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So I was talking to a climbing buddy and told him that I had had pneumonia for 10 days and my doctor had me on an inhaler Albuterol, and when I went hiking my lungs felt so "open. once I was healed. " I said it was pretty funny how fast I went when on an inhaler. My doctor has since said I might have asthma, so that is another story. Anyway this buddy of mine then told me that he fucking shoots EPO, to climb mountains. WTF i said. I told him that he was doping. He said i was to. I said bullshit. I had pneumonia and I was given an inhaler so i did not die, and he is injecting a drug to create whatever the fuck it does. He hung up on me, and told me I was like jose canseco!!!!!!! ASSHOLE.

Ugh...whaaa

boy, I don't know what the fuck you talkin' about.

who the hell is he trying to impress? a mountain goat? lame...

take him out!!!

+1 before lock down

Why would it be cheating if someone is using a drug to enhance his / her climbing? There are now rules? When did this happen?

Diamox is about as performance enhancing to the acclimitised as is aspirin to the non-ached.

Catamount wrote:

radson wrote:Diamox is about as performance enhancing to the acclimitised as is aspirin to the non-ached.

I only brought it up because I use it at mid-altitude and don't want to come across as being holier-than-thou.

Fair enough. I only think it is cheating if someone is less than transparent in how they climbed.

Buhl wasn't the only one to have amphetamines in his kit-bag seventy-eighty years ago.

Using boots is cheating. All climbing should be done barefoot.

Blowing out adrenals and such w/stimulants. He get's a rush now. He gets performance now. He feels good now. But pays later.

i don't climb so I don't know, but I figured when you're doing technical rock climbing, you are slowed down by getting the right holds and all that - not fatigue (if you're well trained). is that wrong? it seems like you good get sufficient cardiovascular training that it wouldn't be a limiting factor (and no need for EPO)

Who cares if it is cheating. Only person he is cheating is himself. I'd be more worried about his health.. EPO is not exactly Ibuprofen.

Edit: Sorry double post...

I would suggest going climbing with another girl