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Havachatwithhexy...

HEX
14-Jun-2005
2:12:28 PM
Hehehe !

Don't forget to take some kitty-litter with you, Steph...

;-)

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steph
14-Jun-2005
2:16:16 PM
eh eh eh nice. that could be a hygienic way of doing things come to think about it!?!

for the record - i didnt just suggest that

HEX
14-Jun-2005
2:37:34 PM
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********************BUMP !

Meanwhile, Hexy is concentrating on fixing a RURP, while top-stepping da etz, on a huge-mo'fa'-cyber-wall, when the inter-net-text-message comes thru ...
>tmarsh...I think it stems from the route setters there failing to understand that the Oz >grading system is based on the overall grade of the route, not the grade of the hardest >move...

AaaawwwwFFFFAAAAARRRRKKKK !!!
*over-balances with shock*
NNNNNN...NOOOOOOOOoooooooo !!! --- I thought this myth had been well&truly busted ??!!
*Hexy topples-over-back-wards beyond the centre-of-gravity*
SsssssHIT !!!
*Hexy notices that the rope has fallen-away ala Mikl on BoyRacer...*
AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH !!!
...

*THUMP!!!*
...

UUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH !!!

...

*BUMP !!!*

...

...

...

*SPLAT !!!*

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HEX
14-Jun-2005
4:56:53 PM
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>...Something happened that has never happened to me before. It was as if I had let go >of everything around me, left my past behind me. On Separate Reality I climbed into a >different dimension...

Thanx for that, Timbo --- you have brought The HEX back-from the cyber-dead ...

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HEX
14-Jun-2005
4:59:52 PM
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M8iswhereitsat
Online Now
14/06/2005
>I find the same in aid. If you are not familiar with how 'hard' it is 'supposed' to be and >you control the head in managing to get up it, then the next grade comes more >easily...

Ignoranceizbliss, grass-hopper...

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HEX
14-Jun-2005
5:12:30 PM
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cruze
14/06/2005
>Most of the climbs I do outside are not sequence specific. That is, moderately graded >climbs on "real" rock often have a million "intermediate" irregularities that people of >different shapes and sizes can use in different ways to achieve the same outcome. >There are, of course, exceptions to this and these are often descibed as "bouldery" >or "chuck a dyno to X".

"Aaaaaawwwwwww this is soooooooooooooo gudd !!!"
*in KylieMole voice*

Beautiful theory-to-articulation, Cruze ... so true,so true !

A Chris Shepard quote, circa 1983 :
" India(29) is really quite easy --- you only have a couple of holds to use and in one particular sequence ..."

*I can hear Dalai loading a counter-opinion-torpedo ...*

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HEX
14-Jun-2005
5:41:08 PM
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brat
14/06/2005
>I always like the "thin edge of the wedge" argument. as though we're all incapable of >moderation. MMMmmmmmmm donuts!
>Anything in the hands of an extremist or addictive personality can be trouble, luckily >climbing tends to promote slimmer physiques (with exceptions), why not assist nature >if eating half a dead cow or chook isn't your go!

On 7/05/2004 Rich wrote:
>On 7/05/2004 beefy wrote:
>>ever seen a powerful cow??
>>everthing in moderation is the way to go.
>
>how bout this one..
>
>


Hmmmm.......'moderation' is oh-so relative ...
*happily munching-away on Neilz 11th donut ...*

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HEX
14-Jun-2005
5:53:39 PM
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M8 wrote :
>*Moisturised baby wipes are a hygenic hand cleaning item to have after the event also.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>going to do some searching and maybe edit this post. Standby ...

Let Hexy give you a hand, old-fella , while ur searching-around in that awesome-Hexy-link,again;-)

>Re: boater's DRY BAG as poop "toob"
>Trad climber
>From: Eagle River, AK
>>Isn't it legal to piss off the walls? If so, just eat prunes and dried apricots and piss out >>of your ass !

AAAHHHHH !!! --- suchagreatidea !!! --- no wonder the yanks rule the world ...

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kieranl
Online Now
>I also had a friend who used the "hold on" option for days at a time on mountain trips. >If someone is using that strategy, make sure to beat them into the toilet when you >return - they will be in there for some time...

Yeah...no shit ! hehehe ... butt seriously ... hehehe ... make sure you don't drive-off with-out them, cos they might in fact have a massive-bowell-constipation-blockage , not to mention toxic-shock-syndrome ala shielas who leave (ah-hem) tamponz in too long ...
>they will be in there for some time...
Don't let those words haunt you Kieran ...

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kieranl
Online Now
14/06/2005
>For pee storage I believe you can use a substance that turns the pee to jelly, reducing >the risk of leakage. I just can't think where I saw that particular gem of info. Perhaps >M8 can enlighten us...

NevefearTheHEXishere...

>Regarding the question about small lumps of yellow jelly in the Babies nappy - a lot of >nappies appear to use a substance which absorbs a lot of liquid and in doing so turns >into a jelly like substance I suspect some of this is leaking into the inside of the nappy >a way of proving/disproving this Theory would be to try a different brand of nappy (I >have not noticed this happening with Snugglers or Huggies) or try using non >disposable Nappies

>Richard Freeman
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>Thursday 30/4/98 I heard a lady comment on todays show about and crystal/jelly >appearing when her baby urinates. This happens to my 5 month old twins when we >use a cheaper brand disposable nappy. If they fall asleep before being able to change >them into a good nappy when we get them up in the morning the disposable is full and >a jelly/soft crystal like substance is all around thier genitals. This to me seems like >what ever substance they use to absorb the urine in them becomes over loaded and >then leeches out as a little extra something different, don't know if it is or not but you >can decide for yourself. Regards Dave

>Dave Bolch


Fascinating road ur putting us on, Kieran ...
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IdratherbeclimbingM9
14-Jun-2005
6:18:28 PM
You 'defiantly' fly quicker through cyberspace than I do Hex-Troll.
Here I am searching and you already have the answers stencilled into the rice paper.

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>Meanwhile, Hexy is concentrating on fixing a RURP, while top-stepping da etz,
Ahh c'mon H-T, ... you are not advocating using the cyber-hammer now are you?
... or is it only an M5/A3 sportclimb oh righteous one?
:P

... Damud@dazuluwateringholeisblerriedeepagain ...

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>Ya not wrong !! --- how did all this space get onto the post ??
Yep, seems like we are standing in it again, .... as ...

...everything

...gets


... taller ...

HEX
14-Jun-2005
6:27:03 PM
Hehehe ! ... The HEX moooooooooooooooves in ma-stear-re-ez-waaayz !
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>Nowra Mansion - June 2005

>gallery pages: < 1 2 3 4 5 6 > 18 of 48
>Keep your hands and feet out - we still have three more days of climbing!

Looks like a huge pod of dugongs, mating in balmy-tropical-waterz:P

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>... Damud@dazuluwateringholeisblerriedeepagain ...

Ya not wrong !! --- how did all this space get onto the post ??














































































HEX
14-Jun-2005
7:00:31 PM
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On 9/06/2005 steph wrote:
>On 9/06/2005 Uncle Chester wrote:
>>ventures (scouts for teens) , you can do what ever you want, you just
>>organize it, its good fun, and you get to meet some babes....(oh yeeeaaaaah...
>>chicky-babes!)
>
>you? babes?? no way..... you must learn not to confuse bush wombats with
>women, Chester, or you're in for a nasty surprise...

>

And so are they !!!

Steph --- I'm glad you didn't use the Aussie term 'bush pig' :P

Chester --- you look like Arnie in Terminator 2...
" iiiiiiii-neeeeed-a-vaaaay-caaaay-shuuuuuuun ..."

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HEX
14-Jun-2005
7:35:11 PM
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shmalec
7/06/2005
>Climbing is good. And many people think of it while they are at work all day. But I >wouldn't go choosing your career around it alone. Almost everyone spends more time >working than climbing so make sure you choose a career that is rewarding in itself. >Your climbing can easily be put to a quick end by an injury or some other thing. its >probably a good idea to keep your climbing as your own personal recreation rather >than doing it all day as a job. If you pick a career where each year you build on your >past experience then it will grow and change into something more stimulating each >year...

Very,very good, Shmalec --- I like this smooth-talkin'-jive A LOT ...

Good advice , not only for the Mousey, Steph, Sabu , Chester younguns , but also for the (now potentially-jaded-by-the-rat-race) GenerationXers, who are not only facing another 20-odd years to get to 'retirement', but who are also now being conditioned to accept that 'working' into their 70's & 80's , is not only a good thing because it may be the only way to pay the bills, with-out a pension ... but also because all of the political-correctness-structural-changes, instituted in the Australian culture , during the 1990's,*takes a deep breath&continues*,fascilitates the mind-set required to stay 'happy'(reasonably sane) in the general labour-market --- regardless of the proffession or time-structure ('life-style' flexibility) ...

Very good advice, dude ... as long as ppl don't confuse 'stimulating' with novelty ...

Cheers,HEX...

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HEX
14-Jun-2005
7:51:50 PM
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>THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM Thursday, 8 April 2004 At
>5:45:15 PM A5iswhereitsat

>>Hex I am IMPRESSED.
>>You do indeed move in mysterious ways.

>

" BYE4NOW !!! "

Luv y'all, HEX:-))

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HEX
16-Jun-2005
2:45:40 PM
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>nmonteith 2879

Havachatwithhexy 1377

Hehehe ... can someone clean that splatted-addax off the 'tracks , pleaze !
... Watch-out Neilo --- that lightattheendofdatunnel, you can see, might be the distant summer of 2005/6 , or it might just be the Havachatwithhexy Frieght-train !!!

############################## toot ! ........ TOOOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!!

>M8iswhereitsat 1373


YagettinlazywithyadailyquotaA8M5...

:P

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IdratherbeclimbingM9
16-Jun-2005
3:09:56 PM
Ohmysteriousone. Your cauldron is out of kilter.
>Havachatwithhexy 1377
Is the number of replies to your column, which handsomely exceeds all others ...

#posts however;
HEX 974
hex-TROLL 177
hex-_TROLL 13
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= 1164

>M8iswhereitsat 1373

>YagettinlazywithyadailyquotaA8M5...

Yatryingtocyberwindmeuporwhat?

The daily quota ends up being what it is ...
& so does the arithmatic!

You will no doubt surpass this glasshopper fairly easily in the end, as I am enjoying slowing down to enjoy the moments as I get older ....

~"Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything"~ said Charlie Brown.

(... besides nmonteith won long ago).

HEX
16-Jun-2005
6:26:34 PM
On 16/06/2005 M8iswhereitsat wrote:

>Yatryingtocyberwindmeuporwhat?

YEP !!

:-))

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HEX
16-Jun-2005
6:27:26 PM
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mic
16/06/2005
>What does a grade 5.11d relate to in Aus grading?

Stuck in UK
>On 16/06/2005 mic wrote:
>>What does a grade 5.11d relate to in Aus grading?

>About 24.

Louise:
>...I'd flashed Separate Reality, it's not really 26 it's more like 24. Tales Of Power is more >like 26/27. I had one fall on Tales of Power, and didn't have any falls on Separate >Reality, I did it ground up placing all the pro on lead, but I had heard 4 years later >something about a German women called Andrea (I can't remember her second >name), claimed the first female ascents of these climbs, and I was like "hang on a sec >I did them back in 1980, what's going on?"...'

Zak :
>...some 200 meters above the river, horizontal, and we couldn’t do a single move. It >was like entering into a completely different world. Of course, other hard lines such as >Midnight Lightening had been climbed, in those days without crash pads, but although >we couldn’t climb this problem at least...

Ha ! --- I wonder if Zak placed his crash-mat, 200 meters below SR

:D

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HEX
16-Jun-2005
6:44:00 PM
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JCP
Online Now
>whats wrong with chopping bolts??

Nothing ! --- if itz done properly ...

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HEX
16-Jun-2005
6:51:03 PM
On 14/06/2005 HEX wrote:

>A Chris Shepard quote, circa 1983 :
>" India(29) is really quite easy --- you only have a couple of holds to
>use and in one particular sequence ..."

>*I can hear Dalai loading a counter-opinion-torpedo ...*

dalai
16/06/2005
>Quite a few of Arapiles harder routes for example tend to have bouldery cruxes and >good sections of climbing at a grade a fair bit easier (ie. India has a really nice lower >section at about 24-25, the couple move crux and more enjoyable and easier climbing >above. Just one better hold in the middle would produce a superb grade 26, rather than >the grade 28 it is)

>PS I am not suggesting anyone go out and chip India, just using it as an example.

Don' you toucha da India !!
or Kimbo will rip intoya !!!

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HEX
16-Jun-2005
7:00:02 PM
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dalai
16/06/2005
>I am talking about having climbs which are consistent for the grade. I have found these >style of routes more flowing and hence enjoyable rather a stroll with a couple of moves >totally out of character with the rest...
...........................
Time to re-visit this gem, & sex-up the arguement a tad...

simey
4/03/2005
>Yeah, it is a pity when one move is really out of keeping with a quality 5-pitch climb. I >would consider the creation of a hold on The Navigator to be less of a crime than the >chipped holds on Punks in the Gym, London Calling and Hit the Deck, but it would be >very difficult to achieve without it looking ugly.
>You won't see me doing it.

HEX
4/03/2005
'...Itz not about '...crime...' , sime --- itz about time --- the times in which climbing is now context-ed... The state and federal governments have a ' museum ' attitude to wilderness areas in tasmania --- this means that as long as there are large , comprehensively-represented&protected areas of bio/geo conservation, then it is ok to ' sacrifice ' excessive ' representations for the' good' of the broader community...

The same applies with climbing --- there ARE massive numbers of climbs, representing all-styles&aspects of the climbing-culture, already firmly 'protected' by the various scenes , locals & ' common sense ' ... the 'time' in which we now find our-selves is inceasingly demanding a certain smoothness-in-continuity-of-experience from the suburban front-door ---> along smooth-well-maintained roads---> to the easy walk-in ---> to 'the bit we came all this way for' ---> and safely-smoothly home-again ...

The neo-challenge these-days is to be able to dream-up the ideal climbing-trip & then execute it as smoothly as it is experienced when it drifts sexily around the mind while still in suburia ... the post-modern world is choked with political-correctness and presentz daily ' challenges' at every moment ... more than enough challenges to satisfy those who just want to pour-down the perfect milk-shake&savour the perfect Horsham-Oven-Door danish-pastry of-a-climb... ultimately we are talking about saturation-beta --- nothing left to experience but the ideal experience itzself ...no single grass-seed in the sock that ' spoiled ' that perfect bush-walk ; no single mosquito-bite that 'distracted' from that perfect sunset ; no single move '...out of keeping with a quality 5-pitch climb...'

AAAAhhhhhhhhhh !!! --- these ugg-bootz feel SSSOOOOOoooo GOOOooood ....'

nmonteith
4/03/2005
>legendary post mr hexy! 10/10

Thanx mate:-))
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