Signs That You Have Been Climbing Too Long

• You go to church and scout out routes to the ceiling.
• You climb your friends fireplace.
• You know how to get on your roof without a ladder.
• You begin buying your shoes 2 sizes too small out of habit.
• You get mad of having to spend $40 on a pair of Levi's, but don't mind spending $200+ for a pair of Gore-tex.
• You have no idea why your hands are bleeding.
• You aerate your lawn with your crampons.
• Your climbing equipment is worth more than your car.
• You give up a decent job so you can climb more.
• You blow a good marriage so you can climb more.
• Your body is worn out and you need medical attention, but that would take away from your climbing time, so you continue to hobble.
• When you can't climb, you stoop so low as to read rec.climbing.
• You insist on eating out in older areas, since the buildings are more "climbable."
• Your list of names for future ascents are longer than your list of friends.
• You remember when the decimal system ended in 5.9.
• Your ice axe is made of wood.
• You know you've been climbing too long when you notice that the contents of the relic walls in climbing shops is newer than your own rack.
• You remember paying $2 for a biner, but had to make nuts because they were not commercially available
• When walking down a cracked sidewalk, you're thinking, "That'll be a good hand hold".
• When it hurts to hold onto the steering wheel driving home from climbing.
• You placed anchors on the side of your 5th story apartment building so you could sleep on your porta-ledge on the weekdays
• You bolted the side of your house and It ended up in a local guide book as a 5.9+.
• When people come round to your house on weekends to climb because your wall in better than the climbing center.