Other Crags, Aid Climbing, Bouldering, etc...
overhung
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by overhung Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:41 pm
Anyone know how the term came to be? I get the high part, but the ball... what's it for?
I've had just about enough of this shit.
pigsteak
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by pigsteak Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:53 pm
grabbin yer sack and goin fer it...duh.
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.
Crankmas
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by Crankmas Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:56 pm
spoken like a real baller man, are you really Joe Kinder??
toad857
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by toad857 Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:01 pm
when you get scared, your balls go up into your body. high balls.
lena_chita
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by lena_chita Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:30 pm
I believe the root "ball" in highball came from the same origin as the "ball" in oddball.
Same orthography group.
Or maybe it is because of Buttermilks and the shape of the boulders there?
tomdarch
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by tomdarch Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:27 am
A highball cocktail glass is particularly tall? (Not as tall as a Collins glass - but calling dangerously high boulder problems "Colinses" doesn't work as well...)
Bacon is meat candy.
captain static
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by captain static Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:21 pm
I hear that when KD goes highball bouldering it sometimes has the same effect as a Colins cleanse.
"Be responsible for your actions and sensitive to the concerns of other visitors and land managers. ... Your reward is the opportunity to climb in one of the most beautiful areas in this part of the country." John H. Bronaugh
Jay
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by Jay Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:49 pm
Heroin and Coke.
"Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake." -W.C. Fields
JRTrash
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by JRTrash Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:45 pm
Jay wrote: Heroin and Coke.
um.. speedball?
This coca-cola tastes like herpes.
dipsi
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by dipsi Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:24 am
It has something to do with the railroad. Google time!
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