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governor stable 2005 roundup

Governor Stable bouldering comp photos are up here, here, here, and here. Final results are up here.

And argh! Trying to do some cooking tonight – spent forever trying to track down beef stock, pastry sheets and mixed herbs (I gave up on the mixed herbs and got something called Italian seasoning in the end – it looked right at least). Plain flour is ‘all-purpose flour’. Cooking choc bits are called ‘semi-sweet morsels’. Castor sugar is ‘fine granulated sugar’. Argh, the culture shock.

Edit – And the pastry I got (the only stuff they actually had) was those thin sheets instead of normal pastry. So my meat pies are looking fully gourmet (pronounced ‘gormett’).

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random excerpts from melbourne life

Lying on my bed trying to get some work done.

Window is open, wind blowing, new leaves on the trees outside.

Hear a scratching at my door.

Yell “Come in!”

… the door opens slightly, then a white rabbit hops through.

Rabbit hops into the room, then my flatmate’s head pokes round the door, at crouching level: “Get her, go on, get her like I taught you bunny”.

Rabbit hops around dis-interestedly, then goes to hop out of the room.

Me: “I think she needs a bit more training.”

Bunny gets poked back into the room with further encouragement… then turns around and hops back out again.

Flatmate: “Ahh, you suck bunny, I’ll have to retrain you.”

Bunny and flatmate withdraw, door closes again.

I go back to work.

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word of the day

graupel – Heavily rimed snow particles, often called snow pellets; often indistinguishable from very small soft hail.

Came across this word while doing work (yes, work) last night. I like it.

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more photos from governor stable

Bouldering at GS

Jeff on Eggsocentric – V3 I think

 

Bouldering at GS

Vegas on the evil arete problem

 

Bouldering at GS

Marie on something delicate and crimpy

 

Bouldering at GS

Boulder field

 

Bouldering at GS

The Egg Left mantle

 

Bouldering at GS

Ocean on Casablanca – V3?

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governor stable – was awesome :)

Exhausted. Bouldering at Governor Stable was very much fun. Everyone bouldered like champions. A couple of photos… of the first bunch of climbers walking in. I love the look of a herd of walking bouldering mats.

Walking in to GS

And of still life with chalk bucket. Which I won… for coming second in the intermediate female division, woo. It came with the bear, as well as some chalk, and an M-16 bouldering brush. I was wondering why there was a package with a picture of a rifle on it. “Originally designed to clean the internals of an M-16 rifle, the M-16 Bouldering Brush is the perfect tool for rock climbers.” Excellent.

The leopard skin chalk bucket