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mousey

8-Jan-2008
2:33:52 PM

my mate had to give me a pep talk before we went through about riling up customs, i managed to keep my mouth shut & then the customs dude wanted to have a 10 mionute convo about hasselblad cameras... it was quite the self control test to not stir him up but yeh we made it opk. anyway im off to climb something, bye now!


mousey

19-Jan-2008
9:38:21 PM

ugh i hate waiting in airports
coincidentally im waiting in the same spot & using the same computer as when tel & myself were on the way home from castle hill a couple years ago... 3 hours into the 12 hour wait, the beers all gone and the merlot wont be far behind,,,,soooo bored bored bored
anyway had a pretty successful trip, had fun & learnt lots and despite 4 bad weather days stuck in kellman we got up a couple easy things...and now i know for certain that the real mountains is where i really want to be!


hardware

21-Jan-2008
4:29:53 PM

dude! how was Castle hill.......i'm headed there on thursday? Weather should be a noice 21.! Plus I might be able to grab a mat for the day. SWEET!


mousey

21-Jan-2008
4:32:27 PM

castle hill is amazing! especially flock hill, though im not sure where the access issues are at now so check that out first... anyway have lots of fun


wallwombat

21-Jan-2008
5:25:47 PM

So did you work out what are the best mountaineering socks?


mousey

21-Jan-2008
5:45:25 PM

ha! i just use my snowboarding ones which are pretty sweet
for pure quality check out ice breaker socks, which coincidentally are now halfprice at bivouac in christchurch, or the ones that sea to summit do are pretty schmick too (not S2S brand, the ones they stock, i forget which brand they are...ill find out tomorrow if anyone is interested)


dave h.

21-Jan-2008
10:02:12 PM

Sea to Summit import Bridgedale socks.


mousey

25-Jan-2008
7:44:35 AM

big day out today.... i have to work. i cant go see rage against the machine.
i think im going to sob into my pillow now.


alrob

25-Jan-2008
10:40:00 AM

On 25/01/2008 mousey wrote:
>big day out today.... i have to work. i cant go see rage against the machine.
>
>i think im going to sob into my pillow now.

thats too bad. i'll sms you some piccies of them on monday when I'm there

pete_w

26-Jan-2008
9:51:32 AM

Josh,
RATM freaken killed it. I was in the 2nd row, and can honestly say it was the single best concert going experience I have had ever (by a long way). Makes me a little dissapointed I missed out on Tuesdays gig (tried to get floor tickets, and by the time I knew I had missed out on them, the seating was sold out as well).

Still after all these years they are the best band ever...

Later,

Pete.


Sabu

27-Jan-2008
8:02:49 PM

sweeeeeeeet i see them tomoro! hope BDO lives up to the expectation ... i mean i came home from araps for it...!!!

Mr Milk

28-Jan-2008
5:11:21 PM

best thing about RATM is the sort of crowds they attract! nothing quite so ironic as a bunch of meathead, muslim fearing, bogans, bouncing around yelling and screaming to a band singing about racism, American imperialism, and third world poverty.


Sabu

29-Jan-2008
11:31:31 AM

lol yea, there was a lot of tension while waiting to get into the D pit, when they said no we buggered off and pushed all the way to the barrier for the best view! such a good night!!!

Duncan

29-Jan-2008
12:44:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3j5fxKt7jk

It's called "broken leg". Don't watch it if you're squeamish.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

8-Feb-2008
4:26:02 PM

Not surprising ...
... sounds to me like the usual 'happy collective*' that we are on Chocky! (sport vs trad vs boulder vs aid vs dogz@crags vs etc!)

(*~> need to warm ourselves by the common fire again, as the overall thingy is generally good imo).


IdratherbeclimbingM9

8-Feb-2008
4:47:14 PM

On 29/01/2008 Duncan wrote:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3j5fxKt7jk
>
>It's called "broken leg". Don't watch it if you're squeamish.

Happens incredibly easily doesn't it ...

What was his spotter doing (apart from scampering at the end), I wonder?

dalai

8-Feb-2008
5:01:27 PM

Problem looks like the classic 7A problem (first 7A in the forest and done in 1960!) L'Abattoir on the Carnage boulder at Bas Cuvier.

Great problem! Glad I didn't see that before I did it sans spotter and mats - well I wouldn't suggest the coir doormat would have really helped ;-)


IdratherbeclimbingM9

8-Feb-2008
5:03:31 PM

>L'Abattoir on the Carnage boulder

It is well named!

dalai

8-Feb-2008
5:07:18 PM

Every problem on this boulder is stellar!!! And yes in hindsight very well named...

The left hand version of this problem is called L'Hélicoptère due to the way people are thrown off missing the final jug ;-)


mousey

12-Feb-2008
6:33:46 PM

thats awesome, thanks for posting rod!

speaking of awesome, endless kilometres of fluffy waist-deep japanese pow through the trees and down pillow lines is pretty gosh darn good. only 6 more days of it unfortunately, -30 degrees is good fun too

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