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Easter Epic - can you beat this? 29-Mar-2008 At 1:39:35 AM Shmalzy

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OK I'll bite

On 28/03/2008 Sabu wrote:
>Alright i'll bite:
>
>On 28/03/2008 Shmalzy wrote:
>>OK alright you little sh$$, you're alright. sowwy
>Statements like that aren't going to earn you a lot of respect here.

What? I don't understand

>
>>It just gets my goat how epics are paraded around like they're a trophy,
>>or add credibility or something. The analogy to most other pursuits is
>>= c**-up. You could have avoided all that sh## if you had have had your
>>thinking caps on.
>Not everything is a c--kup. think about it... we're in the outdoors, so
>what makes you think we can control for everything mother nature can do
>to us? Thinking caps on or not, gear gets stuck, rocks fall and paths don't
>necessarily lead to where we want them to etc.
>

Human error. Start early enough (day turns to night), read the map, learn how to put in gear. We learn that so we don't c## up. 99% of days turn smoothly. The other 1% is your c##-up. Look at the weather forecast etc etc so you don't c## that up

These guys had three c##-ups in a row

>>one thing I'll say though....What did you think parks was going to say
>>to you? Hmmm? "entirely unphased?" pffft
>Perhaps they were actually glad they didn't have a serious problem to
>deal with? Situations like these are essentially the best outcomes given
>that not all end well.

What? If it wasn't a c##-up they wouldn't have had to be there at all.

>
>>Let's bring some professionalism into our activities please, we're smart,
>>sophisticated people who know what we're doing

>i agree but that doesn't mean we're all perfect, dont make mistakes and
>are immune from natures variables.

Sure - that was my point - "mistakes" = c## up