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| Michael A. Riches... |
 Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:19 am |
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Does the Ute's kicking ass on the Sugar Bowl have anything to do with
climbing...???
Ratzzz... (Go Ute's...) |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:44 pm |
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brother Ratzzz wrote:
Quote: Does the Ute's kicking ass on the Sugar Bowl have anything to do with
climbing...???
they did indeed kick hiney. my prom date is on the UofU faculty, so a
bunch of us watched. she was like throwing stuff and howling like a
banshee. (long ago, she used to do this -- ok, perhaps just fein
this, when it was just the two of us).
my answer to your specific question, just now, is:
[a] it demonstrates that the popular press and all their numbers
amount to nada. i suspect that UofU could smack down any of the teams
ranked above them -- save, perhaps, Florida (now that's a game i'd
like to see, but of course never will. though id bet my paycheck on
UofU -- if for no other reason than simple domestic tranquility. that
and i think they'd win). which is to say, what is harder? a Seneca
11c or a Valley 12a? my answer is, who cares? me, i'd be happy to
simply have the chance to fall off of either.
[b] tonight there are 40-some kids with sore knees soaking in foamy
hot tubs. they are in heaven, or some small temporal equivelent. 2
or 3 of them will get paid millions to soak worse knees in better hot
tubs. me, i find myself thinking of the other 39. the good, but not
great. their knees still hurt. after a couple years flailing at some
car dealership, the memories of the mighty shrunken head(s) on their
belts will fade. and, then, well, what? as a pretty good but not
great climber, i think things like this.
[c] this is still more evidence that SLC (like Boulder, and Boise)
are, as my pal B used to say, "cooked". come the late fall of 2010,
Vancouver will also be 'cooked'. Baja is nearly cooked, Jackson Hole
is _way_ cooked, hell, even Asheville is in the crock pot. soon
enough even Cranmore and Missoula will be post-toasty. then what?
where will we dirtbags go? perhaps Kashmir -- if it hasn't been
nuked back into the stone age.
when i was a youth, i wrote this song called "Right Day, Wrong
Planet" later covered by Enis Penvy And The Fixations. yippee.
the lyrics echo in my head just now.
though the corn fed youth of UofU did well. very well. and they much
deserve their moment of pride. may they enjoy it.
though, were i an actual Ute, i'd be shaking my head just about now.
perhaps it's time that UofU changed it's team name to something like
"The Surburbanites!" or "The Mall Children!"
FWIW, the best Anasazi site, by far, is on what little is left of
their territory. ask nice (and repeatedly) and they might let you see
it. much worth the effort. big magic. good people. but don't just
show up in your Ford Valdeez expecting access t the site and a picnic
lunch. they make you ask politley, and be informed, and wait...
years. then walk many miles. all much worth the effort.
well, call me Deacon Blues...
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| Michael A. Riches... |
| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:48 pm |
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Deacon writes:
Quote: FWIW, the best Anasazi site, by far, is on what little is left of
their territory. ask nice (and repeatedly) and they might let you see
it. much worth the effort. big magic. good people. but don't just
show up in your Ford Valdeez expecting access t the site and a picnic
lunch. they make you ask politley, and be informed, and wait...
years. then walk many miles. all much worth the effort.
Down in our deserts, where these tribes used to congregate, you can still
find hidden canyons and cliffs where very few modern day peoples have set
foot. I found a large bowl where the green or the muddy river (won't tell ya
which one...) had had a tributary feeding in to it. It was dry and had been
for thousands of years but the remnants were still there. It was in a very
narrow slot canyon and was about a mile from the river area.
We hiked in and were just about to give up because the slot was getting just
too narrow, when all the sudden we turned a short corner and the whole place
opened up...
There were I really don't know how many houses and graineries, but the place
was almost a small town.
We spent a few hours in the place just checking it out and then left. I've
never been back. Maybe someday...
Down in the Indian Creek area you can still see the Indians actual
fingerprints on the mud granaries. This state has such a solid Indian
history, it is so incredible to stand and look at those structures that were
built in the cliffs where even a good climber stands to gets the willies
just trying to get up to them...
Imagine how good a climber you'd be if you'd have started at 2 or 3 just
taking the trip on moms back. By the time you were 10 you'd be doing 12's or
13's...
Anyway, I guess that got us back on topic...Be good,
Ratzzz... |
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