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         BADASS MOUNTAIN MEN
5th Place February 09 It is hard to believe beaver hunting in the back woods could earn glory. But, in the first half of the ninteenth century the Rocky Mountains remained an uncharted land where the elements were harsh and the grizzly bears and indians prevelent. These scruffy and gruff frontiers men lived on tobacco, coffee, and pemmican. They ran through the woods with moccasins, hawken rifles and bowie knifes risking their lives for the beaver hat. Life wasn't all bad, they always traded for the hottest squas, did whatever they wanted, and ate 100% organic, nonGMO food. The stories are thick and deep, from the legend of "Liver Eating" Johnson to the balad of Grizzley Adams. One of my favorite highlights is the tale of Boone Helm, who, in the middle of a five hundred mile trip accross dead-of-winter Montana, was captured by Blackfoot indians, stripped to the waist and bound with leather straps in a teepee. He managed to chew through his bindings, knocked out the guard with a two finger jab, took the guard's knife, scalped him, cut off his leg, and disappeared into the woods still half naked. Weeks later he arrived at the cabin of Del Gue, 200 miles away, having survived on only the leg of his former captor. That's about as bad-assed as any story I've ever heard.
Nominated by Jerza
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Badass Mountain Men was voted MORE AWESOME than:
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        PRESIDENT OBAMA
5th Place January 09 Phenom. Messiah. Revolutionary. Savior. Superhero. Barack Hussein Obama II will be sworn in to the United State presidency on January 20th, 2009. He will be the first black president in the history of the United States, a country who's history began with 337 years of slavery. He is a Harvard Graduate with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude (if you don't know what that is, just trust me, its awesome). He went from state senator, to US Senator, to President of the United States in four years. What more could Barack possibly accomplish? Awesomeoff champion maybe??
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The Nobel prize is just another way of saying President Obama is awesome.
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Obama is so cool, he can be at two places at once!
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don't forget about killing your captor, escaping naked into the Montana Winter and living of the meat of your captors leg which your had previously sawn off, in a bear cave. Now that is awesome.
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I concur. Canoes and beaver pelts are way more awesome than over-hyped Star Craft tournaments. These guys caught salmon with their bare hands and spat the lead out of the venison they killed. Awesome!
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Obama being on Awesomeoff has caused actual political debates= not awesome
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Freerunning being on Awesomeoff has caused people to run around outside and try to learn how to do it (including me)= Very Awesome
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Ok, so I had to try it, with 8 foot snow drifts in the yard, what could go wrong...... Aieeeeeeeeeeee............ 25 foot drop to 8 foot drift, and I missed the greenhouse......... In hospital.... doc is putting in metal rod in about 30 minutes.... Amputation could be next, I don't know. This really sucks. Obama is more awesome
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obviously metal rods put anywhere in your body is awesome. Trying to jump across a 25 foot drop on your first freerunning attempt... not so much. (also... when these pros freerun what they're doing is dangerous, not stupid)
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p.s. I'm glad we're discussing this awesome-ly and not bringing ourselves down to the level of youtube comments. thanks for that. i do respect your opinion... just whole-heartily disagree.
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I'm glad you are keeping it civil too! Saves me from replacing more 'uck's with ***'s
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oh.. i meant political debates on Awesomeoff.
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He's about the be PRESIDENT of the FREAKING USA...even though his middle name is HUSSEIN, his Dad was a Moslem AND was from Africa. Nothing can be awesomer. Nothing.
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Obama is fairly awesome.
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obama is not going to solve all of our problems, or all of the world's problems. no single individual has all of the answers.
BUT obama is handsome, articulate, intelligent, has great charisma, an open mind, a really cool name, and an excellent foreign policy. he's exactly the kind of leader we need. yay!
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