"Because it's there."

I haven't read the thread but the first thing that popped into my head was:

That's was my answer when they asked me why I fucked the fat chick. B.e.c.a.u.s.e. i.t. w.a.s. t.h.e.r.e.
 
I haven't read the thread but the first thing that popped into my head was:

That's was my answer when they asked me why I fucked the fat chick. B.e.c.a.u.s.e. i.t. w.a.s. t.h.e.r.e.
That's always been the reason I had sex with people I wasn't otherwise attracted to.

Awesome! "Buildering" can be a blast. Have you seen this? Cracks me up. I was way out on the edge there...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/197_9757.jpg


ah, dumbasses at work. see you in the ER. :rolleyes:
Yes, because in all the time I've been climbing, which would be since the week of the OK City bombing, I've never been even slightly injured as a result.

See you in the remedial risk-management seminar. I'll be the guy teaching it.
 
That's always been the reason I had sex with people I wasn't otherwise attracted to.



Awesome! "Buildering" can be a blast. Have you seen this? Cracks me up. I was way out on the edge there...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/197_9757.jpg



Yes, because in all the time I've been climbing, which would be since the week of the OK City bombing, I've never been even slightly injured as a result.

See you in the remedial risk-management seminar. I'll be the guy teaching it.

yeah, been to that class, scrapped him up off the payment with a shovel.

oh well, it's your head, do as you please. but one day, i'll be looking down at you as your head lies in pieces on the pavement and the red lights flicker in the background. and that bright light you see isn't the stairway to heaven, it's my flashlight.
 
yeah, been to that class, scrapped him up off the payment with a shovel.

oh well, it's your head, do as you please. but one day, i'll be looking down at you as your head lies in pieces on the pavement and the red lights flicker in the background. and that bright light you see isn't the stairway to heaven, it's my flashlight.
Hey, dipshit, I'm a longtime EMT and a current paramedic student. And outdoor-ed professional. My risk management radar is just fine, thank you.
I recall the photo......The Edge....

I still have no idea why that sign is there.
 
“Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports… all others are games.”


— Ernest Hemingway
 
I think that's pretty common in caves. Cavers have all sorts of specialized rap equipment, because they generally rappel further at one go than climbers.

I usually just lurk on the GB, but i'll jump in here.

i used cave in college. Went on one trip to Mexico. We rappelled down into a pit cave that was over 1,200 feet (365 meters) deep. Did another that was about 500 feet. The guy I was with had a 1,500 feet (500 meter) long rope. Going down was fun, climbing out not so much.

The deepest pit cave at the time was in Mexico. It was called El Sotano. (There really isn't a word in Spanish for pit cave, so the Mexicans call them sotanos, which means basement.) It was close to 1,500 feet deep, thus the long rope. We were planning on doing El Sotano, but had car trouble and lost a couple days and didn't have time.

FWIW, the ropes they use are static, as opposed to climbing ropes, which are dynamic. Static ropes don't stretch at all. At the bottom of a 1,200 foot rope, when climbing out, the first step on the ascender (they were all called Jumars back then) lifted me off the ground.

You can get back to your climbing stories now.
 
I usually just lurk on the GB, but i'll jump in here.

i used cave in college. Went on one trip to Mexico. We rappelled down into a pit cave that was over 1,200 feet (365 meters) deep. Did another that was about 500 feet. The guy I was with had a 1,500 feet (500 meter) long rope. Going down was fun, climbing out not so much.

The deepest pit cave at the time was in Mexico. It was called El Sotano. (There really isn't a word in Spanish for pit cave, so the Mexicans call them sotanos, which means basement.) It was close to 1,500 feet deep, thus the long rope. We were planning on doing El Sotano, but had car trouble and lost a couple days and didn't have time.

FWIW, the ropes they use are static, as opposed to climbing ropes, which are dynamic. Static ropes don't stretch at all. At the bottom of a 1,200 foot rope, when climbing out, the first step on the ascender (they were all called Jumars back then) lifted me off the ground.

You can get back to your climbing stories now.

That IS a climbing story. It's just upside down. And caving adventure stories are perfectly welcome in this thread.
 
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