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The Today programme (yes, R4) was discussing summing up your life in 6 words this morning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/misc/sixwordlife_20080205.shtml
Some of the ones posted are funny, some quite touching.
It was based on Ernest Hemingway's famous six-word story written to win a bet. He wrote: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." - quite brilliant.
So how would you sum up your climbing career so far, in six words?
Started strong, significant diversions, late developer!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/misc/sixwordlife_20080205.shtml
Some of the ones posted are funny, some quite touching.
It was based on Ernest Hemingway's famous six-word story written to win a bet. He wrote: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." - quite brilliant.
So how would you sum up your climbing career so far, in six words?
Started strong, significant diversions, late developer!
In reply to Dave Garnett:
My climbing career in 6 words.
"Started Where Everybody Does: The Beginning"
My climbing career in 6 words.
"Started Where Everybody Does: The Beginning"
In reply to Dave Garnett: Six words you say? What climbing career is that then?
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Likes mountains, done nowt on grit.
Likes mountains, done nowt on grit.
In reply to Alex Roddie:
Can't seem to get out enough
Can't seem to get out enough
In reply to Alex Roddie: Aspired to greatness, settled for mediocrity.
In reply to Anonymous: Then there's 'Likes climbing, but hates walk ins'.
In reply to Anonymous:
Very witty. Care to respond to my email?
(If I'm being paranoid and you're not who I think you are, profound apologies!)
Very witty. Care to respond to my email?
(If I'm being paranoid and you're not who I think you are, profound apologies!)
In reply to Alex Roddie: How am I supposed to know what you're thinking (thinks, it seems I forgot to insert the batteries in the mind probe again)
In reply to Anonymous:
Well, if you didn't receive an email from my last night then you're not who I think you are. =)
Well, if you didn't receive an email from my last night then you're not who I think you are. =)
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Loved "Some no-balls but also some boundaries"
Traditional beginnings, some sport, traditional ends
Loved "Some no-balls but also some boundaries"
Traditional beginnings, some sport, traditional ends
In reply to Dave Garnett: So how would you sum up your climbing career so far, in six words?
Twice as old, half as brave
(and also can't count to six judging by first, now deleted, attempt)
Twice as old, half as brave
(and also can't count to six judging by first, now deleted, attempt)
In reply to Alex Roddie: I have several email addresses, was it sent from someone called Alex Roddie?
In reply to Anonymous:
Yes it was (it was a response to an email that a registered forum user sent to me yesterday).
Yes it was (it was a response to an email that a registered forum user sent to me yesterday).
> (In reply to Alex Roddie) I have several email addresses, was it sent from someone called Alex Roddie?
That's way over six words even by my standards
In reply to Clauso: Failed, flailed, faffed, fluffed, flunked and fumed.
In reply to Dave Garnett: faff, gibber, faff, repeat ad nauseum
Some good six word stories here: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
Some good six word stories here: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
In reply to Dave Garnett: I need to get out more.
In reply to Anonymous:
Mutinous craic. Slope off my friend.
>
> Failed, flailed, faffed, fluffed, flunked and fumed.
> Failed, flailed, faffed, fluffed, flunked and fumed.
Mutinous craic. Slope off my friend.
In reply to Simon Lee: It's true I once toproped.
Or...
A girl can dream, can't she?
A girl can dream, can't she?
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Fifteen years and still having fun.
Fifteen years and still having fun.
Good selection here. Actually I think a more honest version of my climbing career would be:
'Often good enough, rarely brave enough'
'Often good enough, rarely brave enough'
In reply to Dave Garnett: I came, I saw, I scarpered
In reply to Wee Davie:
What the hell do you and Burnsie get up to then when you should really be climbing!
Summer - I'm never gonna get up this
Winter - mmmmmmm, turf, mmmmm sexy, oooooh yes
> (In reply to Dave Garnett)
>
> Bare arse blasted with spindrift, again.
>
> Davie
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> Bare arse blasted with spindrift, again.
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> Davie
What the hell do you and Burnsie get up to then when you should really be climbing!
Summer - I'm never gonna get up this
Winter - mmmmmmm, turf, mmmmm sexy, oooooh yes
In reply to Dave Garnett: ...just..another...few...more...feet...left...
In reply to Dave Garnett:
There must be a play on words about Henry VIII six wives, but I'm just too tired to think about it. Anyone?
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived....
There must be a play on words about Henry VIII six wives, but I'm just too tired to think about it. Anyone?
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived....
In reply to Dave Garnett:
What career? Climbing gear for sale.
> So how would you sum up your climbing career so far, in six words?
What career? Climbing gear for sale.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
More recently,
Getting back into it, feels good!
and
Cool new climbing buddies, nice bonus.
More recently,
Getting back into it, feels good!
and
Cool new climbing buddies, nice bonus.
In reply to Dave Garnett: "top roped three pebble slab, twice"
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Learning to climb, competent at falling.
Indoor walls are playpens for adults.
Learning to climb, competent at falling.
Indoor walls are playpens for adults.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Could have been so much better...
Could have been so much better...
In reply to Dave Garnett: It's all gone horribly, horribly wrong,
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Started too late to get good
Started too late to get good
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Not really very impressive at all
Not really very impressive at all
In reply to Flying Monkey:
But also Mita's one above works!
But also Mita's one above works!
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Ack - just realised this works as well, but sadly it's not © Jenn...
Technique is no substitute for power.
Ack - just realised this works as well, but sadly it's not © Jenn...
Technique is no substitute for power.
In reply to Jenn: Sounds good even if it is (mainly)rubbish
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
I was half serious.
I think it depends on the rock type. Grit is often very technique oriented (which is why I don't get on with it), while volcanic tuff (the Happys and Sads in Bishop) is mostly about powering up overhangs (which is why I like it).
I was half serious.
I think it depends on the rock type. Grit is often very technique oriented (which is why I don't get on with it), while volcanic tuff (the Happys and Sads in Bishop) is mostly about powering up overhangs (which is why I like it).
In reply to Dave Garnett: Up, Up and away...Loves it!
In reply to Jenn:
Actually there is a lot of truth in that. I have always found that when I am out of training and not feeling strong and fit my technique has collapsed too i.e. I have always climbed technically better when strong and fit, I guess because one is using small holds much more confidently and in a much more relaxed manner.
> (In reply to Gordon Stainforth)
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> I was half serious.
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> I think it depends on the rock type. Grit is often very technique oriented (which is why I don't get on with it), while volcanic tuff (the Happys and Sads in Bishop) is mostly about powering up overhangs (which is why I like it).
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> I was half serious.
>
> I think it depends on the rock type. Grit is often very technique oriented (which is why I don't get on with it), while volcanic tuff (the Happys and Sads in Bishop) is mostly about powering up overhangs (which is why I like it).
Actually there is a lot of truth in that. I have always found that when I am out of training and not feeling strong and fit my technique has collapsed too i.e. I have always climbed technically better when strong and fit, I guess because one is using small holds much more confidently and in a much more relaxed manner.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Ha ha ha ha ha! Escape!
Ha ha ha ha ha! Escape!
In reply to Dave Garnett: Impossible. Really! Was it that good?
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Looks Hard, Lets go for it!
But there are so many other combinations to use.
Looks Hard, Lets go for it!
But there are so many other combinations to use.
In reply to Chris Craggs:
You miserable bugger, Chris. You know that can't be true!
Actually I have another one:
"Too old for grit? Always Alps!"
You miserable bugger, Chris. You know that can't be true!
Actually I have another one:
"Too old for grit? Always Alps!"
In reply to Dave Garnett:
"Wet PAs, the coroner said."
(short story we much admired in the 70's in Crags or somesuch magazine.)
"Wet PAs, the coroner said."
(short story we much admired in the 70's in Crags or somesuch magazine.)
In reply to Dave Garnett: Crimps at Almscliff never get boring
In reply to Dave Garnett: Passion and labour gives only mediocrity.
In reply to JimR:
Dare I have the cheek to 'improve' your offering (and bring it up to the six words)?:
Scared for hours; scarred for life.
> (In reply to Dave Garnett)
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> Scarred for life.
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> Scarred for life.
Dare I have the cheek to 'improve' your offering (and bring it up to the six words)?:
Scared for hours; scarred for life.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Dave, this thread you started is such fun I think someone should eventually collect the genuine six-word ones into one document.
Dave, this thread you started is such fun I think someone should eventually collect the genuine six-word ones into one document.
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
I agree. I think that you need a bit of strength to be able to climb comfortably in control.
I agree. I think that you need a bit of strength to be able to climb comfortably in control.
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
I think that loses the nuances placing the focus on metal scars due to scares.
My sort of meaning was the real marks it has made to me... physically, mentally and lifestyle wise as a result of a lifetime passion ... plus also the double entendre of scars = cliffs ... plus I also thought I might get a prize for managing with 3 rather than 6
> (In reply to JimR)
> [...]
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> Dare I have the cheek to 'improve' your offering (and bring it up to the six words)?:
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> Scared for hours; scarred for life.
> [...]
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> Dare I have the cheek to 'improve' your offering (and bring it up to the six words)?:
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> Scared for hours; scarred for life.
I think that loses the nuances placing the focus on metal scars due to scares.
My sort of meaning was the real marks it has made to me... physically, mentally and lifestyle wise as a result of a lifetime passion ... plus also the double entendre of scars = cliffs ... plus I also thought I might get a prize for managing with 3 rather than 6
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Been ill; malnutrition; very little progress.
sums it up for the last 20 months
Been ill; malnutrition; very little progress.
sums it up for the last 20 months
In reply to Dave Garnett:
There was the one off one of our uni tshirts a few years back - "I cammed, I swore, I conquered" - I always preferred "I cammed, I swore, I frigged" personally but it wasn't my design.
"Aspires to escape punterdom; hard work"
AJM
There was the one off one of our uni tshirts a few years back - "I cammed, I swore, I conquered" - I always preferred "I cammed, I swore, I frigged" personally but it wasn't my design.
"Aspires to escape punterdom; hard work"
AJM
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Good effort, but could do better.
Pushed the boat out. F****d up. (for no one in particular - certainly not me)
Good effort, but could do better.
Pushed the boat out. F****d up. (for no one in particular - certainly not me)
In reply to Dave Garnett: How about , i climbed , i fell , big bruise
In reply to Dave Garnett:
"High hopes, now resigned to mediocrity"
"Good intentions thwarted by weak fingers"
"Invariably suffering, better than the alternative"
Strange how the contributions are dominated by disappointment, yet I would imagine climbing is the central joy of most posters. Self-deprecation or just the nature of the beast - you always want more?
"High hopes, now resigned to mediocrity"
"Good intentions thwarted by weak fingers"
"Invariably suffering, better than the alternative"
Strange how the contributions are dominated by disappointment, yet I would imagine climbing is the central joy of most posters. Self-deprecation or just the nature of the beast - you always want more?
In reply to Dave Garnett: Much to learn, I still have.
In reply to Dave Garnett: started young but still no good
In reply to thebigfriendlymoose:
It's the way the question's framed: it's about your climbing *career*, not about how we feel about climbing in general. If I'd been asked the latter, I wouldn't have been so downbeat, and said instead something like
"massive buzz, amidst stunning natural beauty" (or maybe, "scared sh*tless, alone in damp quarry").
> Strange how the contributions are dominated by disappointment, yet I would imagine climbing is the central joy of most posters. Self-deprecation or just the nature of the beast - you always want more?
It's the way the question's framed: it's about your climbing *career*, not about how we feel about climbing in general. If I'd been asked the latter, I wouldn't have been so downbeat, and said instead something like
"massive buzz, amidst stunning natural beauty" (or maybe, "scared sh*tless, alone in damp quarry").
In reply to Jon Stewart:
mmmmm ok "Lundy, Rjukan, Lakes, Grit, love it"
> (In reply to thebigfriendlymoose)
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> [...]
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> It's the way the question's framed: it's about your climbing *career*, not about how we feel about climbing in general.
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> [...]
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> It's the way the question's framed: it's about your climbing *career*, not about how we feel about climbing in general.
mmmmm ok "Lundy, Rjukan, Lakes, Grit, love it"
In reply to Dave Garnett:
The end. My knee's are phucked.
The end. My knee's are phucked.
In reply to thebigfriendlymoose:
Yeah, I was thinking what a miserable lot of grade-obsessors people were tending to portray themselves as, but I think you may be right that it's self-deprecation. Or maybe it's sparked by the use of the word 'career' in the OP, and the associations we subconsciously make when we hear that word.
> Strange how the contributions are dominated by disappointment, yet I would imagine climbing is the central joy of most posters.
Yeah, I was thinking what a miserable lot of grade-obsessors people were tending to portray themselves as, but I think you may be right that it's self-deprecation. Or maybe it's sparked by the use of the word 'career' in the OP, and the associations we subconsciously make when we hear that word.
In reply to gingerkate:
I suspect that the choice of words might be quite revealing, even when obviously humorous. The discipline of the 6-word limit forces you to think and sometimes it's quite surprising what comes out.
I think Mr Arran gets the philosophy (or is it poetry) prize so far. Quite a few have made me smile and a couple laugh out loud
I suspect that the choice of words might be quite revealing, even when obviously humorous. The discipline of the 6-word limit forces you to think and sometimes it's quite surprising what comes out.
I think Mr Arran gets the philosophy (or is it poetry) prize so far. Quite a few have made me smile and a couple laugh out loud
In reply to Dave Garnett:
There could be a few options but I go for:
"Thank god for Scottish winter climbing."
There could be a few options but I go for:
"Thank god for Scottish winter climbing."
In reply to Dave Garnett: Right place, wrong time, peaked early
In reply to Dave Garnett: just begun, lots more climbing needed
so many climbs, so little time
In reply to Dave Garnett: Great determination not matched by talent.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
"Forget the weather, it's all fun"
or
"Up, down, now where's the caff?"
> So how would you sum up your climbing career so far, in six words?
"Forget the weather, it's all fun"
or
"Up, down, now where's the caff?"
In reply to Dave Garnett:
"Often can not reach the holds"
"Short of reach, short of courage"
"The satisfaction comes from suprising myself"
"Often can not reach the holds"
"Short of reach, short of courage"
"The satisfaction comes from suprising myself"
In reply to Dave Garnett:
"Did a bit of puntering about."
Would probably do for most of my achievements to be honest!
Mark
"Did a bit of puntering about."
Would probably do for most of my achievements to be honest!
Mark
In reply to Dave Garnett:
plastic smells: going outside; ooooo, scary
plastic smells: going outside; ooooo, scary
In reply to Dave Garnett: rubbish inside, rubbish outside, dont boulder!
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Not much achieved, but next year....
(continuing the self deprecating theme)
Not much achieved, but next year....
(continuing the self deprecating theme)
In reply to Dave Garnett:
The Stoats drink far too much...?
The Stoats drink far too much...?
In reply to Dave Garnett:
up up up down down down
up up up down down down
In reply to Dave Garnett: Walking, Scrambling, trad, bouldering then decline.
In reply to Dave Garnett: Fluid vertical ballet watch your feet
In reply to Dave Garnett: Oh S***T its high up here
In reply to Dave Garnett: "Constant injuries started to get annoying"
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Me ha encantado! Je l´adore!
Me ha encantado! Je l´adore!
In reply to Dave Garnett: Alcohol drugs wife dog rock happiness
In reply to IbexJim:
There's a truism. Especially next weekend!
> (In reply to Dave Garnett)
> The Stoats drink far too much...?
> The Stoats drink far too much...?
There's a truism. Especially next weekend!
Indoor, Outdoor, Alps, Helicopter, Fall, Scared
In reply to Dave Garnett: Career? I do it for fun!
In reply to Dave Garnett: Desired for success, went wrong somewhere
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Thought it would be you - good to know a few are still active - enjoy the meet.
Thought it would be you - good to know a few are still active - enjoy the meet.
In reply to Dave Garnett: none, loads, none, loads, none, loads
In reply to Gary Gibson:
Went wrong? I should go so wrong!
More like 'Did absolutely loads, then loads more'?
Went wrong? I should go so wrong!
More like 'Did absolutely loads, then loads more'?
In reply to IbexJim:
Ah Mr Nevill, it has been a very long time. I'm not sure I'd describe myself as active exactly, especially just recently, but it's coming back! I may even start going on MAM meets again this year.
Ah Mr Nevill, it has been a very long time. I'm not sure I'd describe myself as active exactly, especially just recently, but it's coming back! I may even start going on MAM meets again this year.
hmmm my climbing career in 6 words?
"Can i get my P45 please?"
lol nah i wish i got paid to climb, that would be sweet.
a more appropriate one for me would be:
"Really Psyched, Still Bloody Indoors Though!"
"Can i get my P45 please?"
lol nah i wish i got paid to climb, that would be sweet.
a more appropriate one for me would be:
"Really Psyched, Still Bloody Indoors Though!"
In reply to Dave Garnett: I might as well join in...
Hillwalking, trad, mountaineering, sport; what next?
Hillwalking, trad, mountaineering, sport; what next?
In reply to maresia:
You fell from the helicopter?
> Indoor, Outdoor, Alps, Helicopter, Fall, Scared
You fell from the helicopter?
In reply to Phil Payne:
suspended, horrendous, tried, ascended, descended, survived.
A bit rubbish - but it actually makes sense to me
suspended, horrendous, tried, ascended, descended, survived.
A bit rubbish - but it actually makes sense to me
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Raking my teeth across their forehead
Raking my teeth across their forehead
In reply to Dave Garnett: love it,want to get better
In reply to PontiusPirate:
And mine Although originally I was trying to think up one about mindgames.
> er Anni, that's my story too!
And mine Although originally I was trying to think up one about mindgames.
In reply to Dave Garnett: Well I'm kind of getting better.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
At the moment:
Accident caused hiatus, became fat bloke
but I'm hoping for:
Fatty got fit, resumed climbing, Joy!
You never know, it might happen!
At the moment:
Accident caused hiatus, became fat bloke
but I'm hoping for:
Fatty got fit, resumed climbing, Joy!
You never know, it might happen!
In reply to Dave Garnett: watch me here, have you shiiiiiiit
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Too much grit, not enough multi-pitch
Too much grit, not enough multi-pitch
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Dragged to the top by Forrest
Dragged to the top by Forrest
In reply to Dave Garnett:
"Went to the Lakes. It rained"
"Went to the Lakes. It rained"
In reply to Dave Garnett: Getting past it, still trying though.
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Not much to speak of, meh!
Not much to speak of, meh!
In reply to soveda:
"Should have done more of it"
"Should have done more of it"
In reply to Dave Garnett: "off to try demon wall roof"
In reply to Dave Garnett: Gritstone, limestone, igneous, metamorphic, ice, mixed
In reply to Dave Garnett: Grade chassing, exreme weather bastard climbing.
Swanage trained, everything else seems easy.
In reply to Dave Garnett: "Finished cos kicked out of climbing club!" (A moniker I shall try to wear with pride)
In reply to Dave Garnett: still indifferent, i blame the weather.
In reply to Dave Garnett: great ambitions,not fulfilled ,but enjoyed
In reply to Dave Garnett:
Not mine, but "Lost Key and wouldn't pay up" might be appropriate for someone...
Not mine, but "Lost Key and wouldn't pay up" might be appropriate for someone...
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