Author Topic: WEEKEND UPDATE (Read 40429 times)

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #60 on:** January 29, 2023, 11:05:22 AM »

Quote from: clink on January 29, 2023, 10:50:55 AM

…and…

Great minds...

clink · « **Reply #61 on:** January 29, 2023, 11:12:44 AM »

Brad must changing into his 49ers kilt and grabbing those red and gold pom-poms.

Brad Young · « **Reply #62 on:** January 29, 2023, 11:17:36 AM »

She should finish the story.

Let's just say that I wasn't very sympathetic. I suppose I've done enough hiking with tougher than hell daughters or something. I was tired and had a four hour drive home. I suppose I was very helpful though when I told the dad that no, no ranger was coming to the parking area: the ranger truck that occupies the end parking spots has been there in the same spot, immobile for more than ten days now and wasn't a sign that any ranger would show up. It seems to be broken down.

Brad Young · « **Reply #63 on:** January 29, 2023, 11:26:59 AM »

And man his wife looked fucking pissed.

There's a guy who's gonna be lonely for a while no matter how many 49er kilts he puts on.

BAP · « **Reply #64 on:** January 29, 2023, 02:06:51 PM »

Then the guy asked if one of us could drive them to the nearest town, he said he could call his friends to pay for a motel room for the night, and they would hike back to the east side the next day. So I offered to drive them. Then (gosh, I wish he'd never done this, but he did)...He mentioned they left their dog in the car parked on the east side. He said "Well, the dog will have to spend the night alone, but I think she will survive"... "She is old and she has been sick lately." Why did he have to mention the dog??!! $:-\$

Needless to say at that point, I had to drive them to the east side...for Pete's sake. (Pete is my dog's name.)

They were very thankful, the man even gave me an almost new 70 m rope (It turned out that he used to climb until 6 years ago after he started a family), and promised to send me some other goodies.

And I now know the best way driving from the west side to the east side, a beautiful way too. So the day ended good after all.

Brad Young · « **Reply #65 on:** January 29, 2023, 02:46:03 PM »

You should have seen her eyes when he mentioned the dog. Everything changed.

And thanks to Caleb too. He apparently coached Jenn's "south-county" driving by an emergency phone call when she had questions about which road was which.

BAP · « **Reply #66 on:** January 29, 2023, 03:34:27 PM »

Yes, Thank you so much Caleb.

clink · « **Reply #67 on:** January 29, 2023, 04:00:36 PM »

BAP happens (The opposite of Shit happens)

clink · « **Reply #68 on:** January 30, 2023, 04:15:51 PM »

‘BAPs happen’ on the other hand is exactly like ‘shit happens’

BAP · « **Reply #69 on:** February 01, 2023, 09:32:24 AM »

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‘BAPs happen’ on the other hand is exactly like ‘shit happens’

By the way, they are from Fresno.

NOAL · « **Reply #70 on:** February 01, 2023, 09:38:41 AM »

Peninsula rules. Santa Cruz fools.

BAP · « **Reply #71 on:** February 01, 2023, 09:45:40 AM »

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Peninsula rules. Santa Cruz fools.

Peninsula rules, because it is part of the Bay Area!

waldo · « **Reply #72 on:** February 03, 2023, 04:42:11 PM »

Quote from: clink on January 29, 2023, 04:00:36 PM

BAP happens (The opposite of Shit happens)

Amen to that! Great work, BAP! Kids and dogs don't deserve incompetent adults.

F4? · « **Reply #73 on:** February 03, 2023, 10:52:36 PM »

I resemble those comments!

NOAL · « **Reply #74 on:** April 08, 2023, 05:27:39 PM »

There's some bushes with white flowers that smell real good.

Tuff Chik · « **Reply #75 on:** April 08, 2023, 06:13:11 PM »

Quote from: NOAL on April 08, 2023, 05:27:39 PM

There's some bushes with white flowers that smell real good.

Not really my favorite smell, but the wildflowers sure are pretty right now.

NOAL · « **Reply #76 on:** April 08, 2023, 07:59:23 PM »

Ok. Here's some happenings of the day.

Got called sir by a climber in their 30's

Saw some dirty hippies with dreadlocks take their two dogs onto the Balconies trail.

Watched people sit in cars in the parking lot waiting for parking spots like they were at the mall. One guy got super aggro and accused another driver of jumping in line. The whole time they could have parked in the jawbone parking.

Saw a climber giving a tutorial in the parking lot to other climbers with a rope. The whole time the rope was sitting in a pile on the asphalt.. Second most important knot after figure eight follow through was the alpine butterfly. I learned a lot!

Talked with Dan the volunteer man. Did some climbing, took a nap, and enjoyed the weather.

clink · « **Reply #77 on:** April 08, 2023, 08:13:56 PM »

A tale of two posts Noal. I’ll take the first one please.

looks easy from here · « **Reply #78 on:** April 08, 2023, 09:17:21 PM »

Wow, sounds like I missed some drama! We were the fifth or sixth car that got turned away from the Chaparral parking to the overflow this morning, around 9:30. But there was no line and everyone was still in a good mood at that point. Machete Ridge was unexpectedly empty. When we hit the base of Bullseye there was a team on p1 of Old Original, but they were moving much quicker than our jibber-jabbery two teams of two, and that was all we saw of them. I kept waiting for some disappointed people to show up stuck behind us, but no one ever did. Lots of activity on The Flying None, though.

NOAL · « **Reply #79 on:** April 08, 2023, 09:36:01 PM »

The parking lot drama always happens in the late afternoon. It takes on a different kind of wackiness in the summer. Looking forward to it.

Nice that you guys had the Old OG pretty much to your selves. I could hear you guys from up near Chubby Rain.

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Author Topic: WEEKEND UPDATE (Read 40429 times)