Like a Cathedral

[billcoe]

short jaunt up the river

The fog slowly lifts

 

a Beaver dam guards the entrance

the fall colors reminding us of mortality

 

in the distance, the stone a great soaring Cathedral

Gothic, Grey, knobby, reaching for the heavens

 

a short stuggle past the leafy guardians

careful over the steepness, again with the mortality

 

down the steep slope

to the abyss...nothingness

 

no glory, no cathedrals, fear and care

The stone, old, surprisingly sound

 

the mortals look at their handiwork

it is good

 

the hike out simple and quick

light fades on the cathedral

 

reminding us again

In excelsis deo

 

 

 

Gothic rocks cathedral formation that thing needs bolts in a big way. I call dibs on the big left side or any flying buttress.

[wayne]

Isnt that in Barcelona?

[Frikadeller]

So...

 

 

You rock monkeys are now quoting poetry, and contemplating climbing stuff like "the temple of mormon" and other religious symbols....

 

 

That's just sad.

 

 

Be like the rest of us, and stare at the hills as they cover in snow. Lusting for some turns.

Edited October 14, 2007 by Frikadeller

[ScaredSilly]

Funny, up in Little Cottonwood Canyon here in Oootah the LDS Church took some of the boulders we used to climb on and turned them into slabs for their conference center. So we were climbing on them before they became "sacred"

[powderhound]

Since were placing bolts can I bring my tools and crampons?

[billcoe]

Since we're placing bolts can I bring my tools and crampons?

 

No

 

There will be no poaching of rapbolted lines with fair, trad, clean or other means before I get er done! This Cathedral shall be done top down with closely spaced bolts and 30M rap points so you can rap with a single rope and it will be a wonderland and a playland and a Gothic Rock land. Not just that but as you can see in the pic, there are plenty of pinnacles which you can tie a sling on and rap off sans bolts.

 

You can, however, come along because:

 

A) You can ropegun the 11 - 12 - and 5.13 hard lines which includes all the window areas and the gargoyles I can't get up -which btw is not because I am old and 20 lbs overweight.

 

B) You are good company, honest and fun.

 

C) hmmmm - as yet to be named

 

D) after another glass of wine

 

E) Side note: No running away faster than me if the authorities show up cause I feel they should all be rounded up and shipped to Iraq rather than sit here and manage me and nice folks like me who don' want to be, nor need to be "managed".

 

F) No ice tools will get punched into the stained glass windows of the belfry while one is humming "Stairway to Heaven" to oneself.

 

G) You can bring the monster drill, extra batteries, lots of hardware like @ 200 1/2 diameter bolts and hangers and extra bits.

 

Sorry hound, but thats just how the couchmaster rolls

[111]

ROFL Awesome Bill

[beaconben]

Hey Bill, thats a pretty good likeness. you'll are in for a treat