“The mission, should you choose to accept it.”
The mission Nate was referring to is the Hueco Wanker 101. One hundred and one boulder problems…..in a day….with the long and pumpy Ghetto Simulator V2 as #101.
Paul and I had originally planned on climbing the 101 last weekend, but my stupid spastic back muscle prevented us.
Nate had given the 101 a shot about a month prior but was shut down by Ghetto. He’s getting ready to leave Hueco and head back to the east and this weekend was his final one there….his final shot at the 101.
Paul and I have managed to convert Marcus into a regular Hueco junkie now too, and the 101 was something he didn’t want to miss.
We just had to go. Paul, Marcus and myself crammed into the subie and were off.
The plan was to attack the Wanker challenge on Sunday, so Saturday was devoted to hard projects. We started at Warm-up Boulder, then moved on to a highball that Marcus and Paul have been talking about doing for a long time, Hershey’s Symphony V1. Both sent with grace. Then Paul got a little taste of Diaphanous Sea V12.
Next was Power of Silence, V10 project for Paul and the thin and vertical Speak to Me O’Toothless One V1 for Marcus.
Nate met up with us there and then we moved on to Girls of Juarez V4, Black Mamba V10, and Supergoose V3. Nice send Nate, on Girls of Juarez….using the “T-Bone” beta.
Next on the list was Loaded With Power V10…..another climb Paul has been eyeing up to try. One try, two tries, three tries. FOURTH TRY AND HE SENDS!!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Unfortunately….b/c I thought Paul would be “working” this problem juuuust a little more than 4 attemps, I didn’t get any video or pictures. 🙁 And I’m not so sure as we ever will get video of a repeat b/c this thing is high, hard and scary. Yeah Paul.
As for me, I spent the day lounging around and reading “Legacy of Luna” (the story about the activist chickie who sat in a redwood for 2 years to hinder California clear-cutting). My back is still being a pain in the…uh…back.
Saturday night the wind really kicked up at the campground so myself, Paul, Nate and Marcus all retreated into mine and Paul’s new loveshack. We enjoyed a tasty spaghetti dinner, tossed back a few beverages, and discussed our Wanker plan of attack in a meeting…
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5 Responses to ““The mission, should you choose to accept it.””
March 8th, 2005 at 12:42 am
I’d really like to know if they managed to do the WANKER 101…
and if alcohol enhances the performance…
March 8th, 2005 at 7:57 am
Marcus, you where there. So do you think alcohol inhanced our performance?
The video once compressed, came out in worse quality that I had expected. I’ll have to work on getting better quality up for future flicks.
March 8th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
Hey guys! I may be the only non-climber who reads this site, but I am not sure… I was thinking it would be cool if you made a little “climbing glossary” of terms, a lot of the stuff sounds exciting as hell but I can’t tell what it means sometimes.
Well, good luck, I like the site, hope your back feels better April.
Nate
March 8th, 2005 at 9:47 pm
Good idea Nate! We’ll try and get some kind of glossary up to help others speak the climbing lingo.
March 22nd, 2005 at 3:10 pm
Southwest airline is moving into Pittsburgh. This simple business advance will open the doors of Paul and Aprils past………..hopefully I will see you both very soon.
J
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