Red River Fixation

Post by **schwagpad** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:24 pm

After five years of living in sunny Boulder Colorado, I'm still fixated on the Red River. To explain why, here is some revealing analysis.

1. I miss my mommy.
2. Boulder Canyon is overbolted, overclimbed, and not as good as the red to begin with.
3. It's easier to get a few minutes away from the lab to post on this site than it is to get a whole day to actually go climbing
4. I spend 90% of my time doing physics, when I used to sometimes spend 90% climbing. For me, a social retard (that's socially challenged to you), this means I don't have much to talk about with my climbing friends and I don't have much to climb with my physics friends. How's that for being a crybaby.
5. The grass is always greener on the other side. This time, literally true, and a valid reason to miss Kentucky.
6. The people on redriverclimbing.com are way cooler than the people on frontrangebouldering.com. Obviously.
7. 5.11 trad climbs always scare me, 5.10 trad climbs sometimes kick my ass, 5.12 trad climbs never happen.
8. Bouldering in RMNP is too hard. Again, crybaby, obviously.
9. I never get to see HoFo highstep anymore. It really takes my breath away.
10. You think the gumbies in Ky are scary? Increase their average gumbiness by a factor of two and increase their numbers by a factor of fifty. This is why their are so many climbing accidents each year around boulder. I haven't had to drag anyone out yet, but I am often terrified, and forced into the role of crag police.

There are plenty more where that came from, but I better get back to the lasers.

Post by **Wes** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:39 pm

But you need to stay out there for at least a couple more years to hang top ropes on those eldo 11's for us!

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:35 pm

what about the fine bouldering of horsetooth reservoir? the torture chamber traverse? classic! to satisfy your unmentionables fetish, i could be talked into sending you some particular photos and web links (please see www.lemonparty.org for a beautiful high step in action!).

Post by **Crankmas** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:32 pm

started a punk club for all the wrong reasons? an we don't care ... unless its one of those caring instances.. so you otter care about clean water

Post by **schwagpad** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:11 pm

Wes, by the time you get out here you will be hanging the topropes for me. Either way, it sounds fun.

HoFo, I learned a long time ago not to click on your links (especially at work). By the way, weren't you supposed to be out here climbing sometime last year. You're late, dude. Giddy up.

Crankmas, What the hell does that mean? If that is some advice for someone who is completely fed up with graduate school and is reduced to posting random lists on a climbing website, then please translate.

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:50 pm

actually, that was two years ago. i'm waiting for petrol to hit $7/gallon before i drive out there.

Post by **SCIN** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:52 pm

Uncle?

Post by **schwagpad** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:40 pm

Awesome Horatio. So you're heading here tomorrow.

SCIN uncle who?

Post by **SCIN** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:35 pm

Uncle you, right?

Post by **schwagpad** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:58 pm

Not yet, but Junior Hume's on the way. They are keeping the gender unknown at this point, but I can't imagine anything but machismo coming from Gene's genes. It's a family tradition to conceive on first shot and produce nothing but the highest form of masculinity.