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camping at "the" arapiles


timfreddo

2-Sep-2008
6:44:59 PM

dont ya hate it when its called the arapiles, there'd be more than one if it was a the!
anyways.... wondering on the top 5 "dont forget these" when camping at araps
my picks are:
Rope
Rack
extra Nuts
book of tips on how not to piss off the nati dragon
maybe tent and food.
what do you recon?


wallwombat

2-Sep-2008
6:48:41 PM

RPs and beer.


superbumbly

2-Sep-2008
7:29:04 PM

belay slave


Sonic

2-Sep-2008
8:45:06 PM

I believe 'belay bitch' is the correct term. Never leave for the mountain without one!


timfreddo

2-Sep-2008
9:02:59 PM

or if you're trying to be polite its belay bi-atch.

tastybigmac

2-Sep-2008
11:23:53 PM

yeah, because it is The Arapiles Mountains you twat!


wallwombat

3-Sep-2008
7:22:12 AM

On 2/09/2008 tastybigmac wrote:
>yeah, because it is The Arapiles Mountains you twat!

It's named after Los Arapiles, which are some hills near Salamanca in Spain.

There are no Arapiles Mountains, you twat!

= p


skink

3-Sep-2008
9:20:33 AM

the tarp (preferably blue)


skink

3-Sep-2008
9:22:43 AM

On 3/09/2008 wallwombat wrote:
>It's named after Los Arapiles, which are some hills near Salamanca in
>Spain.

doesn't 'Los Arapiles' translate to 'The Arapiles'?

tastybigmac

3-Sep-2008
9:29:20 AM

yes there are. they are near Whore-sham in Victoria Australia.

widewetandslippery

3-Sep-2008
9:31:19 AM

An esky for the beer.

Aldi sells cheap goon.


bluey

3-Sep-2008
9:37:08 AM

Gas mask for the Gums long-drop.
Dunlop Volleys for the retro climbs.
Ear plugs for the ridiculously loud belches emitted by university groups at 1 in the morning.
Combination lock safe to protect my ancient and rare 1st edition Arapiles Selected Climbs.

fish boy

3-Sep-2008
9:53:11 AM

Huge bag of grass, one set on wife beaters, a camatose friend or two and lou's guide.


westie

3-Sep-2008
10:06:25 AM

On 2/09/2008 Sonic wrote:
>I believe 'belay bitch' is the correct term. Never leave for the mountain
>without one!

... some people swear by soft hands.


Climboholic

3-Sep-2008
10:11:36 AM

Does anyone understand why parks wouldn't want organised groups camping at the pines due to "lack of water"?

Also, I heard a rumour that campfires were going to be banned completely because people keep taking wood from the state forest.


Eduardo Slabofvic

3-Sep-2008
10:30:19 AM

On 3/09/2008 Climboholic wrote:
>Does anyone understand why parks wouldn't want organised groups camping
>at the pines due to "lack of water"?
>

Because parks are much easier to manage if no one goes there.

SimMad

3-Sep-2008
10:33:40 AM

On 3/09/2008 andesite wrote:

>doesn't 'Los Arapiles' translate to 'The Arapiles'?

True but in Espanglish you use the definite article differently than in eng-rish so that doesn't mean you translate it directly.

widewetandslippery

3-Sep-2008
11:23:36 AM

On 3/09/2008 Climboholic wrote:
>Does anyone understand why parks wouldn't want organised groups camping
>at the pines due to "lack of water"?
>
>Also, I heard a rumour that campfires were going to be banned completely
>because people keep taking wood from the state forest.

Thats interesting. There is a point where the rules are going to get broken. If there was a total fire ban year round and any of you were camped there on a rainy winters night would you light a fire? I reckon I would.

Why don't the parks sell some wood out of the back of the ute when they come around to hasssle for camp fees. Then double whammy they get to sting you twice! The whole function of the parks service is to revenue raise and this would fill there brief perfectly.


Sabu

3-Sep-2008
2:11:22 PM

On 3/09/2008 Climboholic wrote:
>Also, I heard a rumour that campfires were going to be banned completely
>because people keep taking wood from the state forest.
Thats a shame if such a rumour is true, especially seeing as its SO easy to jump across to the farmland and raid a fallen tree!! Nothing beats a fire in winter.


evanbb

3-Sep-2008
2:44:33 PM

On 3/09/2008 Sabu wrote:
>Nothing beats a fire in winter.

I would have actually died the first time I went if we didn't have a fire. I also wouldn't have experienced the joy of the "Jamie catching on fire covered with Shellite" incident without a fire. Good times.

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