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boulderror
Feb 16, 2006, 4:13 PM
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hey taz,
i'll try to let you know when we get there. i like the cuisinére so i would love to go there too (and now i'm off to the climbing gym to train a little more for karma, i wish :) )
cu
Bart
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heiko
Feb 16, 2006, 4:25 PM
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hey boulderror, thanks for making sure 5 times we all see your posting :lol:
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boulderror
Feb 17, 2006, 9:23 AM
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oeps, i didn't notice. i even thought it wasn't posted because it went soooooooooooooo slow and i never saw my post when i went to the real thread again. anyway, it's a good way to increase your post count.
BD
ps: it was only 4 times :wink:
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andre
Feb 20, 2006, 2:29 AM
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I will be there as well, with 4 other guys. We'll arrive saturday morning, so can't be there on fridaynight midnight. We stay untill tuesday.
Do you know wich area you will be climbing in on saturday?
Where do you sleep? The Hippodrome bivouac or some other place?
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booger
Feb 20, 2006, 8:27 AM
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In reply to: I will be there as well, with 4 other guys. We'll arrive saturday morning, so can't be there on fridaynight midnight. We stay untill tuesday. Do you know wich area you will be climbing in on saturday? Where do you sleep? The Hippodrome bivouac or some other place?
Hi Andre,
We are going in several groups, staying at various places. The consensus for climbing on Saturday seems to be cuisinère. If you send me a pm with your GSM, we can ring you Saturday morning and meet up.
All,
Paolo and I decided NOT to dare the elements, since there are so many of us, and camping arrangements will be a big hassle, plus lugging the extra tents, etc. So for 6 of us - Tisar, Paolo, myself, Map, Muclimber and the other Italian guy, we will book 2 rooms at the Etap in town. Should be about 15€ per night (maximum) each. Hope that's okay :?: , it will sure save a lot of gear space. If not, let me know right away. I'd still bring a sleeping bag though, as Etap doesn't have the most snuggly blankets in the world... :wink:
Ciao,
Taz
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tisar
Feb 20, 2006, 9:02 AM
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In reply to: All, Paolo and I decided NOT to dare the elements, since there are so many of us, and camping arrangements will be a big hassle, plus lugging the extra tents, etc. So for 6 of us - Tisar, Paolo, myself, Map, Muclimber and the other Italian guy, we will book 2 rooms at the Etap in town. Should be about 15€ per night (maximum) each. Hope that's okay :?: , it will sure save a lot of gear space. If not, let me know right away. I'd still bring a sleeping bag though, as Etap doesn't have the most snuggly blankets in the world... :wink: Ciao, Taz
Huh? Wanna destroy the chance of bragging about a night in a stiff frozen sleeping bag in a dripping tent with icicles hanging from the poles? The only chance for me to play the hardman... gone! BOOHOOOO!
Okay, I might accept my fate.
:idea: Maybe we can leave the windows open?
- Daniel
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lordshockspeare
Feb 20, 2006, 9:07 AM
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This might be a little on the late side but....
ANyone going to font that is leaving from spain? I am happy to share transport costs,
Later send hard eurofreaks!
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overlord
Feb 20, 2006, 9:18 AM
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looks like i wont be able to make it. got a crapload of papers to write. sorry guys and gals, maybe next time.
how about something like this in the summer?? ill most likely have most of the summer free, so...
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booger
Feb 20, 2006, 10:19 AM
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In reply to: This might be a little on the late side but.... ANyone going to font that is leaving from spain? I am happy to share transport costs, Later send hard eurofreaks!
Hm... I don't know of anyone, but you might post up- maybe you can round up a Spanish crew? If not, no worries- there will be plenty going on this summer. And you are always welcome in Belgium- we've got some pretty nice crags.
Overlord- same for you, but- no arguing politics while climbing (only while drinking)! :wink:
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booger
Feb 20, 2006, 2:09 PM
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:evil:
Heiko's just mad because it took him one full day to get up a 5b at Anwirs...
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heiko
Feb 20, 2006, 2:47 PM
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In reply to: :evil: Heiko's just mad because it took him one full day to get up a 5b at Anwirs...
:drama:
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muclimbchic
Feb 20, 2006, 9:45 PM
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Taz,
Hey that's totally fine with me... I got my train ticket up to brussels... I'll see ya guys on Thursday night between 11-1130pm... can't wait to meet all of you!
:D Ashley
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tisar
Feb 21, 2006, 8:20 AM
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Two days to go... I'm soo looking forward to meet y'all!
Just a quick question: Chalk is prohibited in Bleau, isn't it? So there wouldn't be the need to discuss the white powder thingy in my luggage...
BTW, anybody who wants to show me around Brussels on Friday? I mean, I could explore it on my own, but to be honest, I'd make it to the next coffee shop and that's it...
- Daniel
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booger
Feb 21, 2006, 8:25 AM
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Tis- no, chalk is not prohibited. Anyway, if you don't feel like bringing yours, we can point you to the climbing store while you're here. You really don't need to worry about finding your way around BXL. We have 2 (count 'em - TWO) metro lines and you can walk the whole city in like 3 hours.
That said... I'm sure Ashley and the Italian guy (I still don't know his name!) will be happy to join you for explorations of the... coffee shop :? :wink: Just remember... this isn't Amsterdam... :lol:
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tisar
Feb 21, 2006, 8:46 AM
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In reply to: Tis- no, chalk is not prohibited. Anyway, if you don't feel like bringing yours, we can point you to the climbing store while you're here.
I thought it was all about that 'pof' thing. Anyway, I'll just dedust it (it's empty anyway) and get some in Bleau.
In reply to: You really don't need to worry about finding your way around BXL. We have 2 (count 'em - TWO) metro lines and you can walk the whole city in like 3 hours. That said... I'm sure Ashley and the Italian guy (I still don't know his name!) will be happy to join you for explorations of the... coffee shop :? :wink: Just remember... this isn't Amsterdam... :lol:
I don't worry to much about finding my way 'round but more about my motivation to do so :roll: I'm just a lazy one when it comes to walking (I know you wouldn't have guessed :LOL: ).
Haven't seen an Amsterdam like coffee shop for years (and you'll find me seldomly behave like in one). I really thought about coffee exclusivly... :P
Sure it would be nice to stroll around the city with Ashley and the 'Italian without a name' (IWAN?!? :LOL:).
- Daniel
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heiko
Feb 23, 2006, 11:33 AM
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One more day guys! :)
Please get a raincover for your cameras, I want to see pics next week! ;)
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map
Feb 23, 2006, 11:41 AM
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Well, it looks like I may have to be a full-time spotter this weekend :(
My fingers are soooo trashed from a bouldering trip to the Peak District (welcome to the world of gritstone :wink: ). So we'll see, but is does not look too good for me. Oh well, I guess that'll lave me with more time to take great shots of you guys checking out how much worst than usual these Bleau sloppers are when it rains!
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heiko
Feb 23, 2006, 12:49 PM
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Map, what did you do? Trash tendons or just skin? In the latter case, get some "Climb-On" balm, it's a miracle, really.
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tisar
Feb 23, 2006, 1:39 PM
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Map, hope it's just skin! Two days are plenty of time to recover...
What's that talk about rain all the time? *shakes head*
There'll be no rain :!: Even the forecast doesn't nearly imply such inconvenience as damp weather. It'll be dry as a triple sec Gin! Dry as English humour! Dry as... you get it.
Huh I got bumblebees in my trousers (speaking in pictures that is!)... I'm sooo excited... better get back to work now.
- Daniel
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booger
Feb 23, 2006, 3:26 PM
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CIAO CIAO CIAO!!!
See some of you tonight... hopefully (Tis - try not to get lost in a bar on your way to my place!).
YIPPPEEEEEE!!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Okay, I'm a bit spastic. Must ... calm down... so as not to ... worry ... guests...
Ohm.
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tisar
Feb 23, 2006, 3:33 PM
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In reply to: CIAO CIAO CIAO!!! See some of you tonight... hopefully (Tis - try not to get lost in a bar on your way to my place!). YIPPPEEEEEE!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Okay, I'm a bit spastic. Must ... calm down... so as not to ... worry ... guests... Ohm.
:lol: Can't tell how I feel. Second time I'll fly alone... last time being years ago. Got those pictures in my head: Coming an hour too late, forgot my passport, my ticket, loose my bags, get arrested because I look like a terrorist... AAAAARG!
Bet I'll need that beer at the end of the day! I'll try to hold myself till I reached your home, promised :D
- Daniel
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tisar
Feb 27, 2006, 11:01 AM
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Back in Berlin (which was the hardest and most exhausting part of all, I had to run through the whole airport with two packs on my back to catch the flight ,which was a matter of seconds).
There'are so many things spinning in my head, I wouldn't know where to begin... maybe with the fact that it's really hard to get back to German. At least three people (one in the tram, the lady at the bakery and my flatmate) gave me the looks 'cause I addressed to the in english. Need some sleep (german dreams preferred, if there're some, I wouldn't mind subtitles though). Claudio seemed to have the same problem, he was mutering some english words tonight while asleep...
Thanks to all of you! It was such an amazing weekend! I truely hope this is not meant to be annual, and I see y'all before that.
Gotta get some sleep now...
Daniel
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map
Feb 27, 2006, 11:18 AM
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It was a great weekend indeed (albeit a short one for me!). Thanks Taz for coordinating everything!
Bleau's great (not) weather got the best of me though, and I spent yesterday between my bed and the kitchen to get aspirin and hot tea :(
See you all soon!
Map
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tisar
Feb 27, 2006, 4:46 PM
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Okay Heiko, just for you, the short version of the TR:
Pretty good friction (pretty good, as in "I don't know if I can dyno since there might be one hand frozen to the hold..." or "At least it doesn't feel like the foot is going to slip... wait a minute, I can't feel the foot at all :shock: ") despite occasional rain and snowfall, hell of a company (girldrifter, paolo75, uasunflower, map and lots of other incredibly nice people), some really nice (and sometimes even hard) bouldering and a rather small amount of drinking.
Areas visited:
http://bleau.info/cul/
http://bleau.info/cuisiniere/
Some of the boulders we did (and I could find again):
http://bleau.info/cuisiniere/9949.html
http://bleau.info/cuisiniere/3217.html
Fish was a killer! Don't know what he did, but give him some time and he'll do Karma (he tried and was impressing, that guy is 17!!!!).
Long version to follow, I'm too lazy/sleepy.
- Daniel
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