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Me: Take!
David Sweet: NO!

(60 feet up) "hey! there's the climb we are supposed to be on to the left(5.8) this must be that 5.11!"

Luke Hanley wrote:From an anonymous climber. " I love sport climbing...I just find it uncomfortable having to tuck my balls between my legs all day."

First place.

"Sometimes, not falling is an option."

Alex Burton wrote:If you wait for the right weather, you'll never get out to climb.

While I completely agree I feel compelled to add that this is not necessarily true if you live in Southern California.

From Bill:

"I've spent 90 percent of my money on liquor and women, and I WASTED the other 10 percent!"

"The Bastille?! We used to do that barefoot, on acid and drunk at night!"

An old "crusty" buddy and another friend who was younger at the time in Eldo while simulclimbing..."What happens if I fall while we're doing this?" Older buddy... "Then you're an asshole"

"Take!"
"Take some penalty slack..."

"falling"

"yea..not a good idea right now"

That route was funner that shitting the bed wide awake.

I think that was Mic :-)...I just did it at night.

"When in doubt, run it out."

While looking for first gear placement about 20 feet off the deck.

Climber: "Where do i go from here?"

Belay/Old School Mentor: "Up you dumb ass!"

This is an awesome thread. I don't have any hardman quotes of my own, but here are some of my favorite quotes from route descriptions on this website:

P4. (5.10) More of the same. By now you should be used to the nature of the climbing. There are just enough bolts to tip the balance in favor of continuing upwards, but vegan-fed neurotic Sport Park regulars will need to bring a change of underwear. -Birds of Fire 5.11aR

It is of the utmost importance that you bring a gym/sport climber to follow you on this route, especially if they are European. -Kor-Ingalls 5.9+

The route's still in for the brave of heart. Sideways snow doesn't stick. Thunder and lightning in the fall rarely strike the ground. The black rock is still sticky when it's wet; the white rock is not. The numbness in your feet will go away with time. -From a description of climbing the Culp-Bossier (5.8+), Hallett Peak, RMNP in September

And two randoms:

Who’s going up? Who’s gonna finish this pitch? We have a confirmed A5 pitch- here’s the corpse. Go. It’s your turn. -Chris Kalous

As always, advance stemmed from one individual who pushed beyond convention. A committee of 5.9 climbers cannot meet and climb 5.10 or anything but 5.9. But one man can. -Paul Mayrose, describing John Gill

"I like Trad climbing, I get to climb and play with toys!"

Me: Hey, nice pink chalk bag (laughing)

Eric: Thanks, it’s my buddy’s, he’s dead

Me: What happened?

Eric: We shouldn’t talk about it before this pitch (hands me the rack)

Another old vedauwoo fixture once said: "if you cant climb it....lie-back it"

On my first crack climb, a few moves up:

Me: "Is it supposed to hurt this much?"

Everyone at the bottom: "YES!!!" Said with obvious joy.

Don't let go and you won't fall.