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#325 Re: calling of the lime
April 04, 2016, 09:15:28 am
Ever noticed how JB gets increasingly grumpy as the grit season winds down?

If you can call it a season. The result of a shoddy call.

For what it's worth you can't have Haydn as a caller, as he's already ignoring protocol by climbing on limestone all year round so the call is irrelevant to him, no emotional investment in it. It'd be like someone calling Creme Egg season every easter, but who secretly gorges on a hidden cache of outdated Creme Eggs the rest of the year anyway.

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#326 Re: calling of the lime
April 04, 2016, 09:21:38 am
Ever noticed how JB gets increasingly grumpy as the grit season winds down?

If you can call it a season. The result of a shoddy call.

For what it's worth you can't have Haydn as a caller, as he's already ignoring protocol by climbing on limestone all year round so the call is irrelevant to him, no emotional investment in it. It'd be like someone calling Creme Egg season every easter, but who secretly gorges on a hidden cache of outdated Creme Eggs the rest of the year anyway.


You'd think but...

Powerband is still wet. The lime ain't  being called yet

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#327 Re: calling of the lime
April 04, 2016, 09:52:58 am
Fear not! I understand the roll of the caller. If someone was to prematurely call the lime, there would be great turmoil in the skys above. Calling the turtle into hibernation early would potentially lead to a catastrophic battle between the 3 eyed crow and the turtle upon his back.

Long may the trees grow, drink thy sky water and plug thee seepage lines I say!....Just not quite yet...

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#328 Re: calling of the lime
April 04, 2016, 11:19:25 am
TBF this season has been fucking awful for both calls and climbing. I think we can allow some leeway.

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#329 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 10:53:37 am
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No!
It is the three eyed crow upon the tortoise's back,
so pack your down in you sack.
Get off that filthy crack.
For its prime time for some lime time.

And just remeber to pray hail to the god of the dale.
Blessed may we be for a long and prosperous season!

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#330 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 10:56:28 am
I was gonna call it sooner but was put off by the snow on saturday! What a bizarre season it is.

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#331 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 10:57:44 am
A stylish call there.

I was climbing on the lime, in the snow, on Saturday. I think this might be right.

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#332 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 11:34:40 am
I am happy about the call.
Gives me hope about my current board project.

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#333 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 12:17:01 pm
Premature I think, given the forecast. Is Ben's roof even dry yet? Tssk, etc.

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#334 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 12:21:42 pm
Excellent crisp conditions, the numbing out/thawing process works well as hot/cold treatment of pulleys while on the move. . .

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#335 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 12:28:09 pm
Seems like the right call - Stanage  was a bit soapy last night, there were pigeons all over the crag (but no turtles to be seen) and a strange man screaming and yelling for hours at the popular end whilst filming himself with a drone.

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#336 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 12:52:16 pm
Stanage  ...  and a strange man screaming and yelling for hours at the popular end whilst filming himself with a drone.

was his screaming loud enough to drown out the noise of the drone?

was it a climber, or just some twunt doing a bit of shouty theatre ?

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#337 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 12:55:37 pm
Well I for one am going to the Tor this evening. Good call.

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#338 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 12:55:56 pm
Seems like the right call - Stanage  was a bit soapy last night, there were pigeons all over the crag (but no turtles to be seen) and a strange man screaming and yelling for hours at the popular end whilst filming himself with a drone.

Yes - WTF was that all about.   :shrug:

saw folks carrying a generator and what looked like a sound system up as we drove past hooks carr.  We were at the plantation, but heard tell of some constant shouting and drones etc.

Not sure if it was the same drone that was flying around the plantation or not.  Pissed me off though, marring what was possibly one of the most beautiful evenings I've been out on in a long long while.  Like suffering jet skis when at gogarth.  :furious:
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#339 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 01:39:41 pm
I'm getting me a catapult to take down that drone next time. Annoying as fuck!

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#340 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 02:02:13 pm
I feel that urinating on the drone operator might be worthwhile

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#341 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 02:06:12 pm
Premature I think, given the forecast. Is Ben's roof even dry yet? Tssk, etc.

That confirms it then. Good call Haydn.

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#342 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 02:32:23 pm
how's the forget-me-not scene at Rubicon?

any new watermint growth showing?

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#343 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 02:37:04 pm
Premature I think, given the forecast. Is Ben's roof even dry yet? Tssk, etc.

That confirms it then. Good call Haydn.

Does this mean I can take an extra grade for my forthcoming grit ascents?

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#344 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 02:43:30 pm
Premature I think, given the forecast. Is Ben's roof even dry yet? Tssk, etc.

That confirms it then. Good call Haydn.

Does this mean I can take an extra grade for my forthcoming grit ascents?

No, you have to drop a grade from all your winter grit ascents  ;)

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#345 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 02:57:55 pm
how's the forget-me-not scene at Rubicon?

I can't remember.

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#346 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 10:38:30 pm
Powerband's not even dry, what kind of call is this?

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#347 Re: calling of the lime
April 21, 2016, 11:00:01 pm
It was bone dry when I got there, but you know what you were saying about the lack of trees...


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#348 Re: calling of the lime
April 22, 2016, 12:01:57 am
Powerband is dry. I climbed it on saturday...

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#349 Re: calling of the lime
May 02, 2016, 05:16:33 pm
just by way of a bit of warning for Haydn

I encountered a previous Caller the other day

since losing The Sight of Lime and all the glory that goes with it, he has descended into the dark hole of comorbid addictions to shortbread and liquid chocolate

despite an encyclopedic knowledge of Pinches Wall, he is now just a drooling, grinning mess

his carers allowed me to take a picture

he can't even stand up straight


 

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