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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Gnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarliiiiiiing!
Okay, now I feel really bad. I owe both you and Jean a phone call.
I promise, I'll call. HILDE IS DOING GREAT!
-rlf
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Hello,
My local Boy Scout Troop has been given permission to give a rappelling
demo at a local college. All the kids want to take part so it should be
alot
of fun for the parents to watch. The rappell will be down a 150 ft wall.
The kids have to take off their shoes as to not damage some new artwork
halfway down.
The kids will clip into the rope, and climb over a small 3 ft wall to
begin
the rappell. They have all been practicing using the brakes over the
summer,
on our 20 foot practice wall.
We plan to give fireman belays from the ground.
At the planning meeting earlier in the week, one of the parents
was giving us alot of trouble, saying we needed more advice on
how to do the demo.
It seems quite safe to me. I figure once they are on rope, if anything
goes wrong, we can brake them from below.
Any input would be appreciated.
Juan
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Madbolter
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2006 - 11:22pm PT
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Hey Batten ya old troll haha.
Careful on relying on fireman's brake. During a demo for rappelling at a summer camp in the mid 80's, I and 2 others rapped out of the rafters of a gymnasium. Safety geeks made us have a separate rope belay. We protested as it blew our idea to hide in the rafters and drop the ropes and awe the audience by our sudden appearance. Good idea that belay. Somehow my locker on the Fig-8 came undone midway down the free rap. The belay saved me a crippling fall onto the gym floor. My 8-ring was still midrope as we left the "stage" though few would've even noticed something went wrong. I've respected rappelling ever since.
I know, I know..don't feed the trolls.
Melissa! Good seeing you too. Last I saw you you were on the Column ;)
p.s. Re: The Tuan/Kuan confusion. No, not talking about Tuan. There was a lanky asian guy I used to boulder with at Stoney in the 80s named Kuan. His pic is in the old, old Southern California Climbers Guide.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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As a bit of history on rec.clmbing, I was one of several who started that Usenet newsgroup way back in the late 80's. Up to that point, climbing on the internet consisted of an E-mail list run by a guy at Cal Tech (Fritz something). He heavily moderated the stuff that went out on the E-mail list and when he refused to send out a warning on how Metolius P-bolts (remember those?) could cause quick draws to unclip themselves it was time to create an unmoderated newsgroup. The rest, as they say, is history.
Bruce
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Bill
climber
San Francisco
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Ah wreck dot climing - brings back memories - not all good. Tibloc thread was the last straw for me. Well, I met a lot of cool partners and garnered many useful little tidbits of beta, so it wasn't a total loss.
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poop*ghost
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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So when I moved to Denver almost two years ago, I ended up climbing w/ Lord Slime on more than one occasion.
One nice day in Eldo, who do we bumb into but Nate B.
John says, "Don't start with me Nate."
Had to smile.
Now my first is almost 1 year old... I surf the interweb more than I climb - and my hands are baby soft.
Jason Liebgott
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Gnarling Dearest! Thanks for saving me from Rex when he was ripping me a new one - LOL.
Yes, I did my first trad lead with you and Theresa, my 3rd being the 1st pitch of The Line
at The Leap with Theresa and Tom. I remember getting hosed on the very Un-Gym-Like™
5.9 roof crack on Moosedog Tower at Indian Cove, and then watched as you hiked right up.
Last year I was having dinner at Smallshed Flatbreads in Mill Valley when I saw someone
who looked very much like you. However, I did knott think it was you because you
didn't say anything, and as I had had a few happy-hour beers, wasn't about to yell
(slur) "Are you Inez?" from across the room. Was that you or was it knott?
Stich wrote:
One question. Is Zauman here?
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
For the love of fuçk's sake, say it will never be so.
I still have nightmares about Zamoron™.
Mad Dog, however (sans Tibloc), would fit well here.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Rex...I'd forgotten about that. A fun but inauspicious day for us all IIRC. Your parnters were rec.climbers too, no? themadco and ???? Sumo and I got to meet Crotch and ??? on Dinner Ledge. Finally got to climb it this year with a partner from the hyperlinked online climbing community. Spray, spray. It took way too many tries. Muchas gracias, btw, for your free and fine Zion topos. They've been the roadmap to a few great vacations...including one w/ Brian in SLC. Small rec.climbing world.
I have a question for y'all...How do you manage to format the little TM for all of the witicisms officially trade marked to rec.climbing?
Jason..."I am a little poking finger in my daddy's eye and ear and mouth." ;-)
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Melissa - on the Mac, hold the option key and hit the number-2/@ key.
I don't know how you do it running Windows. Anyone?
BTW, I am the one eho brought that rec.climbing tradition over here, FWIW
(yes I know: that and $2.65 will buy me a small cappuccino at Peet's...).
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Hey, IFO wouldn't mind seeing Zaumen posts. Looking back, his contributions seem much more cheerful, on-topic and original than the prolix proselytizers so unavoidable here.
As for ™ , © and such -- a simple fix is to type them in your word processor ("insert symbols"), then copy & paste. That's how I spell Munkaðverárgil, for instance. Then I check to see if it worked!
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Melissa - on the Mac, hold the option key and hit the number-2/@ key.
I don't know how you do it running Windows. Anyone?
make sure you have num lock on
Alt+0169 copyright symbol
Alt+0174 registered trademark symbol
Alt+0153 trademark symbol
enter the numbers in on the number pad too...
Cheers,
Tom
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DavisGunkie
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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steven cherry and julie are hanigng around on gunks.com
i was mainly a lurker on rec.climbing but posted occaisonally as crackboy, not the original one though
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just_one
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Hey Bill, long time no see man! Did you get married yet?
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the Fet
climber
A urine, feces, and guano encrusted ledge
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Meanwhile back at rec.climb
"
From: Sue - view profile
Date: Wed, Sep 20 2006 2:03 pm
Email: Sue
In article
timst...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Supertopo has been a nice middle ground. It's very similar to this
> place, but with a mysterious, visiting whack-a-mole moderator.
aw come on. mostly it is endless political discussions mixed with the
whiny wankiness of rc.com with only the occasional gem thrown in.
"
Haha.
I lurked and occasionaly posted and picked up some good partners from the wreck, but certain high volume, bad attitude, self-appointed know-it-alls soured the place like a turd in a punchbowl. Similar phenomenon at rc.com. I'm amazed at the grace displayed here at the taco in climbing discussions, of course ethical/style and political debates bring out a great level of conflict, but it's somehow different, I guess less condescending here.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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After a thread gets dozens of responses, I poke my head in to see what it's really about...
Rec.climbing. Wow.
I started posting to rec.climbing so long ago I almost wasn't already Old. Brutus had probably just entered the rest home.
I almost feel guilty not posting there much anymore. I owe a great debt of gratitude for Rec.climbing. I can't even tell all the ways.
I've climbed with a lot of rec.climbers. The experience was always good. Hey, I did the Nose with Sulam! The acid test for those who remember.
Anyway, I Love ya'll. Really.
peace
Karl
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Old Gnar
Trad climber
The Holler
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To Knotty--no, it wasn't me. Besides, *I* would have recognized you! Are you still handsome in that Yul Brynnerish way? Oh, yes, and I do remember the Joshua Trip! The roof was a height thing, gnome-friendly, you know.
Best regards,
Inez
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Gnar Gnar wrote:
Are you still handsome in that Yul Brynnerish way?
Some would say yes - some would say Knott...
Kinda depends on how much you've had to drink.
Check this thread for more info.
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Bill
climber
San Francisco
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Hey Dingus, yeah it's me. More into skiing these days - especially after last winter - finally gave up on Shasta in early August. Still run up a Sierra peak every now and then though - just more fun if you can ski back down.
Justin, hey you big flake, when are we going surfing?
Oh, yeah, I got married in August. To tie it all together, Tom and Theresa were there. They are building a house down the road from Hans' place - hopefully roofed in before the storms come.
Check out Tom's blog at takenforranted.com.
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UnaBonger
climber
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Nov 13, 2006 - 06:15pm PT
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Jesus, this is like the dance of the living dead. Ghosts of wreck.past.
Will Niccolls
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