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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:03 pm
by pigsteak
paul, is this a trick question?
alex elder "trading for a living"
william o'neill - anything
os guiness- anything
what's it say?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:13 pm
by Paul3eb
..are you serious or just messing around? i never can tell
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:01 pm
by marathonmedic
I started thinking about this thread last weekend after taking a whip when I missed the final clipping hold at the anchors. You know that frustration you feel when you blow a redpoint attempt that close to the end? Anyway, my single, loud explitive was total reflex and was finished before the rope even pulled tight. I felt guilty about it afterward since everyone at Military and the Skank didn't really care about my piddly little problem. Anyone have any suggestions on how to help stop these spontaneous little outbursts?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:47 pm
by pigsteak
marathon....quit climbing? seriously man, I think our outbursts are indicator of how seriously we take what we are doing...
paul..completely serious. I don't read much fiction, but I did like all the Clinton McKinzie books...
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:15 am
by dipsi
I spent a Sunday a few weeks back saying the f* word and then saying I was sorry to my grandson!
Climbers say cusses.
(I know I'm not a real climber, Pigsteak, but Sir lifted my cussing ban!)
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:04 pm
by ynot
I'm only shocked when I hear cute little girls curse.Otherwise it doesn't bother me.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:33 pm
by pigsteak
hot chicks cussing is definitely a turnoff....unless they are falling on the same project I am, and in that case it is a total turn on.
dipsi, actually, there is a small print corollary in the piglet handbook of rules which states that anyone who knows more than 17 ways to curse and send the climbing gods back to the dungeons is classified as a real climber....I am betting you qualify.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:05 pm
by diggum
What counts here as a cute little girl? Like a 14 year old doe eyed gumby wallpapering the crag in the F word? That would be a shock, I guess.
Lately I've been so underwhelmed with my climbing that I just fall, shake my head and try again.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:10 pm
by Wes
diggum wrote:Lately I've been so underwhelmed with my climbing that I just fall, shake my head and try again.
Looks like you are climbing just fine to me, esp. still in rehab mode...
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:28 pm
by Spragwa
I talk to the rock as I climb...on occasion. Saying things like "I need a right hand here, then turn my body, toe in..." That's when I have a sequence I'm trying to lock in.
When I fall...I wail like a banshee. No cursing, except on occasion.
Other than that. I've got a dang foul mouth. No apologies and I'm glad that piggie doesn't want to make out with me. But I curse like a sailor.