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exploits update

Post author By megan
Post date 13.3.2005
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After this weekend, my number of states visited in the US has shot up to 6. Well, that’s counting DC, which I’m pretty sure isn’t a state (but cbatg). And not counting California, as I don’t think spending an hour wandering around on the streets really qualifies. So we have

States visited: GA, VA, MD, DC, WV, PA

And today, at the supercrag that is Great Falls, VA, I learnt how cold rock can really get. There was no snow on the ground, but as soon as you started a climb, the rock would just suck the heat from your hands. I had a hand warmer sachet in my chalkbag and was using the chalk bag in an attempt to regain some sensation in my fingers, rather than for chalk.

Still haven’t eaten an Ipod Shuffle.

Tags climbing, eating ipod shuffles, handwarmer in chalkbag, states visited, usa

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geckoes

Post author By megan
Post date 10.3.2005
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I got some photos of my geckoes from my flatmates. Including the new baby gecko, which as you can see, looks like a bit of a freakish large headed thing. It’s still pretty little though.

One of the other geckos (Copernicus I think) playing on the exciting climbing equipment.

The phases of cricket-hunting

We’ll skip the bit where the geckoes run around in circles, unable to notice the crickets, and sometimes lie there while the crickets run over them.

Here we have: gecko aware that there are crickets in the cage. Attempting to stalk them. But cannot actually see the cricket, so is stalking thin air. With fierce determination.

And moving onto gecko saying “Aha, Mr. Cricket, my evil nemesis, soooo, we meet again!”

This can be following by 1) the gecko biting the sand near the cricket, and running around with a mouth full of grains of sand for a while. Or 2) managing to bite the cricket, and running around with bits of cricket sticking out either side of it’s mouth, as desperate attempts are made to swallow the meal instead of letting it get away. It’s a fine line.

Tags baby gecko, crickets, gecko, hex, hunting, pet

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30-30-30

Post author By megan
Post date 8.3.2005
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Today I was introduced to the concept of the 30-30-30 rule. If the temperature drops to -30Â°F or under, and the wind is blowing at 30 mph, then any exposed skin will begin to freeze in 30 seconds. It was bloody cold today.

Well, it wasn’t quite cold enough for the rule to come into effect, but it was raining, and then snowing, all with a very strong wind, which managed to freeze lots of car doors shut, and create swathes of black ice on the roads and pavements, and nearly blow people over who were silly enough to be standing around outside.