Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

40 plus years ago, showed my new wife how to change a flat. Wasn’t a week or so later, had a flat on her 68 ford bronco( wish we never sold it) about a mile from home. Got home and she was so proud of herself for changing the tire, but knuts were all backwards. Told her I was proud of her!!!! Showed her what she had done wrong, she laughed, said it made sense. Thankfully she hasn’t had a flat since then, but know she could do it right to this day.
 
It is alarmingly easy to forget to tie off... Many is the time I've climbed out of a lift or the bucket on the truck, grabbed a tool or piece of material, climbed back in and went back up... A short time later I look down and realize I didn't hook back on.

Autopilot/Daydreaming will get you killed.

Mike

Couple pics of a powderhorn with a threaded spout I made a few years ago...
There are no appeals in the Court of Gravity.

I know a dude that was soloing Jack the Pulpit and popped off the top. I watched it close up. Near perfect landing. No broken bones. Lots of scar tissue and weird limp action years later.

I've taught traditionally protected lead climbing to hundreds of climbers. You can't let anything get in the way of diligence. And then there's a common sense aspect too.

Fucking Lionel Terray, one of the greats, fell to his death on 3rd class terrain.
 
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