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Jim Wilcox
Boulder climber
Santa Barbara
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Nov 15, 2008 - 12:08pm PT
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How about least arrogant?
I'd vote for for Watusi without hesitation
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Nov 15, 2008 - 12:28pm PT
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"wait..you said climber. karl baba then."
Funny thing is that it's true! I'm arrogant in an understated way. I'm so confident in myself that I don't have to put others down to feel good, don't have to climb well to feel good, and don't have to convince others I'm worth a sh#t to feel good.
I'm confident enough to accept my lack of confidence, particularly when it's well deserved.
I'm cocky enough to think this kind of arrogance is a sort of maturity. The arrogance you have to watch out for is "Chihuahua" arrogance where doubt and fear breed aggression.
Yosemite has seen a few real bad asses who manage to project serious arrogance. That's a good thing so we know heros aren't perfect humans
Peace
Karl
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martygarrison
Trad climber
The Great North these days......
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Nov 15, 2008 - 01:11pm PT
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Bill Denz and I discussed ego and climbing while we were doing the NA Wall in 78. We both decided that since the climbing seemed more like hard work than fun, it was our egos that put us up there. Anyway, what I have found is that many of us were somewhat arrogant in our youth but as we grew older it just kinda faded away. In terms of the least arrogant great climbers I have known it would be Croft and Bill Price.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Nov 15, 2008 - 01:26pm PT
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I'm still striving to acquire you're level of enlightenment, Wes, but people like me need time. Don't look down upon us, Wes, pity us.
C'mon, you gotta admit you're a cocky f*#ker! Some call if confidence, others see it as arrogance. In the end, it doesn't matter, it's what you do and in that regard you seem to be pretty o.k....seemingly.
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BASE666
Gym climber
Yosemite Park Ranger
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Nov 15, 2008 - 02:31pm PT
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Ivo.
he was an arrogant little bastard when I popped him for BASE jumping last as well.
666
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Nov 15, 2008 - 02:35pm PT
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I think we all can come off as arrogant. I usually ignore the moment since it generally passes.
The real question is; who's ego threatened yours?
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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Nov 15, 2008 - 02:59pm PT
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Ivo? I've never known Ivo to be arrogant...
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
X
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Nov 15, 2008 - 05:31pm PT
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getting tooled by some prick can bring out the worst in a guy...free ivo!
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dickcilley
Social climber
A cova Dos Nenos
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Nov 18, 2008 - 11:07am PT
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Two german girls told the Fish and I that we were the most arrogant young men they had ever met.IŽd have to agree.
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Nov 18, 2008 - 03:44pm PT
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Sometimes arrogance is a tool to get you through the impossible. If you are busy thinking that nothing can stop you, than you won't waste time on seeing all the ways you can get hurt. Instead, you will focus on the path that "will" work.
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Now for the most arrogant climber I know... The one that takes the cake is so lost that he is not worth naming.
People like him live hard lives despite feeling "special" and self righteous. Because of their sense of righteousness, self worth, entitlement; they always feel cheated out of what they deserved. Because they are so focused on themselves, they lack empathy and have no close relationships with others. Nothing of value sticks since their own self worth will push it away.
Luckily he is a loner, so he's pretty harmless and... He is very fun to watch.
:)AF
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 18, 2008 - 03:59pm PT
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Cilley once described them as "not arrogant, but Brusque."
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Sir loin of leisure...
Trad climber
X
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Nov 18, 2008 - 04:11pm PT
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I believe we called him (dick cylinder),it really annoyed him..
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 18, 2008 - 04:12pm PT
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I can see the eye roll, right now.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Nov 18, 2008 - 06:39pm PT
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Base666 You're the arrogant little basturd for being a fun hating tool and thinking that is alright. Ivo is a free spirit who would help someone in need without a second thought.
Get a real job.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 18, 2008 - 06:48pm PT
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The most arrogant climber?
Is the one having the most fun.
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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Nov 18, 2008 - 07:23pm PT
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Mark Twight seems like a candidate..
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Nov 18, 2008 - 07:56pm PT
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The most arrogant climber is the one who says that,
"having fun is overrated"!
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 18, 2008 - 07:57pm PT
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"having fun is overrated"!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 18, 2008 - 08:03pm PT
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The most arrogant climber is the one that looks down on all the others,..
no wait,.. that would be the "highest" climber.
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S.Powers
Social climber
Jtree, now in Alaska
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Nov 18, 2008 - 08:34pm PT
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Ivo is a cool guy, he isnt arrogant at all.
Locker said:
"most arrogant climber"...
Anyone ever meet my good buddy Mayville???...
LOL!!!...
Ill second that, i bet if you asked him hed agree, then squash your skull.
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