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.
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.
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st. patrick’s day madness
It’s not like we don’t have St. Patrick’s Day in Australia. In Melbourne, St. Patrick’s Day means that pubs put green food colouring in the beer, people are more likely to be drinking Guinness, and the Irish pubs tend to be overflowing. And bands play Irish-style folk tunes, to which the drunken people dance, inbetween trying to drink the 6 pints of Guinness necessary to get a free tshirt.
I had some idea that Americans got a little more worked up about St. Patrick’s Day – hints came as I noticed the Irish flags beginning to make an appearance on the streets, and when every store, even optometrists and jewellers, introduced St. Patrick’s themed displays in the shop windows, shamrocks everywhere. And when the greeting card stands began to fill up with St. Patrick’s Day cards (oh, and don’t forget the upcoming ‘Administrative Assistant’s Day’ either). And there were St. Patrick’s Day parades on every street.
But even so, I wandered down the street here last night, and became alarmed. Everywhere there were people wandering around wearing green – lots of rugby tops, and also lots of silly green hats. Groups of drunken people running around in Starbucks. And a queue that covered half a block, outside the local Murphy’s Irish Pub (is there any city out there that doesn’t have a Murphy’s?). And it was only 6.30!
Anyway, I’m off to boulder at Governor Stable this weekend. Photos when I return.
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dreaming of red rocks
Who me? Sitting here looking through all the climbs I could be doing at Red Rocks and drooling? And looking online for cheap cams? That’s not the sort of thing I would do. Shame on all of you.
(Ok, and for the record, clockwise from top left the climbs are Resolution Arete, 5.10; Viagra Falls, 5.12a; St. Stephen, 5.8; Y2K, 5.10a; Dark Shadows, 5.8; Prince of Darkness, 5.10c – and thanks to climbingredrocks.com and Guillaume, whose photos I borrowed)
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going to sin city
Yay yay! I have found a return flight to Las Vegas for $98, so come April, there will be four days of climbing at Red Rocks (and possibly getting married to a random stranger or two at Graceland Chapel, gambling away my life savings, that sort of thing). Hooray! Manic excitement prevails.