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New and Experienced Climbers over 50 #39
    With snow in the forecast, this morning’s walk may be our last of the season for this zone. Hopefully skiing season is arriving soon.  |
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Hi everyone. The struggle continues. Did the stand start (V5) and matched my high point from the sit, but they are not giving this boulder away. I turn 65 tomorrow but not feeling old (yet).  |
Frank Steinwrote: Thank you for your service Frank. |
Ward Smithwrote: That bloc looks pretty tall for AARP eligible climbers unless the hard part is down low. |
Emil Briggswrote: Yes, you would not want to fall from the very top, I never have fortunately.  |
 The rock is super sticky! Tis the season... |
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To anyone who has served (or is currently serving).... Thank you very, very much. |
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Tried to go for a ski after work but the ground is not frozen yet so the snow stuck horribly to the bottom of my skis...   but I did talk Isa into a sauna  the water level in the pond is still down about 10 inches but it seems to come up about an inch or so every day now. Hoping for completely full before it freezes. It was rather brisk.. Saturday I jacked up the old barn and added a bunch of structure to it and cut a hole so Blue Bessie fits in there. that was kind of a big project with lots of heavy pond dried rough cut lumber to huck around.  |
Ward Smithwrote: Happy Birthday Ward! and congratulations to the Droid. I have been cleaning up a local bouldering circuit that I need to get Steve, Greg and Woodie out to when he gets back. |
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Happy birthday Ward. Hope you send. |
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More on the computer generated music industry. edit: Add |
M Spraguewrote: Adding a b-day congratulations…. Best advice I ever got was: “Don’t get old….” (A close second advice was: “Make yourself useful…”) As for the Droid, all I can say is: “Come on, baby…” Ed “old age ain’t for sissies..” E |
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Lori, you enjoy the artistry....and the struggle....that is inherent in rock climbing. Now, what if, instead of actual Alex Honnold cruising around rock like its nuthin, but, if it goes wrong, that's that.....and you get to watch something like Free Solo. Vs. a computer generated movie. If it was well done, and you did not know it wasn't the teal Alex Honnold, well, sure, maybe it would fully engage you. But later, when you found out there was never a real climber at all, just a fiction? What if Dean Potter was only a fiction? Or me. Or you, for that matter. Hmmm.... Maybe we really did fake that moon thing, eh? And really. I don't for a moment believe you'd buy into that happy pill....if it removed the struggle from climbing. Where's the fun in that?? But hey....I do admit to having eaten a maple bar now and then. Even knowing it was total lifeless trash and them calories would have been fat better used for some exquisite pastry or some such by one of my artisan baker friends. Now I want cheesecake, damn you. Or a maple bar. H. Re AI in music, I think we just might come to a renaissance of getting back to going to actual, live, small venue performances. Perhaps not even amplified. There's something to listening to a really good musician....and hearing the guitar string squeal now and then. Being aware of a deep inhalation by a singer, for that big long note. Seeing the chest expanding on an opera singer. Ever been to an actual barn dance? Where someone hauled in an actual, upright, acoustic bass? The local marimba players all converge once a season at the farmers market. I missed them this year, but that, literally, rattles around in your rib cage! Impossible not to smile. Taking my young son to hear the local philharmonic. Beethoven's 9th. Full out. Ever chorus in the City, to do it justice. Cats, laying down, with slitted eyes....while the late husband strums on a guitar..... Enjoy whatever YOU enjoy, however you enjoy it. It's a shame there isn't a human on the production end, and yeah, there may be ethical and legal issues as well....... But. There IS a wildly alive person on the other end. |
 Got up to Bishop on a solo fishing trip… was getting skunked for various reasons. (Lack of skills mostly) With a few hours to go before heading home- I threw in the towel on “dry flies” and dug out some sort of nymph…. I immediately got some action and got several like this beauty. OLH…. Nothing wrong with a maple bar or two. Especially if made by an expert donut chef. Happy belated Veterans day to all veterans. Thanks to you all. Later all |
Guy Keeseewrote: Hi Guy, I’m not a fisherman but I have several friends that are avid fly casters, all they tell me about is how good the nymphing is around the eastside. They usually use an indicator to hang the nymph at the perfect depth. I think they use a mayfly pattern. Cheers |
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Daniel, that’s good advice considering you’re not a fly fisher! Guy, were you fishing the Lower O? |
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Mt Wishicouldtellya delivers.  |
Bob Gaineswrote: Yes. The water is finally down enough (75 CFS) to hop into the creek without the fear of being swept away to your death. Daniel….. I used a “hopper dropper” … kinda like using a bobber. If it goes under- set the hook! Definitely a lot of fun. |
