"Things we do when NOT climbing" (Part II)

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WBraun

climber
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 5, 2006 - 01:38am PT
Ho Man!

What we do when were not climbing is making part II and 3 and 4 and yeeeaaayyyyy............

Original thread by Susan Peplow here;

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=160896&f=0&b=0



Tarbuster and Minerals said the original thread was getting heavy


Weenis

Trad climber
Tel Aviv
Mar 5, 2006 - 01:59am PT

Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Mar 5, 2006 - 02:17am PT
Today, we perfected our technique of blasting a washing machine frame (sheet metal w/o inner drum) 15 feet into the air! There were lots of fellow rednecks around … half a mile off to the side, across the highway a mile or so, etc. It’s Saturday, ya know… We could hear ‘pops’ from all over… the smaller calibers and the boomers. Boomers???…… I would love to have seen the look on their faces when they first heard the sounds coming from the general direction of the black spot in the distance… And the echos……




Satriani rocks our Crystal Planet!
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Mar 5, 2006 - 02:19am PT
Thanks for starting the new thread, Werner!


edit:

Pud, is your movie set just NE of highway 95, between Beatty and the Amargosa Valley junction??? Looks like the same cinder cone...
pud

climber
Sportbikeville
Mar 5, 2006 - 03:06am PT
that's the one. nice location. i love that part of the country.
i guess tanslacks got to see (hear) the drama on set. lol,
those flyboys are the best.

CRF450 minerals?
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Mar 5, 2006 - 08:41am PT
Hey dudes, a lot of us have done rigging on BIG MOVIES:
Moi, S. Segal, Dark Territory, '94
What exactly am I rigging here?
Don't ask, don't tell.
Mountain Man

Trad climber
Outer space
Mar 5, 2006 - 10:01am PT
Ran 11.6 miles on horse trails last night as the sun set and the crescent moon lit the way. Mystical. What a beautiful world.
Medric Magann

Ice climber
Billings, Montana
Mar 5, 2006 - 10:58am PT
Model rockets. A LOT of running. Road cycling. I like to see what I can make myself do. Have yet to do a 100 mile run, but have done plenty of 50's and 100K's. The rockets are really fun. I wonder if they'll tack me up to a barn door if I launch one from the summit of Devils Tower?
Jobee

Social climber
El Portal
Mar 5, 2006 - 12:41pm PT
Susan..you've created a monster! With St. Nancy yesterday you guessed it she fed me, havin a Special K day cuz i'm HUGE..Werner will vouch!

Werner thank you for the split, a black hole down here in the portal.

lol when I saw Ouchs' masterpiece..rotf..killin me ouch!

Hey Tanslacks..Nice shots! The puppies are sweet and your girl's got quite a fantastic scene..awesome!


Hey Roy..looking fit! Yeah baby! Nice venue.

jow


wildone

climber
right near the beach, boyeee (lord have mercy)
Mar 5, 2006 - 12:56pm PT
Nice Medric- I'm in the same boat. Haven't run 100m, but certainly 100k, although 50k is my favorite because I can really push the pace for that distance. My favorite 100k is to leave the valley floor, run up 4-mile trail (a misnomer) to glacier pt, go up Illilouette creek, hit mono meadow, then up over Red Peak Pass, down the Merced canyon, out to Glacier pt again, then down to the valley. You should do it if you ever go to Yosemite! I guarantee you'll run into a deaf woman (Pattie, I think) doing the same run in reverse. In three years of doing that one in september, I've run into her every time.
Medric Magann

Ice climber
Billings, Montana
Mar 5, 2006 - 01:14pm PT
Well, I'm tentatively planning to spend June in Yosemite. Prolly all of September and October too. So that means new trails to run. Is there enough lightly "car"ed roads to warrant bringing a road bike?
Euroford

Trad climber
Chicago, IL
Mar 5, 2006 - 01:40pm PT
i like to just hang out around chicago during my workdays.


BoKu

Trad climber
Douglas Flat, CA
Mar 5, 2006 - 02:19pm PT
Develop nuclear fusion powered aircraft.

http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24
WoodyS

Trad climber
Riverside
Mar 5, 2006 - 04:01pm PT
I study the grass coming up from the carpet and wonder if it's time to clean the house.
Ouch!

climber
Mar 5, 2006 - 04:19pm PT
susan peplow

climber
I've seen giant ASS™™
Mar 5, 2006 - 11:54pm PT
Big difference between Phoenix & the east side this weekend.....

Go Cubbies!!!!

WBraun

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2006 - 12:54am PT
That's right Susan

Back in the day when Russ would double pump the ball before he'd burn that sucker into the first basemans glove for the out.
pc

climber
Eastside
Mar 6, 2006 - 01:08am PT
hockey, eh?

susan peplow

climber
I've seen giant ASS™™
Mar 6, 2006 - 02:05pm PT
This is one of my favorites!

That's Bill McChesney infamous photographer of the Climbing Stars! Also our personal contractor!!!

Note the help he's getting!

Grug

Trad climber
Golden, Colorado
Mar 6, 2006 - 02:26pm PT
Something I learned while hanging out in Yosemite on rainy days - I still play hackey sack as often as I can.
Gunkie

climber
East Coast US
Mar 6, 2006 - 02:34pm PT
Experimental rocket motors and rockets. Some AP, Zinc, binder, Tepanol, Aluminum... mix well. For reference, the motor in the video was test fired this past weekend in my backyard. The motor is about a J700 [38mm], 1.15 sec burn time. The small brother of a full K [54mm] going into a minimum diameter 'mach-buster' next weekend in Maryland. Should go over 1000 MPH to 13000' AGL.


My neighbors are scared of me.
steelmnkey

climber
Phoenix, AZ
Mar 6, 2006 - 02:36pm PT
Hey Susan, someone's gotta supervise a job. You can't downplay the importance of administration!
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Mar 6, 2006 - 02:37pm PT
Good job Susan,
Mussie's delicate complexion looks well protected.
Also, He looks well behaved.
Can he have a beer now?
poop*ghost

Trad climber
Denver, CO
Mar 6, 2006 - 02:49pm PT
I've been hanging w/ my boy. Noah Jasper (11-20-05)


what else? backcountry skiing - inline hockey - poker
Richard

Trad climber
Bend, OR.
Mar 6, 2006 - 03:02pm PT
skinny skis, snowshoes, and secure heel bindings in winter.
knobby tires (w/o motor), and vibram soles in summer.
10b4me

Ice climber
The Happies
Mar 6, 2006 - 03:08pm PT
susan peplow

climber
I've seen giant ASS™™
Mar 6, 2006 - 03:23pm PT
Speaking of poker.....gotta love those home games.

Mini Cheeze is the big winner! Hey Euro Briefs, were you there that night?

T2

climber
Cardiff by the sea
Mar 6, 2006 - 07:48pm PT
Congrats! Thats a fine looking boy you got yourself there poop*ghost!
poop*ghost

Trad climber
Denver, CO
Mar 7, 2006 - 11:00am PT
Thanks T2 - I heartily agree!

I'll tell you what, 4:30am alpine starts and dawn patrols don't seem nearly as hard as they used to!

perhaps we need a thread just for supertaco bambinos.
Medric Magann

Ice climber
Billings, Montana
Mar 7, 2006 - 01:41pm PT
That rocket motor was cool. I've only recently seen high power rocketry and it is definitely COOL!
Gunkie

climber
East Coast US
Mar 7, 2006 - 05:27pm PT
Medric,

Here's a smaller, slightly longer burning motor... Approximately an H170.
Euroford

Trad climber
Chicago, IL
Mar 13, 2006 - 02:10pm PT
from the previous thread, that blower wasn't a wind machine.

this is what i use: 3400hp 16cyl turbocharged. from some kind of old bomber, don't remeber what.

we use it to simulate windloads while doing mock-up testing of high-end building facades. the rack shown in front of the blower is spraying water at 5gallons/hour/square foot.

susan peplow

climber
I've seen giant ASS™™
Mar 13, 2006 - 04:37pm PT
You may have seen these. Steelmonkey sent these to me with a header saying "our gas money at work".


bachar

Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Mar 13, 2006 - 05:07pm PT
I like to levitate in my living room. It's fun.

ThomasKeefer

Trad climber
Monterey, CA
Mar 13, 2006 - 05:23pm PT
Bachar you are screwing up David Blanes block your other foot that you are standing on trick.. At least have your standing foot heal in the pic vice the toe since the toe is what you stand on. Also, it is more effective when you show the upper body.
Euroford

Trad climber
Chicago, IL
Mar 13, 2006 - 05:50pm PT
yeah those guys got way to much (of our) money. i worked on the airport and spent a couple of weeks in the neighborhood. weird place, they are trying WAY to hard, but hey, at least they are trying yaknow. we had fun, but the bleak natural surroundings and dust storms really got on my nerves.

the desert makes the midwest look intresting.






bachar

Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Mar 13, 2006 - 07:48pm PT
ThomasKeefer - This is the 'King Rising' version. You have to wait for the proper electro-magnetic field levels to build up before you can tap into them....heh, jb

You can see both my hands...my mac-cam doesn't go that wide anyway...and that's my pant leg by the top left foot...
Klimmer

Mountain climber
San Diego
Mar 16, 2006 - 10:01pm PT
Rokjox-- You are a serious HAM, what a shack. I'm also a licensed HAM, but orginally only out of necessity for flying paragliders. Although my HTs have come into use now for many other activities: Car caravans, resort skiing, PG, hiking with several parties, climbing etc.

Again, that is a serious set-up :-))

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Mar 16, 2006 - 10:08pm PT
RokJox,
Get after it Babee.
That is for real learnin'
I like it.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Mar 17, 2006 - 12:19am PT
Hey Rok Daddy,
Over on the Wine Thread, me and Jaybro and Mussy were skimming the issue of music uploads for ST.

How can I get plugged into some of this reality check you are dialin' to on your debonair and ultra hip radio devices?
WBraun

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2006 - 12:28am PT
Whoa Rokjox

Nice stuff, I see some Collins gear.

I thought you'd be just a plain old tech. Instaed you know the code! 80 meters to 10 meters.

You Rock man!

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Mar 17, 2006 - 12:32am PT
if you're near enough to worry about the EMP, it's not going to be a good day otherwise...
Chewbongka

climber
लघिमा
Feb 28, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
DHike

climber
Feb 28, 2008 - 09:33pm PT
Word






the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Feb 28, 2008 - 10:00pm PT
Not climbing..

Anastasia

Trad climber
Califlower
Feb 29, 2008 - 12:39am PT
Drum circle!
Anastasia

Trad climber
Califlower
Feb 29, 2008 - 12:49am PT
Diving

Crossing rivers in fear...
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 04:12am PT

Coast to coast;.....33 days.


17 days on the Continental Divide Bike Route, Montana, with my wife, Andrea






Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 04:16am PT
The gold standard for non- climbng time;......

Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 04:29am PT
Flying (Private pilot since 1974)


Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 04:36am PT
Gettin' in trouble;....

Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 04:41am PT
Shaggin' and Planting seeds;.....

Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 04:51am PT
Sampling herb;.......You know;...like sage, or natural wild tabacco, or stinging nettles....only legal stuff.......

mcreel

climber
Barcelona, Spain
Feb 29, 2008 - 05:12am PT
I just released a Linux distro: http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/PelicanHPC/

Now I need to do some climbin'!
survival

Big Wall climber
arlington, va
Feb 29, 2008 - 07:53am PT
Play basketball with my kids.
Work on my tiny trees.
Carve stone.
Carve wood.
Play guitar with my brothers.
Try to stay out of trouble with the man...
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 10:04am PT
Teach children. Lukachukai, Ariz.

Euroford

Trad climber
chicago
Feb 29, 2008 - 10:15am PT
when i'm not working or climbing, i'm riding!


mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
Feb 29, 2008 - 10:49am PT
Hey Survival- a few of my Bonsai are ready explode in bloom- I post a couple of shots next week. MT
ydpl8s

Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
Feb 29, 2008 - 11:01am PT

Rarotonga - Sep. 2005
Working on my portaledge technique
Rcklzrd

Trad climber
San Juan Capistrano
Feb 29, 2008 - 11:22am PT
If I am not doing this

then I'm doing this
tolman_paul

Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
Feb 29, 2008 - 01:32pm PT
I have way too many hobbies.

I figured the best way to see Alaska was with a boat, and for some reason the thought of building a boat seemed like a good idea. So 30 odd sheets of plywood, 30 gallons of epoxy, yards and yards of fiberglass and a bunch of misc hardware, oh year 3 1/2 years of part time work resulted in my version of a copy of our local boat designer Renn Tolman's widebody skiff, Renn on the right.


And it's a great way to see cool stuff





Then there is cross country and downhill skiing, snowshoeing, and just staying warm in the winter. What better way to keep warm on a ski trip than a little fire to roast some weenies on.


I've been described as a patron of the arts, as all three of children play the violin, and danged those private lessons add up! Between watching their various concerts and season tickets to the opera, I guess that holds true.

I enjoy taking pics of wildlife when I come across it, like on teh way back to work after stopping off at home for lunch.



And what better way to start the new year than a hike in the mountains
to watch the sunset.


Chewbongka

climber
लघिमा
Jul 10, 2008 - 11:25pm PT
Lambone

Ice climber
Ashland, Or
Jul 11, 2008 - 01:11am PT
Mt Biking
Sailing (I race a Thistle)
workin
hangin with my lady

and of course...supertaco
Lynne Leichtfuss

Social climber
valley center, ca
Jul 11, 2008 - 01:27am PT
Tolman, paul...totally awesome.....!

Chewy, so you survived your breakfast ? No more refills.

Love to do almost all the stuff, but base jumping ??? Would need alot of work and training before could attempt that.

Hello Will Oxx, incredible DVD, Thanks !

Lynne
rockermike

Mountain climber
Berkeley
Jul 11, 2008 - 03:34am PT
My latest fanaticism- kitesurfing;


and



(no - that's not me, but I am starting to get comfortable in the surf. A good bottom turn beats even the best Yosemite crack in my opinion. ha
the kid

Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
Jul 11, 2008 - 10:13am PT
when i'm not climbing i'm working, or playing in the yard/landscaping..
or
TIGER WOODS GOLF on my WII....

can you say- this game rocks!
KS
maestro8

Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
Jul 11, 2008 - 11:36am PT
I ride here and there.

Here:

There:
tolman_paul

Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
Jul 11, 2008 - 01:46pm PT
Here's something to do that will keep you from climbing. We've had some water dripping from our kitchen sink into the garage downstairs, causing some drywall damage. Turns out there was a defective batch of 2" abs pipe in the early 80's, and wouldn't you know we were lucky enough to have some installed in our house. So being cheap, I figured I'd go at it myself.

Since the sink drain was behind the kitchen cabinets, I ended up kinda destroying them in the process of finding the leak. Well the cabinets were 25 y/o and at end of life, so a leak repair has turned into, replacing all the cabinets, demoing a soffit, replacing the kitchen window w/ a larger one (the original was an oddball custom size, so going with a custom replacement might as well make it larger) oh yeah, and replacing the light ficture with recessed lights. The lights required two itchy cramped trips in the attic to get em installed and wired. Not sure if balancing between trusses to keep from falling through the ceiling has helped my climbing or not.

here is before:




The drywall patch over the repaired pipes.


and the while I was at it drywall work on the demoed soffits.



Almost done, just need to install the counter tops, cut out the sink and re-plumb it.
Russ Walling

Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
Jul 11, 2008 - 02:50pm PT
Me and Sooze feel your pain on the remodel......

check out what we do when the weather is perfect:

http://fishproducts.com/remodels/
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