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HappinessIsWinning
Nov 1, 2008, 10:41 PM
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Sweet, you can message me on here or email me at hapinesiswin@yahoo.com when you know when you'll be here.
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sungam
Nov 1, 2008, 11:14 PM
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Expect a PM around january.
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notapplicable
Nov 1, 2008, 11:15 PM
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HappinessIsWinning wrote: Sweet, you can message me on here or email me at hapinesiswin@yahoo.com when you know when you'll be here.
DANGER: Proceed With Extreme Caution Self professed Redneckhippie^^
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sungam
Nov 1, 2008, 11:27 PM
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Shit!
NA, mailz me a gun! Quick! Do it now!!!!
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HappinessIsWinning
Nov 1, 2008, 11:35 PM
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lol, we won't shoot you, I promise. 
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HappinessIsWinning
Nov 1, 2008, 11:39 PM
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Shit, January? Not much around here in January except snow, Shelf Road is nice in the winter though, so I hear.
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bampoulin
Nov 2, 2008, 12:45 AM
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Hey man. How goes the battle?
I'm interested in finding out how your journey goes.
Perhaps you will be in the Chicago, IL, or Milwaukee, WI area sometime. It might work out for us to take a hike or some climb. I have room at my place. Lets talk a bit, you can likely crash here for a week.
My climbing experience is not much. One climb about 75 feet up a 150 foot cliff with an experienced climber/mountaineer and a few times on indoor/outdoor climbing walls.
A two hour (or less) drive from here is Devil's Lake, WI. There is a lot of good climbs there and good hiking. I am itching to get there again. I just met someone who did some climbing there years back. We are talking about going together sometime. Also there is a guy at my work that climbs up in that area from time to time. I am going to talk to him some more to see what's up.
Also I'd like to look into some climbing and or hiking along the coast of Lake Superior. Maybe meet up with the ice climbers along the North Shore this winter.
I have just joined the sight. I guess I'm a bit chipper today. I just finished reading a book called The Hill. Written by the late Ed Homer. Ed took me on my first technical climb. While he died years ago, I didn't realize he had written a book shortly before the fatal accident climbing Mt. Rainier.
I'll Likely be in Wichita, KS for a few weeks work starting Nov. 10. Maybe you will be in the area.
Allen
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curt
Nov 2, 2008, 2:31 AM
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sungam wrote: Where is that?
Penitente is merely over bolted sport choss.
Curt
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AltitudeJunkie
Nov 2, 2008, 3:43 AM
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iowa has silos that the owner ices over for ice climbing. its in cedar falls, IA. yeah thats right, in iowa we climb silos. there's an experience for ya. climbing in iowa is decent, but nothing to write home about. the good ice climbing is in Ouray, CO or the canadian rockies. but there aren't many places you can climb a silo.
go ahead.
laugh if you must.
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petsfed
Nov 2, 2008, 4:57 AM
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AltitudeJunkie wrote: iowa has silos that the owner ices over for ice climbing. its in cedar falls, IA. yeah thats right, in iowa we climb silos. there's an experience for ya. climbing in iowa is decent, but nothing to write home about. the good ice climbing is in Ouray, CO or the canadian rockies. but there aren't many places you can climb a silo. go ahead. laugh if you must.
Also Montana. And near Provo, UT. Or Cody, WY.
/you still have Wild Iowa
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sungam
Nov 2, 2008, 4:02 PM
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AltitudeJunkie wrote: iowa has silos that the owner ices over for ice climbing. its in cedar falls, IA. yeah thats right, in iowa we climb silos. there's an experience for ya. climbing in iowa is decent, but nothing to write home about. the good ice climbing is in Ouray, CO or the canadian rockies. but there aren't many places you can climb a silo. go ahead. laugh if you must.
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sungam
Nov 2, 2008, 4:03 PM
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Yeah, I'll be in the chicago area.
I think a fairly large group of us are going to hit the lake, maybe you could tag along.
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HappinessIsWinning
Nov 2, 2008, 4:37 PM
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curt wrote: sungam wrote: Where is that? Penitente is merely over bolted sport choss. Curt
How much time have you spent in the area? And what is your definition of choss? Penitente is all quite solid volcanic rock. We have some pretty nice Basalt trad routes around here too, although not very well known, and there is no literature about them. There is quite a bit of undocumented rock in this area. There is also a ton of great undiscovered bouldering. But like I said how much time have you spent in this area?
This is a spot I stumbled across recently, if you click on the image and squint hard you can see the anchors at the top of this wall.
This is what most of the climbing looks like around here.
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sungam
Nov 2, 2008, 6:31 PM
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Okay, so I just made this ghey blog thing to keep record of what I've done. There's one post so far and the writing is gash. http://haggisdonny.blogspot.com/ I'd say enjoy but it seems unlikely 
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AltitudeJunkie
Nov 2, 2008, 6:57 PM
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yeah silos. only in iowa.... and maybe a few other places i haven't yet heard about. :)
i guess theres this place that they make waterfall ice on silos and for iowa, its good ice climbing. (if it was colorado, it would be a joke.) i don't know how much it costs, but if you're interested in ice climbing in a cornfield lol, let me know. i want to break in my new tools.
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getout87
Dec 3, 2008, 6:55 PM
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So Sungie, you already come through NC and out? I haven't been on here in forever. I took a few months off climbing to get my priorities straight, and now I'm back. I want to climb on something (thats not a sexual reference), so if you are going to be this way let me know. Email me on here or nathan.kellett@gmail.com
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chossmonkey
Dec 3, 2008, 7:09 PM
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getout87 wrote: So Sungie, you already come through NC and out? I haven't been on here in forever. I took a few months off climbing to get my priorities straight, and now I'm back. I want to climb on something (thats not a sexual reference), so if you are going to be this way let me know. Email me on here or nathan.kellett@gmail.com
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getout87
Dec 3, 2008, 7:12 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: getout87 wrote: So Sungie, you already come through NC and out? I haven't been on here in forever. I took a few months off climbing to get my priorities straight, and now I'm back. I want to climb on something (thats not a sexual reference), so if you are going to be this way let me know. Email me on here or nathan.kellett@gmail.com You don't sound committed enough to climb with Haggisdonny.
Well, the last few months, yes. What's not committed about taking a few months off to set everything straight and then coming back to climbing?
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chossmonkey
Dec 3, 2008, 7:13 PM
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sungam wrote: Yeah, I'll be in the chicago area. I think a fairly large group of us are going to hit the lake, maybe you could tag along.
I can give you beta and maybe some leads for partners for a couple other places.
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sungam
Dec 3, 2008, 10:07 PM
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getout87 wrote: chossmonkey wrote: getout87 wrote: So Sungie, you already come through NC and out? I haven't been on here in forever. I took a few months off climbing to get my priorities straight, and now I'm back. I want to climb on something (thats not a sexual reference), so if you are going to be this way let me know. Email me on here or nathan.kellett@gmail.com You don't sound committed enough to climb with Haggisdonny. Well, the last few months, yes. What's not committed about taking a few months off to set everything straight and then coming back to climbing?
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sungam
Dec 3, 2008, 10:08 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: sungam wrote: Yeah, I'll be in the chicago area. I think a fairly large group of us are going to hit the lake, maybe you could tag along. When are you going to the Lake? I can give you beta and maybe some leads for partners for a couple other places.
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pendereki
Dec 4, 2008, 3:17 AM
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Awesome thing you got goin'. Keep notes and photos, you should have at least one story worth something! Please add me to your Arkansas/Oklahoma list too. I want to say "I climbed with Sungam!" I would even print myself up a bumper sticker.
CM
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sungam
Dec 4, 2008, 5:03 AM
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Consider yourself added. Trying to blog, but I suck at teh ritingz.
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sungam
Jan 20, 2009, 9:23 PM
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Well, the trip thus far has been great, and thanks to everyone I've met along the way, and to everyone who has shown me around/helped me out/had a banter with me.
Here's who I've met so far:
limeydave - at pilot mountain. Cheers for the lifts and the banter.
chezdillon - at pilot mountain. Thanks for letting me crash at your place, and for the tacos! (say another HUGE thanks to Nancy for me!)
moggs - at pilot mountain and the red river gorge. Next time we should use a map 
sixleggedinsect - at pilot mountain. Barely got to spend time with you, though.
dew4theq - at the red river gorge. Do battle!
chossmonkey - at the red river gorge. He shootzed me in t3h fayse. 
granite_grrl - at the red river gorge. took pikters of me being shootzed.
TJGoSurf - at pilot mountain and stone mountain. Cheers for the lift and for letting me crash out on the inflatable bed!
Rsmillburn - at pilot mountain and stone mountain and rumbling bald - thanks for the lifts, letting me crash, coming back to check if we were deadz, and for not caving into peer pressure and still going for tacos.
mjwestla - at stone mountain and rumbling bald. Cheers for belaying me while I jugged the line of doom, and for buying that cake at Chilli's. I mean, damn, that thing was GOOD.
aceto - Triangle rock club. Good to meet you, man. Keep climbing for the right reasons!
Mikesaint - triangle rock club. Good to meet you. Sorry we never hooked up outside.
knieveltech - triangle rock club. Thanks for the lift, and for the good banter.
bdbc - the ULTIMATE rock gym. Good talking to you, but keep your arms straight on those underclings!
reese_7 - at the Ouray Ice fest. Good banter.
reno - at the Ouray ice fest. Also good banter. "Good lord am I incredibly drunk" you spoked the truth.
thestatusquo - at the Ouray ice fest. the noodle!
redpointron - Ouray ice park. Cheers for the belay and the beer.
wmfork - Thanks for the 3p1c belay (you and angry both) and for hooking us up with the hot tub. Sorry if I scarred yore eyes.
mattb1921 - Ouray ice park - We should go do stairway. or, if you're going to do whorehouse hoses, can me and cary get a lift to do stairway?
geogoddess - Ouray Ice park. So great to meet you! We have matching pink grivel helmets. See you again in salt lake!
Angry - Ouray ice park/ grand junction. Cheers for the epic long lift and for all the banter. Legend.
Taydude - you're on my list, but I can't remember exactly who you are  remind me?
If I missed anyone, PM me so I can get you in here too.
Looking foreward to meeting more of you!
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Jan 20, 2009, 11:24 PM
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me - NEAR MISS!
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