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Who hates Chris Baxter?
BA
1-Apr-2008
5:19:24 PM
On 31/03/2008 Richard wrote:

>oh oh .. this is an easy one .. the answers here in a previous forum ..
> I just need to find it before BA logs on !!
>
>----------------
>and the answer is:
>
>it was chipped by his belayer on the first ascent of Undertaker (the
>name of which is now trivial to get from the guide..)

Oh no it wasn't! But John Pickard is partially responsible - to get cryptic and Jurassic about it.
rod
1-Apr-2008
5:28:44 PM
On 1/04/2008 westie wrote:
>On 1/04/2008 rod wrote:
>>crap thread
>
>you got a better idea?

mike and onsight's slimming lens but that thread hijack attempt failed dismally.
BA
1-Apr-2008
5:49:03 PM
On 31/03/2008 JamesMc wrote:
>BA?

Moi?

>I am told that the Imortal Inscription was by Fred Langenhorst. Have
>also heard that Chris showed a slide of it at a BMC confernece years ago.

Better get ready for some free beer James :-)

westie
1-Apr-2008
6:06:56 PM
On 1/04/2008 BA wrote:
>On 31/03/2008 JamesMc wrote:
>>BA?
>
>Moi?
>
>>I am told that the Imortal Inscription was by Fred Langenhorst. Have
>>also heard that Chris showed a slide of it at a BMC confernece years
>ago.
>
>Better get ready for some free beer James :-)

I'm happy to come good with the Beer. Still seems there's some doubt though.

Richard
1-Apr-2008
8:53:59 PM
well to add more doubt .. and never being good at cryptic clues, Mr Monteith attributes it to Mr Claw himself...

http://www.neilshaulbag.com/reports/171098.html

so maybe Claw's answer was looking to shift the attention ??
lacto
1-Apr-2008
10:26:32 PM
the inscription was there years before claw first went to araps

Eduardo Slabofvic
1-Apr-2008
10:36:12 PM
The reason why I hate Baxdoor is 3m to the left of why I hate Simey, which is 5m to the left of why I hate
Hero, which is 17.5m to the left of why I hate Zebedee, which is 23.47m to the left of why I hate Stugang,
which is 33.333333m to the right of why I hate Baxdoor.
devlin66
2-Apr-2008
10:10:22 AM
Your just talking in circles again!
BA
2-Apr-2008
12:26:32 PM
On 1/04/2008 westie wrote:

>I'm happy to come good with the Beer. Still seems there's some doubt though.

There shouldn't be, unless you're doubting the veracity of my confirmation. Fred was one of the RMIT climbers who introduced me to climbing 4 decades ago.

westie
2-Apr-2008
12:46:22 PM
On 2/04/2008 BA wrote:
>On 1/04/2008 westie wrote:
>
>>I'm happy to come good with the Beer. Still seems there's some doubt
>though.
>
>There shouldn't be, unless you're doubting the veracity of my confirmation.
>Fred was one of the RMIT climbers who introduced me to climbing 4 decades
>ago.

Given there are 3-4 names floating around if someone who'd know confirms it then James can have the beer. I'd hate to think someone was trying it on. :)

Well and truly over it now.
prb
2-Apr-2008
12:46:26 PM
On 2/04/08 devlin66 wrote:

>Your just talking in circles again!

Maybe, but Eduardo has identified two reasons for hating CB separated by 15.64m.
devlin66
2-Apr-2008
12:49:49 PM
Lolo. That's doing my head in. I hate Baxter now!
dalai
2-Apr-2008
12:57:13 PM
On 2/04/2008 westie wrote:

>Given there are 3-4 names floating around if someone who'd know confirms
>it then James can have the beer. I'd hate to think someone was trying it
>on. :)
>

Knowing BA as the font of all things Victorian Climbing, I have no reason to doubt his answer...

westie
2-Apr-2008
2:29:40 PM
On 2/04/2008 dalai wrote:

>Knowing BA as the font of all things Victorian Climbing, I have no reason
>to doubt his answer...

OK. John Pickard or Fred Lagenhorst?
dalai
2-Apr-2008
2:32:37 PM
Both took turns...

prb
2-Apr-2008
2:57:22 PM
On 2/04/08 devlin66 wrote:

>Your just talking in circles again!

Maybe, but Eduardo has identified two reasons for hating CB separated by 15.64m.

>Lolo. That's doing my head in. I hate Baxter now!

...or Eduardo has one reason for hating CB if the reasons are, say, on an object you can walk round and
it's 15.64m to do so.
RK
2-Apr-2008
4:45:58 PM
On 2/04/2008 westie wrote:
>On 2/04/2008 dalai wrote:
>
>>Knowing BA as the font of all things Victorian Climbing, I have no reason
>>to doubt his answer...
>
>OK. John Pickard or Fred Lagenhorst?

It was Fred. I was there on the day :-)

On 31/03/2008 mikl law wrote:
>So many reasons;-
>He's got way more passion than talent, and is still putting up more new
>routes than the VCC combined. etc etc etc

Good on him!

On 31/03/2008 Richard wrote:
>On 31/03/2008 westie wrote:
>
>>Another six pack to know who scrawled the infamous graf on Castle Crag.
>
>oh oh .. this is an easy one .. the answers here in a previous forum ..
> I just need to find it before BA logs on !!
>
>----------------
>and the answer is:
>
>it was chipped by his belayer on the first ascent of Undertaker (the
>name of which is now trivial to get from the guide..)

If you guys had looked at the guide, then you would have figured out immediately that this gossip was b------t as Dewhirst led the route. Baxter was the belayer. But then why should the facts get in the way of a good slagging session?

On 31/03/2008 foreverabumbly wrote:
>and his "aided" route was Leaden Echo - grade 9, and yep - just to the
>right of touchstone
>

Since when does one point of aid make anything an "aided" route and hey guys...it was 1965. Filed out engineering nuts on hawser slings. No sticky rubber. No stick-clipping anything way aboves one's head etc etc etc

See ya!
BA
2-Apr-2008
5:20:00 PM
On 2/04/2008 RK wrote:

>It was Fred. I was there on the day :-)

Ta Rein. I don't know how many people have ensured that the inscription has remained viable over the years, but it must be many.

PS The Jurassic comment refers to those old enough to remember John Pickard, and what possible connection there is to the "Baxter Is A Shit" quote.

foreverabumbly
2-Apr-2008
8:28:44 PM
On 2/04/2008 RK wrote:
31/03/2008 foreverabumbly wrote:
>>and his "aided" route was Leaden Echo - grade 9, and yep - just to the
>>right of touchstone
>>
>
>Since when does one point of aid make anything an "aided" route and hey
>guys...it was 1965. Filed out engineering nuts on hawser slings. No sticky
>rubber. No stick-clipping anything way aboves one's head etc etc etc
>

Yep - which is why I did the " " thing.

JamesMc
2-Apr-2008
10:07:38 PM
Hope the VCC doesn't mind me ripping off the November 91 issue of Argus. It may shed some light on the current discussion.

JamesMc....

PS Does anyone know who Jason Ramsbottom was, apart from editor of Gaytime Magazine? (BA let someone else have a go first.)

________________________________________________________________

MASTERMIND by Jason Ramsbottom
The following is the transcript of a recent studio recording of the
ever popular ABC quiz show Mastermind. To be broadcast in early 1992.
Quiz Master: Tonight’s Mastermind contestant is Mr Peter Watling of Richmond, Victoria who is a professional tea drinker with Sunshine City Council. His special subject is “The Life and Crimes of Chris Baxter”.
Mr Watling, your questions begin now,
QM: Name two internationally famous climbers whose initials are C.B.
PW: Chris Baxter and er, ah, that pommy bloke, oh what’s his name...
QM: The second climber is Chris Bonington.
Can you demonstrate Chris Baxter’s climbing technique?
PW: “Watch me mate...”
QM: Correct.
What is Chris Baxter’s climbing nick-name?
PW: Melon.
QM: Correct.
Does this remind you of a Persian proverb?
PW: A women for duty, a boy for pleasure, but a melon for ecstasy.
QM: Correct.
Why was he called Melon?
PW: Because “Viz” magazine and “Buster Gonad” had not been published back then.
QM: Correct.
What is Chris Baxter’s worst nightmare?
PW: Being on a climb with Mike Law and hearing the words “It’s too hard for me, you have a try Chris.”
QM: Correct.
And his second worst nightmare?
PW: Going on a hot air balloon flight and discovering that the pilot is Chris Dewhirst.
QM: Correct.
And his next worst nightmare?
PW: Travelling as a passenger with Geoff Gledhill driving.
QM: Correct.
What is Geoff Gledhill’s worst nightmare?
PW: Travelling as a passenger when Chris Baxter is driving.
QM: Correct.
Why is this Geoff’s worst nightmare?
PW: You’d need to know the story behind the climb name “Roaming Hands” at Worthless Wall in the Gramps.
QM: I would rather not know.
Name ten climbs that were named for Chris Baxter.
PW: Assistance Required, Blind Ambition, Eternal Youth, Fat Dude, F Sharp, He’s A
Lumberjack, Hidden Vice, Vile Habits, Come Up And Winch Me Sometime, Clawing
Wildly, Out To Pasture, Too Hard, Block And Tackle, Lunging For Melon’s, Melon Was
Here, Melanoma.... Need I say more?
QM: No!
QM: Can you tell us the true story of Chris Baxter’s jeans that were buried below “Cecilia” at Mt Arapiles?
PW: It’s more than my life’s worth!
QM: Correct!
QM: Of which climbing clubs has Chris Baxter been a member?
PW: Monash Bushwalkers Club!!!, Melbourne University Mountaineering Club and the Victorian Climbing Club of which he is a life member.
QM: Correct. His life membership of MUMC was of course a hoax.
Which notable climbing club of the 60s and 70s refused Chris Baxter’s supplication for membership?
PW: RMIT
QM: Correct.
What was Chris Baxter’s comment at his rejection?
PW: “I wouldn’t want to join any club that would have me as a member.”
QM: Correct.
How often has Chris Baxter offered as a wager to eat his underpants?
PW: As often as he’s had hot dinners.
QM: Correct.
What was Chris Baxter’s most memorable meal in Britain?
PW: Steamed leopard skin jocks in the Plas y Brennan dining hail.
QM: Correct.
What was Chris Baxter’s most memorable meal in Australia?
PW: Licking my boots in the Barbican campsite after the first ascent of “The Pirate”.
QM: Correct. The current guidebook is in error in ascribing this incident to the first ascent of “Rapier”.
What is Chris Baxter’s attitude to aids?
PW: He’s bloody glad it wasn’t about in the 60s and 70s.
QM: I mean direct aid Mr Watling.
PW: He’s bloody glad it was about in the 60s and 70s.
QM: Correct.
How did Chris Baxter ensure that the first aided ascent of Ozymandias at Mt Buffalo would be pushed through regardless?
PW: By shitting down the initial corners from Big Grassy, thus making retreat unthinkable - the evacuation that ended all evacuations!
QM: Do you have any proof of that Mr Watling?
PW: Not personally, but all the guests of the chalet who were out at dawn with their telephoto lenses have photographic proof.
QM: Correct.
Do you know the origin of Chris Baxter’s long standing antipathy to Bill Andrews?
PW: Buggered if I know.
QM: Correct.
What is Chris Baxter’s favourite Welsh climbing venue?
PW: Pass.
QM: Correct. The Llanberis Pass.
Name an inappropriate tool with which to file down bolts.
PW: A wood rasp.
QM: Surely you’re joking Mr Watling?
PW: I kid you not!
QM: Who accompanied Chris Baxter on a weekend climbing trip, after having been informed that Chris Baxter hated swearing and would not tolerate it?
PW: Andrew Thomson.
QM: Correct.
How long did it take Thomson to realise that he had been hoaxed?
PW: 36 hours - he was too young to know what most of the words meant.
QM: Correct.
How many sentences had Chris Baxter spoken in that time that contained no swearing?
PW: Five?
QM: The correct answer is two, and the sentences were; “Hullo Mrs Thomson” and “Is Andrew ready to go?”
QM: What was the name of the (fictitious) American micro-peg for which Chris Baxter wrote to Yvon Chouinard requesting information?
PW: (loud belch) Beg pardon.
QM: Correct. It was the Beyond Ultimate Reality Piton, or BURP.
What was Chouinard’s reply?
PW: Surely you’re joking Mr Baxter.
QM: Correct.
What is Chris Baxter’s view on sexual exploitation in outdoor magazines?
PW: It should be on the front cover - look at Wild, numbers 1 8, 22 & 34.
QM: Correct.
Chris Baxter’s full name is usually given as Christopher R. Baxter. What was he christened?
PW: Christopher Robin Baxter.
QM: Correct.
To what did he change his name by deed poll in 1 969?
PW: Christopher Royalrobbins Baxter.
QM: Correct, and your time is up.
I say that advisedly, as the studio has just received a writ from Michael Stone, of Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Runne (solicitors and commissioners for oaths) claiming damages for breach of copyright on most of your answers - he says he’s been dining out on those stories for years.
The network has arranged to place you in its contestant protection program. You will be given a completely new identity. How about a clean shaven Mormon missionary who can climb grade 22 off-width? No one will know you then! You’ll have to give up tea and alcohol though pardon, you would rather eat your underpants you say.
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