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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Sep 14, 2015 - 10:54am PT
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Yuk!
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Sep 14, 2015 - 11:05am PT
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Would not want to kiss that chick, YUCK..
I hope this is a Joke, were not living in a desperation situation here in the USA. Last hope if you are in dire need like an emergency stuck with no food in the middle of nowhere.
No Back Up Knots on her solo rig.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 14, 2015 - 11:36am PT
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My girl friend in high school liked to say,
"Eat a toad 1st thing in the morning and nothing worse will pass your lips all day."
Then she would insist on halving the tension of morning wood. . .
The bug thing though, I don't think she would have gone down that road. She liked real meat and was hard on gear so. . .
The graphic of the changing skull is the best part of the video.
She needs a partner. . . .?
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Sep 14, 2015 - 11:50am PT
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She can't pronounce El Capitan properly and she showed herself on a different wall while talking about El Cap, so I think she's putting us on.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 14, 2015 - 12:01pm PT
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I would like to sell all of you bridges.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Sep 14, 2015 - 12:02pm PT
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Like it or not, insects are going to figure significantly in the future for providing protein to feed the world.
Still, not my cup of tea -- but, apparently, the most expensive Tea known is made of insect feces!
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Sep 14, 2015 - 12:04pm PT
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el captain? mmmmm...
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JMC
climber
the land of milk and honey
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Sep 14, 2015 - 12:11pm PT
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Meg's the real deal.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 14, 2015 - 12:13pm PT
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Holy sh#t
this is real
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
This is like an episode of Portlandia...
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meg - tp
climber
El Paso, TX
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2015 - 01:30pm PT
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The edible insect movement is still pretty new, but it is a rapidly expanding sector of the sustainable food movement. It may be 5 years out, but they'll be on your grocery store shelves faster than you might think.
I live in El Paso and therefore had to shoot the promo film at Hueco - with the added bonus of making the film extra ridiculous.
Getting bugs on the menu, one couch sprayer at a time ...
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Sep 14, 2015 - 02:32pm PT
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I dig your style bugeater.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Sep 14, 2015 - 02:41pm PT
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If you've ever been to a Oaxacan restaurant and seen chapulines on the menu, you can try it for yourself. It's grasshopper. Eating bugs is pretty prevalent in some cultures, just not ours, especially, like Tami notes, when you've got In N Out and other pretty salty, fatty stuff for very little cash. Still, better bugs than Soylent Green.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Sep 14, 2015 - 03:25pm PT
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Gateway Bugs lol like Gateway Drugs= Go to your headshrinker.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID or the fricken Bakken, variously
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Sep 14, 2015 - 03:28pm PT
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Folk have been eating bugs for a loooong time. Some of them on purpose.
Rock on Ms Meg.
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Scylax
Trad climber
Idaho
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Sep 14, 2015 - 03:31pm PT
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Wouldn't at all surprise me if food scientists come up with some ingenious ways to hide the bug tastes in a variety of different foods. Not that I am volunteering to be a taster, mind you!
As for that "climber" in the video, something about it(her)screams BS to me.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Sep 14, 2015 - 03:37pm PT
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30 pitch El Cap route 2 weeks to summit = 2 pitches a day, you are not gonna burn 5000 Calories a day at that pace.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Sep 14, 2015 - 03:45pm PT
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Something about the name Scylax screams BS to me.
Meghan, ignore all the haters on ST and best of luck on your project and on El Cap.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Sep 14, 2015 - 04:04pm PT
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Hmmm in the Video shes poses busting a 5.2 wide crack solo, dragging a rope up connected to a SP with no back up knots, then mysteriously changed to a non solo 5.6 belayed lead. She has big wall skills?
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Scylax
Trad climber
Idaho
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Sep 14, 2015 - 05:12pm PT
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Matt,
If you know this lady personally, than I apologize for my comments.
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Sep 14, 2015 - 05:26pm PT
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Has anyone looked into using bug protein to fortify commercial chicken feed? My chickens love to eat bugs! Then I eat the eggs. So I'm eating the bugs second hand...
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Sep 14, 2015 - 06:06pm PT
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Meg- Perhaps you were just using this setup for the video and therefore didnt pay close attention but your silent partner is only connect with one locker and it sure looks like the rope is threaded incorrectly. The silent partner has been awesome for me and has held two long falls (50-80ft) but always double check your setup!!!
Best of luck on your climb. Take your time, don't get discouraged, stay hydrated and remember to relax. Oh yeah...write a trip report when you finish. Cheers-
Matt
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meg - tp
climber
El Paso, TX
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2015 - 07:58pm PT
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I love the taco. Yall are the cynical pinnacle of bombastic bullshit filtering. Nothing escapes yall.
The promo video was super last minute. They just wanted me to solo up stuff with ropes and so forth to look climbery. It was never meant to be respected by the vertically inclined.
As for 5000 cal / day - this may be a stretch at 2 pitches a day, but this route is at the edge of what I feel halfway comfortable on. Most of those calories will be burned via pucker effect.
I'll be the jackass in camp 4 with a bunch of inflatable bugs, probably getting in around 9/23. And I'll have samples ...
Good job my valiant sprayers!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 14, 2015 - 08:08pm PT
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maybe you could be a the "Meat Fest" on Saturday!
bugs are meat too...
good luck and hope to see you in the Valley next week.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 14, 2015 - 09:29pm PT
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Meg, best of luck to you. Seriously.
This whole thing is weird. The only one spraying is the one who made the video asking for money... Obviously some people will nit pick the technical bullsh#t, like they do with every video (I DON'T SEE ANY HELMETZ!), and that is kind of expected.
I think your video was not made for this audience. At all. Not one percent. Why expect us to think it is awesome?
I have a friend who is a professional athlete and plant fed. Another friend of mine solo'd el cap with Old E and Tuna.
Go climb El Cap. Go have some fun. Explore your diet and lifestyle. All those things are great, but Dear God, don't make a corny video and share it with a bunch of alcoholic dirtbags and expect us to not make fun of it. I hope the best for your project, but if I had an extra $20 to give to a climber I'd probably give it some broke kid.
See you at facelift, save me some bugz...
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Sep 14, 2015 - 11:59pm PT
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I once ate 2/3 of a Cliff Bar without paying attention.
It wasn't as sugary as usual, but did taste more traditional and holesome.
Forget what I climbed that day, so it doesn't count.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Reading the El Cap Report 9/30/15 it sounds as if the wall is going well:
"Mescalito: Meg continues to cruise the “Bug Wall.” I have been shooting her for several days now and I can tell you that this woman is a really good wall climber. Her belays are so well arranged and managed that they make Hudon’s look like one of Pete’s junk shows! She climbs with a relaxed style and efficient movements. Yeah Meg… sending!!!"
Go Meghan!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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She's a legit climber, for damn sure... better than me I'd bet.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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She's for real, met her in El Cap Meadow and ate one of her bugs
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Cool..I've eaten bugs here and there..as a kid I found a type of ant that was really sweet and crunchy.. I liked em. Then people told me it was weird and gross so I stopped..unless I see some exotic vendor with chocolate covered ants.
Solid climb! Go Meg!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Oct 15, 2015 - 10:20am PT
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Hey, I've had lime salted jalepeno fried crickets in Mainland Mex before. Were not bad with a Bohemia.
All bugs; probably not the best diet in the world for ya. It's only a small part of a nutritious diet in Papua New Guinea.
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overwatch
climber
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Oct 15, 2015 - 11:47am PT
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yes I agree great job! the towing debacle is a bunch of bullsh#t.
don't listen to Medusa I would smooch you bugs and all
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Oct 15, 2015 - 12:20pm PT
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Meg is my new hero.
Pirate toe nail polish, bugs, and determination.
Bravo!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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Oct 15, 2015 - 12:31pm PT
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I knew a guy in Montana who lived on the Bitteroot. He told me that once he and his brother ate so many salmon flies that they got full. They were fishermen and the hatch was on.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Oct 15, 2015 - 12:46pm PT
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Meg
I admire your climb. . . and your push for bugs. . .
but I'm not quite there yet. Good Luck!
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Oct 18, 2015 - 12:05am PT
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Awesome trip report. I love to read TR's of Mescalito having spent 9 days on it in '07. All the same feelings you describe. Good effort.
Cheers,
Doug
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