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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 12, 2009 - 04:22pm PT
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Hey Russ, I love you too man! (NTTAWWT)
And D, you're always welcome to climb with us!!!
The wife and I went on our first little climbing get-together to Granite Mountain. We bivied in the (old) parking area, bag on the ground. She woke up in the middle of the night to find a skunk digging a hole with it's ass in her face. Luckily, it didn't spray when she screamed. She was seriously not amused by the hike up to the rock. We went up to do a climb, she was pulling a nut out and hit herself in the eye, shattering her hard contact lens (shards left in the eye). We called it a day after that, hiked out. Needless to say, I was not on top of the call-me list after that.
A few years later, we both needed a partner for a long weekend and we sort of found each other again through various friends. The funny thing was that we only climbed one pitch that weekend (and rappeled off due to horrendous rock - Sedona). We did some hiking, visited the museum of Northern Arizona, and hiked to the top of Mount Humphreys.
After that, it was all downhill. :-)
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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May 12, 2009 - 04:31pm PT
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I don't understand what the problem is. One of our other female-type posters just uses a piece of plywood and a can of spraypaint, apparently.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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May 12, 2009 - 04:33pm PT
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Tomcat and Tradchick, living the dream!
Steelmnkey, she shattered a contact pulling a nut out, Yowza! Sounds like you guys are livin' it too!
Awesome.
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Forest
Trad climber
Tucson, AZ
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May 12, 2009 - 05:48pm PT
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My wife ( of one month, so far ) and I met her first night at the climbing gym about 5 1/2 years ago. What's that phrase? Oh yeah:
"Hey, do you need a belay?"
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Topic Author's Reply - May 12, 2009 - 06:02pm PT
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Wait a minute Greg. Not only the Skunk Gland, nut tool-in-eye but I think there was puking due to migraine.
Unless that was the honeymoon nearly a dozen years ago :)
Hey Felicia, I love you!
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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May 12, 2009 - 06:12pm PT
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Yes, cleo and I met at one of fattrad's Pity parties. Actually, she claims we met a year earlier, but there were a lot of people on the river that day.
I think our first date was the climbing gym, but we really got together when we climbed Nutcracker (or at least the first couple of pitches of it). We couldn't get past a wet section so we bailed and got back to camp after dark.
Cleo's in the Valley right now getting her gear together. Here's a story from the Fresno Bee about it.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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May 12, 2009 - 06:35pm PT
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hey phil-- tx for that bee link
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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May 12, 2009 - 06:36pm PT
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I met my wife in the gym:
Her: "None of these guys want to climb outside"
Me: "I've got a rack and I'm not afraid to use it."
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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May 12, 2009 - 06:37pm PT
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Is it any different for SF versus MF or DF?
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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May 12, 2009 - 07:10pm PT
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"This is the thread where the (past or present) ladies can tell their stories of...
Single Female seeks actual climber and what happened next.
Not poser climber, not pseudo climber, not noob climber, not semi-climber with super jealous non-climbing pregnant wife but the single guy who wants to climb as much and as hard as you do.
It's a lot harder than you think fellas."
Is it really that hard? We're waiting for the stories.
I've seen one legit story so far but it sounded no worse than what us men go through.
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tradchick
Trad climber
White Mountains
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May 12, 2009 - 07:19pm PT
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Well like Tomcat said.....
I was a single female seeking a real climber and found one. Our first date was a 3 pitch 10c and he sang "Come a little closer" while I seconded each pitch. Killer song, killer climb.
Anyways after the climbing we went to dinner and at some point he leaned over and kissed me. Wow! I melted on the spot and he can still do that to me. Four years later, not bad.
Real climber...yeah. We ice and rock climb every free moment in between working and kids.
We went to Red Rocks in March and are headed back for our honeymoon in October.
Yep, living the dream.
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Boltgrl
Ice climber
Winslow, AZ
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May 12, 2009 - 07:29pm PT
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you are right, graniteclimber, it isnt any worse for women than for men. it's really just all about finding the right person, which isn't always easy. the older we get, the more picky we get.
OK, here's my tick list:
6' or taller
fit, muscular
blue eyes
loves dogs and cats
no kids
38-46 years old, although i do like the young ones... :-P
experienced climber
not fixated on tradition (climbing or otherwise)
assertive
likes and can handle a strong woman (for real. lotta guys give that lip service)
wants to move to winslow and put up sport routes with me
no problem, right????
any takers????
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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May 12, 2009 - 07:36pm PT
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I'm available
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 12, 2009 - 07:40pm PT
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Sooze wrote:
"Wait a minute Greg. Not only the Skunk Gland, nut tool-in-eye but I think there was puking due to migraine."
Yeah, that part was just to complicated to explain.
Alls I know is that I ran out of beer...
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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May 12, 2009 - 07:55pm PT
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Boltgrl...Sounds like your challenge isn't finding a guy that wants to climb as much as you, but is more about the other things that make someoen special to you (or not).
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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May 12, 2009 - 07:57pm PT
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I think of all of Boltgirl's conditions, finding someone who would live in Winslow will be the most difficult to satisfy.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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May 12, 2009 - 08:15pm PT
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Great story, steel op!
You'll have to meet them for reals sometime, blue man; as sweet a climbing couple as you'll ever find,though Sooze and what's his name have, their moments as well... Though I'm sure she' (boltgirl) s heard it, a percepitive musical choice for someone I think you've never met, Fatty ;guess what she helped me buy for cheap once, long ago? For the right guy there is gold in Winslow..
I love 'Em all!
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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May 12, 2009 - 08:18pm PT
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"no problem, right????"
This is where the "social complexity" enters into it. Are we talking about looking for a boyfriend or a climbing parter? Or a climbing boyfriend? Or a climbing partner that comes with "no strings attached" benefits? Not asking you specifically Boltgrl--the questions are rhetorical and often not even the woman looking knows exactly what she's looking for until she realizes she has it, or that what she has is not it.
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Topic Author's Reply - May 12, 2009 - 08:56pm PT
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"You'll have to meet them for reals sometime, blue man; as sweet a climbing couple as you'll ever find,though Sooze and what's his name have, their moments as well... Though I'm sure she's heard it, a percepitive musical choice for someone I think you've never met, Fatty ;guess what she helped me buy for cheap once, long agpo? For the right guy there is gold in Winslow.. "
Looks like English, reads like jibberjabber
Sooze
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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May 12, 2009 - 11:19pm PT
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it's about the ACTUAL climber
it's not about falling in love on your climbing date and living happily ever after, its not about getting or losing the climbing boyfriend. IT's About CLIMBING with a male PARTNER who is not your sex friend, nor needs constant ego bolstering or mood management, who can welcome a woman climber as a pal without a chip on his shoulder to prove his assumed superiority or challenge hers.. a guy who is not pretending to do this so he can get laid or emotionally hook up.
Personally, the luck of the pink.. I have good experiences with great guys, love interests and not.
BUT this is Not Easy.
Like we say: the climber guy either wants to get in your pants, or wants to tell you how to climb whether he knows anything about it or not, wants to insist on his own strategies because he is basically sexist and only comfortable when feeling superior, expects a climbing maid both on the route and off, is not honest about his abilities, just wants to run the show or be greatly admired. Or says he wants to climb and ends up lounging on the first pitch and claiming stress injuries, whines about the dark or the approach or whatev, sometimes sternly, to make his manly point.
I bet you guys have a list as well on some other thread.
What women climbers want is.........
the hunky,
experienced,
GAY HARDMAN!
like the guys we go shopping with, but climbers.
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