which costs more than the municipality can afford to pay. Well, they will find some form of enforcement that is broader, deeper, and less costly.
A question. Is this really where we all want to go? I really don't think so.
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tradcragrat
Trad climber
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Apr 28, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
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Jody,
Scott has a strong opinion which is different from yours. That doesn't make him an egomaniac.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Apr 28, 2008 - 09:37pm PT
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Jody, 'Cozgrovel' is the real deal. I first made his acquaintance decades ago, now. He is passionate about his beliefs and his climbs, and he speaks his mind, even if it's not always to his own benefit. He does not speak up out of self-agrandizement. He speaks up because he feels a certain need, and he can't 'not' do so. If he feels it needs to be said, he will say it.
I don't think it bothers him that much that you or someone else doesn't agree. And I bet he really will have a beer with those guys if the chance offers itself. They may never agree, but they won't come to blows.
On a personal note, I think much of this dialog has been a good discussion of various points of view.
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 28, 2008 - 10:43pm PT
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So to test the therory I picked up a rock and put it in my pocket.
I took it home.
The rock ran away when I wasn't looking .......
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Apr 28, 2008 - 10:53pm PT
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Interesting insight, Coz.
Although, I would be reticent to live life by Mayvilles philosophy, lol!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 28, 2008 - 11:01pm PT
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Coz, Nice Post!
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Sean Jones
climber
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Apr 28, 2008 - 11:21pm PT
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Coz,
Just got in from a long day and thought I'd check the site just for the hell of it. Don't have too much time right now as the kids need story time and bed. I did read your last post though and it's very nice.
Sorry to you or anyone for the times I got pissy. I very much love life too and really try not to be an as#@&%e. Sometimes I blow it though just like anyone.
So many people say to me, don't look at super topo. It's just a bunch of pissy old f$cks that don't climb anyway. They're wrong though. I've learned alot from all this and made many new friends from it.
Sooooo many interesting people with so much to say. So many people Soooooo involved in climbing with very important things to say.
Wherever, whenever,.......beers on me. look forward to it.
I'll read more later tonight.
3,000 ? !!!!!!!!
Sean.
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Gilroy
Social climber
Boulderado
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Apr 29, 2008 - 12:33am PT
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Well, if it took 2000+ posts to get to this, it was worth it.
 an old f*ck
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Apr 29, 2008 - 12:43am PT
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Well said, Scott;......I have have the greatest respect for you as a climber and as a friend, and as we get older and hopefully wiser, we can realize that climbing is many things for many people......We climb because we dig it, and we love it.......When we were younger, we took it all so serious;..it was sort of like our religion.....and we were able to accomplish some amazing things;......It's taken many years and lots of climbs and friends to help me get it all into a "healthy" perspective in my life.......you too Coz;....and you are a greater person because of it. Being talented and motivated is awesome.....at the end of the day, we are all just people, having fun, doing our climbs, and trying to figure it all out and keep the ball rolling. You know alot about climbing and people, Scott;......and you have alot to say;....and you didn't get to know so much about climbing from a magazine, a website, a gym, or a book;.......but time on stone..........your last post , I thought , was full of insight , wisdom, and good vibes............(About time you grew up and figured it out......) Good for you! Maybe as we get older, we suck more at climbing, but every now and again, we get some insight....some hint as to what is going on as we stumble through life in our blissful sunset years.......(See ya at next local AARP gathering.....we can talk about social security, medical, and geritol..and those Mo fos who hang dog, rap bolt, put in convience anchors and ..............)....it never ends,...does it?....we are doomed...........
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Loomis
climber
Lat/Lon: 35.64 -117.66
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Apr 29, 2008 - 12:46am PT
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Wow, I will finally get a good nights sleep tonight.
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