16-July-2001 Alexander Chiang <achiang@nyx.net> "go go go" ooh ooh ooh wow new climbing area never been here before at the Valley of the Blind those routes look hard! hard. hard? fun? fun! fun? no way no way no way rubin am i going to climb that chimney it looks scary! scary! scary! i will die. die. die! ok ok ok maybe i can do it but i need gear gear gear lots lots lots because i am scared. scared! scared! more please more please more please! yow this is heavy. heavy. heavy! but i will take it all. take it all. take it all! climbing i'm climbing i'm climbing please spot me rubin i'm scared. scared? scared! i move up slowly and surely, slowly and surely, surely this is slow. focus. focus. focus. ignore the runout and don't look down down down. shit! shit! shit! why did i look down? down? down? this sucks. sucks! sucks! grunt gasp wheeze grunt gasp wheeze grunt wheeze gasp -- yuck yuck yuck those spiders and silverfish in my eyes are gross. gross! gross. ignore and focus. focus. focus. inward i waddle waddle waddle almost there almost? almost? oh baby pro! sweet pro! bomber pro! only forty long long long feet off the deck now i can let the sphincter relax relax relax. squirm squirm squirm and thrutch thrutch thrutch up up up more grunt grunt grunt and sweat sweat sweat ooh it's really narrow here i'm stuck! i'm stuck! i'm not stuck! finally free at last at last at last. grunt grunt grunt this is hard work this business of moving up up up. ow! ow! ow! my feet hurt! hurt! hurt! i need to sit on this narrow narrow narrow ledge and rest (whew!) rest (whew!) rest (whew!) ok ok ok that's enough i'm sorry rubin for taking so long but i'm finally in the groove baby in the groove baby, baby i'm in the groove. slimy slimy slimy i can't jam in this hand crack it's too slimy slimy slimy and my calves are on fire! fire! fire! but ignore and focus gotta focus just focus gee it's overhanging here comes the crux, the damn crux, shit the crux! gotta protect so slam slam slam that cam cam cam and now i'm looking for the hold, hey where's the hold, oh god where's the hold? i'm still looking, i'm still looking, look -- i'm still looking -- oops i'm falling, wow i'm falling, damn i'm falling! climbing i'm back climbing i'm climbing rubin and i'm back at the crux hello crux i believe we've met before you whore but no more because i'm looking and i've got it. got it! GOT IT! oh i'm done i'm done, done i'm done! this tree is sweet so sweet, sweetly sweet and i'm soaked in sweat in sweat in sweat but happy happy happy! fin. fin. fin.
