You might be a washington climber if...

[glen]

You might be a WA climber if:

 

You need a machete to climb a crack...

 

You consider climbing in the rain a normal, perfectly acceptable thing to do...

 

Slush and ice are your favorite conditions...

 

"Rusty is trusty"...

 

Any more?

[Bronco]

You have pine needles, devils club, moss and slide alder leaves permenantly stuck in your underwear, pack, sleeping bag, hair, tent, socks, shoes, etc.

[erik]

you have bought all 12 parking passes required!!!

 

if you have retro-bolted a classic test piece!!!!

 

if you don't post on cc.com!!!!

 

[Cpt.Caveman]

You travel to Yosemite and hear people whining about the easy approaches

[Son_of_Caveman]

You leave Smith to the 'In Crowd'

[Dru]

You go to BC every weekend because there is better climbing and better and cheaper beer and weed.

[Cpt.Caveman]

BC does not have Schmidt's Ice.

[Son_of_Caveman]

quote:

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Originally posted by Dru:

You go to BC every weekend because there is better climbing and better and cheaper beer and weed.

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"paradise valley, where the grass is greener and the gurlz are pretty"

[Navin_Johnson]

You are not "shocked" that the Mounties travel in herds.

[Larry_the_Tool]

...you have my autograph.

[Cpt.Caveman]

You can't find the obvious or prominent tree or gulley described in the local mountain guide books route descriptions

[Dru]

quote:

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Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman:

You can't find the obvious or prominent tree or gulley described in the local mountain guide books

route descriptions

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And the "3rd class" climbing described feels a lot like 5.6 except it is more loose and exposed than the gym...

 

Or if you have ever tied off a slug for pro...

[Cpt.Caveman]

You step on hidden brown slugs at the local crags every season.

[Dru]

...Fred Beckey has ever asked your girlfriend if she'd like a "chunk of horse cock"

[fredrogers]

you've ever heard some one talk about "gym climbing ethics".

[Lambone]

[Lambone]

...if it takes three weeks for your gear to dry out in your basement.

[fleblebleb]

... you think of crampons as handy tools for snow, ice and alder.

[CAMAZONIA]

You can't find climbing shoes that fit because you have webbed feet.

You have chopped a first accent because your ego is bigger than your climbing ability.

You can't road trip to other states because the moss on your back starts to crack.

You think the backwoods crag you climb at is better than the vally.

Your girlfriend is covered with hair has only one continuous eye brow and big feet.

You have a 5ft crow bar on your trad rack and

you call climbers that boulder, mat faggots.

[fleblebleb]

... your rack has a chainsaw next to the 5' crowbar.

[Dru]

You have ethical discussions about bolting on lead after scrubbing on rappel. online on a thread called "TRASK GOBBLES POPES NUT" which is actually a request for information on a Lilloet ice climb

[CAMAZONIA]

quote:

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Originally posted by Dru:

You have ethical discussions about bolting on lead after scrubbing on rappel.

online

on a thread called "TRASK GOBBLES POPES NUT"

which is actually a request for information on a Lilloet ice climb

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This is the best one yet!!!!!

[Country_Jake]

....if you have to get a send off, or say good bye to your internet buddies before going on a trip... ... posers...

[glacier_dup1]

...you spend more time organizing the next pub club than your next trip.

 

...you can catch a 60 foor whipper with a hip belay, but can't pass a gym belay test.

 

...you consider devil's club a useful handhold when scrambling.

 

...three miles of postholing is considered an easy approach.

 

...you can make an approach in a mere twice the time of a typical Beckey estimate.

 

...you don't really consider it a rock climb if the backs of your hands don't touch the rock at some point.

[glen]

..."Mt. Shuksan, White Salmon approach -- Grade I - II, BW4- " means something to you.

 

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