AaronB Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Relocate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 plark42, why are you always asking for the BEST way? There is no such thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 It's amazing how far fart jokes can get you.  Ya I play the same one over and over again and laugh my head off the whole way..it goes like this  I fart you choke,  this joke usually works best if your the driver with power window controls..it also has great side affects..like this weekend I dont get to drive..  Hell is also another great game..point all the vents at partner and turn up heat..but slowly so he doesnt notice..love that one..again may limit future driving time so double bonus  Or you could buy a duc..I did and its awesome but im too afraid to leave it anywhere so no go for many crag trips.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 It's amazing how far fart jokes can get you.  Ya I play the same one over and over again and laugh my head off the whole way..it goes like this  I fart you choke,  this joke usually works best if your the driver with power window controls..it also has great side affects..like this weekend I dont get to drive..  Hell is also another great game..point all the vents at partner and turn up heat..but slowly so he doesnt notice..love that one..again may limit future driving time so double bonus  Or you could buy a duc..I did and its awesome but im too afraid to leave it anywhere so no go for many crag trips..  I just jam the guys rad fan when he's not lookin and watch his engine overheat and blow the head. Wicked fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thats why I sold the Corvair..upgraded to a vehicle that has coolant.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I fart you choke  this is a GREAT game try it sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 It's amazing how far fart jokes can get you.  Ya I play the same one over and over again and laugh my head off the whole way..it goes like this  I fart you choke,  this joke usually works best if your the driver with power window controls..it also has great side affects..like this weekend I dont get to drive..  Hell is also another great game..point all the vents at partner and turn up heat..but slowly so he doesnt notice..love that one..again may limit future driving time so double bonus  Or you could buy a duc..I did and its awesome but im too afraid to leave it anywhere so no go for many crag trips..  My favorite game is to wait until my passengers are asleep then head to the nearest rumble strip, just as you start hitting it, scream out real loud. They'll think twice about not keeping you company on the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 That is priceless Ken!! I use that one to enforce the NO sleeping passengers rule, (unless your the third in the back) if no rumble strips a quick stomp n the brake with a loud yell works amazingly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancegranite Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 An eight ball and books on tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 ya...for a bit but after a couple hours your so freakin paranoid that you dont speed even a bit so it actaully takes longer..plus the whole time your just waiting for an appropriate amount of time to go by before suggesting another round.. Â cannons are best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Relocate. Â I agree. Move out of that CA sh!thole and move to somewhere where the drive is scenic and part of the trip. Â Driving through the cascades you can spend a majority of the drive looking at future objectives and planning other trips. From what I recall of driving in CA it was all about traffic and avoiding some road rage freak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluka Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 It seems like a little perspective is in order. You're complaining about living close to a major mountain range with great terrain for which you need to drive 4-5 hours for your trips. You could be living in Iowa or Tennessee where you'd be looking at days just to get to a reasonable range with good climbing objectives. Â Plan some trips down the east side of the Sierra down Rt. 395. It's hard not to get excited with all the great peaks you can see from the road for miles on end... and you can break up your long drive with a stop at the Mobil station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Bring grass and comedy skits on cd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 How about this: Don't force motivation. Stay home. See how happy you are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pup_on_the_mountain Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Don't be such a cry-baby plark42!! Â I live in Pullman, and have to drive at least 4 hours to get to alpine objectives (L'worth is 4 hours, Rainier is 5 hrs, N Cascades are 6 hrs or more). Except when climbing with someone from over here (Kurt), I make the drive alone (girlfriend does not live around here, and is not into climbing). If I'm climbing with someone in/near Seattle area, I drive the previous night and crash at their place. I do make the drive back home after the climb though. I've done trips to Shuksan/Baker/Ruth etc. and have driven back the same night (to reach home early next day ). And the 135 odd miles on Hwy 26 is probably the most boring section of a highway in the whole state (and you can't speed due to cops). Â I usually get by listening to music, and NPR whenever near civilization. Coffee and a bag of Tim's Cascade chips will keep me up. If I'm really beat after the climb, I resort to Red Balls... Â The climbing makes it up for all the trouble easily . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryland_moore Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Yeah, what everyone else said. Plark42, if you are complaining then either your gf wants you home more often at which point you should ditch her, or sack up b/c that really isn't that far to drive. When I lived in Eugene three years ago, I would drive every weekend up to the N. Cascades leaving Friday after work and getting to the TH at midnight, climbing all day Saturday and SUnday and usually getting back to Eugene at midnight on Monday in time to start the workday monday morning. I was driving up there so much in a Chevy Silvarado that I sold the truck and bought a Subaru so I could afford the gas to keep heading up there every weekend. Â If you really enjoy climbing like most of us, the drive is insignificant and you won't remember the drive but the climb itself. You will find a way to get up into the hills. Â I also takeissue with there being no climbing in Tennessee. There is actually more rock climbing around Chatanooga and where I went to college at Sewanee (University of the South) than any major city in the Pacific NW. Granted it is all steep sandstone and not alpine. Think T-Wall, Foster Falls, Buzzard Point, Sunset, Suck Creek Canyon, and other further objectives (more than 1 hr) like Looking Glass and Obed River Gorge. There are eight climbing areas within 1 hr. of Chataboogie! And there were several winters while I was in school that we actually climbed ice on campus with more regularity than I can say for the Columbia Gorge. We had about 80 est. routes on campus both sport and trad and over 29 miles of sandstone bluff (the campus perimeter on top of the Plateau) of unexplored and undocumented first ascents. Pretty cool place to send your kids if they love rock! Sorry for the digression..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 One of my favorite parts of every Valley trip I've done is the last 4 hours of the 16 hour marathon- Red Bull, Coffee, Trance music, hammer to the floor at 3 AM through all the Tweakerville's in the Central Valley foothills. By the time I arrive I've spent 16 hours getting so amped to climb I can hardly stand it. It's all about being free, on the road, and going someplace. How can it get any better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.