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A climber is over the hill when...

by ExcitableBoy » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:55 pm

he finds bad weather days quite tolerable.

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Dave Dinnell » Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:05 pm

...he heads to a pub for beer to reminisce about how he used to find bad weather days quite tolerable.

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by sharperblue » Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:21 pm

..he's on his fourth belay device, and suddenly realizes that the latest new-fangled gizmo he's using is a modestly-re-designed version of the first from twenty years ago

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Joe White » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:12 am

a climber is over the hill when he starts descending the other side

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Wisdom » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:18 am

he begins pushing up grass instead of walking over it.

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by nartreb » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:18 am

He starts talking about "in my day", as in:

"we didn't have SLCDs / RPs / hexes / ice tools / crampons / dynamic ropes / ropes "

"We had to do all our climbing downhill, both ways."

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Tonka » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:03 am

When he has to take a litlle blue pill to get up...
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The hill

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Marmaduke » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:05 am

trekking poles turn into walkers

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Charles » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:23 pm

when he can´t remember.

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by DanTheMan » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:29 pm

when he is walking downhill

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Marmaduke » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:41 pm

charles wrote:when he can´t remember.


What? :?

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by DersuUzala » Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:23 pm

... he listens to his wife!
You've gotta be crazy to be sane

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by lcarreau » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:00 pm

He mistakes "Google Chrome" for a wheel on his motorbike, and no longer has time to partake in
fascinating bells and whistles of "chatting features," such as the one implemented HERE on SP.

Betta is his guide, and the road his constant master ...

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"Turkey Vultures always vomit when they get nervous."

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Re: A climber is over the hill when...

by Marmaduke » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:13 am

If his/her posts on SP out number his/her climbs by say 10 to 1?


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