SublimeSalamander Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 "It's not about the truns. It's about the tour"-unkown "If you don't do it this year. You'll be one year older when you do"-Warren Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefffski Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 from a journalist reporting on an accident: he did not have his "eye sacs" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnNomad Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 "That which does not kill you makes you wish you were dead." My wifes variation on a classic. Infamous Euro Mtn.Guide & ACMG Examiner to a aspirant guide who is on-lead "Hey do you love climbing?" Answers "Ya man climbing is my life!" Examiner responds with "Yah, then how come you are no good at it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addie Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummox Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 lick it before you kick it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 " If I wasn't doing this, I'd just be doing something else" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 A mantra of a friend of mine. He applies this to mountaineering, among other things: "It doesn't have to be fun to be fun" Used at auspicious moments, like when dry heaving on the summit of Rainier. Another one, cited during rest breaks: "The mountain is not getting any closer" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 wow....sounds like my dad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 "Women always pee in pairs." "She liked me when we were dating." Women always think they can change their husbands. Men always think their fiance won't change after the wedding night." If marriage were easy, it wouldn't take a lifetime. "When I have kids they won't do that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 "Lick 'em, Place 'em, X 'em, Paste 'em, Rock 'em, and Sniff 'em. If it stinks, get off it!" -Instructions for placing copperheads I read in an old A5 catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldHouseMan Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 "Second place is the first loser" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Forgive me if I butcher this: "If you're not hungry, then you brought too much food. If you're not thirsty then you brought too much water. If you aren't scared then you brought too much gear. And if you made it to the top, then the climb was just too easy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirp Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Pope ought to remember this one...oldie but a goody... can you name the person who said it Pope? "Rope up; and thats for real!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 classic engineering wisdom for all you geeks in hiding "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it twice." (i.e. after it breaks the firs time) and When trying to estimate how long something will take, start with your initial estimate, double that, and add 20%. It's amazing how close that usually comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 along those lines... Price, quality, time - pick any two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 along those lines... Price, quality, time - pick any two. Another one: Garbage In, Garbage Out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCO Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 How about "Engineering is 10% know how and 90% beating the shit out of it until it fits." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbong Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 (edited) "never eat anything larger than your head" Miss Piggy. Edited January 6, 2005 by bigbong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponzini Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 "Women settle down when they find the man they're looking for. Men settle down with whomever happens to be around when they feel like finally settling down." - Ex-girlfriend's Dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckaroo Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 "What you may be offered in a moment all eternity will never give you back." Schiller kill your TV "To find adventure on a tame planet, the children of comfort plunge themselves into ever more bizarre escapades." Whilhelm Bittorf "I don't watch movies, I live a movie." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogen Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Especially appropriate in ice-climbing season "It's a poor craftsman that blames his tools" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 This could be a repeat, I haven't read the whole thread: "the early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 A little bludgeon just knocked on my ear: Never post personal information on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 not wise-ass but quite useful for climbers: "it's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer", Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine_Tom Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 "It's not climbing if you aren't scared." Alex Mineev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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