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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:55 am
by J-Rock
Oops! Last weekend I dropped a rope for the first time in my 13 years of climbing. Fortunately I was clipped into the anchors. J.J. rescued me by leading up the route next to it. Then he threw me a rope.
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:10 am
by Artsay
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:51 am
by Paul3eb
you are no longer a gumby when you realize you always will be a gumby.
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:25 pm
by Christian
paul3eb is a Bodhisattva.
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:31 pm
by ReachHigh
There just is no hope of me no longer being a gumby is there?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:10 pm
by Jeff
I can't remember how to tie a knot, and I almost left my shoes at the crag.
Maybe it's just Alhiemers though, not gumbyism.
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:24 pm
by meetVA
Hey Jeff, at least you didn't forget to BRING your shoes to the crag.
I say, a rose by any name smell just as sweet and shit called a rose still stinks.
So you are what you are regardless of what label is placed upon you.
J-rock, I had a similar experience when cleaning the anchors and the rope slipped out of my hands. Fortunately I tied up a back up knot and clipped it to my harness. Regardless, it is scary scary shit.
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:33 pm
by ynot
A Gumby is a climber that never met "the Mayor".
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:35 pm
by Wes
If you all could have seen the jacked-up clip I did at the creek - brought the rope all the way around my leg to clip, thus ensuring a hella nasty fall. But, didn't fall, just looked kinda dumb. Also, z-clipped the anchors of one route and my last piece. I will always be a gumby in one aspect of climbing or another.
Wes
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:32 am
by Overcammed
Umm...isn't the answer "when you have enough posts"?
