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Havachatwithhexy...

The HEX
23-Nov-2005
5:40:52 PM
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Oweng
>Dont suppose you know who it was Hex?

Alan Barich ...

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The HEX
23-Nov-2005
5:48:06 PM
On 9/06/2005 Uncle Chester wrote:
>dalia is a scout master.....?
>i was in scouts before i got kicked out, but now im in ventures!

>p.s
>hex, your my hero

The whole dalai-as-scout-master & UncleChester&Sabu-as-the-naughty-little-kids-on-Chockstone thing was actually inspired by the Alan Barich thing ...
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Oweng
>For those not familiar, in about 94/95 Alan Barich from 'Team Rocko' wrote a letter to Rock >Magazine suggesting that routes should be chipped so that you get climbs with jugs right >where you want them, and that routes should be retro-bolted so there were no run-outs >greater than 2 metres. Apparently this was common practice in Europe, and we should be >doing it here in Australia. 'Team Rocko's' PE teacher at school thought this was a good >idea. Alan was going to borrow dads drill and get to it...

...the year-long 'thing' came to an end when some wit got poetic ...

And Freebody the teacher
Mentor and mate
Was it in the scouts
he first tickled your date ...

Alan was never heard from again ...

... but then again , maybe he started the 'manufacturing' thread ...

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The HEX
23-Nov-2005
5:57:54 PM
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Topic Date User
Climbing Hereos Friday, 20 June 2003, hardcore

>Hey back off guys and gals.
>You are all aware of the fact that Keiran is a sensitive, gentle guy and you've already >managed to mightily piss him off with your Grampian goat jokes to the point that he refuses >to participate in at least two topics on this forum...

Lotsa fun on this thread , too:P

Neil calling ' security ! ' is farnee :D

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The HEX
23-Nov-2005
6:08:50 PM
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Sabu
>wow a world record, Neil isn't climbing on a weekend!! wat is this world coming to??

Fatboy
>when at work I'm surrounded (with the exception of dalai of course) by people who just >couldn't be stuffed with doing anything outside of the daily grind...

Beware the contagion, Neil ...

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The HEX
23-Nov-2005
6:18:00 PM
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Topic Date User
New Game Wednesday, 23 November 2005, PreferKnitting
>How about a new game....
>Combination of twister, truth or dare and scavanger hunts.. but with a climbing twist...

Damo getting some practice at organising the office christmas party ...

Go and photo-copy ur ar#e, Damo --- much more fun... or maybe laxatives in the water dispenser ...
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The HEX
23-Nov-2005
6:20:22 PM
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enuf ' dogs vomit ' for today ... hehehe;-)
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The HEX
24-Nov-2005
6:09:55 AM
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http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/messner.htm

" The HEX is my cyber-idol ..."

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The HEX
24-Nov-2005
6:18:21 AM
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" Should I hexy ?? "

Yep--- go for it, dude ... SPILL !!!

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The HEX
25-Nov-2005
3:08:03 AM


" Naaaah... f#ck it ...that 'rod' dude is either a stalking-troll or *shudder* a frenchie ..."
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The HEX
25-Nov-2005
3:15:31 AM
On 22/11/2005 nmonteith wrote:
>On 22/11/2005 The HEX wrote:
>>Leave it for the next generation, Neil ...
>
>Yep - i guess when chipping and glue-on gym holds are accepted as the
>norm.

...................................

nmonteith
24/11/20005
>Good to see grade 25 new routes are still possible on Taipan!


Nowyatalkin;-))

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The HEX
25-Nov-2005
3:20:36 AM
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Dear funny face , aka Mighty Mouse , JCP , mousey ... canya plz give ya self a capital M ...ur werthy...

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The HEX
25-Nov-2005
3:27:31 AM
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manacubus
24/11/2005
>Would you like to go quietly, or be dragged away kicking and screaming?

hahahaaaaaa!

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The HEX
26-Nov-2005
7:07:26 PM
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Sherbet groupie ... pfft !

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The HEX
26-Nov-2005
7:35:28 PM
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Topic Date User
My ground fall in the Gramps Monday, 21 July 2003 ,nmonteith

'...I had a near miss (of sorts) on the weekend. I was attempting a ground up new hard (24?) trad line in the Grampians. The rock was slick polished marble like the Bluffs @ Araps. Some of the holds were a little wet from previous days rain. I began the thin overhung line by traversing in a line of jugs above a deep chasm. Kent was belaying on a ledge opposite the chasm without an anchor. The start moves were easy and I got situated below a rooflet. A slot in the lip of the rooflet was the only obvious piece of gear. If i had a big hex it coudl have been thrown it in and be bomber. I didn't have one so James threw me up a large tricam. I had never used these pieces before but the wedge shape seemed fairly straighforward. I sunk it in the crack and coudl see it had not much surface area touching on one one side - but the other side was almost hidden - wedged deep in the slot. I placed a small offset wire below it as a shoddy backup. I grunted through the rooflet and tried to jam the horizonatal crack above. It was slick and awkward and my hands slid out and I fell back - thinking I would be fine as my wasit was just above the 'bomber' tricam. Of course the next thing i felt was the ground smashing into my side and i slid down the chasm and was stopped just short of hitting the ground for the second time at the base of the chasm. Kent had managed to pull me up with his bare hands even though both my bits of gear had popped out. There was a lot of blood all over my hands, rock and rack but after mopping it up I discovered it was only a few cuts on my hands. The major injuries were only a big scratch on my arm and left side and a bit of bruising. I got away with a 5m+ groung fall onto rock on my back with almost no injuries. Stupidly my helmet was in my pack. If i had fallen backwards more my head would be mushed over the rock i reckon. Lesson learnt. Don't trust a single bit of gear, don't use gear you are unfamilair with and wear a helmet if there is a possiblity of a lead fall.

Video of fall can be found here...'

http://www.mrppp.com.au/nhb/movies/neil_tower_fall.mpg

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Canya plz re-host the video, Neil --- itz very horror-fying/entertaining ...

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The HEX
26-Nov-2005
7:51:16 PM
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Neilo
>He free fell ten metres down the cliff and crashed through the branches of a gum tree... Thank god for the tree! ...

Wendy
>There was a storm brewing and they were just going to drop a survival kit and >paramedic to us, conditions to poor to lift us out, but the pilot was ex vietnam and >swore this was nothing and they were going in...


Rambo in First Blood ... tries to down-climb chossy, over-hanging 100 ft cliff ... persued by dogs and guns ... then leaps for the pine tree ...


...sort-of the reverse of this...

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/wmv/fastrockclimb.wmv

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The HEX
26-Nov-2005
8:07:55 PM
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Topic Date User
Dave Carson Friday, 25 November 2005, climbingjac
>Anyone got contact details for Dave Carson in England? I am going there tomorrow >and would love to be able to call and or email him to see if he is available for a beer :-)

'...Just days before Carson's death, Lassally told an audience of television critics that Carson seemed to be doing well despite his battle with emphysema. Lassally said Carson still came up with at least five jokes from the morning papers; he'd occasionally call them in to Letterman and would get a kick out of seeing them on "Late Night."...'

England ? ...maybe his ashes blew across the Atlantic ...

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The HEX
26-Nov-2005
8:22:09 PM
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>and take lots of presents and stuff to his house
>like pillows for ziggy and ropes for monique
>and enough lollipops to last you all for at least a week
>('carn guys give us a break....what rhymes with monique???

Mousey the brown-nose-in' freak ...

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The HEX
26-Nov-2005
11:51:06 PM
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Woooooooooooooooooooo ... errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr .... no ur not drink-drivin' ... ur lookin' at the South Face of Cerro Torre .................. why hexy ?? ........... cos I luuuuuuuv Cerro Torre ... an' you will to as I progress with the obsesh ...

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The HEX
27-Nov-2005
12:12:03 AM
Da man who started it all ...

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adski
>Yvon Chouinard gets major kudos from me for being the pioneer of free climbing. >Removable protection, what a great idea!
" get a life Adski --- boltsarewhereitsat !!! "

The HEX
27-Nov-2005
12:21:11 AM


From da East ...

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