Dwayner Posted August 3, 2001 Posted August 3, 2001 Ain't we special!!! "Nothing will happen to us. The people who were taken hostage last year, they were just trekkers. We're climbers." And this one's pretty choice... "I was amazed when they came to my hut looking for a telephone. We don't even have electricity up there," as per: http://www.climbing.com/Pages/feature_stories/feature206.html [This message has been edited by Dwayner (edited 08-02-2001).] Quote
dr._jay Posted August 3, 2001 Posted August 3, 2001 "tell me, are you afraid of death?" "i guess it depends on how you die" h. murakami Quote
pope Posted August 5, 2001 Author Posted August 5, 2001 You can't put a quick-draw in a crack. This mountain is bigger than I am. Rope up, and that's for real. Quote
Lambone Posted August 6, 2001 Posted August 6, 2001 Try...? Do... or do Not... There is no try. YODA Quote
Billy Posted August 6, 2001 Posted August 6, 2001 "Move slowly behind me and plunge your shaft into my axehole" Quote
nolanr Posted August 10, 2001 Posted August 10, 2001 "I think it's starting to clear up" as the fog gets thicker and rain falls harder...or, "See, a star" when a low flying airplane goes by. One of my climbing buddies had a long standing tradition of being the eternal optimist. Quote
Hemlock Posted August 10, 2001 Posted August 10, 2001 "The weather's trying to kill you." - Alaskan Bush pilot. "The first rule of guiding is - the client is going to try to kill herself. The second rule is - she's going to try to take you with her." - Big Lou. "Shut up and belay." - V. C. Â Â Quote
pope Posted August 10, 2001 Author Posted August 10, 2001 "The night life is for you." (Chinese fortune cookie). "Let no one cause you to violate you code." (Chinese fortune cookie). "We don't need any more of your Ronald McDonald suggestions. We're trying to plan Kiebler's bachelor party and this shit is serious." (C.W.) Quote
Dwayner Posted August 10, 2001 Posted August 10, 2001 I went to Kiebler's bachelor party...me and Hemlock were the only ones who showed up although several "yahoo!-parday!-high-five!" guys said they would be there. Yup, we ate a lot of pizza and drank a lot of beer...don't remember too much of the rest, but I seem to recall some sort of incident involving the changing of underwear in a parking lot. I think Kiebler changed his underwear with a drunk outside of some sort of "club" called "The I've Got The Feeling I've Been Here Before" or something like that. And if I recall, my share of the extravangza was about $120. Or was that Satchmo's bachelor party...???? [This message has been edited by Dwayner (edited 08-09-2001).] Quote
glacier_dup1 Posted August 13, 2001 Posted August 13, 2001 Since my partner already stole all my great lines (there's extra lead slack in it for you, you weasel) - here are a few more gems of wisdom to torque off your partners. 'Make it look easy.' 'Use the big holds.' 'Cut your feet loose and relax.' (beta to me a few years ago in Hueco) And attributed to Scott Franklin - "It's not really climbing if the backs of your hands touch the rock." Quote
Hemlock Posted August 15, 2001 Posted August 15, 2001 "There's nothing in the realm of human understanding that can stifle the imagination of the male hormone." - The Coach "I can't tell you how many times I've raided the kitchen shelves looking for ANYTHING with pectin in it. You see something came out around 1984 that changed everything..." - The Coach "You gotta keep a positive nitrogen balance at all times if you want muscle growth. I'm NOT talking about muscle memorization. I'm talking about muscle growth. Keep it positive when you eat, when you sleep, when you screw, when you work, when you work out, when you screw, when you drink, when you screw, when you ride the bus, and when you screw. One way to do this is to eat a dozen eggs a day. A dozen eggs. What's that? That's a buck. A f*cking buck." - The Coach "Throw the ball, boy." - Foghorn Leghorn. Quote
Fairweather Posted August 15, 2001 Posted August 15, 2001 ...."what d'ya think?"..."I don't know. What do you think?"..."Well; I d'n know".........................."hmmm, what do you think?" "You think it'll go?"..."I don't know, what do you think?".... Quote
Lambone Posted August 15, 2001 Posted August 15, 2001 "Get out the belay gun." says the third to the second as the first leads a three hour C2 pitch. "Shut up and finish the pitch you bitch!" after the leader is finished making excuses. "Dude, I told you to bring more batteries!" works in any situation. Quote
Dennis_the_Menace Posted August 15, 2001 Posted August 15, 2001 "There's somethin kinda funny about a boy that don't play baseball." Foghorn Leghorn Quote
pope Posted August 15, 2001 Author Posted August 15, 2001 Although tents aren't designed to fly, given the proper wind direction and speed, they can put some kites to shame. (Jeff Renner: climber, skier, diver, flight instructor, and Puget Sound TV meteorologist) Quote
Dru Posted August 15, 2001 Posted August 15, 2001 "On the Reality Bath I felt like throwing up all day long" (Mark Twight in pre-GU days) "Felt like throwing up all day long - what did he do, eat 6 raw chickens?" (Tami Knight). Quote
glacier_dup1 Posted August 15, 2001 Posted August 15, 2001 'I sleep like a baby on a portaledge - I wake up every two hours and cry.' -Todd Skinner Quote
jules Posted August 15, 2001 Posted August 15, 2001 "If you wait, all that happens is you get older." Quote
Dru Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 "Any thread worth posting to is worth resurrecting" - Dru  Have you noticedhow many people who posted to this thread in 2001 don't post on cc.com anymore? Some were banned, some lost interest and some have just vanished or turned to lurking. QUITTERS Quote
billcoe Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 Dru: we are taking a poll to see if you have a government job. Quote
pope Posted May 29, 2004 Author Posted May 29, 2004 "Any thread worth posting to is worth resurrecting" - Dru Have you noticedhow many people who posted to this thread in 2001 don't post on cc.com anymore? Some were banned, some lost interest and some have just vanished or turned to lurking. QUITTERS  "Quitting is a habit that becomes difficult to quit."  Some of those guys are still around, having merely "morphed" into new cyber characters. But in general, you're right. The guys who were truly clever and entertaining, those who voiced controversial viewpoints have been chased away. And it's a good thing too. According to one post I read today, instead of bolts and low-adventure climbing getting us into trouble with land managers (due to the crowds these climbs attract), it was the rowdy and "irresponsible" discourse on cc.com that motivated land managers and preservation groups to move to restrict our access. Quote
chirp Posted May 30, 2004 Posted May 30, 2004 Rope up, and that's for real. Â Jeesus Pope who was that? Rick D? Larry K?, or Ed G?? ...please refresh me... I was there and I remember...but yet it was so distant I have lost all ability to coalesce Quote
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