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MisterE
Trad climber
One Place or Another
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 2, 2009 - 09:09pm PT
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It was just too much work to get here
Ah, hell. What's the worst that could happen?
I won't spend any money out here!
Boy, it's nice to get a break from (insert your favorite pet peeve)
THIS will get me back in shape!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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It's rainin bitches.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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I remembered my vaseline for the "unplanned bivy."
My partner remembered his Vicks Vapo-Rub for the "unplanned bivy."
I didn't like anything at the Yosemite Grocery Store anyways.
Denny's breakfast is pretty good for dinner.
Those kids/dogs/grandmas in the car need to toughen up... a hot day never hurt anyone.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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My main reason is that at some point it becomes more scary to go down than it is to go up.
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treeman
climber
mule city
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Chicks have done the route.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Cuz MisterE told me not to!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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LOL nutjob.
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seamus mcshane
climber
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We're goin' UP!!!
The Jefferson's Theme was ALWAYS my mantra.
Well we're movin' on up...
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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My blow up doll sprung a leak.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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A Supertopo trip report about bailing won't get me groupies.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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life sucks down there.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Cuz there's still a couple of loads left in the baggie?
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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i agree with ontheedgeandscaredtodeath,
> at some point it becomes more scary to go down than it
> is to go up.
i simply trust my fingers and feet more than rap slings -- especially the dull dusty faded ones (a reference to both my fingers and the rap slings).
that and too many excuses soon lead to running an 8K in a 10K race, or mowing just half the lawn. a slipperly slope.
^,,^
(thank Bobo i don't have a lawn -- i've got boulders and bushes)
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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because i hauled all this crap up here for just such an occasion.
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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The first night on the wall on the Trip, six pitches up, feet dangling off the portaledge, warm beer in hand, my partner looked at me and asked,
"If we could bail right now, would you go for it?"
My reply; "Hell yeah."
Ground grip can be pretty overwhelming.
Fortunately all the pitches below us were overhanging and the top looked like the easier option.
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Place or Another
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 4, 2009 - 09:37am PT
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That's one of the things I miss about doing FA's in the North Cascades. By the time you hike/bushwhack into the places remote enough to pick a line, it seems like a huge waste of time and energy not to go for it.
Plus, the partner would never allow it.
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Holdplease2
Big Wall climber
Yosemite area
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2006: Tom is at the bridge. With a telescope.
2007: Tom will be at the bridge. And learned how to post reports.
2008: Won't be down before Tom gets to the bridge. And he puts photos in his reports.
2009: Tom awards bail of the day and based on the zodiac carnage we wouldn't win.
Tom, thanks for being such a motivating partner! ;)
-Kate.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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^^^ lol, that's hysterical.
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golsen
Social climber
kennewick, wa
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Have you guys been to the Black canyon? One of the worst places possible to have to retreat.
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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Cause Mr. E will give me that disapproving glare that no amount of peanut butter and jelly will alleviate.
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