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Iceaxe
06-03-2009, 02:39 PM
10 things that make a great Canyoneer

1. Boasting.

2. Exaggerating wildly.

3. Imaginatively reinventing your own minor technical screw ups and portraying them as balls-out epic self-rescues.

4. Bashing "guidebook authors", "guides" and "websites".

5. Boring everyone half to death with how "hard" and "dangerous" the 3B canyon you were led down last weekend was.

6. Refusing to take any "gumbies" canyoneering with you unless they kiss your ass, buy the beer, haul the rope, do all the cooking and carry you when you get tired.

7. Proving how good a canyoneer you are by shouting "advice" at every minor drop and swim.

8. Seeing no irony at all in the fact that you talk about technique and gear constantly but almost never talk about actual canyoneering.

9. Making slings out of weather beaten webbing and then criticizing everyone else for being "unsafe".

10. Getting on your high horse and criticizing everyone incessantly, but being incredibly sensistive about anyone making jokes about you or about canyoneering.

:five: Good stuff, eh fellow tards? :haha:

Jaxx
06-03-2009, 02:57 PM
Care to share what brought this on. I have a feeling there is a funny/dramatic story to go with this list.

Good list either way. I will try to get all 10 checked off this year!

cookiecutter
06-03-2009, 05:42 PM
uh oh, I'm having relapse visions of me after my first 4 canyons of my life (all 3Bs) giving out prophetic advice as to what gear this mom needed for her son to make it through Subway the correct way.

hmm...looks like I'm an official great canyoneer!

sweet :rockon:

Cirrus2000
06-03-2009, 06:19 PM
cookiecutter: :roflol: :roflol:

Bonus points: you're also officially a Great Internet Canyoneer, too, with the double post! :haha:

j/k! :five:

cookiecutter
06-03-2009, 06:30 PM
What are you talking about?? I'm a great canyoneer, my ego is just too big for one post!

but between you and me...crap I double posted again! I'll learn, I'll learn

Iceaxe
06-04-2009, 11:17 AM
Care to share what brought this on. I have a feeling there is a funny/dramatic story to go with this list.

Nothing funny or dramatic.... I was just bored.... :nod:

and figurded if I made a list you could be a totally awesome canyoneer like me.

:five:

Jaxx
06-04-2009, 11:18 AM
Care to share what brought this on. I have a feeling there is a funny/dramatic story to go with this list.

Nothing funny or dramatic.... I was just bored.... :nod:

and figurded if I made a list you could be a totally awesome canyoneer like me.

:five:

Thanks for helping me move up in the ranks of real canyoneer :2thumbs:

chabidiah
06-06-2009, 09:06 PM
i got about half of the list down... im still working on myself..baby steps...

Iceaxe
03-21-2015, 10:31 AM
We have a lot of new canyoneers around here so I thought I'd give this a bump :-)

villainousturtle
03-21-2015, 10:47 AM
I love it! My favorite is #6. :D thanks for the laugh.


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harness man
03-21-2015, 03:04 PM
Food for thought!
:mrgreen:

Rob L
03-21-2015, 05:13 PM
Wherever did Cirrus2000 go? Did he give up / lose his ATC job ?

jman
03-22-2015, 10:38 AM
Wherever did Cirrus2000 go? Did he give up / lose his ATC job ?

For what I have gathered over the years is that he moved (back?) to Canada but he does frequents CC using his first name (I'm trying to be vague here) however.

I have not seen him logged onto Bogley for years...