You may be an Alpinist if....

[David Trippett]

During a recent trip some friends got to talking about all those little unique things that happen during trips to far flung places for climbing trips....feel free to add your own.

 

You may be an Alpinist if...

 

You own a pee bottle.

 

You've drank out of your pee bottle.

 

You've let your partners drink out of your pee bottle without telling them.

 

You only use dental floss for repairs.

 

You've had unprotected sex with at least one foreigner during a trip.

 

You frequent strip clubs whilst over-seas.

 

You've had at least one pregnancy scare.

 

You've passed out under a bush/in a park in some strange foreign town.

 

You've shit/sharted your pants whilst climbing in a foreign country due to dysentry.

 

You've climbed with Fred.

 

You've slept with Fred.

 

You're pregnant due to Fred.

 

You always have an HIV test as soon as you get back from a trip.

 

Everything you love fits into those rubbermaid bins.

 

You eat food you'd never touch at home.

 

You can talk about food/women/sex/climbing commands in at least three other languages.

 

You find your own people "foreign".

 

You've slept in more airports in the last year than hotels.

 

You have a place to stay in pretty much every country on the planet.

 

You'd rather live with your parents than waste precious trip money on rent/food.

 

You've wiped your ass with your hand.

 

You're pissed off about paying more than 1.00$ for any kind of Asian food.

 

You're pissed off about paying more than .50$ for a beer.

 

You find most Muslims more enjoyable to be around than members of your family.

 

You know a crazy Russian/Pole/Czech/Slovenian.

 

 

[Weekend_Climberz]

:lmao:

 

How was Colorado?

[David Trippett]

good... See above.

[Billygoat]

[joblo7]

"the check-in girl asks you if you live on a farm"

'luggage=duffles and plastic drums"

"you've defended ramen"

"you sleep on a thermarest at home"

"you have more ex's than best friends"

"you're between climbs"

'you dont climb with chics"

"you think all people are the same everywhere"

[Weekend_Climberz]

"You have a pair of Fred's pants and a coat and you're not sure how you got them"

[joblo7]

hahahaha

[David Trippett]

You've been offered peoples daughters.

 

You've almost met your maker on one of those Andean/Himalayan "highways".

 

You've been hammered on Losar.

 

You know what "Losar" is.

 

You've been kicked out/asked to leave all-you-can-eat buffets.

 

You ALWAYS get hit with the overweight baggage fee.

 

You have bought livestock for eating.

 

You've helped build a school.

 

[joblo7]

you send money to 'families' you've met.

u own one 3piece suit and 3 one piece suits.

people in bars, in far away places,still talk.

kids on the street know your name.

u have speed records nobody knows about.

you've ridden in choppers.

you know some faraway nurses.

stewardasses remember you sign.