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31-Aug-2004 9:18:00 AM
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google "captain pugwash myth"
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31-Aug-2004 10:32:50 AM
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Damn, yet another good rumour foiled by the truth. Damn you Deadpoint. ;-)
For those interested, there is a 'Master Mate' and a 'Pirate Willy', but no Master Bates or Seaman Stains.
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22-Oct-2004 5:39:44 PM
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>"In amongst all the forum spray is the fact that climbing is fundamentally humbling and mortifying"
Phil Staples
>"We are very fortunate to climb."
Phil Staples
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22-Oct-2004 6:11:24 PM
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A classic from Mark Moorhead quoted in the '83 Arapiles guide.
"Ethics are like the wind, here today, gone tomorrow."
Great thread by the way!
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23-Oct-2004 10:07:54 PM
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Amendment to last quote:
"Ethics are like the weather; here today, gone tomorrow."
Cheers Hex
Another one:
"We are Psychotic. We need help."
Attributed to Johnny Dawes or Paul Pritchard after the 1st ascent of the route 'Come to Mother' E7 6a at Gogarth. The entire route fell into the Irish Sea a few months later apparently!
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26-Oct-2004 12:44:15 PM
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>“Although physical training is important, climbing is mostly mental”.
Martin Lama: 12th May 2003
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26-Oct-2004 12:45:22 PM
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"My ass is leaking"- anonymous, runout
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26-Oct-2004 2:00:00 PM
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"I just tried to hold on with my tongue, don't laugh" - friend of mine barefoot and desperate at the You Yangs.
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26-Oct-2004 2:09:51 PM
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"Welcome to runouts-ville, population you"
Gordon Brysland, belaying a nipper Damo post crux on the Wraith, circa 1995
"Lets do a deal, I'll do all the leading if you do all the cooking" - Gordo ("little Hitler"), same Arapiles trip
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26-Oct-2004 2:36:28 PM
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"This climb reminds me why i do so much sport climbing"
Anonymous leader after topping out on Morfydd. ;)
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26-Oct-2004 7:05:45 PM
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you were styling it when we left phil...
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27-Oct-2004 4:59:28 PM
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>I haven`t found a climb yet that I don`t like.
Phil Box; Oct 2004, ~ after 14+ years of roped climbing ...
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3-Nov-2004 12:35:46 PM
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>Don't confuse terror at having to fiddle on a bolt plate with lack of security.
Mikl Law 02-11-2004
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4-Nov-2004 1:55:06 PM
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'there are no rules imposed here. you can climb where you want. its a world without boundaries, where the most imporatant thing is to have fun'
stephene husson (on festiglace)
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8-Nov-2004 5:27:58 PM
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>~"Nothing can go wrogn."~
Rupert.
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8-Nov-2004 6:27:39 PM
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"no walking on the driveway for 7 days, and no driving on it for at least a week"
duh!
some chick off hot property after a reno.
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11-Nov-2004 1:28:01 PM
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"... the most satisfying way of climbing (for me) is ground up, placing all your pro. That's where the excitement comes in. That's where you're really tested. You've got to work out the move under the pressure of falling off".
Louise Shepherd 11 Sept.'04
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11-Nov-2004 3:33:54 PM
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Success and failure feel less important, and the process of trying becomes a lot more fun.
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“Climbing is good because it is not like tennis,” says Rouhling. “If I practice tennis for the next year it does not matter how good I become, because there is almost no chance that I can go and play against the best tennis players like Pete Sampras. But climbing is different. Tomorrow I can go and get on Realization if I like. The hardest routes are always there and anyone can go and try them as they like. ... So when people say things about me, it is OK. Because no matter what they say about me, the routes are still there, and if they like they can go and try them.”
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both from article on fred rouhling, http://climbing.com/current/fredrouhling/index1.html , many other good ones as well
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22-Nov-2004 11:28:40 AM
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~"The fact that I value more moments than others tells me that what I thought was important (this is hard, this will make me famous) isn't important, and what is important is the elusive mix of all the strands of the time:- The place, people, sky, moves, fear.
I've had great days when I've barely ticked, but enjoyed and still remember. Conversely I've struggled up harder things that, a few years on, I can't even remember if i did them or not.
On a slightly different note, many people who get good at climbing, start to like being a good climber more than they love climbing. When they aren'tt climbing that well, they stop climbing, poor blokes."~
Mikl law 20/11/04
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22-Nov-2004 9:17:16 PM
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Thanks for deleting your part Mike. All good now
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