Nelly Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 "Getting to the top is optional, getting down is mandatory" Hint - still alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Ed Viesturs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Rob Slater said - "K2, summit or die - either way I win!" Then he did both . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Wave_Dave Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 I've heard it attributed to Rob Hall, but Don Whillans rings a bell, too. It for sure was Whillans that said: "The mountains will always be there, the trick is for you to be there too". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Wave_Dave Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Duh, both of these guys aren't alive anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Unsure about Nelly's... Who said "It was do or die and I did"? (hint, cdn) GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 That's been around for awhile in different forms, but the original might've been Messner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 quote: Originally posted by fishstick: Unsure about Nelly's... Who said "It was do or die and I did"? (hint, cdn) GB Bugs McKeith? Now here is another Canadian quote: Who said of Alaskan border guards: "The way they make a border guard is take a failed cop, drill a hole in his skull, suck the brains out and pack the cavity with 2 lbs. of horseshit"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Dru, Gordie Smail? Roger Marshall? "Do or die..."Jeff Marshall describing soloing Polar Circus and Weeping Pillar in a day (in about 86). GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 quote: Originally posted by fishstick: Dru, Gordie Smail? Roger Marshall? "Do or die..."Jeff Marshall describing soloing Polar Circus and Weeping Pillar in a day (in about 86). GB Ya it was Smaill My Hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimL Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Ok, I have one... "The face is the ambition. The Style is the obsession." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Dru, you are my hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 The face, the style... Alex McIntyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Posted June 21, 2002 Author Share Posted June 21, 2002 Too easy - Greg W got it right off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Nelly: Too easy - Greg W got it right off! Ed also said "It's too dangerous - I'm not going up there!" in Pervertical Limit. Cause he did not have the Nitro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 what missing sig, i still se e da FRESHIEZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Posted June 22, 2002 Author Share Posted June 22, 2002 How about: "Ascending fixed lines is like being the court food taster" (not verbatim, but close). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 When an exaggerated emphasis is placed upon delegation, responsibility, like sediment, sinks to the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 iain- PLEASE fix your auto sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted June 22, 2002 Share Posted June 22, 2002 Sorry, the idiots at Earthlink messed w/ my connection. I'll make them pay by suing for emotional damages for the disappearance of FRESHIEZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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