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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 17, 2014 - 06:50am PT
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I am starting a new jazz/fusion/rock band. The name is "Bowline on a Coil".
I am on guitar, piano, harmonica and vocals… now I just have to find some partners.. drums, horns, bass, you know, the same old gig.
We will all appear on stage with our standard gear as dress, bowlines on a coil, you know, like Beatle Boots.
I haven't decided on yet whether it will be gold line or perlon. Of course, we will all be wearing helmets, and matching blue RRs. White painter's pants, and tie-dye shirts. (NB the helmets are optional.)
Groovy man.
When performing live (as opposed to performing dead, bummer the latter, man), the stage props will be chocks, pins, maybe the odd Friend (I have a lot of odd friends), and the background will be real rock, not some gym climbing wall.
Bowline on a Coil, watch for us.
EDIT
Is it the silly season yet?
Just to add, I used to have about five coils around the waist. Now with my middle-age spread (wait a minute, 57 is young, 60 is the new 40), I use half the rope length to make a Bowline On A Coil.
Rocky Futures©
By Patrick Sawyer
I am reaching for the crux
And wouldn’t you know
It’s just my lucks
My Friend below
Has decided to blow
I am stranded
But better than being landed
On the boulders below
Oh, wouldn’t you know
(Chorus)
Oh wouldn’t you know
The hold decided to blow
Never trust sandstone
Or you’ll be in the dead zone
Granite is the best
It withholds the test
Of time
But then there is lime…
…Stone that is
(Chorus)
Oh wouldn’t you know
The hold decided to blow
Never trust sandstone
Or you’ll be in the dead zone
Climbing on choss
Will be your loss
Stick to the hard stuff
And none of the gym fluff
(Chorus)
Oh wouldn’t you know
The hold decided to blow
Never trust sandstone
Or you’ll be in the dead zone
Tension, I yell
With little skill
Through my mind’s fog
“should I hang dog?”
(Chorus)
Oh wouldn’t you know
The hold decided to blow
Never trust sandstone
Or you’ll be in the dead zone
My legs are shaking
My mind is aching
The hold is skimp
And so is my crimp
(Chorus)
Oh wouldn’t you know
The hold decided to blow
Never trust sandstone
Or you’ll be in the dead zone
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 07:30am PT
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Randi, no go. Three publishers turned it down. The one dangling the low six figures, decided else wise. My agent is not to blame, but my talent is.
Time to tweek, for this geek.
It will happen. I need the money, forget about literature or art. I am out to sell my soul.
EDIT
Variation on a Theme
(inspired by Janis Joplin’s Mercedes Benz. I used this variation first on Sunnyside Bench Jamcrack, when I was 15 and one of my first Yosemite leads, her voice and lyrics just kept going through my mind)
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me
A nice Dolt bolt
I am scared to sh#t
And that’s no joke
My last pro
Is so far below
And if I peel
I will certainly squeal
So Lord, just a Dolt bolt
‘cause Dialing for Dollars
is looking for me
I worked hard on this lead
Don’t want to fall,
Don’t want to bleed
And Lord, that’s all
So Lord, won’t you buy
A safe way to the top
Dialing for Dollars
In my mind won’t stop
The rope is tight
And that ain’t right
Just a safe belay
And that is okay
So Lord…
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 08:09am PT
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Thanks Randi. There are some positives, like, get my thumb out of my arse, for one.
It's a learning process. I have been published numerous times as a journalist… nationals, dailies, TV. But as a "creative" writer, there are learning curves. Perhaps I just took those curves too fast in my old 2002. It's a different game.
I don't want a Porsche to take those curves, just a souped up 2002.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Apr 17, 2014 - 08:25am PT
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Patrick...When you go punk you can call your band Colon on a boil...
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 08:42am PT
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And here's a colonoscopy back to you John. How's Mammoth?
Is his highness Claude causing you any more grief?
"Colon on a boil", sounds like tying off hemorrhoids.
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Apr 17, 2014 - 09:48am PT
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A watched boil never pops
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Apr 17, 2014 - 10:16am PT
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You have to do "Well I'm Pumping up the Crack, Man, and there ain't no...."
Yosemite 82? It's stupid, bad and great.
Would have probably not have remembered it except for your much needed, creative buffoonery. Count me in your group, for the West Coast tour.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 06:09pm PT
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How about a bit more bight?
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Apr 17, 2014 - 07:28pm PT
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can't use the name until you can all demonstrate tying a bowline on a coil in the dark, in the blizzard.
Oddly enough I just learned this clever bend last autumn. From Doug Robinson.
D'oh!!!
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Apr 17, 2014 - 08:47pm PT
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Did Doug Robinson invent the rope or fire? Is he the guy that lost his hammer on the way up to the NW face?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Apr 17, 2014 - 08:48pm PT
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Of course, we will all be wearing helmets,
Only if they are Joe Browns
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Apr 17, 2014 - 10:18pm PT
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rope, fire and Moving Over Stone.
DR used to post here quite a bit. I suppose he got sick of all the sniping and BS.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 11:03pm PT
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The good news is if the rabid fans crowd the stage, you've got some bumbly bells to whack them into submission.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2014 - 06:23am PT
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TGT, Joe Brown. Is that the British climber or Joe E Brown the entertainer? As for the latter, the guy had a smile that rivaled the Grand Canyon.
Joe (English) Brown, wowzee, what a climber.
High Traverse, I hope you are wrong, that Doug will still post here. Yeah, there is some sniping and BS.
But most of us get through it, it's like tying a bowline in a coil in a blizzard.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Apr 18, 2014 - 08:35am PT
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Joe Brown, the climber, marketed a helmet in the 70's, that was heavy, hot, damn near bulletproof and could double as a motorcycle helmet.
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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2014 - 02:53am PT
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TGT, I lived near Llanberis Pass. Did some climbing there and swam and kayaked in the Menai Straits.
Joe Brown, hard as nails.
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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2014 - 04:09am PT
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Just to add, I never climbed Cenotaph Corner, a Joe Brown test piece. It is on my tick list, along with Dream of White Horses, The Nose, Denali, Cho Oyu, Alpamayo, Salathé Wall, NW Face of Half Dome, and Church Bowl Tree. Oops, I have done that last one. Off the list it goes.
The Nutcracker, Manure Pile or a ballet?
As for the former, a very fun climb. As for the latter, Jennie, honours in ballet from the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), she says it's a kids' ballet. The snob that she is, but a lovely snob.
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