Climbers' Phrases

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by mvs » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:11 am

"Fingerlocks or pine box" - from my friend Robert M. every time he launches into a finger jam. :lol:

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by Brad Marshall » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:11 pm

I always liked the popular "looks dangerous...you go first".

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by norco17 » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:38 pm

"You might want to put another peace in"

or

"Are you sure that one will hold"

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Re: Climbers' Phrases

by Alpinisto » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:48 pm

BorutKantuser wrote:"There's good climbers, and living climbers"


I learned this one as, "There are old climbers, and there are bold climbers...but there are very few old, bold climbers."
(Maybe it loses something in translation?)


A couple of my faves:

-If you ain't flyin', you ain't tryin'. (sport climbing)

-When in doubt, run it out. (trad climbing)

-Yer gonna DIE! (rc.com)

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by adventurer » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:01 pm

As he returned from a recon of a climb we were looking at in the Bolivian Andes, I asked my friend; "So, what do you think?"

His reply; "We can die in many places"

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by norco17 » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:25 pm

A buddy fo mine who is about 6'6" is standing in the gym watching another friend who is about 5'5" boulder. As he starts to fall off the route he reaches back behind him trying to catch himself by placing his hand on the top of Joe's head.

While this is happening he yells out "Give me head!"

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by welle » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:49 pm

A friend of mine trying to extract dropped gear from a crevice, when I express concern about it getting stuck or rolled in deeper - "Don't worry, I'm a dentist".

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by CClaude » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:52 pm

I'll probably misphrase it, but my favorite is,

"The answer is not at the base or the summit but somewhere in between"

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by Diggler » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:02 pm

"It's all about the spray, man."

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by welle » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:18 pm

BorutKantuser wrote:
welle wrote:A friend of mine trying to extract dropped gear from a crevice, when I express concern about it getting stuck or rolled in deeper - "Don't worry, I'm a dentist".


Commercial thread? :D


i guess it's not funny out of context - we all thought it was funny at that time, given the fact that dentists work in small cavities and openings...

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by billisfree » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:28 pm

When sizing up your new rock climbing partner, ask:

"Are you a screamer or a flapper?"

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by rhyang » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:52 pm

Brad Marshall wrote:I always liked the popular "looks dangerous...you go first".


Or, as we like to put it -- "Looks bomber to me dude" :D

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by Sleighty » Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:10 am

I read one today from one of Brutus's old tollhouse reports (the 7 pitches with 7 biners one):

"Slab skills or hospital bills"

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by Dow Williams » Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:55 am

welle wrote:
BorutKantuser wrote:
welle wrote:A friend of mine trying to extract dropped gear from a crevice, when I express concern about it getting stuck or rolled in deeper - "Don't worry, I'm a dentist".


Commercial thread? :D


i guess it's not funny out of context - we all thought it was funny at that time, given the fact that dentists work in small cavities and openings...


One of my female partners recently reminded me in front of a bunch of friends at a campfire that as I retrieved some booty off a route, and she was surprised that I could retrieve it, I told her it was due to the skills I honed artificially inseminating cows back in the day. I always think that, but did not remember sharing it openly. Perhaps I should stick to climbing sober.

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