pope Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 You've probably never heard about this guy but something tells me you will. I read about him in Dwayner's copy of Simply Scrappin' Magazine. Dolomite Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_by_Northwest Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Â Who's in your avatar pic Pope? It kinda resembles an old, faded HST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted January 31, 2003 Author Share Posted January 31, 2003 I met Barb down at the Royal Bear in Algona (the bar which, until only recently, had the only surviving mechanical bull in S. King County). Don't let her delicate mannerisms fool you. She's sturdy, and she's got big walls on the agenda fellas. Boulder hoppers and chicken-bolt chasers need not apply. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted January 31, 2003 Author Share Posted January 31, 2003 Who's in your avatar pic Pope? It kinda resembles an old, faded HST. Â Gregory Walcott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayner Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Â This here alpine hone-master is chompin' (and more than just a little bit anxious) for his first big-wall experience. He' tanned, racked and ready. Are you??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RURP Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 This is RURP. Â pope thinks he is a BIG WALL master. He disrespects or otherwise makes fun of the BIG WALL and thereby shows that he does not understand the experience. Let me tell you this mr. pope, give me a couple of hundred dollars and I will let you watch me pack my haul bag and then you can carry it to the base of the wall. For an additional $50 I'll let you borrow my lawn chair and binoculars and you can watch all of the BIG WALL, BIG ACTION from below. Â RURP has spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RURP Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 This is RURP Â I have also been told by several people that there was a rumor that I "bit it" in the Alps a month or two ago. You are full of crap. It must have been someone else named RURP. Â RURP has spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Let's see...so far there are two different people posting to this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayner Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 No, there are now three, as I bet Rob-Bob = RURP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 "Dwayner, drop down and give me fifty for that dumbass idea!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted February 1, 2003 Author Share Posted February 1, 2003 This is RURPÂ I have also been told by several people that there was a rumor that I "bit it" in the Alps a month or two ago. You are full of crap. It must have been someone else named RURP. Â RURP has spoken. Â Meet Barney. Mentioning big-wall aspirants, we should all aspire to be like Barney. This guy claims to have taught RURP everything he knows about Jumaring. To express appreciation, RURP shared his hypo-allergenic, coco-butter sun lotion with Barney who admits, "I was just a little uncomfortable when RURP insisted on applying it for me in that hard-to-reach area just behind the knees." Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_by_Northwest Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Barb never quite made it to Camp 4. By the time the 70s were over she was on her second child and had just finished her third trip to rehab. The faith got her going strong however and she managed to pull through the difficult times on her own. Barb is now married, drives a Honda mini-van and explores crevasses in her spare time. She's not sad that she's fallen in status from a big wall hopeful to a mere soccer mom: the lord told her it's a form of progression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_by_Northwest Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Despite Barney's strong start and early partnership with RURP he soon found himself falling out of favor with the climbing community. Barney came to realize that he was different and needed to be a different sort of climber. Rejecting all tradition and sanity he became a member of the Nation of Chongo. Since becoming a member he has logged over 500 days and nights on the walls of Yosemite. He holds duration records for time spent at a single hanging belay, 56hrs., and time spent on approach to Half Dome, 19 days. Unfortunately he has yet to get beyond the tenth pitch of any big wall climb. He blames his failures on lack of equipment, supplies and time. Quote from Barney, "Some say: for the lead dog the scenery never changes. How can I complain?" Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted February 1, 2003 Author Share Posted February 1, 2003 Leonard got hooked on climbing when he noticed some hep-cats at the WTO convention getting more than their fair share of female attention.....apparently for no other reason than the fact that they owned 'biners and ropes and knew how to rap off the side of the Gap building. Leoard's micro-bus has a finger-board mounted on the side panel, ropes in the window, Petzl stickers on the bumper and "Love Your Mother" decals in every window. For a guy that didn't go to prom, Leonard's getting a lot of trim these days. When asked about his big-wall history, he candidly admits, "I've never climbed anything higher than the U.W. practice rock, but da ladies don't seem to mind!" Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_by_Northwest Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 THIS JUST IN!! Â Leonard has died in an unfortunate accident at the UW Rock. Egged-on by fellow climbers and driven by his fear of a certain UW Rock personality, Leonard climbed to the topmost part of the practice wall. He was held at bay by the above-mentioned climber for six days without rest. Finally he lost the strength to hold on and fell to his death. His body bounced into the parking lot, where a number of female "admirers" grieved over him. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_detrick Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_by_Northwest Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Grover McClellan, resident game warden in Startup, WA, found climbing as a youngster. On hunting trips his father would send him up tall trees and rocks as a lookout for game. Grover hated hunting but he came to live the climbing. He now devotes his life to enforcing game laws, chainsaw carving, and of course, climbing. His team of twelve is sponsored by SKOAL and T.C.'s Offroad Outlet. Grover plans to lead the first ascent of the Nose with only Skoal brand chew, Busch Lite and jerky as supplies. May we all wish him well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Simpkins Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 trask's big wall aspirations were compromised by an "extracurricular" event that occurred several years ago. His permanent restraining order precludes the ownership or possession of ropes of any kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 He holds duration records for time spent at a single hanging belay, 56hrs., and time spent on approach to Half Dome, 19 days. Unfortunately he has yet to get beyond the tenth pitch of any big wall climb  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_by_Northwest Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Nice Robob! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texplorer Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I don't really know what this thread is all about but at least I got a few laughs out of it and its not about politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrueger Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I don't really know what this thread is all about but at least I got a few laughs out of it and its not about politics. Â Aint that the truth!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salbrecher Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 This could possibly be the funniest thread I've ever read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 The sad thing is its all actually true. The names and faces have been changed to protect the innocent, but the stories are true from the long and strange climbing careers of Dwayner and Pope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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