The Shorts -- Friends In High Places

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2009

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Two and a half years ago, climber and Diaries contributor, Kelly Cordes, signed up for a Facebook account, promptly forgot the password and found out that negotiating social media can be every bit as difficult as picking a path through gaping crevasses, rotten ice and snow-covered rock. It’s certainly just as time consuming.

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0:00.0	And pull on your wool socks and gather clothes around the fire.
0:11.8	New Belgian Brewing Company toasts to the season with their Belgian inspired glassware, full
0:16.4	of tubolo winter ale, a tasty winter warmer with a hoppy palate.
0:21.6	While the weather outside may be frightful, the pure inside is delightful.
0:26.6	New Belgium encourages you to follow your folly to NewBelgium.com where hoppy sing-alongs,
0:32.0	give a bowl glassware, and cheer can be found.
0:50.3	This is The Shorts.
0:53.0	During the recent Iranian election protests, the government shut down communication with the outside world.
1:07.0	It blocked access to the very same thing I'd heard people talking about at the crag.
1:12.0	Facebook.
1:14.0	Riots ensued.
1:16.0	Due to overwhelming public outrage, they turned Facebook back on.
1:21.0	Granted, fair elections are more important than new ways for climbers to spray, but it all points in one direction.
1:28.0	This Facebook thing.
1:30.0	It was getting big.
1:32.0	Yeah, everyone's on Facebook.
1:34.0	You know anything.
1:36.0	Apparently not.
1:38.0	I joined it so I could be your friend when we first started dating.
1:41.0	That's my fiance, Jenna.
1:43.0	It's her fault that I'm in this mess.
1:46.0	About two and a half years ago, soon after we started dating,
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