mikeadam Posted June 22, 2001 Posted June 22, 2001 Anyone have any rituals? Wear lucky underwear? Carry the same cam since 1973? Have a hail Mary stopper? -------------------------------------------- Mountain climbers try to end Red Sox curse BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have tried high-priced free agents and late-season trades in their efforts to break the Curse of the Bambino and win their first World Series since 1918. Now lifelong Red Sox fan Paul Giorgio has taken things into his own hands — at the top of Mount Everest. On the advice of a Tibetan Buddhist holy man, Giorgio left a Red Sox cap on Mount Everest's summit last month, then burned a New York Yankees cap. He was hoping to break the infamous curse, said to have been set when the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. So far Giorgio's plan seems to be working. The Red Sox are in first place in the American League East. Quote
nerdom Posted June 22, 2001 Posted June 22, 2001 Funny you should bring this up. Some friends and I passed this around the other day. I am a lifelong Red Sox fan myself, and decided that I would do my part to end the curse as well. So, on my upcoming trip to Rainier, I plan to shit in a Yankees cap and dispose of it in a blue bag. As for "lucky" gear, my buddy, after much cajoling, finally got rid of his 9-year old frayed, abused Petzl Jump harness. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted June 22, 2001 Posted June 22, 2001 I take a dook just before starting any hard climb it helps but is not always the sure ticket that I will do well on a given route. Quote
Drederek Posted June 23, 2001 Posted June 23, 2001 Yes I have a pair of lucky shorts. I was wearing them on Freedom Rider when my partner took a leaderfall, snapped off the top of a 6 inch thick flake which fell about 80 feet before hitting my hip and ripping a big chunk out of the shorts as I was unable to move much in a hanging belay. I thought I broke my hip but it was fine after a couple of days. The thing that saved me was the rock hit right on my Petzl Jump harness. We bailed and came back a month later and bagged that sucker. I also ripped a piece out of the back of the LS t-shirt arm I was wearing (same incident) but I never thought it might be lucky. Oh yeah the shorts were air jordans my wife got me from goodwill! D Quote
mikeadam Posted June 25, 2001 Author Posted June 25, 2001 D, sounds like you should retire those underwear and make the Jump Harness your lucky totem. Cavey-ssshhhh or you're gonna get Pope started on something fecal in content... nerdom, if you can accomplish that at the summit of Rainier without the tourists snapping your photo my hats off to you...no pun intended. Quote
Drederek Posted June 26, 2001 Posted June 26, 2001 As long as they are only rated PG-13 I'll keep wearing them. D Quote
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