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Dave_Schuldt said:

Like watching paint peel. yellowsleep.gifyellowsleep.gifyellowsleep.gifyellowsleep.gifyellowsleep.gifyellowsleep.gif

 

So what turns your crank? Watching some saps suffer out a forced bivy at the lip of a serac under an avalanche-ready cornice, huddled under their rope bag and anchored to a tent stake? Woooo!

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Dr_Flash_Amazing said:

jkrueger said:

Is it just human nature that people tend to take credit when things go right, and pass blame when things go wrong?

What are you on about, there, mate? the_finger.gif
It came to mind in reference to your misquoted info -- blame it on the source. But in general, it tends to be true.

 

If a person sends a route, they are most likely to give themselves full credit. But if a person fails on a route they know they should be able to send, do they simply say:

 

- I'm just not good enough, I have failed.

 

Or are they more likely to say:

 

- The holds were greasy

- My shoes just aren't sticking today

- That damn barking dog made me lose my concentration

- There wasn't enough slack - you pulled me off, you bastard!

- It's too damn cold/sunny/rainy/icy/windy

- That chicken I ate last night just didn't agree with me

- Damn sucker chalk!

- My ankle/knee/elbow/shoulder/finger/thumb is bothering me

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