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Anguish
Mountain climber
Jackson Hole Wyo.
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You've got the biggest balls on the planet.
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purplesage
Trad climber
Bend, OR
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"Could you tie off? I'm going to pass out"
On a hot day at Smith
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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After looking for an anchor at the end of a pitch and only finding spindly brush, "Don't fall, I'm tied to a shrubbery"
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
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Nice one, BluntMan.
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grantius
Trad climber
australia
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...are you the man or the hand?
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Usually, out of guilt for me leading something awful, it's a promise for treating at dinner.
Or a reciprocal promise to lead the next unwanted miserable section.
But there's not much the belayer can say, all the funny things are negative like
"you forgot the rack"
or
"Yur gonna Die"
or
"Doesn't the route go up that dirty offwidth instead?"
Peace
Karl
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ec
climber
ca
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We were in the middle of 'nowhere' (Domeland Wilderness)...my partner, a novice leader decides he wants the first pitch on this FA. 'looks easy enough, so I agree. He's some thiry-feet out form his last pro and starts to sketch a bit.
I wasn't to worried, lazing in the sun and casually note to him, "It's a grounder from where you're at."
Then he freaks, but fortunately gets something in. LOL
 ec
edit:
On another occasion: belayer, "Up rope."
Me, "WTF?!"
Belayer, "You ran out of rope, I've been climbing with you the last thiry feet!"
Sh*t the last thirty-feet was the crux!
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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"I'll be right back!"
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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"Let's do the Tea Bag!"
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billygoat
climber
3hrs to El Cap Meadow, 1.25hrs Pinns, 42min Castle
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 3, 2009 - 09:17pm PT
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EC--that second one is classic!
By the way, I apologize for the butchered thread title.
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corniss chopper
Mountain climber
san jose, ca
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helpful circus talk when
things are looking tough..."Up Simba! Up!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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"The best think you ever hear from a belayer while leading..."
Dunno - I've never heard anyone think. I'm sure they do, I just haven't been able to hear it.
(Someone had to say it.)
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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in the middle of the crux I hear "uh.. are you in a good spot?"
"No mistake or flat pancake"
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billygoat
climber
3hrs to El Cap Meadow, 1.25hrs Pinns, 42min Castle
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2009 - 01:48am PT
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Goddammit Mighty, I wait all day for someone to blast me for the typo. I apologize anyways... and then you come along...really nice timing pal.
Official correction, the intended thread title:
The best thing you ever heard from a belayer while leading...
Official subtitle:
...Mighty pain in the rear.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Put your foot on the ladies thumb, Beav.
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Wink
Mountain climber
Bishop, CA
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"Oh God, is that your BALLS?"
and
"So where's Tim?"
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Hardluck
Social climber
N of Mexico, S of Sanity
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"You've got it"
"You've got it!"
"You've got it, man!!!"
"Uh...that's not it"
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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"dog, you gotta come back -- this belay is like all falling apart!"
(from Lippy, at a hanging belay on an early and quickly aborted attempt to free climb an aid pitch midway up a 'blodgett special'. not as bad as it sounds, he had just popped a 'fixed' lost arrow as he wiggled around -- he still had two beefy enough wired stoppers and a early metolius teeny cam.
the former were solid, the latter once nearly killed me. a blue alien would have been all the jazz, but didn't yet exist. in any case, this ruined our heads for it, so we bailed. and likely for the better, as some actual big kids have since tried that same pitch. big air for all, and no cookie, to date.
sometimes dumb belay comments are "are Like Dancing Lessons from God" -Vonnegut)
^,,^
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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I think that's a bee hive above you.
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