[Nibile]

f1 say stupid things to moustached italian climber thinking he is me and getting punched.

g1 invite uncle to try your 3 years long project, see him crush it, go away, hide on top of a boulder to assault him while he walks back to the car, slip from said top of boulder while jumping to kill uncle and break something.

[Fiend]

g1 invite uncle to try your 3 years long project, see him crush it, go away, hide on top of a boulder to assault him while he walks back to the car, slip from said top of boulder while jumping to kill uncle and break something.

Did this actually happen??


P.S. Well done ms Nut, it was a striking look...


P.P.S. D1 is no surprise but still somewhat disturbing.

[jfw]

e1 Getting a black eye by falling out the car onto the corner of the door in the ferry on the way home (did this on my first trip)

f. Crushed ego from failing on a blue.

Try blue 7 at Cuvier. Would be curious to know the real grade!

is this the chimney? its awesome - tell me you did it o queen of thrutchyness!

[cider nut]

UKB worries me - people seem to know me, but I don't recognise their usernames!

Alas it wasn't the chimney, as I didn't know there was one, and now I'm wishing I did as I would have had a go! Let me know where it is, and i'll add it to my wishlist. Blue 7 is just this good looking short problem on sloping half moon ledges, but it seems to be nails, nobody it my group could do it.

[cider nut]

This is blue 7, badly edited photo - http://img.ukclimbing.com/i/83820.jpg
Hope that link works, can't remember what it is about UKC that doesn't display properly.

[Fiend]

What it is about UKC is that they don't allow hot-linking to the images.

Thus: http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=83820

That's a cool photo, although pity about the mats overlapping the climber.

It looks like the solution would be to pull hard on the holds. Although no doubt some wizened old Bleausard would come along and prattle about le footwork and la balance etc etc.

[Nibile]

it's just left of biceps mou, isn't it?

[jfw]

the one i am thinking of is blue 9 its left of angle incarne - go look at a picture of angle incarne on bleau info - its that chimney!

[jfw]

it's just left of biceps mou, isn't it?

cidernut's pictured problem (Blue 7) is in area c of this topo http://www.drtopo.com/bleau.pdf

[cider nut]

Cool, will check out the chimney next time I'm there.

Re. blue 7 - yeah, it's on the bottom middle boulder in the area c rectangle.  It's called Le Coq Droite and it's only meant to be 4c <cough>

Now I'd best stop dragging this off topic, back to injuries, my favourite topic (after squirms)

[BenF]

z. Lifetime in French prison after spontaneously murdering an entire horde of irritating English student climbing club tosspots with terrible haircuts, braying voices and a bloody guitar at the crag.

So you were there last week then?  Last week friends I was with saw local climbers walk into an area smiling, see the hordes and then walk straight out again looking grumpy (fair play though, it was Sabot).  One mouthy English fool in a "uni climbing club font 08" t-shirt was even witnessed attacking a problem he'd failed on with a large stick.  But that's the charm of Font at Easter eh?

 

[SA Chris]

I'm so glad I don't get any holidays at easter any more.

[Fiend]

z. Lifetime in French prison after spontaneously murdering an entire horde of irritating English student climbing club tosspots with terrible haircuts, braying voices and a bloody guitar at the crag.

So you were there last week then?  Last week friends I was with saw local climbers walk into an area smiling, see the hordes and then walk straight out again looking grumpy (fair play though, it was Sabot).  One mouthy English fool in a "uni climbing club font 08" t-shirt was even witnessed attacking a problem he'd failed on with a large stick.  But that's the charm of Font at Easter eh?

That was on the Saturday, at Sabots (and is no exaggeration - although it's worth pointing out that Apremont / Isatis / Elephant were perfectly quiet on previous days). Apparently your sister was there. But I don't know what she looks like. I do know what you look like, but didn't see you.

[Jim]

blue 7 is grade 5, get your feet high and smear. The chimney left of angle incarne is 9d, you need a medal after doing that chimney.

Go try the blue circuit at sablons, some really tough quality problems, especially blue 10

[a dense loner]

oh my god shut up about blue 10. i'm surprised your body's not fucked

[neil h]

you seen your video dense http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,8951.0.html

[Houdini]

BLUE!!

hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha haha aha aha ha ah ah ah aha ah ah aha ah ah ahah a !!!!

Next it'll be that savage Orange!

Dense was definitely talking about a black problem...

[Richie Crouch]

No injuries to speak of, but a couple of ticks seemed to have become attached to my body. Off the docs in the morning to make sure everything is ok, as I pulled one off before being told it is a bad idea and to get them removed properly ???

[fatneck]

Glad to hear that Rich. Although with your "bad blood" I have to say I'm surprised they stayed attatched to you for so long!

I wouldn't bother with the docs, the commonly percieved idea is that if you don't remove them properly, the mandibles (jaws) get left under the skin and cause infection. In my experience, this is bullshit and you may as well just pull 'em off. Good luck, let me know how it goes!

[Houdini]

Aye, twist them off and use TCP on what's left.  You don't need a GP.

[Percy B]

Pair of tweezers as far down on blood-sucking little fuckers body as pos - right next to your skin, and pull out perpendicular to your skin with slow but firm presure until its out. It's possible a bit of it might get left behind, but this is rare. Check the wound for any tick shrapnel and use your tweezers to remove these bits too. Clean the wound and leave it to heal. If you feel ill then go to the docs, otherwise don't bother. If you get a bit stuck in, don't panic. It'll come out of its own accord.

This advice is all well and good until you have a tick firmly embedded where your perineum and scrotum meet. In my experience this is a part of the body which its very difficult to get to and is obviously a very sensitive region. Then I would suggest either locating friends who owe you a huge favour, or steal a small mirror from a ladies handbag, locate some tweezers and get a stick to bite down on....

[The Sausage]

my mum gets loads walking the dog. she says she just pulls them off, and if there's any bits left she just snips herself with scissors (!) and gets rid of the rest. she is somewhat crazy though, so i'm not recommending it...

[Richie Crouch]

Cheers for the advice everyone, I'll try the tweezer treatment and antiseptic cream in the morning when I am sober!

[saltbeef]

alternatives are smear them in vaseline, they then can't breath and willfall off as they suffocate, nasty but then you don't end up with the head stuck in you. or heat the bastard up with a match or lighter don't use a combo of the two techniques as you'll effectively have a napalmed tick melting into you.

[SA Chris]

I was told both of these methods are a seriously bad idea, as they make the tick regurgitate their stomach contents which can cause infection. But I am not a doctor, so could be wrong.

If you are in areas where they are common, the little plastic hooks (in two sizes) for removing them are a really good idea to carry around. Otherwise a twist with tweezers (or nailclippers) are OK.