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Anastasia
climber
hanging from an ice pick and missing my mama.
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Jul 15, 2011 - 10:34pm PT
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It was so cold that even the squirrels couldn't keep their nuts warm. (Marine Corps veteran R. Lee Ermey)
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jul 16, 2011 - 03:01pm PT
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Cynic
"an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision."
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 16, 2011 - 05:50pm PT
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hey there, say all.... awwww, shucks, i got a bunch of little favorite quotes, but most won't make much sense to many-a-folk.... :)
here's one, from a novel by a nifty ol' writer, that i know of:
Anquish now sought to trip-him-up and lay-him-low, and near as fast as a broken boot heel!
:) *need a hint? ;)
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LongAgo
Trad climber
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Jul 17, 2011 - 02:18am PT
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From a recent read, Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver:
"The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know." I might add, even or especially with respect to ourselves.
"Lies are infinite in number and the truth so small and singular." Again, even to ourselves.
Tom Higgins
LongAgo
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davidji
Social climber
CA
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but we have to raise our sails. -- Sri Ramakrishna
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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"I GOT AMOUTH RIGHT?"
Weld_it.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Aug 14, 2011 - 10:17am PT
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Anderl Heckmair:
"I consider mountain climbing an absolutely egocentric activity; I could therefore never understand why one would want to set up rules for it. "In the mountains, freedom rules" is an old poacher's saying. Whether and how I use artificial means is my business. To climb in the cleanest and smoothest way possible - that was my desire. How others climb is their business, and nobody else has the right to interfere. Most people abide by rules because they want to be accepted. I was only truly content when I succeeded in completing a climb the way I had envisioned it. Naturally, there is satisfaction when a climb is acclaimed by the experts, but basically, this was not as important to me as the recognition by my friends."
Lynn Hill:
"It goes boys"
Toni Kurz:
"Ich kann nicht mehr"
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2011 - 04:42pm PT
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Things are to be used and people are to be loved, but the problem in today's world is people are being used and things are being loved.
anon
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Aug 20, 2011 - 05:24pm PT
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"My once-keen analytical mind has become so dulled by endless hours of baking in the hot sun, thrashing about in tight chimneys, pulling at impossibly heavy loads.... so that now my mental state is comparable to that of a Peruvian Indian, well stoked on coca leaves..." — Warren Harding (1925-2002), Reflections on a broken down climber.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Aug 20, 2011 - 07:10pm PT
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Eighth Tao
The highest good is like water.
Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive.
It flows in places that men reject and is like the Tao.
In dwelling, be close to the land.
In meditation, go deep into the heart.
In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.
In speech, be true.
In ruling, be just.
In business, be competent.
In action, watch the timing.
No fight: No blame.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Aug 28, 2011 - 10:21am PT
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things sure have changed since we got kicked out of high school
The ramones
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Aug 28, 2011 - 10:39pm PT
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Bud Lite? Must be a small party.
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Vosser
Trad climber
reno, NV
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Aug 28, 2011 - 11:45pm PT
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Life is hard! Especially when your a pussy.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 29, 2011 - 02:16am PT
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"I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life."
Gandhi
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Aug 29, 2011 - 02:39am PT
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My grandfather;
"If you always want to be employed, find the job that no one else wants to do, and do it better then everyone else."
Little did I know at the time that would translate into many years of packing parachutes for a living...
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Sep 18, 2011 - 12:23pm PT
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Anniversaries are pretty much just a way of bragging to the world that someone can put up with your sh#t for an extended period of time.
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Sep 18, 2011 - 12:53pm PT
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"You'll never find enlightenment on a full stomach."
Doug Scott's reply to Greg Child when, during a FA of Shivling's East Pillar, they were running very low on food and fuel. Greg asked Doug what they would do when they totally ran out of food, fuel and were still stuck in the storm they were presently in............
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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Sep 18, 2011 - 08:35pm PT
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These are my own:
"one way of ruining a miracle is to try to figure it out"
"It is the risks we take in life which allows us to truly live, but it is the memories, not the risks, we choose to remember which can cripple or enhance the joys of the future"
"There is a little bit of "them" in all of us"
"Justifing your actions does not make them right"
This is my dads:
"Don't sweat the small stuff"
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