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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 29, 2009 - 12:48pm PT
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From Poised for Grace...
Douglas Brooks writes: Abhinavagupta reminds us that we are limited only by the limitations we mistake for our goals (GAS, 2.45)
Poised for Grace is Douglas' commentary on the Gita. I was reading and flowing right along last night and then I hit that quote. It stopped me in my tracks. I put down my readings and meditated on the quote.
Abhinavagupta was a 10th century Kashmir Shaivite (Tantric) philosopher.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jan 29, 2009 - 01:21pm PT
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Hello...Werner....mind throwing down on this one?
A fave of mine.
"Every day on this side of the dirt is a good one!"
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 29, 2009 - 01:32pm PT
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I've got a bunch of them.
"Stars are best discerned from the lonely isolation of experiential depths, not from the illuminated and ecstatic mountain tops"
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Trad
Trad climber
northern CA
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Jan 29, 2009 - 01:55pm PT
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"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to sharpen"
 Eden Phillpotts
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Jan 29, 2009 - 02:24pm PT
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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" Leonardo da Vinci
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Jan 29, 2009 - 02:45pm PT
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A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 29, 2009 - 02:47pm PT
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We need Rick James to post his motto...
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Jan 29, 2009 - 03:01pm PT
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"At either end of the social spectrum, there lies a leisure class"
Too which I add "It's getting stuck in the middle that's a bitch"
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"Fail to plan, plan to fail"
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for Anna:
"boats are like women, the rigging always costs more than the hull"
And a very (VERY) sexist one I made up:
"Boat are like women,
it is not so important how wide the beam so long as her curves are fair,
but at utmost she's responsive at the helm"
(Go ahead bash me for a little machismo ;)
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Double D
climber
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Jan 29, 2009 - 03:03pm PT
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"My best vacation is your worst nightmere!" Jim Bridwell
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Jan 29, 2009 - 03:09pm PT
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Didn't Bridwell also say:
"It's not an adventure unless during the middle of it your not sure you will make back to the easy chair to tell the story!"
-?
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drljefe
climber
Toostoned, AZ
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Jan 29, 2009 - 03:09pm PT
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"Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often."
Mae West
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Jan 29, 2009 - 03:29pm PT
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"okay then, let's go, shall we?."
"yes. let's."
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Jan 29, 2009 - 03:32pm PT
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"An artist (or climber?) only works when the consequences of not working outweigh the consequences of working." from art and fear
true, but perhaps not inspiring.
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Novak
Mountain climber
Den-verrr
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Jan 29, 2009 - 03:52pm PT
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"Give me water, hope, silence.
Give me iron, struggle, volcanos."
As climbers we do things on the fringe that invite stress and discomfort. I love how this Neruda quote speaks to comfot, but also to things that make us stronger and better people.
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seamus mcshane
climber
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Jan 30, 2009 - 12:02pm PT
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"It ain't f*#ked-up until I can't fix it."
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jahlgrim
Trad climber
Bakersfield, CA
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Jan 30, 2009 - 01:12pm PT
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Another sexist one I have always liked:
"Women are like dog poop the older they get the easier they are to pick-up."
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Chris2
Trad climber
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Jan 30, 2009 - 01:19pm PT
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"You are so stupid, you are an insult to stupid people!"
Wanda to Otto.
"There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know that they know; and those who know that they know."
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Deemed Useless
Social climber
Ca.
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Jan 30, 2009 - 01:36pm PT
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"Ahhhh...I have three kids and NO money!
Why can't I have no kids and three moneys?!!!" ~Homer Simpson~
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 30, 2009 - 01:41pm PT
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"Action achieves strength, moderation eventuates in charm."
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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City
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Jan 30, 2009 - 01:51pm PT
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"Beauty is just a light switch away"
Worked for me in college, not so much anymore. The sun comes up now and they may still be there!!!
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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Jan 30, 2009 - 03:28pm PT
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In court recently our attorney said , "but, your honor, there are some red flags..."
And the judge said, "you can wipe your ass with your red flags."
I'm inspired, I'm talking like that from now on....
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Fletcher
Trad climber
the campfire just a ways past Chris' Taco stand
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Jan 30, 2009 - 05:14pm PT
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. —Katherine Hepburn
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. — Anaïs Nin
I GOT THE TWELVE-FOOT STARE IN AN EIGHT-FOOT ROOM! — MisterE
It takes a long time to understand nothing. — Edward Dahlberg
A wise man said we are guilty by our actions but innocent by our ignorance. To phrase it more bluntly, we’re all bozos on this bus. — Karl Baba
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. —Voltaire
Tourists use itineraries to see and do what they want. Travelers use itineraries to wipe up the mess when the kimchee hits the fan. — Randy Wayne White
The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual. — R. Buckminster Fuller
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason. — John Cage
I can believe anything provided it is incredible. — Oscar Wilde
Live every day like it's your last, 'cause one day you're gonna be right. — Ray Charles
The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know. — Blaise Pascal
If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice. — Meister Eckhart
All dis talk! Vy can't ve chust climb! —John Salathe
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Jan 30, 2009 - 10:02pm PT
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"Thinking you've got the truth is a form of madness...."
-Joseph Campbell.
"If men of war can get together to get what they want, why can't men of peace get together to get what they want?"
-Leo Tolstoi.
"The way that can be known, is not the way."
-Lao Tze.
"WhoTF is this charioteer, anyway?"
-Arjuna
---okay I may have made that one up, but he must have thought that.....
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
thats what she said...
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Jan 30, 2009 - 10:04pm PT
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"i don't have a girlfriend, but i do know a girl who would be REALLY pissed if she heard me say that"
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TYeary
Mountain climber
Calif.
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Jan 30, 2009 - 10:34pm PT
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Better off in the mountains thinking about God,
than in church thinking about the mountains.
Tony
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Aug 21, 2009 - 01:18pm PT
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"Ever notice that 'What the Hell' is always the right decision?" ~Marilyn Monroe
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Carolyn C
Trad climber
the long, long trailer
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Aug 21, 2009 - 01:31pm PT
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"A paradox is not a conflict within reality. It is a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality should be like." -Richard Feynman
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smuch
Boulder climber
Vail, Or
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Aug 21, 2009 - 04:14pm PT
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As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression.
In both instances, there's a twilight where everything remains
seemingly unchanged, and it is in such twilight that we
must be aware of change in the air, however slight,
lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.
- Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas - -
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 21, 2009 - 04:20pm PT
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"Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence." Wittgenstein
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Aug 21, 2009 - 04:31pm PT
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"Either my watch has stopped, or I'm dead" Groucho Marx
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Saltydog
climber
NC
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Aug 21, 2009 - 04:34pm PT
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a violin is just a fancy fiddle.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Aug 21, 2009 - 04:57pm PT
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At the point in your day of experiencing outdoor challenges, where you finally feel really safe (or safer)-----preferably with food nearby and a drink in your hand:
"Here's to cheating death!"
Or am I off-topic with a toast?
Howabout the one a buddy first uttered in 1975 as I was starting a lead on E. Ridge of Bugaboo Spire:
"See you in Hell Brooks!"
I've used that one ever since on nervous leaders, and friends launching on a dangerous rapid after scouting it.
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Barbarian
Trad climber
slowly dying in the OC
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Aug 21, 2009 - 05:04pm PT
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"Don't fall... the anchors are crap!"
My belayer
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 21, 2009 - 07:07pm PT
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"I know. Let's have a spelling contest."
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Aug 21, 2009 - 07:12pm PT
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If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
Katharine Butler Hathaway
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 21, 2009 - 07:13pm PT
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"What would I be doing in a lonely hearts' club?
Mae West, asked if she would allow her photo to be one of the 50 people on the cover of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually she agreed, though.
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L
climber
a blue ocean full of whales
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Aug 21, 2009 - 07:16pm PT
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What doesn't kill you
only makes you...
...wish you were dead. ;-)
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bonin_in_the_boneyard
Trad climber
Up the 'Creek w/out a Prada
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Aug 24, 2009 - 03:43am PT
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
But seriously, have you ever noticed that the sh!ttier the job, the more likely it is to require a drug test?
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Aug 24, 2009 - 10:50am PT
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Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs,
even though tempered with failure.
Then to take rank with those poor souls
who neither risk much nor lose much,
for they live in that gray twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Aug 24, 2009 - 11:12am PT
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"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." Mark Twain
Also watch Moving Over Stone (the first one). More great, quirky quotes than I can list.
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bonin_in_the_boneyard
Trad climber
Up the 'Creek w/out a Prada
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Aug 24, 2009 - 11:48am PT
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^^^
"This film is dedicated to the rock...
...without it we'd all be surfers."
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Aug 24, 2009 - 11:53am PT
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"The Captain. Welcome home."
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PhotogEC
climber
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Aug 24, 2009 - 12:01pm PT
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"Contentment is a warm sty for pigs and eaters." - George Bernard Shaw
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squatch
Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
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Aug 24, 2009 - 01:17pm PT
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"you'll climb better if your shoes are comfortable"-JB
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 24, 2009 - 01:36pm PT
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"Oh, stop posing and send."
Don't know her name, but this was said by a young woman to her male partner who was "accidentally" flexing his well developed muscles to show her and the two old farts who'd just shown up at their belay what a hard dude he was.
Totally deflated him. And of course he got completely wigged out on the pitch above which, although only 5.8, was protected by three ancient 1/4" rawl buttonheads in a full ropelength.
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Rob_James
Ice climber
Aoraki/Mt. Cook Village, New Zealand
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Aug 24, 2009 - 06:51pm PT
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Enjoy yourself. But take only what you need from it.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 24, 2009 - 08:14pm PT
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"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
George Orwell
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 24, 2009 - 09:17pm PT
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Goo one dude...
Heyman, how 'bout:
"Boredom is not art"
-Celine
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Aug 25, 2009 - 12:48am PT
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"I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming"
Homer Simpson
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WBraun
climber
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If you have got life, I can kill you with a knife.
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froodish
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful
what we pretend to be."
--Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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"A display of specialized skill does not signify possession of spiritual capacity. Cleverness is not a substitute for true character."
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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"There is no try"- Yoda.
"Kicking Ass is hard work," - Mr Natural.
"Don;t mean sheiit," -ibid.
"I quit climbing for fun a long time ago," B.S.
"I am not the devil," ibid.
"Are those real?' -Blitzo.
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go - TS Eliot
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