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this has to be worth it - i am just assuming cuz it's gilley, that this is what can be found at the bottom of the trail sometimes
[ March 11, 2003, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: barnacle ]
this has to be worth it - i am just assuming cuz it's gilley, that this is what can be found at the bottom of the trail sometimes
[ March 11, 2003, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: barnacle ]
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by nameless:
<strong>I went down that trail, promising myself that if I survived I would never set foot on it again. Then got some fun little ones with my bro', who was laughing at me for having been so cautious on the slope. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
I couldn't take the chiding, so back up I went the same way I had come down. Man, that trial is gnarly, with a capital G. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
But it made the session all the more fun, and it is a beautiful, easy hike that taxes the body far less than the ordinary trudge up the hill. But as Bank Wright might say, "one slip... and it's curtains."</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good for you nameless. I get ribbing from my friends when we descend slopes like that but **** them, better safe than sorry. Imagine if you slipped and then your bro woulda had to haul your ass out of there.
Of course, he probably woulda gone surfing first.
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
<strong>I went down that trail, promising myself that if I survived I would never set foot on it again. Then got some fun little ones with my bro', who was laughing at me for having been so cautious on the slope. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
I couldn't take the chiding, so back up I went the same way I had come down. Man, that trial is gnarly, with a capital G. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
But it made the session all the more fun, and it is a beautiful, easy hike that taxes the body far less than the ordinary trudge up the hill. But as Bank Wright might say, "one slip... and it's curtains."</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good for you nameless. I get ribbing from my friends when we descend slopes like that but **** them, better safe than sorry. Imagine if you slipped and then your bro woulda had to haul your ass out of there.
Of course, he probably woulda gone surfing first.
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
nameless i was in a bar tonight, uh, seeking inspiration, and i thought of ye.
i was wondering what you do in your pubs. are you more likely to engage in conversation, or play pool, or sit sullenly in thought (like me) and take notes? this ain't a test, i'm just curious.
i was wondering what you do in your pubs. are you more likely to engage in conversation, or play pool, or sit sullenly in thought (like me) and take notes? this ain't a test, i'm just curious.
I'm a road man myself, mostly because I prefer South Peak to her other options; also, because reaching the top of the shortcut [which I consider sacreligious to pass up, conditions be damned] and getting my first glimpse of the conditions through that little crotch of valley as the wind suddenly kicks me in the face has an aesthetic to it that I find to be wholly part of my Blacks experience. Plus, after running down that puppy barefoot so many times, neither the sharp gravel nor the broken glass menace my feet.
Speaking of conditions be damned, I scrambled up the shortcut a couple weeks ago during the last day of that large rainstorm we had. It was loads of fun. And mud.
Speaking of conditions be damned, I scrambled up the shortcut a couple weeks ago during the last day of that large rainstorm we had. It was loads of fun. And mud.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by nameless:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by my boy Bush is taking out the trash:
<strong>I used to be glider port all the way... for about 6-7 yrs. For the past 6-7 I'm a road guy all the way. I've never done Ho Chih Minh, but have heard some gnarly stories. Should I do it, just for the experience?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have to traverse a very thin plank, several very treacherous ledges that overhang gnarly pits and drops, and one fantastical "chute". It is an exotic rock-climbing experience. It also happens to be a lot shorter and less strenuous than the other two routes, but the distinct possibility of coming to harm is ever-present while you make your trek.
"I just report the facts. You decide." <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm gonna do it. My buddy told me about when he and another friend were going down hochi and the friend slipped at the end, right at the drop off, and slid right off the drop off 8-9 feet to the bottom, landing on his arse. He was not hurt. That last part looks the most critical. But I'm gonna do it. I'll wear some grippy hiking boots.
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by my boy Bush is taking out the trash:
<strong>I used to be glider port all the way... for about 6-7 yrs. For the past 6-7 I'm a road guy all the way. I've never done Ho Chih Minh, but have heard some gnarly stories. Should I do it, just for the experience?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have to traverse a very thin plank, several very treacherous ledges that overhang gnarly pits and drops, and one fantastical "chute". It is an exotic rock-climbing experience. It also happens to be a lot shorter and less strenuous than the other two routes, but the distinct possibility of coming to harm is ever-present while you make your trek.
"I just report the facts. You decide." <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm gonna do it. My buddy told me about when he and another friend were going down hochi and the friend slipped at the end, right at the drop off, and slid right off the drop off 8-9 feet to the bottom, landing on his arse. He was not hurt. That last part looks the most critical. But I'm gonna do it. I'll wear some grippy hiking boots.