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brent_e
May 10, 2006, 6:40 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: As mentioned, I appreciate the offers and suggestions, but i'll have to find something closer to home that will allow me to put some money in the bank. school is bloody expensive and i'm getting cut off this year from parental funding, so life will be a bit harder (i know...."whine whine whine" cut off, blah blah blah....but it's hard for me to work during the school year so i need the cash now). Brent Ack, no funding, no coop work terms, no working through the school year? Yeah, I hope you get a job that'll pay well over the summer. Its hard to make enough money to live off for a year when you only get to work for 3 months......I mean, how will you be able to continue to buy gear off the internet?!
yeah...that's a problem. I have to learn some things yet. Like not to expect to make the same amount of money every summer.
:?
Brent
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brent_e
May 12, 2006, 1:02 PM
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When are you moving, Nate?
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granite_grrl
May 12, 2006, 2:40 PM
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We're moving on Sunday, and then Nathan is probably leave on Tues or Wends to the mid-west :(
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brent_e
May 12, 2006, 3:55 PM
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ack.....i'll try and see you sunday....but i don't know for how long (have to be at a mothers day thing). can you PM/email me with your new house location?
Brent
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caughtinside
May 12, 2006, 4:31 PM
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Good luck with the move!
Hope the climbing treats you well in the midwest!
Brent, bring home some bank this summer!
Happy mothers day! It's :robert: to love your mom!
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chossmonkey
May 12, 2006, 5:00 PM
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In reply to: Hope the climbing treats you well in the midwest!
I probably won't be climbing much. I'll be working. :?
The climbing in the miwest has treated me pretty well though. Dispite being from there I still turned out pretty :robert:.
One of the last times we were in the Gunks we were talking to the Julie woman who seems to be in every Gunks picture. She asked where I was from and she was like :wtf: when I told her I was from WI. She seemed pretty surprised that people from WI could go to the Gunks and actually hold there own.
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brent_e
May 14, 2006, 4:24 AM
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In reply to: Good luck with the move! Hope the climbing treats you well in the midwest! Brent, bring home some bank this summer! Happy mothers day! It's :robert: to love your mom!
I'd kinda like to bring home some money....freaking market fluctuations, though.
And yeah, my ma is great! She dealt with me growing up!!! :D
Brent
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caughtinside
May 15, 2006, 4:52 PM
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Hope you guys had a good weekend. 8^)
I did 16 pitches. :)
And bootied an alien. :D
Damn. Climbing is like, the :robert: -est thing ever.
Cheers!
Dave
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In reply to: Hope you guys had a good weekend. 8^) I did 16 pitches. :) And bootied an alien. :D Damn. Climbing is like, the :robert: -est thing ever. Cheers! Dave
Did it look like this:
http://www.aliencamsbycch.com/...eequarteralien_b.jpg
I lost one... 8^)
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brent_e
May 15, 2006, 6:04 PM
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:lol:
nice!
I saw my girlfriend this weekend. Went bouldering a bit, too. First time climbing in WAY too long. It was nice, although i'm terribly weak.
Brent
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May 15, 2006, 6:49 PM
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Funny thread this one.... I always seem to come back to it for some reason.... You guys sure do talk a lot! ....LMAO!
I'm looking forward to climbing on real rock too for once in a friggin' long time.... I think it was November just before I left Aus. I've spent way too long training at the rock wall here on campus.... My girl and I are heading to The New for a few days at the very end of May. It's gunna be awesome to see her again.
I wouldn't mind an alien or three....
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brent_e
May 16, 2006, 2:02 AM
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In reply to: Funny thread this one.... I always seem to come back to it for some reason.... You guys sure do talk a lot! ....LMAO! I'm looking forward to climbing on real rock too for once in a friggin' long time.... I think it was November just before I left Aus. I've spent way too long training at the rock wall here on campus.... My girl and I are heading to The New for a few days at the very end of May. It's gunna be awesome to see her again. I wouldn't mind an alien or three....
I talk a lot cuz i don't climb! :lol:
Good to hear you're getting on some stone!!! And good to hear you get to see your ladyfriend, too. I know how that feels (although not as extreme as your case).
climb hard! have fun!
Brent
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May 16, 2006, 1:14 PM
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In reply to: And good to hear you get to see your ladyfriend, too. I know how that feels................ climb hard!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I hope nobody else is around to see that! :lol:
In reply to: Hope you guys had a good weekend. 8^) I did 16 pitches. :) And bootied an alien. :) Damn. Climbing is like, the :robert: -est thing ever.
I lifted lots of boxes. Does moving a climbing wall count as climbing?
I bootied an Alien out at the Gunks last fall. It was all old and worn out though. It hadn't been hacked on yet by people who don't know how to liberate stuck cams, it was just old.
In one day at RR I found a #3 Camalot with a Nuetrino biner, #1 Flex Friend a nut, two Petzl biners, some new webbing, a nice climbing quick link, and a liter of water. All in exellent condition. The water hadn't yet been opened and we were parched, it was a very welcome find. :D
Finding bootie water when all your water is gone is the 8^) est thing ever.
Ice climbing is the :robert: est thing ever.
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caughtinside
May 16, 2006, 5:37 PM
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In reply to: In one day at RR I found a #3 Camalot with a Nuetrino biner, #1 Flex Friend a nut, two Petzl biners, some new webbing, a nice climbing quick link, and a liter of water. All in exellent condition. The water hadn't yet been opened and we were parched, it was a very welcome find. :D
(do we need a pirate emoticon now?)
In reply to: Finding bootie water when all your water is gone is the 8^) est thing ever. Ice climbing is the :robert: est thing ever.
I live in CA. What's ice climbing? hahaha
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darkside
May 16, 2006, 6:22 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Finding bootie water when all your water is gone is the 8^) est thing ever. Ice climbing is the :robert: est thing ever. I live in CA. What's ice climbing? hahaha
You might be a caughtinside if you have no idea what you're missing.
You might be a Brent_E if you're a mechanic in a climbing forum, claiming to have tried some bouldering.
You might be a chossmonkey if you need to get yourself out to Alberta to give darkside a belay on ice when no one else is still interested in ice "because it's rock season" and he really really wants to go looking for ice up on the Icefields Parkway and there is still rotten falling down ice in Grassi Lakes lowdown in Canmore so there has to be climbable ice up high or in the north facing places or in the deeper gullies or somewhere because he can feel it in his bones and just knows there is some and really really wants to go ice climbing again because he hasn't been ice climbing in like three or four or forever more weeks now.
You might be a darkside if you're a lost cause.
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caughtinside
May 16, 2006, 6:45 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: Finding bootie water when all your water is gone is the 8^) est thing ever. Ice climbing is the :robert: est thing ever. I live in CA. What's ice climbing? hahaha You might be a caughtinside if you have no idea what you're missing.
That may be true, but please don't clue me in! You might be like caughtinside if you live less than 3 hours from Yosemite valley, 30 minutes from the local pile, and a lifetime of rock in a 2 hour radius. I don't have the time/money for another hobby.
You know what they say is the most critical piece of gear for a california ice climber? A really fast car!
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granite_grrl
May 17, 2006, 3:32 PM
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In reply to: You might be a chossmonkey if you need to get yourself out to Alberta to give darkside a belay on ice when no one else is still interested in ice "because it's rock season" and he really really wants to go looking for ice up on the Icefields Parkway and there is still rotten falling down ice in Grassi Lakes lowdown in Canmore so there has to be climbable ice up high or in the north facing places or in the deeper gullies or somewhere because he can feel it in his bones and just knows there is some and really really wants to go ice climbing again because he hasn't been ice climbing in like three or four or forever more weeks now.
I have a feeling that I may have to fight for my husband's attention if/when we get out to Calgary :? .
By the way, Grant, with both you and Nathan gone I see myself having issues going away every weekend I have avaliable, this stupid shift work is messing up my climbing chi.
You might be a Brent E if you have a partner like Rebecca, willing to go away almost every weekend and you don't take advantage of it (common Brent, you know you want to head to the Gunks May 27-28th).
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darkside
May 17, 2006, 4:37 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: You might be a chossmonkey if you need to get yourself out to Alberta to give darkside a belay on ice when no one else is still interested in ice "because it's rock season" and he really really wants to go looking for ice up on the Icefields Parkway and there is still rotten falling down ice in Grassi Lakes lowdown in Canmore so there has to be climbable ice up high or in the north facing places or in the deeper gullies or somewhere because he can feel it in his bones and just knows there is some and really really wants to go ice climbing again because he hasn't been ice climbing in like three or four or forever more weeks now. I have a feeling that I may have to fight for my husband's attention if/when we get out to Calgary :? . By the way, Grant, with both you and Nathan gone I see myself having issues going away every weekend I have avaliable, this stupid shift work is messing up my climbing chi. You might be a Brent E if you have a partner like Rebecca, willing to go away almost every weekend and you don't take advantage of it (common Brent, you know you want to head to the Gunks May 27-28th).
I'm still up for climbing on weekends, I just don't have an airplane handy, do you? In fact I'm thinking my car may be on it's way to dying :evil: maybe a few more climbing days in it yet though.
Gunks for May Long, don't be a total mechanic there Brent :P I'll be heading to Skaha myself mixing it up with a little bolt clipping and a little gear fondling.
PS - what's this if/when sh|t? I'm counting on you two to head out here by fall latest so we can resurrect the weekend adventures and start the new ice addiction display.
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jumpingrock
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Grant buddy, I hate to tell you but the weather last night (while you were working) was beyond gorgeous. We were climbing in the shade and the temprature was PERFECT. I think the ice season is finished. ;-)
You might be a darkside if you think that you can still climb ice in the +30 weather we are having.
You might be a jumpingrock if you found a way to do 6 pitches of bolt clipping on superb rock after work yesterday.
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darkside
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See now David, that's why you are an ice newb and I'm going ice climbing the weekend after May long. I will find some, I will climb it, I will be happy - regardless of the conditions. It may be soft, easy swinging, hero ice or it may be aerated rotten ice that scares the bejeebus out of me. I will love it all the same.
Did I mention considering buying some Monsters I saw on sale?
BTW Icefields Parkway is still getting sub zero temps at night :D
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jumpingrock
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Heh as long as you are happy of course :-) I'm thinking about heading up "The Great Choss Pile" weekend after may long. Been too long since I challanged the beast to kill me.
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chossmonkey
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In reply to: Dude! You're a damned pirate, scoring that much bootay at once! Aarrrrrrr! (do we need a pirate emoticon now?) I live in CA. What's ice climbing? hahaha
AAARRRRRR!!! :robert: <---Pirate with two eye patches, double hardcore!
That day was like a gear shop up in that canyon. Lots of other gear was found buy other parties as well. All in great condition.
Ice forms just outside of Las Vegas, California gets ice too.
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brent_e
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whoa....hello peoples. been a while since i've visited this little thread!
update:
went to michigan last week for the FSAE competition. However, we had a little issue...on the final dyno run before the race just before we were going to assemble the car, we melted the piston. I say "we," however, i wasn't there to witness (kingston). So, it was bust this year. The guys decided to use this car next year due to time and money constraints which didn't allow us to get a new piston/engine or hone the engine before we had to leave. It's a damn shame, to say the least. A damn shame. looks like we're going to try and do another car this year and use the current one as backup. Anybody know of anyone with a couple CBR 600 Hondas they want to part with?
anyway, i'm up for some climbing this week but i don't know who is around. I think rebecca took off and nate is also gone. anybody up for the glen? or maybe a night trip to nemo?
and does anyone want to sponsor a car team!? :lol:
Brent
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Brent, just got back tonight. Had fun at Nathan's sister's wedding....but am I glad that i didn't have one like that! She was a total stress ball. Nathan is still out in MN, I miss him already :cry: :cry: .
So, you're doing another car....for this year? wtf? How the hell will I ever get you out to climb now?
You may be a brent_e if you'll be stuck in a garage all summer instead of out on the cliffs!
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