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ambitious goal needed

One Day Hero

15-Sep-2011
7:45:36 PM

On 15/09/2011 mikllaw wrote:
>have fun back here, I'm off to china tomorrow and saturday I'm climbing
>with the Beijing Climbing Club.
>
>ODH, you can have my drill if I don't return.

Sweet.....what type of bit would you recommend for drilling through other drills?

Have a nice trip, I hope you don't get a 'most gracious shit belay, kindly thank you splat'

ebenweb

15-Sep-2011
8:14:27 PM

On 15/09/2011 Duncan wrote:
>Oh Eben you changed
>Eben, Eben, Eben, Eben you...
>Oh how you changed
>Oh you changed,
>Oh how you changed

Cooly was sportin' black tennis shoes
He was looking for something to use
With a pistol in his pocket and a bottle of booze
Well, it could be me or it could be you.
(it's me)


Macciza

15-Sep-2011
11:04:27 PM

Shai Hulud may be a worthy goal off Taipan . . .

Olbert

16-Sep-2011
6:37:17 AM

On 15/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>Shai Hulud may be a worthy goal off Taipan . . .
I dont think death is what he was looking for as a goal.

gfdonc

16-Sep-2011
10:33:17 AM

On 15/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>Shai Hulud may be a worthy goal off Taipan . . .

Now we're talking. I was going to suggest Delerium Tremens was a worthy goal for a grade 22 leader, but I think you trumped me already.

pecheur

16-Sep-2011
10:45:37 AM

On 16/09/2011 gfdonc wrote:
>On 15/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>>Shai Hulud may be a worthy goal off Taipan . . .
>
>Now we're talking. I was going to suggest Delerium Tremens was a worthy
>goal for a grade 22 leader, but I think you trumped me already.
>
You guys are so mean to us gym noobs ...

Duncan

16-Sep-2011
11:28:03 AM

On 15/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>Shai Hulud may be a worthy goal off Taipan . . .

I just did an M9 style analysis of Macciza's posts - 78 % of his posts mention that route, which is actually a lot lower than I was expecting.

Duncan

16-Sep-2011
11:30:49 AM

On 15/09/2011 ebenweb wrote:
>Cooly was sportin' black tennis shoes
>He was looking for something to use
>With a pistol in his pocket and a bottle of booze
>Well, it could be me or it could be you.
>(it's me)

Sublime recognition achievement unlocked. So, serious response: just do what everyone's said and go to Araps as much as possible. A goal will present itself. In the meantime, you'll climb heaps of rad stuff, get strong and good at placing gear.

Wendy

16-Sep-2011
12:19:48 PM

On 16/09/2011 Duncan wrote:
>On 15/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>>Shai Hulud may be a worthy goal off Taipan . . .
>
>I just did an M9 style analysis of Macciza's posts - 78 % of his posts
>mention that route, which is actually a lot lower than I was expecting.

Do the other 22% mention Dog Face? With about 60% covering both?

TonyB

16-Sep-2011
12:25:21 PM

On 12/09/2011 rodw wrote:
>Climbing is meant to be fun...if that isnt enough to keep you going maybe
>climbing isnt really your sport?

I agree.

kieranl

16-Sep-2011
5:16:54 PM

The title piqued my interest but now I see that I should have been wearing my glasses and noone is actually needing an ambitious goat.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

16-Sep-2011
10:27:15 PM

^~ Uh, oh; ... _{ducks as the velcro glove jokes get dragged out again!}

On 15/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>Shai Hulud may be a worthy goal off Taipan . . .

'off'* being the operative word?

(*as in friable)
;-)


Macciza

16-Sep-2011
11:23:18 PM

Climbing's not 'all' about 'fun' . . . and anyway lots of the time it does not have to be fun to be fun . . . .

Plus the person wants something 'ambitious' - I consider that 'challenging, with possibility of failure' or rather an initial 'unlikely to achieve' appraisal. . . . Not just some 'depic-fail-dog' circus . . .
And I'm presuming that if he can't work one of those out within his current gym/fun climbing circle than perhaps he's looking for something more substantial . . .

So SH may not be the best suggestion but it is certainly more 'ambitious' a goal than climbing most of the routes there in the style that they generally get climbed . . . . sorry . . .

So here is a serious 'ambitious' recommendation - something larger than your usual outing, maybe Buffalo, the Bungles or better still Frenchmans Cap -
I am sure most climbers would be able to find themselves an ambitious project at any of these cliffs . . .

PS Most of those SH posts where probably me 'sand-bagging' Zac and myself onto the route anyway,- Why? Probably because I felt like an ambitious project that I knew I could at least give an honest attempt at regardless of whether I succeeded or not in line with my stated ethics of the time . . .
M9 - I meant it more in the sense of 'offf'-Broadway - but yours works well . . .

Duncan

17-Sep-2011
9:03:25 AM

79%.


Macciza

17-Sep-2011
9:45:47 AM

On 17/09/2011 Duncan wrote:
>79%.
???? Shouldn't that be 77%?
Oh right, Spurt Climbing maths? I didn't do it this time, therefore I'm closer to doing it . . ?
MM


Organ Pipe

17-Sep-2011
10:23:21 AM

On 16/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>Climbing's not 'all' about 'fun' . . . and anyway lots of the time it does
>not have to be fun to be fun . . . .

Completely agree!

The painful, terrifying, and bloody exhausting moments are the ones I catch myself reminiscing about.


rodw

17-Sep-2011
11:10:30 AM

That's because you essentially find it fun, as it your chosen adventure...my point was once you start asking someone else what your goal should be, you not really climbing for your self....so will become un-fun pretty quickly.


ChuckNorris

17-Sep-2011
9:12:54 PM

On 17/09/2011 Macciza wrote:
>On 17/09/2011 Duncan wrote:
>>79%.
>???? Shouldn't that be 77%?
>Oh right, Spurt Climbing maths? I didn't do it this time, therefore I'm
>closer to doing it . . ?
>MM

MM - Duncan's math is correct, though its borderline 80% now.


Macciza

17-Sep-2011
9:59:41 PM

Hmm,
Had to check your profile , and well I guess if you say you're into Ice then your probably a boulderer, so .. .
Would love to see your working out on that last claim but . . . .
MM
PS SH;-}


JamesMc

17-Sep-2011
10:24:12 PM

How about picking up a hot climbing girlfriend?

Or boyfriend if you prefer?

JamesMc

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