jordop Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Had a kid this weekend. Okay, my wife did. Pretty cool to be looking out over the freshiez covered hills as you contemplate what the hell you just got yourself into Quote
tanstaafl Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Congratulations Jordan! Lethal alpine seduction; you never know where it's gonna lead. Quote
TimL Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Figured out I gottta start training again for rock climbing. Quote
Ponzini Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Had a kid this weekend. Okay, my wife did. Pretty cool to be looking out over the freshiez covered hills as you contemplate what the hell you just got yourself into Congrats! I've got two little girls now. Weekend was making pancakes and going to babies r us. Wouldn't trade it! Quote
lancegranite Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 [img:left]http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/184318_155564944500055_100552343334649_328168_4883922_n.jpg[/img] Quote
jordop Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Had a kid this weekend. Okay, my wife did. Pretty cool to be looking out over the freshiez covered hills as you contemplate what the hell you just got yourself into Congrats! I've got two little girls now. Weekend was making pancakes and going to babies r us. Wouldn't trade it! Nicely done, Todd! Quote
G-spotter Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Had a kid this weekend. Okay, my wife did. Does it look more like you, or the mailman? Quote
Rad Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 [img:left]http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/184318_155564944500055_100552343334649_328168_4883922_n.jpg[/img] I'll bite. What's in the bucket? Quote
sobo Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 [img:left]http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/184318_155564944500055_100552343334649_328168_4883922_n.jpg[/img] I'll bite. What's in the bucket? Is that panning for gold...?? Quote
lancegranite Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Looking for my marbles as it seems I have lost them. Quote
billcoe Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 Marbles? I would have guessed Oysters. Looks real cool though...in several senses:-) Quote
marc_leclerc Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Edited March 5, 2011 by marc_leclerc Quote
billcoe Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 Nice Marc! Last weekend I was recovering from the weekend before at Smith. Was lucky enough to go out with 2 of the very finest gentlemen. Stan and Gent. Good times. Till I banana peeled on a snow covered rock and popped my shoulder. Owww! Still hurts (wahhh wahhh wahh) Gent was getting over a massive cold. He climbed well for being toast, and he gave it to both Stan and I and we were down for a week:-) It was nice in the sunshine as we started the day Friday warming up. Stan lead a couple of the 5.11's and then thought he should try something harder. Coming down off of Churning in the Wake, he shook off my compliment by saying, nah, I hung a few times. I've never climbed 5.13 so I was impressed and told him so. "Nah", he reply's, "Rudys boy Drew led this on his 4th or 5th try and he's 10 years old", then he laughed. It came as no surprise to me that lil kids are outclimbing me on anything. His kids, who didn't come this trip, are a joy to hang around and they both outclimb me on sport or plastic:-). His youngest is @ 9 now. Lil kids, certainly Stan and Dales 2, have so much joy on rock that it's just infectious and fun to watch! I had run into Rudy and his boy lapping Wartleys once, I think the lil one was like 6 then! It warmed up enough that this guy peeled and had a nice run up this route right next to us with a hang or 3. Even the fat old guys got some mileage as the fingers got loose in the sunshine. Next day we wake up to snow. Stan says lets hike up to the Squaw and climb it. We hiked for quite a bit in deepening snow, drifts to 12", and the wind was a tad sideways with a few white flakes mixed in and I was suggesting that an R-X rated climb should be reserved for better weather. This was partially caused by the guidebook suggesting that the best way down was to downclimb, not rap. Yeah, it snowed all day long. Actually, we were within 200 feet of the Squaw and it wasn't visible until we got closer. The clouds eased some and we got some shots, but it basically snowed most of the day. Stan and Gent hiked on up, and Stan looked like he was going to free solo it for a while. The hike back would have been uneventful had I not greased off. The highlight after that was Kelly Rice and Tom showed up at Stans house and she has an Ultra sonic machine so she such a sweetheart that she does my shoulder, which was excruciating. The she works on Stans back and Toms Achilles tendon (he bikes competitively and thats a side thing they get) They released me from hanging around waiting for them for the next 4 days saying that they'd catch a ride with Kelly and Tom (yeahhhhh!) and I drove home the next day unable to even reach the car radio with my right hand. Sucks to get old, but it's going to happen to you all too if it hasn't already. Of course, my wife cracks up on hearing all this and calls me an old man then rubs the old man lineament on the shoulder to help out:-) Ciao all! Quote
marc_leclerc Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 Awesome pics Billcoe! Cant wait to get down there again this spring! Bummer on the shoulder, heal up fast! Quote
Off_White Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 Unfortunately, the phrases "old guy" and "heal up fast" are often incompatible. It's more like "figure out a way to work around it" Quote
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