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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 9, 2009 - 10:13am PT
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In an apparent effort to lighten my load whilst climbing last weekend, I found myself dry-heaving at a rest stop mid-pitch on perhaps the hardest climb I've been on. Pumped though I was, I was surprised that my bodies reaction was to barf, which has never happened before. Has anyone else had this happen?
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seamus mcshane
climber
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Yes.
It has happened to me MANY times.
I used to throw up BEFORE every hockey game I ever played. ;)
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wtfd
climber
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I usualy wait till I get to the anchor, or when Im dangling on the end of the rope. The dry heave/wretch is probably your body telling you that you picked a good route.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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I carry two helmets.
One for climbing...
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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gag me with a spoon
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Pennsylenvy
Social climber
A dingy corner in your refrigerator
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I was climbing with the doctor one day. He was feeling a little sick......but it was business as usual in between barfs. I was impressed.
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anointed one
Gym climber
my mamma
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I climbed the 20' choss to the first bolt of a project, stemmed back and looked up to recall my beta, puked in the wide choss crack to the right, then redpointed. 9 years ago and still within a letter grade of my hardest ever.
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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 9, 2009 - 01:08pm PT
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Dingus-
great story, that's what I was looking for. Much respect to all those with limited control over the upchuck reflex while on the steeps!
swami jr.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dingus' story reminds me of rapping down a rope covered in diarrhea full of corn kernals... But y'all probably don't want to know about that.
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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I was guiding this guy up Stone mtn, NC in the early 90's
as he wanted to overcome his fear of heights. Well, he
proceeded to throw up for 600'! Throw up, dry heave and hypervenilate while climbing so fast that I couldn't keep
up with him on the belay! I started just throwing coils of
rope around my body! When he arived at the belay I tried to explain the need to calm down, but it really didn't comfort
him as he tried to puke on my climbing shoes!!!
Ah, great times!
Thor
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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In about 1973 Steve Wunsch, Bev Johnson, myself and John Bragg did the first ascent of Siberian Swarm Screw in the Valley. I led and Bev, who wasn't feeling well, went second. Needless to say, Bev barfed all over the route about 20 ft. below my belay and out of sight from the others. I'll leave it to your imagination what Wunsch's comment were when he got to the accident scene.
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Anthony Pizzo
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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I did a scary climb in the Black Hills before i "got use to the style" and once i reached the anchor I got super pale and had projectile vomit. Beautiful and superb climb though.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Twice for me.
Once in the early 90's with Tarbusted and Caylor in Vedavoo. Can'te remember the route but it starts up a right facing book corner which turns into a roof then a squeeze chimney. I was climbing 3rd, and already feeling a little green. When I finally got into the squeeze chimney and was way solid, I started dry heaving which turned to barfing. Caylor is about 20 feet above laughing his ass off yelling "Barf on deck, look out below"
The second time was jugging out of the Lost Arrow Spire notch. No barf just some good dry heaves.
Prod.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Dead of August on the Cap'n. Doing it to humor Lasse who'd come 8000 miles for this enactment of "Lasse in Arabia".
Out of water, started gagging on my tongue and got the dry heaves, luckily. Most unpleasant but didn't leave a trace.
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FlyMolo
Trad climber
Lemoore Ca
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Kammerlander on fresno dome, didnt vomit but ended up with a major case of the dry heaves. ive since solved the problem by drinking more water.
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Beatrix Kiddo
Mountain climber
Littleton
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Once for me on a route at Shelf Rd. I blame the tequila the night before tho. The route was only 5.9+.
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mucci
Trad climber
sf ca
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"You think you hate us, just wait till you meet FLATUS!"
Pitch 2-Projectile
pitch 5-chum quality
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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like, totally
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
I don't even know any more
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"Dingus' story reminds me of rapping down a rope covered in diarrhea full of corn kernals... But y'all probably don't want to know about that. "
No.
No I don't want to know about that.
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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 9, 2009 - 09:40pm PT
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Are you kidding me? You must tell the story. C'mon hardmen, too soft for soft poo stories?
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salad
climber
Escondido
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i puked at the top order (5.8) at the pinnacles once. it was 90+ degrees and i had partook in a bender the night before that ended about 3 hours prior to the lead. not my proudest moment.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Jun 10, 2009 - 01:11am PT
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dang, man, blew it out of both holes over the garden of eden last weekend.
i was cruxin a 5.9 when i saw two naked guys kissin along the san lorenzo.
almost popped a paw but the deck out is a deep hole so no big.
poison oak city so f*#k that place and the train trestle i rode in on.
bruce morris directions "500 to 1000 feet down stream..."
jeezus h, what kind of crapola beta is that?
thats like plus or minus 200 percent?
the only good thing about it is its right like 2 miles from the hemp lab.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 10, 2009 - 01:16am PT
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More than twice for me, though I usually wait till afterwards.
There was a photo of Charlie Fowler looking bold on a desert tower that was maybe on a mag cover. In the caption it mentioned that he been sick and puked on the route, anyone remember that one?
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona, Spain
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Jun 10, 2009 - 03:50am PT
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bump climbing content
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Jun 10, 2009 - 04:56am PT
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Most of a bag of Pepperidge Farm jelly cookies and a mountain dew followed by the OW pitch on Power Point did me in...full length pitch made it hard to keep the splatter off Greg...not my favorite part of the route. Also let loose after a fall on the enduro pitch of Astroman...had to have been a grim breakfast. Yuck, but it's nice to be in good comapany.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jun 10, 2009 - 05:17am PT
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I hate to say that I too had a bit of a chirp after a rigorous wide crack one afternoon...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 10, 2009 - 12:25pm PT
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Are you kidding me? You must tell the story. C'mon hardmen, too soft for soft poo stories?
Hard men...
...soft poo.
Yeah, with a title like that, I guess it's a story that needs telling.
But first, you should know that it's a story that has already been told. And not just told, but immortalized in the climbing hall of shame by my dear friend, Ms. T Knight. Check the center of the bottom panel in this excerpt from her first published climbing book "Lies & Slander From A Demented Little Corner Of The Coast Range"
But since some of you weren't even born back then, maybe it'll be new to you, so...
Hard men. Indeed, my partner on this adventure was one of the hardest all-around climbers of the day. Rock, ice, big walls, big mountains... He was a master of all. Well, all except his own intestines, I guess.
We were spending the day on one of the moderate-length aid climbs on the Squamish Chief. It was officially graded A4, but generally agreed to be a one-move wonder. Five pitches, but only one of them hard, and by modern standards, it would likely be A2. But the hardness of the climb isn't really relevant to the softness that erupted, so on with the story...
The day was cloudy, with rain threatening, but since we could bail easily from any of the belays we weren't worried, and we slowly made our way upwards. He led p1, I led p2, he led p3. As I approached the end of the pitch his demeanor changed.
"Hurry up!"
Well, okay. I'd felt a few sprinkles. (Of rain, okay? We're not at that part of the story yet.) But it didn't seem like reason to bail, or even to make haste.
"What's the deal?"
"C'mon, man. Get up here!"
"We're okay, it's not really raining."
"Raining? I don't care about the RAIN, you gotta get out from below me! FAST!"
"Huh?"
"I gotta sh#t. Oh, man, I gottta sh#t real bad!"
I cleaned the last couple of placements as fast as I could, and even as I was reaching for the bolts at the station he was pushing his pants down inside his Whillans Harness.
TOOOOT! BRRAAATTT! SQQUUUIIIIRRRRRRTTTTT!
Missed me, but it sure didn't miss the rope, which was hanging straight down beneath us on the slightly-less-than vertical wall.
What can I say? Two more pitches with a rope totally covered in diahrrea? Or three raps on a rope totally covered in diahrrea? Untying and jumping off seemed like a more pleasant choice.
But he was obviously not well, so rapping was really the only choice. The first rap was about what you'd expect. There were a lot of corn kernels which provided some color, though. And after the first rappel the rain started, which at least washed some of the grossness off us and the ropes on the next two raps.
So there you have it. Hard men & soft poo, back in the day at Squamish.
D
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GDavis
Trad climber
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Jun 10, 2009 - 01:44pm PT
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AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Jun 10, 2009 - 02:42pm PT
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I puked my guts out after carrying a huge haul bag to the base of Half Dome back in the 80's. Not climbing, just too much exercise and not enough water.
Dingus, that story was awesome!
Ciao,
Doug
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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 10, 2009 - 08:47pm PT
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thanks ghost. that is super funny. I especially like the BRAATT sound. see if anyone can top that?
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Jun 10, 2009 - 09:03pm PT
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oh, thats a good one, corn rap, haha!
anybody get hep c ?
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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 10, 2009 - 10:40pm PT
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hope it was a dry rope.
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Jun 10, 2009 - 10:42pm PT
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Like, grody to the MAX!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 11, 2009 - 11:33am PT
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hope it was a dry rope.
It was dry right up until that magic moment.
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