In reply to mypyrex:
Not snoring has been shown in countless studies to improve your chances at sucess in the mountains as it reduces the chances of being rolled out of the tent in a blizzard and being beaten to death.
In reply to pepperpot:
Understanding that while you may be scared, you may be tired, you may be hungry, there is absolutely sod-all point in complaining about it.
In reply to Tdubs:
Oh and most of all the ability to perform as many of the necessary tasks as possible, shy of actually climbing the mountain, before leaving your sleeping bag.
a) avoid hidden crevasses in the dark,
b) not squeal but instead nod sagely as though this was what you expected to happen when you do fall in, and
c) admire the view whilst dangling by your armpits and considering how best to restore normal service.
Plus, the ability to stand nonchalantly on steep ice with one axe, pied a troisieme, whilst the person for whom you are waiting is gripped, shaking and getting pumped stupid
The ability to piss into a narrow necked bottle at -10C in total darkness without spilling a drop yet being completely unable take a piss at home without hitting the lino/carpet surrounding the pissoir.
In reply to pepperpot: Rolling a fag one handed with numb fingers. Minimal expression in the face of any adversity. Always getting down and straight to the pub no matter what time (and drinking ale not tea and a lemonade).
Leather hands, pain tolerence, endurance, fatalism, piss take humour....a distaste of bouldering....
Thinking it normal when turning over in your sleeping bag first thing in the morning to find your climbing partner cuddling his still warm p*ss bottle!
Knowing when the right time to 'spoon' is!
ccmm22 Nov 2010
In reply to pepperpot: The ability to stay awake on the drive home.
The ability to knock out a michelin star quality meal in a tent doorway at 15,000ft using a coleman stove, a single pan, a tin of tuna, some cheese and a tube of chilie sauce.
Removed User22 Nov 2010
In reply to pepperpot:
Survive in Mountains not through luck but through experience, confidence and good judgment of the situation no matter what mountain throws at him.
In reply to pepperpot:
The mountaineer must be EITHER someone who gets up at the agreed time OR someone who gets ready quickly. If neither, he will cause much misery; if both, he will suffer it.
> (In reply to pepperpot)
> The mountaineer must be EITHER someone who gets up at the agreed time OR someone who gets ready quickly. If neither, he will cause much misery; if both, he will suffer it.
Of all the qualities to which I might lay claim, why does it have to be those two? It does explain a lot, mind,
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