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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 27, 2007 - 11:52am PT
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The Sushi fests have been great for the Supertopo community. They get everybody together. Online enemies are generally campfire friends.
They have a few disadvantages though.
1. You need the raw fish dude to come out to make one happen.
2. Sushi is cold, expensive and comes out in bits and spurts while climbers are pigs, ravenous animals who need to gorge.
3. Some climbers are still dirtbags.
So more than three cheers for Nature for getting this started and getting us together. I hope the Sushi fests continue forever.
But for those of you who are waiting patiently for the next, quit waiting!
The real joy is the community. All it takes to have a get together is a reservation at a group camp or the community will to book some campsites together where they are available. We can eat Chili, Pasta, potluck, or even eat in our own camps and drink beverages around the fire. It don't matter. It's about the peeps and some cranking.
So this thread is to brainstorm ideas of locations, logistics, times, food or not food, and yada yada.
Whaddaya THink?
Peace
Karl
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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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Nov 27, 2007 - 12:09pm PT
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Still trying to thaw out from IC Sushi fest... I vote for a warm destination.
Thanks for bringing it up Karl.
Prod.
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spyork
Social climber
A prison of my own creation
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Nov 27, 2007 - 12:31pm PT
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I might be up for something, time allowing.
Isn't Melissa the Walrus?
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Nov 27, 2007 - 12:33pm PT
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Karl, this is a great idea. Kudos for throwing it out there, I'm in...
-Tom
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Nov 27, 2007 - 12:41pm PT
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-That's what She, says ...
the Boogaloos were pretty low-key community events that would not have happened without the Taco superstructure (sounds like a tortilla)
stuff like that can be a model as well as more elaborate shindigs
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wildone
climber
Where you want to be
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Nov 27, 2007 - 12:43pm PT
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For once, I'm in Karl. I love sushi, just never felt like going somewhere to eat it in the woods after climbing for the reasons you've mentioned.
What do you have in mind? The gold wall? J tree?
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Nov 27, 2007 - 01:37pm PT
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Karl, we tried that, remember? It was called the ST Annual Sh*t-talkers Convention.
Why brew up something new?
~Sooze
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Nov 27, 2007 - 01:42pm PT
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JTree sushifest had armed guards.
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Brian Boyd
Trad climber
Scottsdale, AZ
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Nov 27, 2007 - 01:42pm PT
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MeatFest! Nature could bring a cow -- he is essential to any food gathering -- and I can bring a bunch of sharpies. Everyone marks their desired spot, then Piton Ron can *prepare* the beast. Trango Squids for cooking over the fire a la marshmallows.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Nov 27, 2007 - 01:44pm PT
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Well - I can definitely say I'd like to do a warm weather trip over the winter. Unfortunately I need advance time - to save money, book tickets, get my business ends taken care of and crap.
But....who knows. Maybe I can swing a long weekend or something on the spur of moment.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Nov 27, 2007 - 01:46pm PT
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Yep, good idea. How about a list of seasonal locations; winter, spring, summer, and fall locations. Winter would obviously be the most limiting.
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jewedlaw
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 27, 2007 - 02:03pm PT
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JTree January 2-7!
I'll be there at any rate...
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Howie
Trad climber
Calgary, Alberta
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Nov 27, 2007 - 02:23pm PT
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Red Rocks group sites. Cheap. Lots of room. Communial fire pit.
Might have to book two though depends on the interest.
Could even combine with a sushi-fest too!
Spring'ish time.
Howie.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2007 - 02:33pm PT
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Just putting the idea in folks mind. How it happens is up to whomever is inspired to get something going. The point is, all it takes is a group site reservation and a little internet logistics management to get a lot of us together. Red Rocks has cheap and big group sites. There are some in Yosemite as well.
Personally, I can't do anything until Spring. I'm pretty much bailing in a few weeks until early April to visit my folks, then Hawaii, then India. April or early May in Josh would be fun. I'm always up for Yosemite cause, hey, I'm here!
"GREAD Idea Karl!!
Would the EGGMAN and The WALRUS be invited, or would we be BLACKLISTED????? "
I love everybody. Fighting about ideas on Supertopo means very little to me on the friend/human level. We're all in this together.
A second level of this could be the "I'm camping here this weekend" thread, so folks could drop in on you and collaborate on dinner. Doesn't have to be a mass thing. In fact, I'll start that one right now.
Peace
Karl
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Nov 27, 2007 - 03:30pm PT
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Red rocks in the spring would be great.
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tooTALLtim
Trad climber
Boulder
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Nov 27, 2007 - 03:50pm PT
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I thought $35 for kick ass sushi and amazing french toast (all I could eat as well!) two days in a row wasn't expensive...
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Nov 27, 2007 - 05:01pm PT
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vega$ would be cool but the (not so) new campgroud sucks ass
seems like a not-the-middle-of-winter week in JT would be cool
ST sh#t-talker's conventions always sounded great, but who in their right mind would really want to be in the valley that weekend? (july 4th). i'd rather have hot wax dripped on my face.
i wonder if we couldn't work through ken or the AAC and offer some more volunteer work for time at yellow pines? maybe march? early enough that the place would still be uncrowded anyway.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 27, 2007 - 07:03pm PT
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I'm in.
Have rack will travel.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 27, 2007 - 07:31pm PT
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Warmest winter area I know is Valley of Fire (also labelled by Minerals as Ron's Kingdom of Choss).
OK, so the rock is soft, but the elevation is half of that of Red Rocks and the rocks get a lot more sun.
I did a two pitch tower there on saturday and the temps went into the 70s when people elsewhere were complaining of the cold. There is BLM type "anywhere" camping right by the north end of a 17 kilometer long "reef" of rocks which are up to 100m high (some still virgin). There is even an outhouse at one spot with rocks a ropelength away.
We could just "show up", circle the wagons (high clearance vehicles needed) and fest.
The down side (besides soft rock, and no guidebook) is remoteness (1 hour from Vegas) and lack of water, but the BLM end of the reef has both rock AND shooting area with no state park rangers (who are not known for being fond of climbers).
And the scenery is superb (often used as a filming location) with awesome sunrises, sunsets, and even some seldom seen indian petroglyph panels.
(Someone who will post it, email me and I'll provide a sample photo of such a panel).
We could barbecue to our heart's content and make all the noise we want. The place isn't such a secret any more so I think could use a "climber" presence.
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 27, 2007 - 07:37pm PT
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I vote for Death Valley July 4th.
First person that bitches and moans will be toast .....
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