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by Q- Ball
Saturday September 5, 2015 2:37pm

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Q- Ball 		About the Author
Q- Ball is a mountain climber from where the wind always blows.

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Spider Savage

Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
  Sep 5, 2015 - 06:28pm PT
Way cooler than Burt Bronson. Looking forward to more. Nice work.
thebravecowboy

climber
The Good Places
  Sep 5, 2015 - 06:38pm PT
Super-cool! You related to Dana and Ginger Lamb by chance?
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
  Sep 6, 2015 - 12:18am PT
Gnarly.
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
  Sep 6, 2015 - 08:43am PT
Wow! Thanks!
FRUMY

Trad climber
Bishop,CA
  Sep 6, 2015 - 10:35am PT
TFPU
Q- Ball

Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
Author's Reply  Sep 6, 2015 - 10:53am PT
bravecowboy,

Not related to any Lambs. I used to take a Mr. Lamb fishing (avocado farmer from CA) yearly in Saratoga WY. Can't recall his first name.
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Sep 6, 2015 - 10:55am PT
Off the beaten path for sure!!!!!
Nice!
Q- Ball

Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
Author's Reply  Sep 6, 2015 - 06:25pm PT
Just wanted to add... Honduras has many problems, but if you stick to the country side and avoid slumming in San Pedro Sula, it is a beautiful country, full of folks who are sick of all the bad press given to gangs killing other gangs.

HN may have the highest murder rate per capita but it is the bad guys killing other bad guys.

While trying to meet a possible amigo at the SAP bus terminal, three locals surrounded me for 4 hours. They hollered and sent military and police and locals to try and find my contact. They never asked for a penny but wanted to make the only gringo they had seen in awhile feel safe and report to the states that Honduras is happy to have Americans.

As a friend told the ex president of Honduras, "when have you seen a planeload of Venezuelans coming to your country to help your people?" (referring to all the USA mission groups that build schools and orphanages in HN)
tom woods

Gym climber
Bishop, CA
  Sep 6, 2015 - 08:51pm PT
Wow! What a great non climbing TR. South American archeology in Central America. Too cool.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
  Sep 6, 2015 - 08:56pm PT
Man, hard core! Now I'm gonna have nightmares - shoulda read this in the morning.
Risk

Mountain climber
Marooned, 855 miles from Tuolumne Meadows
  Sep 6, 2015 - 09:13pm PT
Whoa Dude! glad it worked out. That was an one epic adventure. TFPU!
Studly

Trad climber
WA
  Sep 6, 2015 - 11:31pm PT
Rowdical
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
  Sep 7, 2015 - 07:16am PT
Sounds epic, man.
c wilmot

climber
  Sep 7, 2015 - 02:12pm PT
Any chance those were sacrificial tables? Perhaps someone with informed knowledge could shed some light for me as to what they would have been used for.
MikeMc

climber
  Sep 7, 2015 - 02:30pm PT
Those are actually metates from what I have read.
Q- Ball

Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
Author's Reply  Sep 7, 2015 - 03:04pm PT
I think many are metates, but believe some of the larger pieces must have had more significance. A few had ornate carvings on the sides and others had a head (like a jaguar?) and tail on the end.

Always three legs. Didn't matter if it was four inches long or 5 feet.

Most of the "table"/metate sites would contain over one hundreds pieces all piled up together. What does that mean? A grave of an important guy or maybe the sculptor himself? Most were finished works but some pieces were still not finished.
MikeMc

climber
  Sep 7, 2015 - 03:18pm PT
Heres a pretty good read on them, explains the carved animalistic ones as well. Cool stuff. Love the TR.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/qbtfobt
Q- Ball

Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
Author's Reply  Sep 7, 2015 - 04:20pm PT
Thanks Mike! Great link with good info.

I don't claim to know anything about them but find them fascinating and would love to learn more!

I failed to mention the reason for this trip. I study Lampyridae (fireflies/lightning bugs). I have been collecting in Honduras for over 10 years, good grief the taxonomy is a mess! Or maybe they are all undescribed? This project has turned into a monster!

-Q-ball
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