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CA.Timothy
climber
California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2014 - 12:42pm PT
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be warned the reporting is pretty horrible
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jan 15, 2014 - 01:01pm PT
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"Rock Climbing Official"
yay Media!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 15, 2014 - 01:08pm PT
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When the media addresses climbing they NEVER get it right. Are we to assume they get things we are less knowledgeable right?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jan 15, 2014 - 01:13pm PT
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The guy is obviously not a clean climber.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:20pm PT
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You're a moRong.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:24pm PT
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I knew this thread would draw a gun related comment within 10 posts.
Anyway, what a crazy crime. Who brings a claw hammer to go climbing? Were they pulling vegetation out of cracks or something?
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:29pm PT
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Sad story, condolences.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:31pm PT
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a man is dead, horrible
the suspect claimed he "found" the claw hammer off the trail?
he was arrested in New York two days later, far from the crime site
claimed they had an argument....
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:31pm PT
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Who brings a claw hammer to go climbing?
Umm, me......
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:40pm PT
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You ain't gettin' my hammer!
That's where I draw the line.
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Urmas
Social climber
Sierra Eastside
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:45pm PT
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Yeah Crunch, I remember your stories of that ascent. Still the most epic sufferfest I have heard of on the Captain, at least where no one died!
Hope you're doin' well, old buddy!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2014 - 02:46pm PT
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Hammer the point home that this isn't about guns.
Sure, guns got hammers. But when hammers are finally outlawed, only climbers will still have a few stashed.
I'm an old drunken "hammer."
Not a funnkin' spammer...
From up on the Rio Grama.
Git a Rong, rittle doggie, git a Rong...
What about all the "attempts at Suicide" we keep hearing about in the climbing media, huh?
No one suggests that is a problem. How narrow-minded. :0)
Laughter in the face of death: One coping method.
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Jan 15, 2014 - 03:01pm PT
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Unless in an act of protection, I don't see how anything can be worth killing another.
In fact most fights I see are about small stupid issues, egos and yeah, egos. C'mon folks, when are we all going to get tired of being angry and miserable and find excuses for being happy instead. Yes, excuses because really, half the times we are miserable and angry is because we choose it.
AFS
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2014 - 03:07pm PT
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Oh, dream on...
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jan 15, 2014 - 03:13pm PT
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Does this mean I need to start carrying a gun when I go climbing in case my partner wants to whack me with a hammer?
Is there a greasemonkey script that shows a person's rap sheet next to their supertopo alias? What about their list of current/previous prescriptions?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2014 - 03:20pm PT
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"Young man, my name's Bubba. Yer in the Rong bunk. Have you any 'ludes?"
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patrick compton
Trad climber
van
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Jan 15, 2014 - 03:21pm PT
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guy is 31, hardly a 'youth'
he has a history of mental illness, so i would actually believe his story that he (believed) he was being strangled and responded with violent force. aka paranoid delusions
i hope he is assessed and gets the help he needs instead of ending up in solitary
in any case, he has to live with the guilt that he killed his 20 year friend and climbing mentor.
very sad.
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fluffy
Trad climber
Colorado
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Jan 15, 2014 - 03:27pm PT
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Ron you kind of need to get a life.
Advice I'm sure you'll ignore, but hey just thought you should know you're pretty much ruining it for everyone else here.
Crazy shat about the claw hammer I'm sure there's nothing about that piddly little choss pile worth dying over.
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Christopher Paik
Trad climber
md
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Jan 15, 2014 - 09:37pm PT
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Something a little off-putting about the tone here -- unless you are the sort of person who doesn't mind jokes when one of your friends goes splat --
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