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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 25, 2007 - 11:51am PT
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Friday night was Sushifest at the Creek and it was, let's say, interesting. Three minutes after we landed at Creek pasture we were treated to an exploding sunset. Of course I was busy zipping into my 6 down parkas, three hat and couldn't find my Sorels so I missed the shot. I'm sure someone will post up because everyone had their cameras out and were clicking away to the north where the color was. When everyone put away their cameras, I looked south and got this one:
Did I mention that it was cold? Here's Nature rolling some fish popsicles:
Something's just plain wrong with eating sushi at 15° but sitting around a table playing poker is even wronger:
The Doctor had better idea:
But he was still sitting at the poker table. Devaki, Jim and Angela got it right:
At the SF in Snow Canyon, the the sushi experts convinced me that straight up Uni topped with a quail egg was the way to go. I sacked up and popped one in my mouth but it got by my taste buds before I had a chance to savor the moment. So when nature got the Uni and Quail eggs out on Friday I was all ready:
Only problem was that the Uni was frozen. Did I mention it was cold? Here's nature working the eggs:
It was great. I made sure it went onto my tongue, uni-side-down, for full effect. It was rich, powerful and made me think I was sampling the sea.
Doug was the hero of the night. Imagine handling frozen fish with your bare hands for 4-5 hours in 15° temps. Thank God the wind wasn't blowing. While we were all lined up waiting for Hamach-sicles Doug was freezing his ass off for us:
I didn't see it and, even worse, I missed the photo but I guess that in an effort to stay warm and thaw the fish, nature's pants caught on fire and the tent wall melted. I'm sure someone got that in pixels. Due to his dedicated service and hang in there attatude in the face of all nature can throw at him, I formally nominate Doung LaFarge to the honorary board of bad-ass winter alpine climbers. Anyone else in on this one?
Here's a picture of Tarbuster looking very un-tarbuster:
And Mr E. looking VERY E:
And Eric from Boulder wondering what the hell he is doing in Utah when he could be in a warm house in Boulder. Anybody seen my hat?:
So most of the night was spent sitting around doing mostly this:
And this:
And talking about this:
Let's see some of the other pictures.
Mal
Oops! I forgot to mention, I lost my keys somewhere at the sushifest. if anyone finds a set please let me know. I'll shower you with tons of good karma and enough money to send them back to me.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Nov 25, 2007 - 11:56am PT
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NICE! Thanks, Mal.
Edit: Also thanks for posting photos that uploaded in a reasonable timeframe!
Before, when IO had AOL, I didn't think the upload of photos(in general) was slow for dial-uppers, and wondered why people were complaining.
But my computer broke, and I got a laptop, and at the same time switched service providers.
NOW I understand why people complained about s-l-o-w-w-w-w uploads. Again - thanks, Mal.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Nov 25, 2007 - 12:13pm PT
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Thanks for the report Mal. I am sure it was a blast. Not sorry I missed the Arctic temps. I would have been rolled up in a ball the whole time. It's cold here in STL, but nothing like that stuff. Yeow.
Looking forward to more photos -
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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Nov 25, 2007 - 12:26pm PT
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Very nice TR. This one didn't make me feel too bad for missing though ;)
I'd still love to see a 'fest up in the PNW. Let's wait for a few months though.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 25, 2007 - 12:42pm PT
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These events each look classic, in different ways. Hope I can catch one next year.
All Mal's fine pictures spoke "Cold!"
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Nov 25, 2007 - 12:46pm PT
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we pulled into IC at midday on TG, and it was balmy out!
the whole world was looking for sun at battle
(so we climbed at supercrack)
the forecast was 10% chance of precip (20% on friday), and the slight but even cloud cover made us just a bit nervous
but we certainly didn't expect to awaken to this:
the ranch
BJ
Six Shooter
Brrrrr
susan and i were camped a just few hundred meters from sushi central (w/ our pals aaron and amy from santa fe NM), but it was looking like a long wet walk
so i decided to find the least snowbound path available
of course, it was unreasonably chilly for us having just come from 10 days surfing in costa rica (where all your landings are soft ones), and maybe in my mind, i was still there
hey nature-
maybe we should have the next sushi fest here?
but that's gonna be another TR all together
which may not be as OT as you'd think
parting teaser shot
(edit- as noted in another thread, we split friday morning after nature fed us some yummy half thawed sashimi, drove back to SLC and caught a SWA flight home that night- back on the ground in the bay by 6:30pm. didn't get any group shots. so sorry to have missed the evening crowd, props to those who braved the frigid utah night! did anyone climb on the weekend, or did the snow stick around?)
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 01:17pm PT
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I never did figure out what the thing was he was sucking on but my kid said that it had something to do with the red around his eyes. ;-)
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Nov 25, 2007 - 01:20pm PT
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i didn't even know skoal burned...
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crøtch
climber
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Nov 25, 2007 - 02:24pm PT
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That's the smallest bugle I've ever seen.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Nov 25, 2007 - 02:38pm PT
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I heard that smoking wasabi powder in cold weather helps the circulation...
Is that true, Doctor?
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 02:41pm PT
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Maybe it's a turkey call. There are a lot of them down in the Creek and it was pretty cold. We felt like we were eskimos eating fish popsicles. Hot turkey would have done us well and, besides, it was Thanksgiving weekend.
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nate23
Trad climber
c-ville, virginia
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Nov 25, 2007 - 05:37pm PT
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i left a half full bottle of knob creek at site 17 in the bridger jacks camp. have at it if you are in the area :-)
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MisterE
Social climber
Across town from Easy Street
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Nov 25, 2007 - 07:06pm PT
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Thanks to Doug for braving the elements, all the folks who left the firewood, that funny lady at the Junction for beer and wood, and Prod for the freezing ride on the back of his rental To those that stayed the Sushicicle course: you guys are 'core.
WimpE
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Nov 25, 2007 - 07:10pm PT
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I'm still hung up on the idea of frozen Uni!
Bad enough that the stuff looks and feels like baby snot on a good day - but frozen baby snot?
Core ain't the word.
Crazy comes to mind tho.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Nov 25, 2007 - 07:51pm PT
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Mal, I can only see a couple of your pics.
GO
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2007 - 08:25pm PT
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Hey Matt - are those Vizslas up there in the cuddly dog shot?
They look like 'em...that's what we have.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Nov 25, 2007 - 08:30pm PT
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I thought they were Weimeriners - looks like they don't have much hair! Guess they don't need it down in the tropics....lucky dogs!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Nov 25, 2007 - 08:44pm PT
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*TAG* I'm home!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Nov 25, 2007 - 08:50pm PT
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So then...is it true that your sushi froze and your pants caught on fire?
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MisterE
Social climber
Across town from Easy Street
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Nov 25, 2007 - 09:41pm PT
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Or was it the other way around? Enquiring minds want to know! ;-P
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