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Black background with white stars and cyan text reading "IT'S THE CLIMB" repeated twice, each followed by a sequence of four left-pointing arrows.

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Black background with white stars and cyan text reading "IT'S THE CLIMB" repeated twice, each followed by a sequence of four left-pointing arrows.

Black background with white stars and cyan text reading "IT'S THE CLIMB" repeated twice, each followed by a sequence of four left-pointing arrows. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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  • IT'S
  • THE
  • CLIMB
  • <8<8<8<8<

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903151102391781778995
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/34/349e144b6fae42722ddb2c83913af2cedd2539e1c16e45b4b16dfe251b04b8fc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
349e144b6fae4272
SHA-256
349e144b6fae42722ddb2c83913af2cedd2539e1c16e45b4b16dfe251b04b8fc
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200903151102391781778995
Archive entry
200903151102391781778995.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903151102391781778995.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903151102391781778995.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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