|
Lazlo
May 3, 2010, 12:59 PM
Post #6001 of 45342
(10799 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 14, 2007
Posts: 5079
|
johnwesely wrote: Lazlo wrote: johnwesely wrote: On a brighter note, Did anyone get out climbing this weekend? Anyone send any sick futuristic projs in perfect conditions? I bought a bike for 10 bucks and went for a ride with the fam.  Nice. How did you manage that?
1st: I bought a bike. (for 10 bucks)
2nd: brought it home
3rd: We went for a ride.
|
|
|
|
|
Lazlo
May 3, 2010, 1:02 PM
Post #6002 of 45342
(10795 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 14, 2007
Posts: 5079
|
I also bought an acetylene welding setup for 15 bucks
|
|
|
|
|
Lazlo
May 3, 2010, 1:05 PM
Post #6003 of 45342
(10794 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 14, 2007
Posts: 5079
|
Lazlo wrote: johnwesely wrote: Lazlo wrote: johnwesely wrote: On a brighter note, Did anyone get out climbing this weekend? Anyone send any sick futuristic projs in perfect conditions? I bought a bike for 10 bucks and went for a ride with the fam. Nice. How did you manage that? 1st: I bought a bike. (for 10 bucks) 2nd: brought it home 3rd: We went for a ride.
Actually, it was a cheap mtn bike. She was asking 20, but her kids had broken the shifter the day before ( ) so I got it for 10.
She was pretty pissed. She said she was going to "take the other ten out of their hides".
|
|
|
|
|
kachoong
May 3, 2010, 1:54 PM
Post #6004 of 45342
(10788 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 23, 2004
Posts: 15304
|
Lazlo wrote: johnwesely wrote: Lazlo wrote: johnwesely wrote: On a brighter note, Did anyone get out climbing this weekend? Anyone send any sick futuristic projs in perfect conditions? I bought a bike for 10 bucks and went for a ride with the fam. Nice. How did you manage that? 1st: I bought a bike. (for 10 bucks) 2nd: brought it home 3rd: We went for a ride.
Heh!
|
|
|
|
|
johnwesely
May 3, 2010, 2:18 PM
Post #6005 of 45342
(10780 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 5360
|
Lazlo wrote: Lazlo wrote: johnwesely wrote: Lazlo wrote: johnwesely wrote: On a brighter note, Did anyone get out climbing this weekend? Anyone send any sick futuristic projs in perfect conditions? I bought a bike for 10 bucks and went for a ride with the fam. Nice. How did you manage that? 1st: I bought a bike. (for 10 bucks) 2nd: brought it home 3rd: We went for a ride. Actually, it was a cheap mtn bike. She was asking 20, but her kids had broken the shifter the day before ( ) so I got it for 10. She was pretty pissed. She said she was going to "take the other ten out of their hides".
That is the kind of detail that I crave.
|
|
|
|
|
Gmburns2000
May 3, 2010, 7:53 PM
Post #6006 of 45342
(10774 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 6, 2007
Posts: 15266
|
johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: Have any of you guys known someone who died climbing. How did you deal with it? crying a little and stepping back for a while until I knew it was still what I wanted to do. I feel the exact opposite. I have that get back on the horse feeling. Do it, then. I am worried that it won't actually be that easy once I get out there. I was just scrolling through my facebook and saw a picture of the route it happened on and my heart literally dropped through the floor. When Majid makes some stupid post about it, I don't know what I will do.
sorry to hear about your loss, dude. that sucks. the guy who introduced me to climbing died a few years ago. I was really bummed, but I went climbing the next day.
|
|
|
|
|
johnwesely
May 3, 2010, 9:36 PM
Post #6007 of 45342
(10771 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 5360
|
Gmburns2000 wrote: johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: Have any of you guys known someone who died climbing. How did you deal with it? crying a little and stepping back for a while until I knew it was still what I wanted to do. I feel the exact opposite. I have that get back on the horse feeling. Do it, then. I am worried that it won't actually be that easy once I get out there. I was just scrolling through my facebook and saw a picture of the route it happened on and my heart literally dropped through the floor. When Majid makes some stupid post about it, I don't know what I will do. sorry to hear about your loss, dude. that sucks. the guy who introduced me to climbing died a few years ago. I was really bummed, but I went climbing the next day.
I am going to try and get out on Thursday. I haven't even climbed on plastic in the last couple weeks because of all my term papers. I got invited to go on that trip but couldn't because of school work. Part of me is glad, but the other part of me thinks that everything is so dependent on interrelated chance happenings that it might not have happened at all if I was there. Life is really weird like that. So much is completely out of your control.
|
|
|
|
|
Gmburns2000
May 3, 2010, 9:48 PM
Post #6008 of 45342
(10768 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 6, 2007
Posts: 15266
|
johnwesely wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: Have any of you guys known someone who died climbing. How did you deal with it? crying a little and stepping back for a while until I knew it was still what I wanted to do. I feel the exact opposite. I have that get back on the horse feeling. Do it, then. I am worried that it won't actually be that easy once I get out there. I was just scrolling through my facebook and saw a picture of the route it happened on and my heart literally dropped through the floor. When Majid makes some stupid post about it, I don't know what I will do. sorry to hear about your loss, dude. that sucks. the guy who introduced me to climbing died a few years ago. I was really bummed, but I went climbing the next day. I am going to try and get out on Thursday. I haven't even climbed on plastic in the last couple weeks because of all my term papers. I got invited to go on that trip but couldn't because of school work. Part of me is glad, but the other part of me thinks that everything is so dependent on interrelated chance happenings that it might not have happened at all if I was there. Life is really weird like that. So much is completely out of your control.
yup. my buddy had a long-used rap boulder move on him. sometimes you just never know.
regarding the gunks - shoot me an e-mail the day or so before you leave. not sure when I'm going to show up (I've got commitments in Boston on the 15th and 22nd, and possibly a commitment in Acadia over Memorial Day weekend). I'm going to try to work around my Boston commitments so that I don't turn potentially one roundtrip drive into three.
but we'll see how it goes.
|
|
|
|
|
johnwesely
May 3, 2010, 9:57 PM
Post #6009 of 45342
(10766 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 5360
|
Ok Greg, that sounds good.
A few other people have PM'ed me about climbing but haven't given me any sort of solid dates.
I think I am going to make, so I can work it all out beforehand if possible. I am not really sure how the charging my cellphone business is going to work out, so hopefully I will get plans set up so that they can go off with quick text message confirmations to save battery. You definitely have partner priority if there is some sort of conflict.
I will probably make the thread in the next few days when I get the time. However, I must admit, I worry that my one star vote friend will try to climb with me and give me the ultimate one star vote of all time, if you catch my drift.
Thanks.
|
|
|
|
|
Gmburns2000
May 3, 2010, 11:02 PM
Post #6010 of 45342
(10761 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 6, 2007
Posts: 15266
|
johnwesely wrote: Ok Greg, that sounds good. A few other people have PM'ed me about climbing but haven't given me any sort of solid dates. I think I am going to make, so I can work it all out beforehand if possible. I am not really sure how the charging my cellphone business is going to work out, so hopefully I will get plans set up so that they can go off with quick text message confirmations to save battery. You definitely have partner priority if there is some sort of conflict. I will probably make the thread in the next few days when I get the time. However, I must admit, I worry that my one star vote friend will try to climb with me and give me the ultimate one star vote of all time, if you catch my drift. Thanks.
hehe, well, here's hoping he has as much luck with that as I did with Magnus. Still regret my failings there. [shakes head]
either way it works out, I don't mind climbing in threes at all (not always that bad in the gunks due to nice ledges).
we can work it out. i'm pretty flexible.
|
|
|
|
|
johnwesely
May 3, 2010, 11:10 PM
Post #6011 of 45342
(10759 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 5360
|
Gmburns2000 wrote: johnwesely wrote: Ok Greg, that sounds good. A few other people have PM'ed me about climbing but haven't given me any sort of solid dates. I think I am going to make, so I can work it all out beforehand if possible. I am not really sure how the charging my cellphone business is going to work out, so hopefully I will get plans set up so that they can go off with quick text message confirmations to save battery. You definitely have partner priority if there is some sort of conflict. I will probably make the thread in the next few days when I get the time. However, I must admit, I worry that my one star vote friend will try to climb with me and give me the ultimate one star vote of all time, if you catch my drift. Thanks. hehe, well, here's hoping he has as much luck with that as I did with Magnus. Still regret my failings there. [shakes head] either way it works out, I don't mind climbing in threes at all (not always that bad in the gunks due to nice ledges). we can work it out. i'm pretty flexible.
I have a pretty narrow list of suspects...
|
|
|
|
|
kachoong
May 4, 2010, 1:12 PM
Post #6012 of 45342
(10752 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 23, 2004
Posts: 15304
|
johnwesely wrote: Have any of you guys known someone who died climbing. How did you deal with it?
Damn, that's harsh, man... yeah, I can attest to that and sympathize with ya. Sorry to hear it. It's a low blow but you gotta keep on doing what you (and your buddy) love. Grieve in your own way but also memorialize him/her with each crux you send...
I knew two guys who died in the mountains. They were tied to another friend of mine who survived the avalanche... each time I climb with him (haven't for many years now) it enables me to re-connect with those lost and be at least thankful that he survived. Being on rock brings you closer!
|
|
|
|
|
kachoong
May 4, 2010, 1:15 PM
Post #6013 of 45342
(10750 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 23, 2004
Posts: 15304
|
johnwesely wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: sungam wrote: johnwesely wrote: Have any of you guys known someone who died climbing. How did you deal with it? crying a little and stepping back for a while until I knew it was still what I wanted to do. I feel the exact opposite. I have that get back on the horse feeling. Do it, then. I am worried that it won't actually be that easy once I get out there. I was just scrolling through my facebook and saw a picture of the route it happened on and my heart literally dropped through the floor. When Majid makes some stupid post about it, I don't know what I will do. sorry to hear about your loss, dude. that sucks. the guy who introduced me to climbing died a few years ago. I was really bummed, but I went climbing the next day. I am going to try and get out on Thursday. I haven't even climbed on plastic in the last couple weeks because of all my term papers. I got invited to go on that trip but couldn't because of school work. Part of me is glad, but the other part of me thinks that everything is so dependent on interrelated chance happenings that it might not have happened at all if I was there. Life is really weird like that. So much is completely out of your control.
Even more reason, mate, to try not worry about the things you cannot control. Many climbing accidents have an element of complete freakishness. It's not worth thinking about 'what if I wasn't there' because if you weren't there you wouldn't have been enjoying the moments leading up to the incident in the way you would like... climbing.
|
|
|
|
|
johnwesely
May 4, 2010, 2:18 PM
Post #6014 of 45342
(10736 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 5360
|
Thanks Kachoong.
|
|
|
|
|
Gmburns2000
May 5, 2010, 1:52 AM
Post #6015 of 45342
(10668 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 6, 2007
Posts: 15266
|
I doubt you're a Jeremy Hermida fan right about now aren't you?
|
|
|
|
|
Gmburns2000
May 5, 2010, 2:54 PM
Post #6017 of 45342
(10600 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 6, 2007
Posts: 15266
|
donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: I doubt you're a Jeremy Hermida fan right about now aren't you? No, I'm not, but this is the Angels 5 or 6 loss in a row. We got bigger problems. 
both teams have problems, but I think our's are worse: we've got to compete with NY and TB. All you've really got to worry about is Seattle (this Texas thing is a fad).
|
|
|
|
|
Lazlo
May 6, 2010, 2:28 AM
Post #6018 of 45342
(10593 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 14, 2007
Posts: 5079
|
I'm packing for this year's guides training.
|
|
|
|
|
Gmburns2000
May 6, 2010, 2:33 AM
Post #6019 of 45342
(10591 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 6, 2007
Posts: 15266
|
very nice. good luck with it. when is it? does it come with an exam at the end?
in other news, Ecop continues to with the attempts on my life. can't say any more than that, but it has something to do with death flakes and me being a guinea pig.
thankfully, he almost committed suicide before I went up. unfortunately, I had to use an extra word in that previous sentence.
|
|
|
|
|
Lazlo
May 6, 2010, 2:44 AM
Post #6020 of 45342
(10587 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 14, 2007
Posts: 5079
|
Gmburns2000 wrote: very nice. good luck with it. when is it? does it come with an exam at the end? in other news, Ecop continues to with the attempts on my life. can't say any more than that, but it has something to do with death flakes and me being a guinea pig. thankfully, he almost committed suicide before I went up. unfortunately, I had to use an extra word in that previous sentence.
Guides training is really chill. Mostly we drink beer. If we have time, we get on the mountain. If we remember, we do paperwork. 
|
|
|
|
|
sungam
May 6, 2010, 10:41 AM
Post #6021 of 45342
(10581 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 24, 2004
Posts: 26804
|
Gmburns2000 wrote: he almost committed suicide before I went up. unfortunately, I had to use an extra word in that previous sentence.
|
|
|
|
|
Lazlo
May 6, 2010, 12:17 PM
Post #6023 of 45342
(10579 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 14, 2007
Posts: 5079
|
Never before have I brought so many pairs of shoes on a trip.
I have;
rock shoes
leather mountaineering boots
ski boots
trail shoes
flip flops
|
|
|
|
|
sungam
May 6, 2010, 1:39 PM
Post #6024 of 45342
(10571 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 24, 2004
Posts: 26804
|
Lazlo wrote: Never before have I brought so many pairs of shoes on a trip. I have; rock shoes leather mountaineering boots ski boots trail shoes flip flops
Hmmmm, to buy the invernos or not to buy the invernos. At a hundred and fifty bucks I'm thinking they shall be mine.
|
|
|
|
|
Gmburns2000
May 6, 2010, 1:51 PM
Post #6025 of 45342
(10569 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 6, 2007
Posts: 15266
|
sungam wrote: Lazlo wrote: Never before have I brought so many pairs of shoes on a trip. I have; rock shoes leather mountaineering boots ski boots trail shoes flip flops You're missing sanuks and some plastics. Hmmmm, to buy the invernos or not to buy the invernos. At a hundred and fifty bucks I'm thinking they shall be mine.
$150 or 150 quid? either way, it's gear candy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
