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scuffy b
climber
The deck above the 5
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Jul 31, 2007 - 06:50pm PT
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Gary's tape gloves are too heavy.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jul 31, 2007 - 07:07pm PT
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all you youngin's take note of the old guys, they are pre-registering their injuries, infirmities, and other execuses as to just why things might be harder to do...
...a good lesson for the future...
oh, and I forgot, please note my previous posts on my bad back, inflexible hips, and over-weight condition.
This is going to be fun! (by the way, I still have a gobi on my left elbow from the wide sesh at scuffy_b's two weeks ago).
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Jul 31, 2007 - 09:21pm PT
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Ed and Tar, now I'm not trying to make (pre)excuses here. I'm just sayin, ...my hands look ugly. I made the mistake of (unsuccessfully) diving for hand jams after not being able to lieback the super-sharp-flake-above-the-overhang crux of Cary Granite. I got several nasty cuts from the flake in my fingers and equally nasty abrasions on the hands. It's not like you won't be able to see for yourselves. Kinda embarassing, really. Is beer good for cuts healing fast?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 31, 2007 - 10:05pm PT
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If I can keep from doing any yardwork this week, or typing on this nasty keyboard, or doing anything else other than catnappin', I may just have enough strength saved up to be able to climb both Saturday AND Sunday of this coming weekend Boogaloo, or part of the Sunday anyhow.
And yes, beer is good for that nasty abrasion and so much more eekonkee!
"I have here in my hand, the ale which cures what ails' yee, the universal balm it is, tonic of the ages, why even those with one leg in the grave and the other knee stuck in the dankest, darkest of OW's have been known, owing to just three beers, quaffed promptly in steadfast resolve and steadiness, to come back to the campfire of life refreshed, renewed, and fully repented..."
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Gary Carpenter
climber
SF Bay Area
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Peg and I are leaving mid-morning tomorrow. With luck we should be there Thursday evening.
I think my rig is overloaded from all the big gear I'm hauling!!
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WBraun
climber
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Good luck to you all and safe passage to Vedauwoo.
I hope you all have grand time.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Thanks Werner,
Yer a sweet guy.
We'll toss in a jam or two for ya, yes into that nasty, cutting, grainy, Vedauwoo.
All hail the Woo!
Fire up yer astral polluters, load up yer bottles of mind anaesthetic, tape up yer partner & hit da road!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Thanks Werner! We'll be safe on the roads and just take it easy on the way out and the way back.
And I'm just joshin' about the wounds and all... but it is a game we play, what part of the body isn't working today... gee, maybe you should take the first pitch...
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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I'll be showin' up sometime Friday afternoon/evening. I'll be leadin' from the rear, just like our Boy George.
"You guys and gals is doin' it all wrong...sumbudy bring me a'nother beer..."
-VeryBraveJello
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Good luck and have fun, first wave!
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soaring_bird
Trad climber
Cheyenne, WY
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I assume most folks are either driving or flying into Denver or Laramie and renting cars there. If anyone is planning to fly into Cheyenne and would like a ride up to Vedauwoo instead of renting a car, please email me. Likewise if anyone is interested in doing an early morning aerial tour/photo shoot of the Front Range (Boulder-north, including the Diamond) in a Cessna 172, please email me and we can discuss logistics. I'll take up to two observers who are willing to split the cost of a rental airplane for approximately two hours of flight time.... expect to pay about $100 each for your flight. Just throwing that out as an option if anyone wants it. Send an Email with a contact phone number if interested.
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana
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Geezus Krist! Hurry up and get it over with would ya? I'm sick of hearing how you all are going to brave the formidable OW's and cheesgrater granite...get over yourselves! Modesty is a virtue! I hope you all get your arses handed to you! Veedawou is a special place and deserves better! I'm glad I won't be there to witness the unharnessed egos and mindless banter! Posers! Godspeed Vedauwoo, godspeed!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jello's gonna be the one that looks like Boy George?
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana
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Perhaps I was a little harsh, here, may I suggest a few warm-up climbs for the aspiring OW'er:
1. Horn's Mother
2. MaxiLash
3. Big Pink
If you find those too easy, I hear there's fun one called "Squat". Bon apetit!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Been there, done those. When I did the second ascent of Max Factor it was thin hands / fingers; amazing how, like egos, these things get puffed up =)
Lugar, though vedauwoo is certainly no Muncie, you ought to come out.
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girasol
Trad climber
Colorado Springs, CO
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I have proven yet again that dancing and hiking are far more dangerous than climbing! I am down to one bandaged knee and one bandaged hand (rather than two of each!).
I may not be doing much climbing, but I am still planning on going to Vedauwoo to meet and hang with y'all. So, no one better bail out! :)
Girasol
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Ah sh#t, I just hyper-extended my finger because I was typing too hard (why do I always type too hard?). I don't even want to mention the fact that I suffer from the heartbreak of psoriasis. I'll be lucky if I can even manage to drive over to Vedauwoo now, much less climb 5.11 OW!
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana
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Thanks for the invite Jaybro, but I'm working on some road cut FA's in August...the heat and humidity really makes the rubba stick to the limey!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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okay lugar (are you a politician or the guy from Barney Miller?) to each their own. I tried to reach out, hyark. Have fun!
eeyonkee, I myself, "am affected by a small rash," but you still have first sharp on Tripmaster Monkey.
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