Trip Report
On being stupid in the South of France

by David C
Sunday April 5, 2015 9:31am
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David C 		About the Author
David C is a trad climber from UK.

Comments
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
  Apr 5, 2015 - 10:12am PT

It's a pleasure from start to end reading your French memoires. I'm sure you're making your father proud... ^^^^

It was sometime ago and we were young. My dad would have called us stupid. At least he would have called me stupid. Like many parents he tends to treat his children’s partners with respect and a confiding air that suggest he feels sorry for them. This leads him to occasionally apologise to them for the existence of the fools they have married.
Flip Flop

climber
Earth Planet, Universe
  Apr 5, 2015 - 10:24am PT
Classic
Phil_B

Social climber
CHC, en zed
  Apr 5, 2015 - 03:06pm PT
Nice. Thanks for posting that one up.
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Apr 5, 2015 - 04:35pm PT
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Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Apr 5, 2015 - 07:05pm PT
Noice story bloke !
Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
  Apr 5, 2015 - 08:15pm PT
Thanks for the great story! Did the cute girlfriend dump you?
David C

Trad climber
UK
Author's Reply  Apr 6, 2015 - 01:04am PT
No. We got married. And still are married!
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
  Apr 6, 2015 - 04:30am PT
Seems to be a committing kinda move !
My wife ,
(when she was still just some big blond chick with a sister in Scottsdale for the winter,)

Laid the whole enchilada down on a pay phone remember those?

Money, Cards and More.

. and walked away!?
It was the day before Christmas, Broke and no ID or anything that would be needed In Scottsdale.

So much of the next three months was in that little bag!
It was off to the desert with her, immediately, no Christmas for us.

any way I am now married to that dittz and I would be long gone,
if not for her and her smooth moves.
This month,this year, makes a full generation together and we have Two KIdz !!??

YES DWAIN<
THERE IS A COLD SPOT IN HELL<
THE SPURNED SPAWN HAS SPAWNED
TWICE!!
THE DRILLS, THE DRILLS ARE CALLIN'?
David C

Trad climber
UK
Author's Reply  Apr 12, 2015 - 04:48am PT
...... and we now have two kids. So all ends well.
David C

Trad climber
UK
Author's Reply  Jul 11, 2015 - 09:53pm PT
Glad you liked it.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
  Jul 12, 2015 - 12:23am PT
hey there say, david c... will go check it out.. thanks for your trip report...

(ps, my brother mark/chappy, just got back from france, with his wife) ... :)
steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
  Jul 12, 2015 - 04:15am PT
That was a fantastic story!

I climbed on the cliffs, above Monaco in 1971, and even had a few drinks in the casino, just for laughs.
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
  Jul 12, 2015 - 08:17am PT
Wonderful story. Well writ and full of suspence. One of those stories you'll tell (or have told) at dinner parties for decades. Thanks for sharing.

Scott
TWP

Trad climber
Mancos, CO & Bend, OR
  Jul 12, 2015 - 05:22pm PT
Great story.

As a lawyer, I once had a client who expected a deposit into his account of $30,000 and instead got $300,000. He pointed out the error but the transmitting bank confirmed the higher figure was correct (though it wasn't). So client took the money, then got sued for a refund within six weeks. While in possession of the money (in 1999 at theheight of the dot com madness) he made a considerable sum before turning the money back over after the suit was filed. No effort was ever made to "hide" the money (say as by transferring it to another bank account, etc.) so the bank couldn't say anything, but "Please give back the money" via its lawsuit. They got their money; client kept the return on investment. Sounds like a happy capitalist ending, no? As was yours. I admire your wisdom in not "taking the money" and running. It was the correct choice. Again, thanks for a great story. I like your multi pitch climbing website too. PS. Omitted helper verb in your title.
David C

Trad climber
UK
Author's Reply  Jul 16, 2015 - 03:39am PT
Sounds like he was luckily that the investment didn't go the other way!
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