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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Hey! I notice no man has answered my question (so far).
"My question is: can you smell yourself??? Do you like that smell???"
So, do you like your own smell? Or do you just ignore it and let it go like you might leave a wet towel on the bathroom floor?
(not that that habit has ever bothered me, or anything... :-)
edit: ^^ Axe, Brute, Old Spice, Obsession, Stinky Man Perfume. .
oh god yes, please leave that stuff off! How about soap and water and perhaps a light unscented deodorant or anti-perspirant product?
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Fresh sweat can act as an aphrodisiac. Stale sweat...forget it.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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ok, fresh sweat on a clean body: yummy, salty, almost smells like the sun. This assumes your clothes are also fresh and haven't been yanked from the hamper and subjected to the smell test.
But then the bacteria goes to work and say, eight hours later, a certain muskiness develops. As I've been climbing right along with you, I don't really care. It's accepted, tolerable, maybe even slighty sexy depending on the situation. But then it begins to build and build and you wear the same clothes the next day and we haven't taken a dip in a body of water and you refuse to wear deodorant because "it isn't natural". And suddenly I am moving away from you when I am downwind. And holding my breath if you raise your arm.
I don't know how clear that is. Maybe I need a scratch and sniff sample? ;-)
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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There once was a climber named Andy
whose odor was really quite randy.
The girls held their noses
but went for his poses
'cause climbers make the best eye candy!
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habitat
climber
grass pass
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Yes! I agree with one of these polls...finally!
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franky
Trad climber
Ford Pickup Truck, North America
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whew... my feet stink pretty bad, might not be willing to tie in with you anymore cragman.
unlined leather is the only solution. lined leather gets pretty bad... and synthetic is death.
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franky
Trad climber
Ford Pickup Truck, North America
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hmmm. I'll have to give that a shot. need all the help i can get to make my type-writer legs look hot for the ladies.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Nothing is sexier than a buff stinky women with climbing abrasions, hiking shoes/boots and a cute smile on her face. FYI
High heals and lingerie are so over rated.
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Cowdog
Trad climber
The Valley
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My python boot is too tight, I couldn't get it off last night...
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Aug 10, 2010 - 12:30am PT
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What's wrong with a buff girl in hiking boots, dirty with scrapes on her knees who later gets cleaned up and dons some sexy lingerie? Seems like the perfect combo.....
but back to the stink thing...if you start the day, both guy and girl nice and clean, then both get sweaty while climbing, nothing wrong and stinky about that, does help if you're attracted to said climbing partner though!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 10, 2010 - 12:33am PT
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Stuffy lady, to the famous Dr. Samuel Johnson*: "You smell!"
Dr. Johnson: "You smell. I stink."
*Author of the first dictionary of English, in the 18th century, bon vivant, and subject of Boswell's famous life.
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Cowdog
Trad climber
The Valley
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Aug 10, 2010 - 12:43am PT
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The crux of the biscuit is the '. Here Fido... Fido...
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Aug 10, 2010 - 02:53am PT
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Climbing is sexy? Man, when I was dirtbagging and living the life, I couldn't get laid for a million bucks. My feet smelled so bad that even dogs and bears would run away. Climbing has up and gone all mainstream now.
As for scent. It goes both ways, girls. I have to admit that at 21 I never would let that stop me as long as I could stay away from that thing and gasp for fresh air.
Has anyone ever smelled a bucket of dead carp?
When I started BASE jumping, I became a babe magnet. I have no explanation for this other than there were very few of us when I was in the glory of my youth.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Aug 10, 2010 - 03:08am PT
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Has anyone ever smelled a bucket of dead carp?
Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!1!11!
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Aug 10, 2010 - 03:15am PT
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The climbers in that survey must have been the high $$$ fools on the Carnival Cruise lines, tugging on bondo and pleading for tension.
Money is very, very sexy.
Not surprisingly, Carnival Cruise Lines also offers the other three "sports" cited in that survey: aerobics, body-building and golf (driving range on the fantail). Swimming was obviously omitted, because there is no way to actually swim in a pool full of rambunctious children.
It sounds like someone with a laptop got a free cruise by offering to do a "study" while underway.
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Aug 10, 2010 - 03:21am PT
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Yeah, I think I am going to have to delete that dead carp post any second.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Aug 10, 2010 - 03:28am PT
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Don't you DARE delete the Dead Carp Post.
A man who would call a thing by its natural name could hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as an enemy of the people.
 I'm too lazy to look the attributee up - the quote appears in HST's Hell's Angels
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Aug 10, 2010 - 03:38am PT
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Well, the dead carp comment is certainly the exception rather than the rule.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2010 - 03:58am PT
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I'm pretty smell tolerant but it's worth noting that one of the components of sweat is Urea
"Small amounts of ammonia, urea, & ketones are normal in sweat.
Ammonia is produced in your body when you break down amino acids (protein). It is supposed to be turned into urea. Ammonia and urea are supposed to be eliminated in urine.
Ketones (the onion smell) are produced when burning fats in the absence of carbohydrates.
Both smells are common when endurance athletes are glycogen depleted so protein/fat burning increases and subsequently increases the concentration of ammonia, urea, & ketones."
FWIW
Back in the early 80s very few women seriously climbed. If you lived in Yosemite, they tried to keep the non-employee climbers out of the dorm, where most of the local women lived and where climbers often sought to have various needs met (Food, showers, Love, whatnot) It was a pretty sad scene compared to what you might hear from say, Wilt Chamberlain.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Aug 10, 2010 - 11:30am PT
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Mmmm, urea.
"Can you smell me now !?!"
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