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TheJournalofTheArmyMountaineeringAssociation
LIFEONTHE
YOU MIGHT BE A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER IF....
You own a £75 dress suit and a £1000 Gore-Tex one.
You have ever used an ice axe to chop weeds in the garden.
A Mexican bus driver has ever had to open his window because of the way you smelled.
You have more summit pictures than wedding pictures.
You’ve ever fallen so far that you've run out of adrenaline before you ran out of rope.
You say “Namaste” instead of “Hello".
What you call cold is not on the thermometer scale.
When you hear the words ‘nose’, ‘captain’ or ‘aid’, your hands start hurting and swelling.
You see a girl in the street and you think: “Hmmm, she’s a TD+/5.11...”.
Your definition of a candlelight dinner is: “Thaw the ice with the candle and put it in the bag of freeze-dry”.
You hear the name "Hillary" and think of Everest instead of Mrs. Clinton and White House scandals.
You’ve used an ice axe to clean off the front steps in winter.
You like the smell of burning yak dung first thing in the morning.
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That’s Me
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