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shouldah
Mar 26, 2008, 3:11 PM
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i am very familiar with the campground at rattlesnake mtn, having stayed there nearly every weekend last season. what i am trying to say is doesnt it seem a bit silly (counterintuitive, even) to reserve an entire campground which is used exclusively by climbers for the purpose of holding a gathering of climbers?? im not trying to knock the idea of a festival of sorts, i just feel that reserving an entire area for this purpose accomplishes nothing more than turning away fellow climbers who are not "in the know"
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shouldah
Mar 26, 2008, 3:15 PM
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i would just like to reiterate that i am in no way against this event. hell, ill probably be there. just wanted to state my concern for those who might not be aware of this come june 20
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GeneralBenson
Mar 26, 2008, 4:41 PM
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pharmboy wrote: jakedatc wrote: Although i think it would be a good idea to leave the nylon hotels at home and bring regular tents to be as consolidated as we can. I like my three-room palace, tyvm! I'll be happy to rent a room out if someone needs a place to crash, but considering it's my only tent then I'll be the guy with the nylon high-rise. I just need to figure out how to get my water bed to the camp site. I"ll need to rent a room. My tent broke this weekend, due to high winds in the Kancamangus. Does rental include continental breakfast?
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stride
Mar 26, 2008, 5:50 PM
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I moved back to NE about a year and a half ago. I would love to meet some more climbers from the area and climb up at Rumney...which I still haven't gotten a chance to do. So that being said, count me in.
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jammer
Mar 26, 2008, 11:37 PM
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Pack it the same way you do the TV, VCR, Stereo, Couch, Bar, Fridge and Stove? What's the problem??
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jammer
Mar 26, 2008, 11:38 PM
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GeneralBenson wrote: pharmboy wrote: jakedatc wrote: Although i think it would be a good idea to leave the nylon hotels at home and bring regular tents to be as consolidated as we can. I like my three-room palace, tyvm! I'll be happy to rent a room out if someone needs a place to crash, but considering it's my only tent then I'll be the guy with the nylon high-rise. I just need to figure out how to get my water bed to the camp site. I"ll need to rent a room. My tent broke this weekend, due to high winds in the Kancamangus. Does rental include continental breakfast? He snores!
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jammer
Mar 26, 2008, 11:40 PM
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pharmboy wrote: shouldah wrote: i just feel that reserving an entire area for this purpose accomplishes nothing more than turning away fellow climbers who are not "in the know" I am certain that no one will be turned away, whether they arrive knowing about the gathering or not. The point of this event is for climbers to meet other climbers...not to turn climbers away. I'm hoping that there will be a lot of people showing up that were unaware and become happily surprised. Look forward to meeting you. And the Gathering Grows!
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losbill
Mar 27, 2008, 12:10 AM
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I've got dibs on the West Wing of Pharmaboy's portable Taj Mahal!!! BTW Rich what acts do you have booked for your main ballroom? Also please remember how particular I am regarding Feng Shui when you and your team of roustabouts are setting it up.
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jammer
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losbill wrote: I've got dibs on the West Wing of Pharmaboy's portable Taj Mahal!!! BTW Rich what acts do you have booked for your main ballroom? Also please remember how particular I am regarding Feng Shui when you and your team of roustabouts are setting it up. Ahhh, Bill ... you better check to see what he's getting for this piece pf real estate these days! I know housing costs are down and it's a buyer market, but this is a one of a kind ...
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pharmboy
Mar 30, 2008, 6:06 PM
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Hey Al... just wondering if we should schedule a snow date. I don't think the winter weather is going to be gone by June.
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bdbc
Mar 30, 2008, 10:12 PM
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i would second that (although without the nOOb part) i'm really looking forward to this
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epoch
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Mar 30, 2008, 10:18 PM
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My schedule is freed up. You can count me as a show. Well, me + 1... Let it snow, it'll weed out the pansies. Climbing while it's snowing or ice is on the route adjacent to you builds character.
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jakedatc
Mar 30, 2008, 11:08 PM
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yea.. i've climbed in tshirts at rumney next to full ice routes. (tho sometimes they were falling down trying to kill everyone dead) in feb and march. we'll be playing in the sun come June Mr Epoch we owe our selves some routes together. Welcome to my world trad crack slab man! "It's all mental" !!111 i'd tell rob where all the jugs are but he's skeeered
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epoch
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Mar 30, 2008, 11:12 PM
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jakedatc wrote: yea.. i've climbed in tshirts at rumney next to full ice routes. (tho sometimes they were falling down trying to kill everyone dead) in feb and march. we'll be playing in the sun come June Mr Epoch we owe our selves some routes together. Welcome to my world trad crack slab man! "It's all mental" !!111 i'd tell rob where all the jugs are but he's skeeered I'm going to be lost without my shiny gearz. Though I will also have a neophyte with me, so we'll have to take it easy.
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jakedatc
Mar 30, 2008, 11:23 PM
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easy routes next to hard routes.. new folks get tired... rest while watching us flail .. i don't think it'll be a problem. hell the routes are only like 40-60 feet high most places
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jakedatc
Mar 30, 2008, 11:52 PM
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ugh.. main wall is not my style at allll you guys have fun hehe. cept Arm and Hammer. which is usually open anyway. i gotta start working some endurance so i can get after some things at Waimea and perhaps left side of bonsai. among other things.
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carabiner96
Mar 31, 2008, 4:01 PM
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I know that I say this every year, but I'm really, really going to try and get out for this one. Planning on rolling in late friday night, do I need to bring the keg??? Srsly, DETAILS people!!!
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jammer
Mar 31, 2008, 6:57 PM
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It does have more of a trad feeling then a boulder feeling. Love them airy routes!
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darkside
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epoch wrote: jakedatc wrote: yea.. i've climbed in tshirts at rumney next to full ice routes. (tho sometimes they were falling down trying to kill everyone dead) in feb and march. we'll be playing in the sun come June Mr Epoch we owe our selves some routes together. Welcome to my world trad crack slab man! "It's all mental" !!111 i'd tell rob where all the jugs are but he's skeeered I'm going to be lost without my shiny gearz. Though I will also have a neophyte with me, so we'll have to take it easy. Jake - if you guarantee me some ice to climb I might even consider heading east for that. Of course there's more chance of ice here in Alberta and having only meager government sponsorship since quitting my job, I might need a plane ticket. Hey believe it or not I climbed rock yesterday!! OK so I used ice gear for the first pitch and still had poons on for the second, but I clipped a piton, and placed rock gear which is nearly like rockclimbing. Back to ice climbing later this week though. Oh and I wish my gearz was still shiney maybe I'll go buy a new cam next month. Have fun anyway.
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jakedatc
Mar 31, 2008, 10:38 PM
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Grant i'll belay you from the anchors and throw ice cubes at your head so you can have the same feeling ;) we'll take the gates off all your biners so you'll have to put screamers on every bolt :) not that i've ever seen you fall on lead but.. it could happen. have fun on your ice.... crazy yorkshire canadians.. wanna climb ice even in the summer time
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