I think it's jsut a stright rip off.

Madrock was bad enough, but ClimbX seems to have taken it to a whole new level.

So I kinda wanted to see Cloud Atlas, looking through the local theater listings I realized that this was the last night it was going to show that movie (looks like the latest Twilight movie is going to take over).

Guess I'm going to the movies tonight!

I'm so psyched on movies this fall. Saw Cloud Atlas last week, it was awesome. Going to go check out the Man with the Iron Fists tonight, which looks like cheesy fun. Then the Hobbit, then the gnu Bond flick, then Lincoln... woo!

I'm going to straight rip off this PTFTW.

surprised there are no patent issues ... though maybe a grigri has been out for 20 years now?

story.

The strange etymology of the Gri Gri name actually shocks and embarrasses us in the discrete western world as it originates from the Penis Gourds of the West Papua Indonesia and New Guinea natives and the masturbatory practices thereoff.

Please do not be offended dear reader, and follow along with a scientific frame of mind, for these stories are meant to inform and teach, and not titulate. So stop your snickering right now please.

http://www.rhymer.net/New%20Folder/gourd1.jpg

It's true.

The male natives of the SE Asian tribal species wear penis gourds both to protect and warm the Penis and to denote social status. The longer the gourd, the higher the social status of the individual. The highest status attained comes with the translated term westerners loosely call "The Big Dick". That is the teminology applied to the chief or leader, who is seen wearing the longest, and thickest penis gourd.

The term for rubbing the Gourds is called "ghrei" which interestingly is the original root from which "Christ" is derived, which is *ghrei- or "to rub." (Contracted to *ghri-). When rubbing to pleasurable finish and completion, the islanders would call that "ghri-ghri". They had learned this word "Ghrei" from the early missionaries when the Missionaries would try and teach the islanders to restrict their frequent embarrassingly public and messy sexual urges. The Islanders mistook the intent of the wording and made it their own: applying it to the frequent rubbing of the gourd when one was without woman but thinking one should be with one.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/...d.pl?date=2003-12-25

http://www.rhymer.net/New%20Folder/gourd

A young french explorer who was also a climber had wandered through this area of Penis gourd rubbing natives, and seeing the islanders conduct the motion which they called "GhriGhri", thought it was eerily similar the the motion any western climbing young man would make while feeding rope through the belay camming device while toproping a parner who was climbing fast: which he had recently invented. It was, without question, the very same motion as performing the rubbing of the gourd. Thus was born the name "GriGri".

So the next time you pull or yank that thin cord through the GriGri, thank the Penis Gourd wearing islanders and their missionary style rubbing and count your lucky toproping gym-climbing stars your dick is swaddled in cotton and not a Gourd and you have a mechanical device to hold the rope.

I've had a gri gri for more than 20 years... and yea it's a strate up rip off. Still I think petzl fuked up by discontinuing teh gri gri 1. While it's tru teh gri gri 2 is really nice on teh skinny ropes, 9.4 and under... If yore climbing on a 9.8 or larger werk rope teh gri gri 1 is teh go to device.

Here's a little story ewe might find interesting.

They are a massive conglomerate who have built us giant fancy lodges, many high speed lifts and jacked the price of a lift ticket up to 100 bucks. I think they own half the ski hills now.

I'm so psyched on movies this fall. Saw Cloud Atlas last week, it was awesome. Going to go check out the Man with the Iron Fists tonight, which looks like cheesy fun. Then the Hobbit, then the gnu Bond flick, then Lincoln... woo!

Yeah, super happy I went to see Cloud Atlas.

The movie got out at 10pm last night (which is my bed time), then I talked with Nathan for a bit (who is still out in Alberta), hen went to bed. Problem is that even though I was exhausted my mind was racing thinking about the movie and how all the stories interelated....so I didn't fall asleep until almost midnight.

Was planning on going to a house warming party tonight in Toronto. I was promised the spare bedroom but I have no idea how this is going to work out. Also, I'm not sure if I'm going to know anyone there. She's invited a pile of her climber friends but it looks like I'm the only one who has confirmed to go on Facespace.

Tomorrow is my birthday so I hope I can find some fun things to do in Toronto by myself. I'm supossed to meet up with my friends Gus and Christine. Hopefully for lunch but if they're busy I'll just be picking something up from them and then be on my merry way.

Happy burfday, preemptively! Did you like Cloud Atlas?

Man with the Iron Fists was awesome. Directed by Eli Roth and RZA (from Wu Tang Clan), with a fat Russel Crowe and hawt Lucy Liu in it, and was basically a mashup of Kung Fu, western, and over-the-top bloody violence. Way fun.

Saw a trailer for the new Tarantino movie coming out this winter, something with Leonardo Decapriotated and Jamie Fox, about a black guy who fucks shit up in Reconstruation-era south. Looks fun.

Staying in this weekend for the first time since August. I think I pulled an ab (pore out some of See Eye's BLL) again, so need to take a few days off climbing before going to the RRG and crushing my last few projects eating a bunch of pie.

OK, so I wus fuking rong!

Sum ov ewe.... that pay attention, might remember that quite sum tyme ago, I wus given a gnu fancy harness.

This won vvvv



At teh tyme I thought teh thing wus way to gay fer me. Hell, teh fuking thing wus smaller than sum ov teh thongs I wear. Way to shinny and colorful fer a grumpy old man. I thought that I wood never wear teh fuking thing.

When it can tyme to gets a gnu harness, instead ov trying owt teh fancy won, I got another won ov those burnt orange wons... mostly cuz, that's whut I had been using. And it seemed to werk OK. Yea, I noes... stuck it teh past.

Course, a month ago, I kneaded another gnu harness. It wus won ov those last minute decisions on a friday afternoon. Know tyme to gets teh free won shipped. I wus even willing to pay fer won, but couldn't find won in my size localy.

Reluckitly, I pulled owt teh fancy won.

I still thought teh thing wus way to gay fer me, but really had know choise. Wear teh shiney thong and be poynted and laughted at by my friends or wear teh death trap, that I fingered wood break next tyme I fell in it.

So sat morning, I slipped it two teh shiney.

It wus like pulling on a pair ov my favorite sexy panyhose lycra... I wus instantly aroused.

Luckly, it wus still early, knowbody around cept C-ya to see me sporting wood.... cuz that wood have been pretty embarassing.

Still, teh thing is... it's like yore knot even wearing a harness. Teh leg loops stay up, even withowt teh elastic, know bunching it teh crotchural area... and it make my ass look gud.

Nau, I'm knot sure ifs I wood wear it ifs I wus gunna be hanging fer a long tyme at a belay or ifs I had to have a bunch ov those wigets and whatknot hanging oft teh loops, but fer sport wanking... It's pretty damn gud. Might knot fit as well fer sum ov ewe fat gays but ifs ewe are kinda shinny, ewe might wunt to give it a try. I'm pretty much sold on it and wood never go back to teh won I used to wear.

That is awl.

Ah, of course you need a cutting device for teh raping.

oh, I see. I do not follow teh skiing antitrust scene, I guess.

I think it's jsut a stright rip off.

Madrock was bad enough, but ClimbX seems to have taken it to a whole new level.

I loved the movie. When I called Nathan after he asked what it was about....talk about tough questions! In the end I told him it was the kind of movie I relly enjoyed that I would probably drag him to and he'd find weird....and it's definitly the kind of movie that would be good to watch a second time.

Next movie on my list is going to be Life of Pi...but I'm not sure if that's even playing up here (looks like a lot of movies are being bumped for that Twilight crap).

I'm so psyched on movies this fall. Saw Cloud Atlas last week, it was awesome. Going to go check out the Man with the Iron Fists tonight, which looks like cheesy fun. Then the Hobbit, then the gnu Bond flick, then Lincoln... woo!

Did you also tell him about pants at 100% off sale, too? That was so awesome, btw!



I loved the book. It would be really interesting to see how they manage to convey that in a movie.

Sweet. a new excuse for chronic masturbation. "Just... ah... using my GriGri..."

Yeah, super happy I went to see Cloud Atlas.

The movie got out at 10pm last night (which is my bed time), then I talked with Nathan for a bit (who is still out in Alberta), hen went to bed. Problem is that even though I was exhausted my mind was racing thinking about the movie and how all the stories interelated....so I didn't fall asleep until almost midnight.

Was planning on going to a house warming party tonight in Toronto. I was promised the spare bedroom but I have no idea how this is going to work out. Also, I'm not sure if I'm going to know anyone there. She's invited a pile of her climber friends but it looks like I'm the only one who has confirmed to go on Facespace.

Tomorrow is my birthday so I hope I can find some fun things to do in Toronto by myself. I'm supossed to meet up with my friends Gus and Christine. Hopefully for lunch but if they're busy I'll just be picking something up from them and then be on my merry way.

This is breaking braking news!

we're going to see teh cloud atlas tonight, does that make me a racist?

Well shitz.... I kneed teh excuse fer chronic masterbation?

Luckly fer me my sweet russian girl friends, dun't carez why I masterbate so much... just as long as they get teh chance to penetrate my shoo gooed condom and try to steal my banking info.

If yore knot cheating yore knot trying?