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Easter Epic - can you beat this?


cruze

28-Mar-2008
3:02:20 PM

We have all been there buddy. It ain't pretty when it happens but if it weren't for shit happening climbing would be a pretty boring hobby.

Fish Boy

28-Mar-2008
5:27:26 PM

Kieran, no hexs at all. I dropped a couple of aliens and a couple of forged friends into it, all hand size....

Shmalzy

28-Mar-2008
7:43:07 PM

On 28/03/2008 Bluey wrote:
>On 27/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>
>>
>>Idiot
>
>>Idiot. Didn't learn from first idiocy - put everyone else out
>>
>>Idiot. Look at the weather forecast
>>
>>Sorry for the harsh tone
>
>Hey Schmalzy, thanks for your constructive criticism. Good to see a chockstone
>contributor, who out
>of 4 posts ever, devotes one of those to repeatedly calling someone an
>idiot. Charming.
>
>For the record, we were extremely apologetic to the Parks Vic and Police
>who were entirely unphased -
>I believe the phrase they used was "shit happens". Which it does. We made
>a few mistakes, which we
>analysed to death and with great humour afterwards...just wanted to give
>you lot a few laughs and a bit
>of diversion too.
>

OK alright you little sh$$, you're alright. sowwy

It just gets my goat how epics are paraded around like they're a trophy, or add credibility or something. The analogy to most other pursuits is = c**-up. You could have avoided all that sh## if you had have had your thinking caps on.

one thing I'll say though....What did you think parks was going to say to you? Hmmm? "entirely unphased?" pffft

Let's bring some professionalism into our activities please, we're smart, sophisticated people who know what we're doing

Shmalzy

28-Mar-2008
8:08:55 PM

On 28/03/2008 cruze wrote:
>We have all been there buddy. It ain't pretty when it happens but if it
>weren't for shit happening climbing would be a pretty boring hobby.

F## mate, what climbing you doing? I find climbing completely exciting, stimulating and challenging - without "sh## (whatever that means) happening". Sh## happening just means you've made a technical mistake/misjudgement/error = c## up?When you do that at work how do you feel? When you do it climbing = hurts gravity will punish yo

straitoutacompton

28-Mar-2008
8:12:53 PM

did this

Shmalzy

28-Mar-2008
8:15:00 PM

On 28/03/2008 straitoutacompton wrote:
>

Whatever you said, I'm not sure


cruze

28-Mar-2008
8:38:45 PM

Oh oh. Is he back?


Sabu

28-Mar-2008
9:15:24 PM

Alright i'll bite:

On 28/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>OK alright you little sh$$, you're alright. sowwy
Statements like that aren't going to earn you a lot of respect here.

>It just gets my goat how epics are paraded around like they're a trophy,
>or add credibility or something. The analogy to most other pursuits is
>= c**-up. You could have avoided all that sh## if you had have had your
>thinking caps on.
Not everything is a c--kup. think about it... we're in the outdoors, so what makes you think we can control for everything mother nature can do to us? Thinking caps on or not, gear gets stuck, rocks fall and paths don't necessarily lead to where we want them to etc.

>one thing I'll say though....What did you think parks was going to say
>to you? Hmmm? "entirely unphased?" pffft
Perhaps they were actually glad they didn't have a serious problem to deal with? Situations like these are essentially the best outcomes given that not all end well.

>Let's bring some professionalism into our activities please, we're smart,
>sophisticated people who know what we're doing
i agree but that doesn't mean we're all perfect, dont make mistakes and are immune from natures variables.


m9whereisthat

28-Mar-2008
9:30:57 PM

Talking about epic...my wife just left me.

Shmalzy

29-Mar-2008
1:39:35 AM

OK I'll bite

On 28/03/2008 Sabu wrote:
>Alright i'll bite:
>
>On 28/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>>OK alright you little sh$$, you're alright. sowwy
>Statements like that aren't going to earn you a lot of respect here.

What? I don't understand

>
>>It just gets my goat how epics are paraded around like they're a trophy,
>>or add credibility or something. The analogy to most other pursuits is
>>= c**-up. You could have avoided all that sh## if you had have had your
>>thinking caps on.
>Not everything is a c--kup. think about it... we're in the outdoors, so
>what makes you think we can control for everything mother nature can do
>to us? Thinking caps on or not, gear gets stuck, rocks fall and paths don't
>necessarily lead to where we want them to etc.
>

Human error. Start early enough (day turns to night), read the map, learn how to put in gear. We learn that so we don't c## up. 99% of days turn smoothly. The other 1% is your c##-up. Look at the weather forecast etc etc so you don't c## that up

These guys had three c##-ups in a row

>>one thing I'll say though....What did you think parks was going to say
>>to you? Hmmm? "entirely unphased?" pffft
>Perhaps they were actually glad they didn't have a serious problem to
>deal with? Situations like these are essentially the best outcomes given
>that not all end well.

What? If it wasn't a c##-up they wouldn't have had to be there at all.

>
>>Let's bring some professionalism into our activities please, we're smart,
>>sophisticated people who know what we're doing

>i agree but that doesn't mean we're all perfect, dont make mistakes and
>are immune from natures variables.

Sure - that was my point - "mistakes" = c## up


belayslave

29-Mar-2008
11:26:42 AM

On 28/03/2008 m9whereisthat wrote:
>Talking about epic...my wife just left me.

That is epic mate, i'm sorry to hear it. Not a lot i can say to make you feel any better (given i don't know
you), but get out there climbing, lose your head in the clouds for a while.


Phil Box

30-Mar-2008
10:11:02 AM

On 28/03/2008 m9whereisthat wrote:
>Talking about epic...my wife just left me.
>
>
>

More climbing time for you without the nagging. See, there is a way of looking at life from a glass half full perspective. ;))


Capt_mulch

30-Mar-2008
10:56:18 AM

On 28/03/2008 m9whereisthat wrote:
>Talking about epic...my wife just left me.
>
Shouldn't this be posted in the "I'm Stoked!" thread??


wallwombat

30-Mar-2008
11:03:04 PM

On 28/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>.. we're smart, sophisticated people who know what we're doing

I'm not.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

31-Mar-2008
9:11:07 AM

On 28/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>OK alright you little sh$$, you're alright. sowwy
snip
>.. we're smart, sophisticated people who know what we're doing

So you intentionally personally abuse people on public forums?

On 28/03/2008 m9whereisthat wrote:
>Talking about epic...my wife just left me.

... but as a Troll, (sxxxxxg), gained a user id ...
~> I see the link.

On 28/03/2008 cruze wrote:
>Oh oh. Is he back?

I don't think it is the same one, though I see the similarity that you see.

Shmalzy

31-Mar-2008
7:48:11 PM

On 31/03/2008 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 28/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>>OK alright you little sh$$, you're alright. sowwy
>snip
>>.. we're smart, sophisticated people who know what we're doing
>
>So you intentionally personally abuse people on public forums?
>
>

He didn't know what he was doing. I know what I'm doing

>
>
>
>On 28/03/2008 m9whereisthat wrote:
>>Talking about epic...my wife just left me.
>
>... but as a Troll, (sxxxxxg), gained a user id ...
>~> I see the link.
>
>
>
>On 28/03/2008 cruze wrote:
>>Oh oh. Is he back?
>
>I don't think it is the same one, though I see the similarity that you
>see.

I too see the similarity (said while kicking back with M9 and cruze, on the porch, watching the sun go down over beers, looking at it)


IdratherbeclimbingM9

31-Mar-2008
9:08:07 PM

Good to see the warm'n'fuzzy side come out; ... ~> when you want us to see it?


Sabu

31-Mar-2008
9:20:00 PM

On 29/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>Human error. Start early enough (day turns to night), read the map, learn
>how to put in gear. We learn that so we don't c## up. 99% of days turn
>smoothly. The other 1% is your c##-up. Look at the weather forecast etc
>etc so you don't c## that up
>
>These guys had three c##-ups in a row

Not everything is human error dude.
Im not saying that these guys didn't make mistakes but you seem to have the idea that no matter what you could control for every situation (see below):

On 31/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>He didn't know what he was doing. I know what I'm doing

Hopefully you'll also learn some manners sometime soon.

Shmalzy

31-Mar-2008
9:30:46 PM

On 31/03/2008 Sabu wrote:
>On 29/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>>Human error. Start early enough (day turns to night), read the map, learn
>>how to put in gear. We learn that so we don't c## up. 99% of days turn
>>smoothly. The other 1% is your c##-up. Look at the weather forecast etc
>>etc so you don't c## that up
>>
>>These guys had three c##-ups in a row
>
>Not everything is human error dude.
>Im not saying that these guys didn't make mistakes but you seem to have
>the idea that no matter what you could control for every situation (see
>below):
>

I didn't say everything was human error - just what they did. I guess the usefulness is that other people can read about the c##k-ups and hopefully not make the same c##k-ups themselves

>On 31/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>>He didn't know what he was doing. I know what I'm doing
>
>Hopefully you'll also learn some manners sometime soon.

OK - if you put it like that I can understand

Shmalz

lacto

2-Apr-2008
9:26:26 PM

it always seems to me that when things stuff up they generally happen in 3's. very rarely only a single one . my brother went canoeing a while back and had 3 flat tyres in a weekend hadnt had a flat in previous 6 years.

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