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maxdacat

22-May-2012
5:37:38 PM

On 20/05/2012 davidn wrote:
>
>I'm looking at an 8 metre 'route'. It's close to highball territory but
>frankly neither my ankles nor my wife will thank me for doing it that way.
> The route goes as a V7 boulder problem off the deck through a steeply
>overhung dyno from bad holds to a sloper rail. From there, the rock turns
>slabby and more like V0-V2 granite crimps, pinches and pockets (yes, pockets
>on granite, one of the odd and interesting features of the area).

Sounds like a well 'ard and epic undertaking mate....have you considered turning it into a via ferrata so the masses can enjoy?

widewetandslippery

23-May-2012
2:00:41 PM

On 21/05/2012 wallwombat wrote:
>widewetandslippery would say something about the "top route" being the
>one with the sheila in the pink top standing underneath it

I just got my boat!

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea

In a beautiful pea green boat,

They took some honey, and plenty of money,

Wrapped up in a five pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

And sang to a small guitar,

'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,

What a beautiful Pussy you are,

You are,
You are!

What a beautiful Pussy you are!'

Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!

How charmingly sweet you sing!

O let us be married! too long we have tarried:

But what shall we do for a ring?'

They sailed away, for a year and a day,

To the land where the Bong-tree grows

And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood

With a ring at the end of his nose,

His nose,
His nose,

With a ring at the end of his nose.

'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling

Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'

So they took it away, and were married next day

By the Turkey who lives on the hill.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,

Which they ate with a runcible spoon;

And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,

They danced by the light of the moon,

The moon,
The moon,

They danced by the light of the moon.

She looks like a pussycat and I have a pea green boat.


ChuckNorris

23-May-2012
2:04:54 PM

On 23/05/2012 widewetandslippery wrote:
>On 21/05/2012 wallwombat wrote:
>>widewetandslippery would say something about the "top route" being the
>>one with the sheila in the pink top standing underneath it
>
>I just got my boat!
>
> The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
>
> In a beautiful pea green boat,
>
> They took some honey, and plenty of money,
>
> Wrapped up in a five pound note.
>
> The Owl looked up to the stars above,
>
> And sang to a small guitar,
>
> 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
>
> What a beautiful Pussy you are,
>
> You are,
> You are!
>
> What a beautiful Pussy you are!'
>
>
> Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
>
> How charmingly sweet you sing!
>
> O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
>
> But what shall we do for a ring?'
>
> They sailed away, for a year and a day,
>
> To the land where the Bong-tree grows
>
> And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
>
> With a ring at the end of his nose,
>
> His nose,
> His nose,
>
> With a ring at the end of his nose.
>
>
> 'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
>
> Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
>
> So they took it away, and were married next day
>
> By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
>
> They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
>
> Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
>
> And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
>
> They danced by the light of the moon,
>
> The moon,
> The moon,
>
> They danced by the light of the moon.
>
>She looks like a pussycat and I have a pea green boat.

I can't believe it took someone this long to bring that up.

gfdonc

23-May-2012
2:29:30 PM

On 23/05/2012 widewetandslippery wrote:
>
> The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
> Which they ate with a runcible spoon;

Ha! Well I had to know what that meant. And whaddya know ...
runcible: 1871, a nonsense word coined by Edward Lear; used especially in runcible spoon "spoon with three short tines like a fork," which first took the name 1926.

Ha! It's a Spork! Clearly they were big-walling. Maybe the reference to "sea" was a future imagining of Pacific Ocean Wall, Yosemite? Wonders ..


IdratherbeclimbingM9

23-May-2012
2:32:53 PM

On 23/05/2012 gfdonc wrote:
>Ha! It's a Spork!
~> or in Our Land of Oz ... a splayd!


Climbau

23-May-2012
2:43:42 PM

On 23/05/2012 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 23/05/2012 gfdonc wrote:
>>Ha! It's a Spork!
>~> or in Our Land of Oz ... a splayd!
Splades only have two tines M9.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

23-May-2012
2:48:27 PM

On 23/05/2012 Climbau wrote:
>On 23/05/2012 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>>On 23/05/2012 gfdonc wrote:
>>>Ha! It's a Spork!
>>~> or in Our Land of Oz ... a splayd!
>Splades only have two tines M9.
>
Many of the imitations do. The originals actually have four.


ajfclark

23-May-2012
2:53:13 PM

See http://www.splayd.com.au/


climbau

25-May-2012
10:00:23 AM

I stand corrected. It appears I have the lesser imitations. :(

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