Did Paul Ryan lie about climbing 40 mountains too?

[Cali_Democrat]

Scepticism grows after Romney's running mate admitted shaving an hour off his marathon time
By Graham Smith
PUBLISHED: 06:48 EST, 6 September 2012 | UPDATED: 11:34 EST, 6 September 2012

Just days after Paul Ryan was forced into a humiliating U-turn after falsely claiming that he once ran a marathon in under three hours, questions are now being asked about the vice-presidential candidate's claim to be a prolific mountain climber.

Mitt Romney's running mate told his hometown newspaper that he had scaled 'close to 40' of Colorado's 54 'fourteeners' mountains, each of which is at least 14,000ft tall.

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One expert at climbing website SuperTopo said: 'To have climbed 40 and not be a resident [in Colorado] means that you would have had to devote entire summers to climbing fourteeners, in essence becoming a 'lifestyle' hiker/scrambler.

'I doubt Ryan had the time or dedication to fourteeners to take the required time out from his political career.

'Even if you did four a summer, that would be ten summers devoted to travelling to Colorado for the purpose of high altitude hiking. Even if you live here and can drive to the trail heads, forty is a huge commitment of time and energy.'

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[jberryhill]

1. No... he BUILT the mountains, and THEN climbed them

He trains by climbing Mitt's money.

[immoderate]

2. Somehow I have no trouble disbelieving him.

--imm

[riverbendviewgal]

3. Just another Lie

Ryan seems very comfortable lying...we must always call him out for each and everyone.

Don't be complacent. I grew complacent when I was in Prince Edward Province. Seems there were a lot of farms. but I remember one well. On it's roof in beautiful script writing was painted "Just another Barn".

Ryan's lies must be outed on big billboards. People will read them..

[Jennicut]

4. Paulnocchio.

I saw that as a hashtag on twitter. I think it fits Paul Ryan well.

[Xyzse]

5. If climbing means

Seeing out the window of his car...
Then he's slightly ahead of Palin seeing Putin in her backyard.

[sakabatou]

6. I wouldn't be surprised if he lied about that too.

[rfranklin]

7. He will be starring on Broadway in The Sound of Music, singing "Climb Every Mountain"

He will be playing Maria in a phenomenal performance unequalled by any previous diva.

[abumbyanyothername]

17. I'm in hollywood

Trying to scare up someone to edit out the video and load it up on youtube.

[rfranklin]

18. Sounds cool!

Keep us up to date.

[Zambero]

8. Mount Vernon, and what were the other 39?

Presuming Ryan actually did submit his brain cells to extended periods of oxygen deprivation during these high elevation treks -- that might help explain why the functional truth center of said brain has been on stand-by as of late!

[xocet]

9. Ryan's photo was on the cover of National Geographic when he scaled K-2 back in the winter of '94...

not!!!

[Squinch]

13. Yes. And he is also the Queen of France. And he went to school with Batman.

[Aerows]

16. Went to school with him?

He WAS Batman as his side job because he's a real hero!

And he also filled in for Ironman, because, you know, he's just awesome and unbelievably incredible like that.

If I need a sarcasm tag, then the sarcasm detector has failed LOL.

[Squinch]

21. We say all this with that Ryan "Seriously. Believe me. I look like Eddie Munster" look.

[Scootaloo]

10. I've seen liars like this

It always reminds me of one of my favorite Dropkick Murphys Songs;

I can bench press a car, I'm an ex football star
with degrees from both Harvard and Yale
Girls just can't keep up, I'm a real love machine
I've had far better sex while in jail
I've designed the Sears Tower, I make two grand an hour
I cook the world's best duck flambe
I'll take the pick of the litter, girls jockey for me
I don't need these lines to get laid

I'm just waiting for him to claim to have been a Navy SEAL, seems to be one of the favorite lies right-wingers tell. I love that his bullshit is catching up to him, though...

Ahh, fuck it. Who am I shitting?

I'm a pitiful sight, and I ain't all that bright
I'm definitely not chiseled from stone
I'm a cheat and a liar, no woman's desire
I'll probably die cold and alone

[Squinch]

11. And his lies are so STUPID! They're easily debunked and all ego driven. Who is that stupid?

[firenewt]

12. More likely they were just molehills Ryan turned into mountains.....................

[beac]

19. .

And he probably took stimulus money to build them into mountains.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. BOOM!

Nailed it...

[MatthewStLouis]

14. And he felled ten trees with one swing of his mighty axe!

A core sample of Ryan would reveal no growth rings, only solid sh_t.

[Drahthaardogs]

15. Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies, tell me lies

Ryan theme song.

[CTyankee]

20. I used to dance to this song in Jazzercise!

It was kinda nice, as I remember...