pope Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 My mentor in mountaineering used to say, "If your feet are cold, put on a hat." Here's another: If you've got an ounce of loser in you, the mountain's going to find it. Anything to add? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Clarke Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 Three golden rules to multi-pitch climbing: *Expect to fail. *One pitch at a time. *Never....never give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "We could be in a bar right now drinking beer" Said at many a miserable alpine bivi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Dru: "We could be in a bar right now drinking beer" Said at many a miserable alpine bivi. But not on wall bivys, because after the "we could be in a bar bit" Someone just says "Hey, we are in a bar...the Crusty Butt Saloon" and whips out the stash of King Cobra/Guiness/Boddingtons/Old English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrest_m Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "always look around the corner" one of my regular partners is fond of making up variations on the "if we only had some ham we could have some ham and eggs if we had any eggs" quote at cold bivys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "Don't trust the webbing you stole from a rappell station to hold a huge whipper." "If it can get stuck-it will get stuck." "Rapping off a bollard is free- it only costs about a year of your life." "You might live but at least I will die with a complete rack" (this last quote by John Baldwin, Coast Mt. ski guru, as he removes his friends rap anchor and begins downclimbing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "It's the journey that's important, not the destination" Which serves as a handy excuse for bailing..."We weren't trying to get to the summit, we were just going for a stroll" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 I use this one on my mother all the time: "better to be in the mountains thinking about god than to be in church thinking about the mountains.".....Oh yeah: "sport climbing is niether." [This message has been edited by Charlie (edited 07-31-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasbeen Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "He who climbs and runs away lives to climb another day." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "Tired? Der is no such thing as tired!" (must be done in an austrian voice) "You can sleep when you're dead" "What could possible go wrong?" Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblakley Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "A goat within reach is worth two in the distance" Fred Beckey during a long romantic dry spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 Pope, was your mentor a professor at PLU and studied Egyptian Archaeology? I heard the same saying...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 I don't take this advice but "Never write anything. You'll regret it." Don Whillans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalturtle Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perserverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common then unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;unrewarded genieus is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistance and determination alone are omnipotent. Press on!  _Calvin Coolidge  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "I'm always right, except when I'm not" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "I've only been wrong once in my life and that was when I thought I was wrong but was actually right." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "You don't need a rope for that route" "I'm an experienced mountaineer" "Oh yeah, I can tell you all about that route. Done it tons of times." "Say, would you guys mind if I tied in on your rope for your summit push? I'm getting a bit too nervous about these crevasses to be soloing." "Naah, this rock is totally solid." "Cotton kills, but I'd rather be a good looking corpse than wear polyester." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Petersen Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "Endeavor to perservere". Chief Dan George to Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales. He might have been quoting old Calvin himself, as the quote was attributed to the President of the United States during the old Indian's visit to Washington. We can now see that the Native Americans simply lacked perserverance and about 100,000 reinforcements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 oh Yeah the "Missouri Boat Ride" What exactly was that one line Dan? Something about rock candy but it's not for eatin' but for lookin' thru? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_Puget Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 Here's one more applicable to our favorite subject: When in doubt consult tradition If still in doubt consult your friends If still in doubt consult your conscience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllYouCanEat Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "It's not about remembering what you can do, it's about forgetting what you can't do." Remember it and say it before every trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: When in doubt consult tradition Interesting comment from someone who also said: "As a tradition its existense is at best tenuous... Why do we need it to be part of a climbing "tradition"? (Not that you made the original quote, or even live by it or whatnot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblakley Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 Jman, Are you that anal that you're just waiting for someone to contradict themself? I don't care what you say, we all contradict ourselves many times over a lifetime. Or maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikerwa Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 "Godd judgement is the result of experience, while 'experience' is the result of poor judgement" -Mark Twight or the ever popular: "I know exactly where we are, I've been lost here before." -Nameless RMI guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikerwa Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 oops, "Good" judgement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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