The Comment Page
Archives Part Three

(#5.41) (Wed Sep 6 18:02:48 IST 2000)
From: Cormac Long
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: No Subject
Comment:

Just testing to see if the page is really dead
Cormac.

(#5.42) (Wed Sep 6 18:39:32 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hi Cormac, The page isn't dead.Poor Conor probably had to delete things after the messing yesterday.I don't fancy his unpaid job as webmaster at the moment. See you, Finbarr.

(#5.43) (Thu Sep 7 01:32:10 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: No Subject
Comment:

Can you believe that yesterday was the hottest
ever recorded in Austin - it hit a whopping 112F
(that's about 45 Celcius)... I think I'll move
to death valley... I hear it's cooler there!
Cormac.

(#5.44) (Thu Sep 7 11:23:58 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email: bfeeney@esatclear.ie
Subject: Tux and the Gimp
Comment:
Exactly how has Cliona embarrassed the club?

(#5.45) (Thu Sep 7 11:36:08 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email: bfeeney@esatclear.ie
Subject: Laser guided heat-seeking (just to be sure) SCUD missile
Comment:
Actually, I just had a second look there. "Finbar" appears to have stopped using capitals for some reason in his anti-Cliona rant. Just like the little gromit himself (a.k.a. Fat Palvey a.k.a. Bad Sastard).

Anyway, Thursday has come around, and no-one's suggested anywhere to go. How about the Gateway, we all know where it is. We can celebrate Jenny's rescue from the mean streets of Westport.

(#5.46) (Thu Sep 7 11:50:57 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email:
Subject: Bryan, master of espionage
Comment:
Yes, the Gateway everyone. Ce soir. Does anyone have Finbarr's number, coz I said I'd ring him next time we were going out, and I've lost it...?

(#5.47) (Thu Sep 7 14:22:45 IST 2000)
From: Tom
Email: bbqdude@cookmaster.com
Subject: What else? Bottle opener
Comment:
There is to be a bbq in Jerrys house this Friday coming. I havent had a chance to say it to many people but let the word go out now that it is to happen. From seven o' clock people should arrive.

(#5.48) (Thu Sep 7 16:46:04 IST 2000)
From: The real Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@esatclear.ie
Subject: A nice *nix box with some added GNU goodness
Comment:
Was doing a bit of coding in my spare time on a new comment page. Seeing as I have to go through another year of stats, I thought I'd have it regurgitate some figures




Month #Comments
Dec 6
Jan 13
Feb 22
Mar 64
Apr 105
May 47 [Exams!!!!]
Jun 130
Jul 111
Aug 45 [Where'd everyone go?]
Sep 9
==================
Total 551


Fascinating isn't it... Okay, maybe not. Anyway, I suppose I'll see everyone at the Gateway tonight to plan this barbeque tomorrow.




P.S. I'm not after Finbar. Rob's the only man for me!

P.P.S. What the hell happened to the last comment page, was it abducted by aliens or something.

(#5.49) (Thu Sep 7 17:08:38 IST 2000)
From: kev kelly
Email: kevrkelly77
Subject: Tom's ice screw
Comment:
Hi Guys. Everyone is to kill at least one wild boar each and have it with them for Jerry's BBQ if they want to go. Killing sheep won't do cause they apparently have been known to affect the moral integrity of UCC MC. See yee all there. Happy hunting and remember don't let the pursuit of other wild animals for deviant sexual desires distract you. See yee all there.

(#5.50) (Fri Sep 8 01:51:13 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: No Subject
Comment:

Testing the comment page... just setting up
a test that will tell me just how good my
tracking theory is...

(#5.51) (Fri Sep 8 17:24:21 IST 2000)
From: David
Email: clifford_david@yahoo.com
Subject: the PC
Comment:


Well Chicago is flat but great. Having a ball here and finally have sorted out everything (flat, furniture, money etc.) but worried that this comment won't come up because the comment page has been shut down.


(#5.52) (Sat Sep 9 21:13:14 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email: bfeeney@esatclear.ie
Subject: Soylent Green are People
Comment:
Hi Dave, your message made it okay, but it doesn't look like there's anyone around to read it (except the lone computer science student - oh dear). Glad to hear you're settled in, no drive-by shootings yet or anything.

(#5.53) (Tue Sep 19 22:47:30 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: ... this page!
Comment:

Is the page ever going to be enabled again?
Cormac.

(#5.54) (Thu Sep 21 20:03:26 IST 2000)
From: Jenknee
Email: With-held on request
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hooray hooray...it's such a joy to be back. (superceded with lots of Sound of Music type dancing and mirth). Be gone foul P.F. types...any news on that incidently?? Anyone doing anything for le weekend? I'll be arriving down on Saturday eager for drinks that night and climbing/walking on the Lords Day, more eager for the latter it must be said, wimpy or no... If anyone has any plans please please think to include me, free recitatation (sp?) of my memoirs which I've started to write 'cause I'm so BORED in Westport. Did get out to the "'Turks" tho' (as us coolies say)....

(#5.55) (Thu Sep 21 20:48:08 IST 2000)
From: Jenjen
Email: With-held on request
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Is this bastard working?

(#5.56) (Fri Sep 22 14:16:37 IST 2000)
From: diarmo
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
woohoo, finally talk to normal people about things other than "reverse cardiotomies" and HLB,TTR,HIV,MOT, STAT!!! and stuff. Solid Anybody up to anything for the weekend?

(#5.57) (Fri Sep 22 14:18:02 IST 2000)
From: torken faddy
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
whoa, like hey dudes, looks like I just surfed in after Diarmo. What a B-O-D-A-C-I-O-U-S coincidence! Torken

(#5.58) (Fri Sep 22 17:47:32 IST 2000)
From: Sike Rosenpower
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Nothing, but the sound of the restless ocean all around you. Ripples dance beneath your board, while some lap across the virgin white surface that you are resting on. The gentle rocking lulls you into a harmonious lullaby with deep waters beneath you. You are out back. Waiting. Ever waiting. Suddenly you feel it. You can't see it, but you feel the swell build up beneath you board. The power and force that it possesses makes every nerve in your body tingle. You see the crest approaching. Its dull, rounded body rolls slowly towards you with silent malevolence. It's back arches, buckling, rearing its angry head, with no other intention but to stomp you into the rocky shore. To crush every living bone in your body. You get pulled back. Your heart is thumping. Hard. You can't hear a thing, only the deafening roar of the beast behind you, as you are draw back into its gaping jaws. Then in an instant thats lasts a liftime, you stand up on the board. You race along the front of the wave, its unforgiving jaws snapping at your heels. You keep it going, slowly, slowly taming the beast till at last it's energy is spent and you have won. This fight at least. There are many more to take on before the day is out. This is surfing and I am Sike Rosenpower. The results are nothing more but a consequence of the process!!!!

(#5.59) (Fri Sep 22 18:36:28 IST 2000)
From: Conor
Email: tufter_mcgintey@yahoo.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
What?

(#5.60) (Mon Sep 25 10:04:32 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Sike, I think I know where you got that from...you little gromit you...Come on everyone else, this is still not the happenin' page it used to be.

(#5.61) (Mon Sep 25 11:43:00 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Who has a hankering for some drinks this week. Me me me. Not thursday though.

(#5.62) (Mon Sep 25 11:47:58 IST 2000)
From: Sike Rosenpower
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Only action has the power to turn knowledge in to wisdom.

(#5.63) (Mon Sep 25 11:51:37 IST 2000)
From: torken faddy
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Word, Sike, Word. And power has the action to turn wisdom into knowledge

(#5.64) (Mon Sep 25 16:09:13 IST 2000)
From: Sike Rosenpower
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Yes, but don't forget Torken that only knowledge has the action to turn power into wisdom..

(#5.65) (Mon Sep 25 17:44:13 IST 2000)
From: J
Email: jgt
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
"Hank hank" says Jenny, for drinks, quel que jour...Wed dans le p.m. par example?

(#5.66) (Mon Sep 25 22:44:42 IST 2000)
From: Mike
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: hhhhhhhtmmmmml
Comment:
OK, the first official/unofficial party for UCCMC will be held on Wednesday the 4th of October in 65 Wilton Gardens. Every mountaineer is to be there except Fat P*%^y!!! The word is out.... Watch this space!!!

(#5.67) (Tue Sep 26 09:21:56 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Mike...yes...yes goddammit. No-one can stop us now. Ya hear me, no-one. Ha Ha Ha Haaaa.

(#5.68) (Tue Sep 26 09:26:52 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hey actually, whats the story with drinks this week. Wed-nes-day it is but where?????? Ich suppozen the usual dans an "slí geata". Oui ou non.

(#5.69) (Tue Sep 26 09:34:33 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email:
Subject: My *nix box - the source of my latest creation....
Comment:
YYEEEESSSSSS! A party I can finally walk home from (assuming I can walk of course). No more the only person to need to spend $$$ on a taxi driven by a manic-depressive road-raging schizo called Finbarr. I will most definitely absolutely concretely be there. Someone might want to send out some emails though (maybe forward Caroline's).

(#5.70) (Tue Sep 26 10:15:51 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Tom will be down tonight and tomorrow for his "conferring". He says that he is very distraught that many of you have deserted him in his time of need. Especially you, Torken.

(#5.71) (Tue Sep 26 17:09:03 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email: bfeeney@esatclear.ie
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Incidentally Finbarr the taxi driver weighs about 300lbs, works for Sun, drives a toyota at 60 miles per hour through red traffic lights on dark narrow streets, powerslides around round-abouts while his passengers gradually crawl up into the foetal position, and has nothing whatsoever to do with mountaineering. Just didn't want to break up the great love affair.

(#5.72) (Tue Sep 26 17:38:54 IST 2000)
From: Token Female
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hey, is it on for the Gateway tomorrow night? Or is somebody going to blaze the way, throw aside apathy, and choose another pub? (Am not holding my breath)

(#5.73) (Tue Sep 26 20:33:52 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Erm, why is no-one mentioning Mikes, I don't want to have to take a taxi again, please...

(#5.74) (Wed Sep 27 10:56:51 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email: bfeeney@esatclear.ie
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Just realised why no-one mentioned Mike's. Yep it's been a slow week. Is there any chance we could go some-where a little closer than the Gateway? Maybe Cissie Young's, or perhaps a return to The Wolfhound?

(#5.75) (Wed Sep 27 11:23:16 IST 2000)
From: diarmo
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
I'd just like to state that Cissie youngs would be a very attractive option for pintage tonight.Indeed I have difficulty thinking of a mose suitable location in which to drink ourselves into a state of double incontinence. Once again let me declare my support for Cissie Youngs.

(#5.76) (Wed Sep 27 12:03:51 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Bryan, Mike's isn't until next week...duh..Cissie Youngs it is then, well done Diarmo for setting a new trend, I commend your leadership qualities..shall spread the good word. Does anyone want Mountain Logs? 'Cause WE'RE in it, the real club Alpine trip that is..(point taken?) À tout à l'heure all you little basal laminae...

(#5.77) (Wed Sep 27 12:33:55 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Typical, I suggest Cissie's, and Diarmo gets all the credit. Watch now Conor will get all the credit when my other idea is reclenchéd.

(#5.78) (Wed Sep 27 14:13:31 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
I will not stand for such histological slander young missy...

(#5.79) (Wed Sep 27 14:34:15 IST 2000)
From: diarmo
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
I don't know exactly when the idea for Cissie's actually hit me, but it was a true revelation. I suppose it took a person with uncommon courage to suggest a new departure like this for the club. Obviously I have been hard put to it this week thinking of new ideas to keep the club at the cutting edge. The idea to go to Cissie's, which I can assure you was mine totally and absolutely, should, I hope, help the club prosper and succeed in the years ahead. I would like to extend my thanks to those of you who waited for me and believed in me as I agonised over whether this was the right or wrong decision. Torken, Sike and Bo- you are friends true and loyal. Torken, may your mullet ever lengthen. Sike, may your shades ever darken. And Bo, What can I say to a dude who has it all? May you be ever radical. Thank you one and all, I won't forget this.

(#5.80) (Wed Sep 27 15:20:53 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:

Whatever else may be the case, it is certain that if I try really, really hard, I can almost see why Mr. Coffey would want to endorse a complete system of leadership by mobocracy. If nothing else, he refuses to come to terms with reality. Mr. Coffey prefers instead to live in a fantasy world of rationalization and hallucination. What I am getting at is this: His screeds are designed to unleash an unparalleled wave of unilateralism. And they're working

(#5.81) (Wed Sep 27 15:40:47 IST 2000)
From: Mr. Coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
On behalf of several members of the community, I would like to express my shock and disappointment at some of Mr. Bryan Q. Feeney, Ph.D.'s cop-outs. Let me begin by citing a range of examples from the public sphere. For starters, Bryan wants all of us to believe that women are crazed Pavlovian sex-dogs who will salivate at any object even remotely phallic in shape. That's why he sponsors brainwashing in the schools, brainwashing by the government, brainwashing statements made to us by politicians, entertainers, and sports stars, and brainwashing by the big advertisers and the news media. You should not ask, "Why can't he value a diversity of approaches without needing to rank them as better and worse?", but rather, "Whatever happened to his sense of humanity?". The latter question is the better one to ask, because he is typical of counter-productive gadflies in his wild invocations to the irrational, the magic, and the fantastic to dramatize his beliefs (as I would certainly not call them logically reasoned arguments). To summarize my views: The trouble with such dictatorial opportunists is that they intend to galvanize a judgemental hysteria, a large-scale version of the slaphappy mentality that can abandon me on a desert island.

(#5.82) (Wed Sep 27 15:59:17 IST 2000)
From: Mike
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Be sure to tell everyone about d party please. I will send out an e-mail... When is the first committee meeting??? Oh, whoever has last years log book, will they bring it to the party please....

(#5.83) (Wed Sep 27 17:01:57 IST 2000)
From: Bryan
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
I shall not stand, sir, in the face of such blasphemous calumy. If I feel the need to revel in the wondrous grasp of a pavlonian dervish, it is none of your recividian interest. Such historical inaccuracies as have been paraded before my in the treacherous veil of anti-reverse ipso-phycological warfare must be answered, but without resorting to pythagorian fanatism. Thus it is that I declare a meeting in Cissies Youngs, you and me, and anyone else in the club who cares to come along.

(#5.84) (Wed Sep 27 17:24:05 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
What does "calumy" mean?

(#5.85) (Thu Sep 28 09:46:44 IST 2000)
From: diarmo
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Thanks to everybody who came along to my party last night. I was touched by your support in light of the recent allegations against me. As I said last night, I can with a clear conscience state that the rumours have no basis in fact. Indeed, Mr. Feeney should in future correspondence clarify whether he is using the Hawaiian or British method of wave-height measuring. The wave I surfed was 50 feet high. The cliff it broke onto was a 50m overhanging wall. The Hold I grabbed was a mono. I climbed the cliff with the surfboard dangling behind me.I have only one question to the doubters: Why would I make up a story about surfing 50ft waves into an overhanging wall and monoing my way to a double-dyno exit? You know me better that that. Truth is the virtue that is dearest to me. Truth always and in everything. Once again thank you all for your support.

(#5.86) (Thu Sep 28 10:05:43 IST 2000)
From: Sike Rosenpower
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hey Diarmo, man, did you do that frontside or backside. I did something similar but i was switch man, riding it fakie all the way home man. Stoked.

(#5.87) (Thu Sep 28 10:16:31 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email:
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Cliona, can't make it at 2pm on Friday...shall phone you later about it...

(#5.88) (Thu Sep 28 10:40:20 IST 2000)
From: Tricia
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
hi folks, my first contribution to the new comment page. Sorry about all the tears last night. Off again cos' have stuff to do.

(#5.89) (Thu Sep 28 16:19:58 IST 2000)
From: diarmo
Email: With-held on request
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
I'd love to go to the mountains this weekend, only there is a really good swell coming in. Pity too, I was looking forward to climbing again. Honestly, I was. No, really. Maybe the weekend after next. Oh no, there's a windsurfing competition on then. Oh, dear.

(#5.90) (Tue Oct 3 23:17:37 IST 2000)
From: David Clifford
Email: clifford_david@yahoo.com
Subject: my net connection
Comment:
Rejoice, the eternal source of UCCMC sca has returned



This page is so slick. Nice one to everyone involved in this one.



My new club isn't half as cool as this one... we are having our first meeting tonight and we are spending $150 on food and drink.... but do you know what, we can't buy any alcohol...


(#5.91) (Wed Oct 4 03:29:31 IST 2000)
From: Jiri Horak
Email: horak@math.uconn.edu
Subject: big Irish gaiters (looking a bit strange here)
Comment:
You really rule, Bryan!

I'd like to say hi to everybody after the summer break. I promised to post my photos from Ailefroide on the web and it will happen soon.

Nothing compares to UCCMC. Despite that I joined the outdoors club here at UConn which is called "The Outing Club" for some strange reason. Although the name is quite similar to the idiomatic expression for publicly declaring that a person is gay, the people seem to be all right. Last weekend I went hiking and camping for the first time here. The White Mountains up in New Hampshire are a nice place.

Keeping track of what's happening in Cork, Jiri

(#5.92) (Wed Oct 4 09:10:18 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: This Page
Comment:
Well Done Bryan, you are the man. This is ultra cool, and I like it. See everyone tonight. If Jenny reads this, could she please bring my jacket and rucksack to my gaff tonight. Bye....

(#5.93) (Wed Oct 4 11:00:06 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Mike's mom's Lowe Alpine Flash
Comment:
Wow, what wonderous technalolgy...See you all tonight, and yes Mike I'll bring your gear, have been delicatly drying the stuff over the embers stolen from the Fire of the Gods, as everything got fecking drenched over the weekend...
EVERYONE, we want you over to help us haul people in at Clubs Day (Thurs), as reward there may be sweeties(Are there Rob?), PLUS you get to check out the new talent...

(#5.94) (Wed Oct 4 16:02:08 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: New Talent.....
Comment:
Need I say any more???

(#5.95) (Wed Oct 4 16:11:39 IST 2000)
From: torken faddy
Email: torkenfaddy@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
whoa dudes like the new website is totally on for it. I am feeling really really amped now. See you guys all tonight or something.

(#5.96) (Wed Oct 4 20:50:05 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Gear for sale.
Comment:
Gear for sale, as new, barely used, any offers considered. No questions.

(#5.97) (Thu Oct 5 13:41:41 IST 2000)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Well done on the comment page Brian,
and thanks for setting it up Conor.
I've just heard that UCD may be sending some of their climbers ice-climbing.Any chance of that around here ?
Is there any news of how Sarah got on in the Greater range ?
Eoin.

(#5.98) (Thu Oct 5 14:46:22 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr Desmond
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
The biz!Well done on the new system lads.

(#5.99) (Thu Oct 5 15:58:52 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: A Bong
Comment:
Well done on the page lads and lassies.Any info on the new sports centre? I trust that this new surfing culture will be dealt a crushing blow with the onset of the college climbing season.

(#6.0) (Thu Oct 5 18:16:17 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: The new improved site!
Comment:


Nice job Brian. What's the latest from

the wilderness of Cork?

Cormac

(#6.1) (Thu Oct 5 18:18:02 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Flaw in the page
Comment:


Brian,

The post operation has a tendency to

hang onto weird information, requiring

a few page reloads before it works. Any

chance of adding a flush buffer in your

script anywhere?

Cormac.

(#6.2) (Thu Oct 5 18:54:03 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Belay Bunnies
Comment:
God knows you can't do anything without a flush buffer...I thought that was an extreme kiting term...? Cheers for the support in Clubs-day tout le monde. Did anyone notice a serious lack of male talent this year..? UCC is turning into a girly college..'hello?'

(#6.3) (Fri Oct 6 10:31:00 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: I still rule, damnit
Comment:
Erm, right. Damn. Cormac, could send me an email describing in detail what's going on. It could be that the server is holding a frequently used page (the output of the addmessage.pl script) in its cache. If that's true, I might try using the GET method to see if it will stop doing that (that should still allow enough info through if you're worried), or else I might try looking for stuff on newsgroups.

(#6.4) (Fri Oct 6 11:57:38 IST 2000)
From: torken faddy
Email: torkenfaddy@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Jen,like you're getting mixed up with a "Flash buffer"- that is like when the, like, mondo tropical winds hit a slow-moving arctic cyclonic pattern over the windward side of the coast. The winds produced then are totally amped for extreme kiting with a steady 60 knots being the norm. Indeed the film "Wild winds" with Bo Hunter and Dwayne Fuhowsky was filmed in a flash buffer....just so you don't look like you know nothing about extreme kiting.

(#6.5) (Fri Oct 6 12:27:32 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: hmmmm
Comment:
Maybe you are right Jenny, but the female talent was.... impeccable....

(#6.6) (Fri Oct 6 13:31:22 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Cocaine
Comment:
Maybe I should become a lesbian...? Shall we have a committee vote on that? Naaa b'y..

(#6.7) (Fri Oct 6 15:32:37 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Unsuitable comment
Comment:
Very interesting information but surely the comment page of this club should only have information about mountaineering and the like and meteorological information about 'Flash Buffers' might be more appropriate for other clubs.

(#6.8) (Fri Oct 6 16:19:38 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: My new crayons
Comment:
There's nothing to do at 16.19 on a friday!!

(#6.9) (Sun Oct 8 15:44:59 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: 1 2 Uni-flu
Comment:
Sorry i couldn't make it out today but i have developed the flu, sob, sob. I will meet the committee on Mon as planned and i will definately be there on Wednesday night, wherever we are going....

(#6.10) (Mon Oct 9 10:16:38 IST 2000)
From: declan murphy
Email: t.d.murphy@student.ucc.ie
Subject: what happened yesterday
Comment:
it was brill weather yesterday.how many came.etc.please i want to know.

(#6.11) (Mon Oct 9 11:20:14 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Useful phrases when snowboarding in Slovenia
Comment:
AKBAR KHALI-KILI HAFTIR LOFTAN.
Thank you for showing me your marvellous gun.

FEKR GABUL GARDAN DAVAT PAEH GUSH DIVAR.
I am delighted to accept your kind invitation to lie down on the floor with my arms above my head and my legs apart.

SHOMAEH FEKR TAMOMEH OEH GOFTEH BANDE.
I agree with everything you have ever said or thought in your life.


(#6.12) (Mon Oct 9 11:21:26 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: and some more....
Comment:

AUTO ARRAREGH DAVATEMAN MANO SEPAHEH-HAST.
It is exceptionally kind of you to allow me to travel in the trunk of your car.

FASHAL-EH TUPEHMAN NA DEGAT MANO GOFTAM CHEESHAYEH MOHEMARA JEBEHKESHVAREHMAN.
If you will do me the kindness of not harming my genital appendages I will gladly reciprocate by betraying my country in public.

KHREL, JEPAHEH MANEH VA JAYEII AMRIKAHEY.
I will tell you the names and addresses of many American spies travelling as reporters.

(#6.13) (Mon Oct 9 11:22:30 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: and just to top it off.
Comment:

BALLI, BALLI, BALLI!
Whatever you say!

MATERNIER GHERMEZ AHLIEH, GHORBAN.
The red blindfold would be lovely, Excellency.

TIKEH NUNEH BA OB KHRELLEH BEZORG VA KHRUBE BOYAST INO BEGERAM.
The water-soaked breadcrumbs are delicious, thank you. I must have the recipe.

(#6.14) (Mon Oct 9 14:44:29 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Burton boards
Comment:
Oi Feeno, you may laugh and joke now but wait till we're carving up the brilliantly white slopes of Rogla. Twenty minutes from the cosy, welcoming, snowbooarder babe magnet that is the town of Zrece.

(#6.15) (Mon Oct 9 15:06:32 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Harry's Mountain Log
Comment:

Harry, where were you? I waited and I waited, and eventually exposure set in and I had to be brought to the nearest pub. I've still got your 'Log and money if you're around tomorrow. Call me (45 46 340), or email me if you can.

By the way, is anyone going up the wall(s) tonight. If they are I'm definitely up for it.

(#6.16) (Mon Oct 9 15:26:03 IST 2000)
From: Colin Dennison
Email: colindennison1@yahoo.com
Subject: That brown and green sheet of paper that was last seen on Snowdon...
Comment:
Hi all, strange to hear that we had such a poor turnout on Sunday with the record number of sign-ups on Clubs n'Socks Day, but I have to admit the prospect of an 08:30 start on Sunday morning is a bit daunting even for mad people like us. Well just wanted to let you all know that there's a party in my gaff on Wednesday night starting around 8-9pm in Apartment 15, Jennings Pool (that's into the Brookfield complex on College Rd., down to the bottom, Leisure Centre on left, river straight ahead, apartments on right...got that??). Probably go to Freakscene or something after we get kicked out by security. All welcome (except those with criminal records, or those with propensity for violence).

(#6.17) (Mon Oct 9 21:58:19 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: sunday
Comment:
well all, what about Sunday, a new and glorious rekindling of the ucc mountain spirit. Were the paps as good as you all anticipated or what??? answers on a postcard please to ucc mountaineering club p.o. box 1,000,001, cork.

(#6.18) (Tue Oct 10 09:35:39 IST 2000)
From: torken faddy
Email: torkenfaddy@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Dudes, what about the like paps on Sunday? Sorry I couldn't make it...But we had a mellow sesh out back in like west kerry or something. So like picture the, like, problem yourself- should I go the the paps or get on for some mellow footing of a hang-ten in the green-room? Like, totally only one answer man. Totally.

(#6.19) (Tue Oct 10 14:11:15 IST 2000)
From: yvonne o connor
Email: y_o_connor@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
who makes up the passwords? mine is deadly!
hope that all is well in the mountains. there are lots of little mountains here in perugia which look beautiful, and as soon as i get my boots sent over i'll be checking them out.all is well in grand'italia. keep it country and i'll see y'all at christmas.

(#6.20) (Tue Oct 10 14:45:45 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: I hate filling this bit in...
Comment:
Freakscene tommorrow night, sounds like a plan...

(#6.21) (Tue Oct 10 18:09:19 IST 2000)
From: admin
Email: tufter_mcgintey@yahoo.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
test

(#6.22) (Tue Oct 10 18:15:20 IST 2000)
From: admin
Email: tufter_mcgintey@yahoo.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hey everyone, we're going to the Gateway tomorrow night at 9.00, followed by Freakscene, if you think you can hack it....

(#6.23) (Tue Oct 10 19:10:42 IST 2000)
From: Jean O' Donoghue
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Spagetti a la Tricia
Comment:
Hi guys - just to say it was great to see people again Sat night and thanks for the grub Trisha!! (and the cooking wine Rob!)So all that's left for me to say is....when are ye going to quit feck actin' around Kerry and come see some REAL Munros???

Luv'n'gabbro(you know you want it!)
The Jeanmeister

(#6.24) (Wed Oct 11 13:40:22 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Jenn, thanks for the message. See you all in the Gateway about 9.30ish.

(#6.25) (Wed Oct 11 17:14:39 IST 2000)
From: Jerry Kelly
Email: jerrykelly@eircom.net
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Anyone on for doing any walking/scrambling/climbing in the next 3 days?(ie Thu/Fri/Sat)?

(#6.26) (Wed Oct 11 22:57:38 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
hello, me and feeno and trish and decco are in the pub. we are happy bunnies. ha ha ha. end of message. here also are anne, aidancolmbrianhughsanreamichealjennyCLIONAciarajohnsonjathethree americ

(#6.27) (Thu Oct 12 15:59:29 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: yes please
Comment:
Hey, anyone have any burning issues with the powers that be that they call the MCI? Am going on a sejourn to an MCI meeting in Donegal, if you would like me to fly some flag for you...Don't get blown off the Galtees, those of you around for the weekend...Ps. Freakscene was a laugh last night, n'est pas?

(#6.28) (Thu Oct 12 16:01:12 IST 2000)
From: Emiliano
Email: munoz.e@euro.apple.com
Subject: Just to say hello
Comment:
Hi all,
I'm back from Spain and I'm anxious to join Sunday's trips. Congratulations Bryan this comment page looks good and I hope it works the same. c u all.

(#6.29) (Fri Oct 13 15:03:56 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
How come i am not on the user list anymore???

(#6.30) (Fri Oct 13 15:22:29 IST 2000)
From: Anne-Marie Hunter
Email: With-held on request
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Cause, Mike, when you go to the user list there is a button down at the bottom that says next and you are on the next page!!! So much for maths students! See u all on the galtees - hopefully we will be able to stand up this time!

(#6.31) (Fri Oct 13 21:19:46 IST 2000)
From: Patrick Clifford
Email: paddycd@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
If ruth is still around, can i have my cd back please before you go away, sound. take it easy,
pat.

(#6.32) (Sat Oct 14 14:45:17 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Brand spanking new version of the comment page
Comment:
Yep, here it is version 0.1.0 of the comment page. All the comments ever posted[1] are here. Press the First button to see who posted the first ever comment. Press the Last button to see the most recent comments. Use the Prev, and Next buttons to go back and forth between comments.

You can also decide the manner in which you want to view the comments. There's the default "Normal" view which looks quite nice, but takes a bit longer to load than the "Basic" view, which is pretty much the same as the last few versions. If you want to save your settings, hit the Last button and bookmark the page. All the info will be stored in the bookmark

It is also possible to edit and delete your comments after posting them via the links below, and the administrator can enter his/her password to pop up the tracing buttons and display email addresses.

Note, there are some problems with browsers caching pages[2]. If you experience any trouble, try hitting the Reload/Refresh button on your browser.

Enjoy!


[1] This obviously does not include pages that were deleted. Also some comments got scrambled in the transition.
[2] Caching is where a browser saves a frequently used page to disk. It then displays the saved copy instead of reconnecting to the site when you look for that page. As the comment page is always using the same page (but feeding it different information) occasionally some of the flakier browsers have problems.

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Mon Oct 16 20:22:36 2000]

(#6.33) (Sat Oct 14 18:21:38 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Utter Misery
Comment:
Right then, a few hours ago, a runny nose could not stop me from being happy. Now it's blocked up with a couple of hundred gallons of goop, my throat burns, my stomach's doing piruettes and my head feels like the entire Galtees have been rammed inside. So I won't be out Sunday.

On the bright side, this gives me an opportunity to prepare for my first work-placement interview. Oh happy days...

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Wed Oct 18 15:12:48 2000]

(#6.34) (Mon Oct 16 12:56:36 IST 2000)
From: Jerry Kelly
Email: jerrykelly@eircom.net
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Just testing.

(#6.35) (Tue Oct 17 15:24:38 IST 2000)
From: Spirit Of The Comment Page
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Why won't anybody talk to me?...
Comment:
Hullo there.
I've been hanging around here for a while, eating my Fish-Fingers, just having a look around. But now everybody's gone. I don't know what to do! Come on, why not post something. Anything. Surely you can't all be studying or something. What happened on the Galtees to make you all go quiet. Just hit that "Add Message" link and let it all out....

(#6.36) (Tue Oct 17 15:49:55 IST 2000)
From: declan murphy
Email: t.d.murphy@student.ucc.ie
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Hullo there.
I've been hanging around here for a while, eating my Fish-Fingers, just having a look around. But now everybody's gone. I don't know what to do! Come on, why not post something. Anything. Surely you can't all be studying or something. What happened on the Galtees to make you all go quiet. Just hit that "Add Message" link and let it all out....

(#6.37) (Tue Oct 17 15:51:09 IST 2000)
From: declan murphy
Email: t.d.murphy@student.ucc.ie
Subject: Favourite stout
Comment:
beamish, murphys or guinness or another

(#6.38) (Tue Oct 17 17:12:37 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Climbing
Comment:
Just seeing if I could work this ting, it's very technalogical...Also message to the climber/rock jock types: Do you enter have to enter every round of the IBL to be in it? Are any of ye entering?
The first one clashes with Lauragh, that's why I ask.

(#6.39) (Tue Oct 17 19:40:26 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Re. Favourite Stout
Comment:
Ah yes, my first pint of stout. It was a pint of ice cold Murphy's. I can still remember the anticipation as I brought it towards me, the gentle caress of that velvet head against my lips, and then the sudden shock as the dark and sultry liquid slid gently into my mouth. Hmmm...

[Pauses for a few minutes in silent contemplation]

So anyway, is everyone off the Gateway tomorrow or what? You've all gone very quiet since the Galtees. What happened? I need to know!

(#6.40) (Wed Oct 18 10:02:01 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
This new comment page scares me very very much!!

(#6.41) (Wed Oct 18 10:12:09 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
I have no lectures for the rest of the week. Does anyone want to do something epic??

(#6.42) (Wed Oct 18 13:08:45 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Anyone alive down there??
Comment:
Hello there. Anyone awake? Is everyone developing an interest in what they are doing in college all of a sudden? Guys and girls, say something, quick, someone anyone!!

(#6.43) (Wed Oct 18 17:27:39 IST 2000)
From: torken faddy
Email: torkenfaddy@hotmail.com
Subject: only now at the end do you understand....
Comment:
There were three priests.
Two are dead.
I have the other one!

(#6.44) (Thu Oct 19 00:29:59 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Small comment page tweaks
Comment:
I've rearranged things so that the "Basic" view pops up by default, displaying 20 messages. This should be more familiar to people. It will also load faster.

If you want to return to the newer view, change the View field in the top yellow bar from "Basic" to "Normal" and then click Refresh. To always use this setting hit the Last button and then bookmark the page when it loads. The info will be saved in the bookmark.

The User Info, Delete and Edit links are mainly for the club PRO, but I'd imagine people might find it handy to edit a comment after they've posted it in some occasions. People can Edit or Delete their own comments.

Hope that keeps everyone happy. Until the next version arrives to strike fear into everybody's hearts again!

(#6.45) (Thu Oct 19 05:16:00 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: No Subject
Comment:

Ho hum, as Harry would say. Just thought I'd drop a wee hello into the page. To everyone who I should be emailing ie, from AM to zance (love the neat A-Z of that one) - I'll try to send some form of mail sometime before christmas. Sorry about that guys, but it's kinda busy over here! See you all at christmas? Anything planned for the new year?

Cormac.

[Edited by Cormac on Thu Oct 19 05:18:19 2000]

(#6.46) (Thu Oct 19 08:45:29 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Ice Skates
Comment:
Dobrodosu a Gorenska. Oh shit a bit early but anyway. You don't have to enter in all rounds of the IBL to participate and i certainly won't be going to Galway as Lauragh is much better(Provided it doesn't piss rain of course). By the way Tom if you are reading this why haven't you replied to my account with an affirmative answer.

(#6.47) (Thu Oct 19 12:17:05 IST 2000)
From: Elaine Baker
Email: elaine_baker@yahoo.com
Subject: Jessie James
Comment:
Hi everyone...

Great to see those of you I saw that weekend at the party, graduation...

I'm in London in SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) and it's great! I've joined the Scramblers and we're going to Wales in November! Could any of you tell me the contact details of the hostel we stayed in in Wales last Easter? It was Jessie James Hostel wasn't it?

All the best,
Elaine
:-)

(#6.48) (Thu Oct 19 15:52:50 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Feck it, it has been ages since i put in a comment. Ah well, how bad. Does anyone have any scandal? I have none. I am bored...

(#6.49) (Fri Oct 20 16:59:47 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: My arse
Comment:
Feck everything.
It had better not rain on Sunday.
Amuse me, amuse me world...(never mind the 'ab' word)

(#6.50) (Fri Oct 20 19:26:40 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: not a whole pile happening
Comment:
Mike, you're bored! The comment page I feel is turning into an agony aunt page. Jenn, will you do us the honours of being our agony aunt. There's no remuneration I hasten to add, but indeed brightening up the lives of bored souls should be reward enough! so my little petit pois, be honoured at your new role. And also, I too will be majorly pissed off if there is extreme rain on our extreme day out on Sunday. But either way, I dying to go. All bored souls need some amusement in life after all. Is there anyone at all at all out there doing anything worth talking about. You never know it may even have some relevence to mountaineering! See y'all Sunday. Toodle ooh, Tricia.

(#6.51) (Mon Oct 23 13:03:18 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Stupid security mesures.
Comment:
Met Finbarr in Dublin yesterday. How strange! He was stopped in traffic in fear of his life when he saw me. We chatted for a while about how great Dublin is before we had to speed away from some drug crazy people. What a wonderful place.

[Edited by Tom Randles on Wed Oct 25 21:19:57 2000]

(#6.52) (Mon Oct 23 15:55:45 IST 2000)
From: David Clifford
Email: clifford_david@yahoo.com
Subject: with-held by request
Comment:


Did my first stint of climbing in the Mid West of America yesterday and guess what I saw (Jenny and Rachel will love this), an extreme abseiling group. They had an abseil set up on a 50 metre cliff and spent the whole day going down it, they even went down face first running on the cliff face (with harness on backwards!) and were doing jumps and spins and the like.

(#6.53) (Mon Oct 23 19:26:13 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: A little note
Comment:
Cormac! Check your emails at rockclimber.net. Now!

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Mon Oct 23 19:31:05 2000]

(#6.54) (Tue Oct 24 03:25:34 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: I just can't get any rest!
Comment:

well, that's one way to make sure

I pay attention! Checked mail. Thanks

for that Bryan!

Cormac.

[Edited by Cormac on Tue Oct 24 03:26:31 2000]

(#6.55) (Tue Oct 24 12:02:11 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite piece of Gear
Comment:
Thanks to everybody for the cake, card and drinks last Sunday. I had a great day.

(#6.56) (Tue Oct 24 19:14:36 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Awk, gawk, grep and cat...
Comment:
Happy birtyday Mike... feeling like you
should have a zimmer frame yet? *sniggers*
Cheers,
Cormac.

(#6.57) (Wed Oct 25 09:41:19 IST 2000)
From: Anne-Marie Hunter
Email: With-held on request
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Greetings folks! Does anybody now if there are some people doing some form of walk on Sunday around Killarney or anything?? Claire, can you send me your e-mail address? Thanks Bye!

(#6.58) (Wed Oct 25 21:16:30 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Walking?
Comment:
Hello there. I will be down at the weekend and was wondering if anyone was going to go for a walk. Let the rock boys do their thing but if a couple of people were on for a nice walk in or around Kerry I would be very interested.
See you at the weekend.

(#6.59) (Thu Oct 26 16:54:27 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Happy Days are here
Comment:
TTR, there'll prob be a walk-out the Gap(of Dunloe), on Sunday, dep on numbers wanting to, so come along my dear..(said the spider to the fly). Also, does EVERYONE know that it's Rob's birthday today, John Heff's on Firday, and it was Rach's coupla days ago...so major celebrations must ensue over the weekend. Remember: 7pm, Cissy Youngs tomorrow/Friday.

(#6.60) (Fri Oct 27 14:40:55 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: groovy jazz hats
Comment:
Let me walk naked amongst the hills once more to feel the soft heather on my shimering skin.

(#6.61) (Fri Oct 27 21:21:30 IST 2000)
From: Claire Fahy
Email: c_de_lune@hotmail.com
Subject: Fig rolls...
Comment:
Shimmering or shivering?! ;-)

(#6.62) (Mon Oct 30 17:50:38 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Yet another update...
Comment:
Okay, there's been a very small update to the comment page, but that doesn't mean you all have to stop posting!

The first thing of note is the statistics page. This just displays information on how many comments have been posted, and who were the top ten posters for the last two months.

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Mon Oct 30 17:52:01 2000]

(#6.65) (Mon Oct 30 18:35:53 IST 2000)
From: Claire Fahy
Email: c_de_lune@hotmail.com
Subject: sore shoulders and ragged fingertips...
Comment:
What I was going to say, before I got sidetracked by Mr. Feeney's latest additions to the comment page [btw., Mr. Feeney, I thought you were going to spend today doing ferocious battle with algorithms? surely you're not procrastinating by tweaking the code of the comment page?! ;-)] was...

Has everyone seen the new Tiglin brochure? In case you haven't, there's a new venture in April, called a "Climbing to Extreme Seminar", which will be a

"...chance to discuss and get involved in training workshops with some of Ireland's top climbers and mountaineers. To gain from their experiences and share some of your own."

Sounds somewhat out of my league, but perhaps those of you who are into the likes of extreme golfing or snooker would be interested?! They also run an extremely seductive-sounding "Spanish Rock" course in December... *sigh* Oh to have cash and/or climbing ability!

(#6.67) (Tue Oct 31 10:56:05 IST 2000)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: website
Comment:
If any one is interested I've got some webpages going that contain climbing,weather and surfing links mostly.There is some slovenia info too.
homepage.eircom.net/~climbandsurf/start.html

(#6.68) (Tue Oct 31 17:00:51 IST 2000)
From: David Clifford
Email: clifford_david@yahoo.com
Subject: The Camera
Comment:


oooh I like that new UCCMC graphic on the lectures page


(#6.69) (Tue Oct 31 18:11:22 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: THE JAZZ
Comment:
hOW ARE YE ALL, MY FELLOW MOUNTAINEERS,.after much ado I made the very wise decision of NOT going out on Sunday, cos' went to the Metropole instead. And after many Jazz festivals finally got the opportunity to hear some actual Jazz. Metropole was like one massive wedding and we even had the added mystery of being evacuated from the building following a power cut! So my rock climbing adventures will have to wait for another day. See ye in the pub Wed. night. And to Rob, Rach and all the birthday people.... Happy Halloween!

(#6.70) (Wed Nov 1 11:00:28 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: The spring is sprung
Comment:
1. On the stats page, Jen-knee is actually me, would you ever guess? So that means I'm up there with Sike, Rob, and Diarmo...yes, hanging with the greats, I'm like so not worthy. 2. Caroline: 6pm at Esso on Western Road tonight, C U there...3. Dave I haven't written to you yet, I crumple humbly to the floor as a mark of regret and sorrow, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. 4. Mike, I need some money for the MCI membership, fancy writin' me a cheque? Also that shipment is due in this evening after sunset, meet you at the docks...

(#6.72) (Wed Nov 1 14:01:21 IST 2000)
From: Caroline hurley
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Hey Jen, thanks for that - I'll nominate you for the Secretary of The Year prize. Talk to you later.

Does ANYONE have a pair of rockclimbing shoes to fit a size 5 normal shoe? (that they wnat to sell!!)

(#6.73) (Wed Nov 1 14:33:40 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Hey Hugh, if you see this on time, could you please, please, please bring a petzl to the pub tonight as i need a loan of one to go up into my attic. Thanks, Mike

(#6.74) (Wed Nov 1 16:03:16 IST 2000)
From: declan murphy
Email: t.d.murphy@student.ucc.ie
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
anybody strong runners in the society interested in trainning during lunch time 1-2.I seriously need to run at my bad level at a high five minute mile or a low six minute.thanks.

(#6.75) (Fri Nov 3 13:27:24 IST 2000)
From: Jerry Kelly
Email: jerrykelly@eircom.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Congratulations to all concerned,on the lecture last night-a good job done.On a sadder note,I must say this page has become much more subdued since that shit-stirring coward started his or her sick little game.All that creative lunacy has gone.Does the coward feel much satisfaction with this?

(#6.76) (Fri Nov 3 17:25:08 IST 2000)
From: Sike Rosenpower
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Hey man, this new comment page is really rad man. In case you haven't noticed i've been away for quite some time, under-water kite boarding man. Hey who's going to Slovenia, Man that trip's stoked dude. Catch ya later

(#6.77) (Sat Nov 4 20:12:26 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Memories and other stuff...
Comment:
Jerry,
Have to agree with you there, but maybe things can be "stoked up" with a bit of an effort...

It's been pissing rain here for the last few days, but still warm enough to be wandering around in shorts and t-shirt and wondering if it will ever get cold. Should be climbing next weekend hopefully - rumour has it that there's some bodies heading out to Enchanted Rock, must try and hitch onto that bandwagon. I must admit, the prospect of climing in glorious heat and sunshine in the middle of November is quite nice.

Hope all the mountaineering goes ok there - any sca brewing?

Later all,
Cormac.

(#6.78) (Sun Nov 5 16:24:12 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Good old days
Comment:
Gota agree with Cormac and Jerry the web page is a little lifeless. Perhaps too many oldies and tech talk and not enough club stuff. Also Hi there Cormacand Dave, glad to see all is going well in the States and that ure still in touch. Hope work is good and looking forward to seeing u at Christmas

(#6.79) (Mon Nov 6 12:10:41 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: wetness
Comment:
Bit wet yesterday, was it? HAHAHAHAHA! That will learn the lot of you...

(#6.80) (Mon Nov 6 12:15:19 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: The spice of life
Comment:
Hey CONOR or BrYan, can I change my thingy to include my email address?
TTR-are you going to grace us with your presence at the Lauragh weekend?
I reckon a round of applause for Sandra, and assorted others who made it out Sunday despite the weather and what must have been phenominal(de dah de do doo) hangovers...that french chick can drink!

(#6.82) (Mon Nov 6 15:44:11 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: crazy internet translators
Comment:
Remember that eloquent piece that Rob submitted about 2 months ago regarding surfing. After translating into German and back again to English it becomes:

In English:
Nothing, but the tone of the restless ocean completely around they ripples kraeuselungtanz under your board, during some over the pure white surface wrap, which you stand still on. The easy swinging schwingruhepause it into a harmonious Lullaby with deep water among you. They are out backlateral. Offering. At all waiting. Suddenly it feeling it. They cannot see it, but you believe the Swell to structure among you board. The energy and the strength, which it possesses labels each nerve in your body tingling. They see the vertex approaching. Its blunt, rounded up body rolls slowly toward to you with quiet malevolence. It is back elbows and curves and puts its annoyed heading up, without other intention however to stomp you into the rocky bank. Each living bone in your body crush. They keep withdrawn. Their inside thumping. Strongly. They cannot hear a thing, only deafening roaring the animal behind you, when you amount taken off back into its Kiefer up-locking the mouth is. Then in immediate lasts thats a liftime, you is above on the board. They run along the front side of the wave, its irreconcilable Kiefer, which tears at your heels. They hold it to go slowly, slowly zaehmen the animal, until finally, which is it energy, one spends and you to have won. This fight at least. There are many more on for taking the day ago is out. This surfent and I is Sike rose power. The results are nothing more however a consequence of the process!!!!

Interesting, no?!!

(#6.83) (Mon Nov 6 15:49:40 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: Just for comparison
Comment:
So you don't have to go hunting for the other one. I'm bored.



Nothing, but the sound of the restless ocean all around you. Ripples dance beneath your board, while some lap across the virgin white surface that you are resting on. The gentle rocking lulls you into a harmonious lullaby with deep waters beneath you. You are out back. Waiting. Ever waiting. Suddenly you feel it. You can't see it, but you feel the swell build up beneath you board. The power and force that it possesses makes every nerve in your body tingle. You see the crest approaching. Its dull, rounded body rolls slowly towards you with silent malevolence. It's back arches, buckling, rearing its angry head, with no other intention but to stomp you into the rocky shore. To crush every living bone in your body. You get pulled back. Your heart is thumping. Hard. You can't hear a thing, only the deafening roar of the beast behind you, as you are draw back into its gaping jaws. Then in an instant thats lasts a liftime, you stand up on the board. You race along the front of the wave, its unforgiving jaws snapping at your heels. You keep it going, slowly, slowly taming the beast till at last it's energy is spent and you have won. This fight at least. There are many more to take on before the day is out. This is surfing and I am Sike Rosenpower. The results are nothing more but a consequence of the process!!!!

(#6.84) (Mon Nov 6 16:37:03 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
How wet was it yesterday??

(#6.85) (Mon Nov 6 20:16:17 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: FRIENDS
Comment:
Well, must admit that that something seems to have been lost in the translation Sike... not so stoked!
Enuf of that! What news? How many did ye drown yesterday? Kill 'em all I say
*HARRRR HARRRRRRr HARRRRRRRRRRR*

[Edited by Cormac on Mon Nov 6 20:17:15 2000]

(#6.86) (Tue Nov 7 12:43:08 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: How wet it was yesterday
Comment:
Nothing but the sound of lashing rain all around you. Mud slaps around your feet while your boots graduallly sink into the ground they're resting on. The gentle squelching lulls you into a harmonious lullaby with deep waters in the bogholes beneath you. You are soaked through. Wet. Ever wet. Suddenly you feel it. You can't see it, but you feel the swell build up beneath your feet. The power and force that it possesses makes every nerve in your body tingle. You see your knees disappearing. The dull, smelly rounded body of the bog rolls slowly towards you with silent malevolence. It's back arches, buckling, slurping, rearing its angry head, with no other intention but to cram two tons of muck into your jocks. To soak every bit of skin, flesh and living bone in your body. You get pulled out. Your heart is thumping. Hard. You can't hear a thing, the water in your ears roars with the sound of the beast above you, as the rain pours steadily down. Then in an instant thats lasts a lifetime, your Lowe Alpine Triple Point Ceramic raincoat fails you. The water races down your back, soaking through your powerstretch and into your socks. You keep going, slowly, wetly, miserably, taming the bestial mountain till at last your energy is spent and you have won. This is futiliy at it's greatest. There are many more hours of rain, muck and misery to take on before the day is out and you're back on the bus, cold and woeful. This is climbing in hell, and I am Bryan Feeney. The results are nothing more but a consequence of the precipitation!!!

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Tue Nov 7 13:58:06 2000]

(#6.87) (Tue Nov 7 14:47:40 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:

First Years:



Don't forget we are having our First year rep. elections this weekend.

(#6.88) (Tue Nov 7 16:31:22 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
test

(#6.89) (Tue Nov 7 16:33:42 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Nice one Bryan.I've tryed to describe those feelings for years but they never seemed to come out right.Probably the
shivering made it impossible

(#6.90) (Tue Nov 7 16:37:18 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: interesting bryan...
Comment:

On German: Nothing however the tone of whipping the rain around they Schlammslaps around your feet, while your loadings sink graduallly into the soil it, stand still completely on. The easy squelching ruhepause it into a harmonious Lullaby with deep water into that bogholes among you. They are through soaked. Wet. At all wet. Suddenly it feeling it. They cannot see it, but you believe the Swell to structure under your feet. The energy and the strength, which it possesses labels each nerve in your body tingling. They see your knees disappearing. The blunt, smelly rounded up bodies of the sump rolls slowly toward to you with quiet malevolence. It is back elbows and curves, the Slurping and puts its annoyed heading up, without other intention however cram two tons dirt into their jocks. Each bit of the skin, the meat and the living bone in your body soak. They keep taken off. Their inside thumping. Strongly. They do not know a thing, the water hear into your ear roaring with the tone of the animal over you, since the rain constantly runs out down. Then in immediate lasts thats a lifetime, its Lowe ceramic raincoat, which leaves the alpinen three-way point you. The water runs down your back and soaks by it powerstretch and into your socks. They keep to go, zaehmen bestial the mountain slowly wetly miserable, until your energy is finally spent and you to have won. This is at it is largest futiliy. There are many more hours of the rain, dirt and the misery for taking on the day ago is out and you is back on the bus, cold and woeful. This climbs in hell, and I am Bryan Feeney. The results are nothing more however a consequence of the precipitation!!!

(#6.91) (Tue Nov 7 16:49:10 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Whoever voluble within tap room tomorrow night?

(#6.92) (Tue Nov 7 17:23:16 IST 2000)
From: Jiri Horak
Email: horak@math.uconn.edu
Subject: Photos from Ailefroide - at last
Comment:
It took a lot of time but finally the photos from Ailefroide are on the web at www.geocities.com/jiri_horak/ailefroide.html. I can provide higher resolution files for printing if anybody is interested. It looks like I missed some miserable Irish weather this Sunday in the Comeraghs. It's nice to read about it though...

(#6.93) (Tue Nov 7 21:25:28 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: That website...
Comment:
Jiri, simply surperb.
Cormac.

(#6.94) (Wed Nov 8 10:47:19 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Re. Photos from Ailefroide - at last
Comment:
Wow!
Excellent site Jiri! The photos are brilliant!

(#6.95) (Wed Nov 8 10:58:22 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Great photos Jiri!

(#6.96) (Wed Nov 8 11:31:22 IST 2000)
From: Meredith Lulling
Email: mlul@maths.tcd.ie
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Greetings from our great capital! I have put up some photos of the Official UCCMC Summer Alpine Meet 2000. The page is still under construction so theres no proper comments for the photos or links to see the full size yet... I will do that soon.
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~mlul/alpineglory/index.html

Enjoy the weekend...

Meredith

(#6.97) (Wed Nov 8 14:44:59 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Official?
Comment:
Who's this Meredith guy? I've never heard of him...he's not in our club. I know that there would be no way that the Official UCCMC group would accept him (a stranger) in to our warm and familiar bosom.

(#6.98) (Wed Nov 8 16:09:06 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
There's more to life than staggeringly beautiful Alpine scenery you know. let it go, jesus. you'd swear that you spent a few weeks there or something, climbing mountains or whatever. What do you think ye are ye like, members of a mountaineering club or something?

(#6.99) (Wed Nov 8 16:57:33 IST 2000)
From: Meredith Lulling
Email: mlul@maths.tcd.ie
Subject: Re. Official?
Comment:
Calm your feathers honey... I'm probably before your time. Never was an actual member, just kinda guilty by association...

Meredith

(#7.0) (Wed Nov 8 17:14:04 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Oh no, not again!
Comment:
Damn! We thought we'd managed to loose him... ah well, maybe next time Sike will drop him over a cliff!

Cheers to you Meredith - how you been keeping?

(#7.1) (Wed Nov 8 19:10:05 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Thats telling them Meredith. By the way i hope you all know it's absolutely pissing out of the heavens for the weekend.GREAT

P.S. Nice photos from the alps lads

(#7.3) (Thu Nov 9 09:56:03 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: official club trip
Comment:
Since the debate about the officiality of each of the various trips to the Alps this year has started, many thousands of words have been exchanged or written. I will try not to add too many more, however, some things have to be made clear at this time. Firstly, by whichever marker you use, the trip this year to Switzerland and Chamonix was the official UCCMC trip. Whether you base this on numbers of club members present, self-organisation of trip, name of trip ("official UCCMC trip" vs "MCI Alpine Meet")or simply style and class of the participants, ours wins hands down. Secondly, Conor O'Mahony himself describes the Ailefroide trip as "A group from UCCMC attending the third annual MCI ALpine meet"- see "French Alps 2000" link. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we made our own bread.
The time has come for people like Ms. Timms, Mr. Feeney, Ms. Stapelton and Ms. Geraghty- bitter, bitter people- to stand up and shout: "Yes!!It's true. We were on a UCC trip. But it was never official. We are merely Rent-a-crowd for the MCI, pawns in their complex political games, numbers to boost the shoddy event that is the MCI Alpine Meet"
This will take courage, but I believe that you can do it. Perhaps then, nay, only then, will this sorry affair end. Thank you.

(#7.4) (Thu Nov 9 11:50:04 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: not a kishu
Comment:
Jiri, I'm glad you showed the full horror of that awful bivvy!!Everyone else what's the plan for the weekend?

(#7.6) (Thu Nov 9 13:58:59 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Who left a black Lowe Alpine fleece pants in the back of my car last night??? Was it Trish or Sandra? I'll bring it along to Lauragh at any rate.

(#7.8) (Thu Nov 9 17:17:16 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Brian, thanks a million! I've sent Aidan on a search party at the climbing wall thinking I left them there. And even phoned the school. So finally came to conclusion I left them in the car. If you would bring them along to Lauragh I be most grateful. Thanks, Tricia

(#7.9) (Thu Nov 9 17:24:04 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
No bother Tricia.

As for you Dave i think you read a bit too much into that last e-mail maybe!!

(#7.10) (Thu Nov 9 18:46:05 IST 2000)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: MCI Bouldering League
Comment:
The first competition is on next saturday in UCG. The next in DCU on 25/11/00, in midleton on 13/01/01, belfast in late february, and the final is in UCD in late march.

(#7.11) (Thu Nov 9 18:51:19 IST 2000)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Alpine summers
Comment:
Whatever you feel about the time people spent in the alps this summer it is very unfair to the people who spent a lot of time organising the meet in Ailefroide to describe it as shoddy.(Particularly when it is someone who can't get a rucsac from dublin to glasgow, trips over guylines, stubs his toe in mountain huts .....)

(#7.12) (Thu Nov 9 18:55:33 IST 2000)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
to my last comment please add " uses aid on classic free routes"

(#7.13) (Fri Nov 10 10:19:22 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: ROB "THE BEAST" KELLY
Comment:
If anyone sees "Robert", please tell him to e-mail me/ check his e-mail. Tell him it is about getting T-Shirts!

(#7.14) (Fri Nov 10 10:25:01 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Rob
Comment:
What is his e-mail address? It is not the bobonium one anymore. AAHhhhhh

(#7.15) (Fri Nov 10 10:31:38 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: Mr. Healy's Bile
Comment:
Mr. Healy, I read your belated entry into this debate with shock and amazement. I find it a bit rich that you should support the "Ailefroide crew" on this, having never seen the area in your life (1998 excepted). I realise that you have your own reasons for this, but I for one hope they are the right ones.
As for your allegations regarding my personal integrity, allow me once and for all to lay them to rest. I didn't lose that bag, Ryanair did. I didn't "trip" over the guyline as you put it, merely used it to remove a troublesome nail in a courageous act of Extreme Self-Surgery, and as for stubbing my toe, well...let me take this opportunity to deny any stubbal relations between my toe and 1 inch high steps in the middle of the f***ing floor, I mean what kind of fool builds those thing there anyway?Huh?? I mean in the middle of the floor, no warning like, you know? stupid huts...
Finally, perhaps Mr. Healy would be so kind as to name the "classic free route" I am guilty of using aid on. I will admit that I have used aid to free myself froma potentially life-threatening situation in Coomacullen gully, but as far as I know that has no route up it as yet, and certainly none that could be described as classic. Mr. Healy would be well advised to stick to the facts in future, and not to rely on rumour and hearsay.

(#7.16) (Fri Nov 10 10:59:11 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Re. Rob
Comment:
Mike, check your email.

(#7.17) (Mon Nov 13 09:28:01 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: T-shirts
Comment:
When I was taking the box of t-shirts out of the car, a few of them accidentally fell out. Unfortunately I didn't notice this until I had left. Sorry!

(#7.18) (Mon Nov 13 09:30:10 IST 2000)
From: torken faddy
Email: torkenfaddy@hotmail.com
Subject: T-shirts for sale
Comment:
5 T-shirts for sale, navy, large. £2 each or £8 the lot.

(#7.20) (Mon Nov 13 17:18:02 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Coffey bravo. Since you left a t-shirt belonging to you in the hostel and myself Colum and Eoin were good enough to collect it then a fair trade for 3 t-shirts for your denim collared designer garment would be in order i think.

Also this word would be in order having consulted various legal sources with regard to college clubs.

All materials bought by the club are owned by the club not the committee therefore i hope and trust that the committee are going to pay for their t-shirts as well

Having stirred the shit i can leave now contented.

(#7.21) (Mon Nov 13 21:36:11 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
What happened at the weekend?Good ,bad or simply boring,there's usually a few comments on mon.Not so this time.Why?
Finbarr.

(#7.22) (Mon Nov 13 23:14:48 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Lauragh...
Comment:
Well,
What's the scandal... don't tell me that people behaved themselves - that I just won't believe...
Cormac.

(#7.23) (Mon Nov 13 23:18:53 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Table Gymnastics...
Comment:
I forgot to ask, who was the "table king" this time 'round? Did Aidan
do a repeat of "The contortionists
plaything"?

(#7.24) (Tue Nov 14 13:53:57 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: A new song for the club...
Comment:
According to my new therapist, opening up may help me with the flashbacks from that night in Lauragh (damn you Mike Clifford!) so here goes

An oul woman came courtin' me, hey, ding dorum dah.
An oul woman came courtin' me, me being young.
An oul woman came courtin' me, asked me to dance with her,
Lads when you're young don't go near the Sibín.
CÉN FATH?!

Chorus
You'll lose your felorum, fy diddle, dy dorum dah
You'll lose your felorum, fy diddle, dy day
You'll lose your felorum, God help your ding dorum dah,
Lads when you're young don't go near the Sibín.

Dancing was no fun, hey, ding dorum dah.
Dancing was no fun, me being young.
Dancing was no fun, she made me feel her bum. [Aghhh!]
Lads when you're young don't go near the Sibín.
CÉN FATH?!

Chorus

When she was placated, hey, ding dorum dah.
When she was placated, me being young.
When she was placated, I felt vi-o-lated
Lads when you're young don't go near the Sibín.
CÉN FATH?!

Chorus


[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Tue Nov 14 13:55:19 2000]

(#7.25) (Tue Nov 14 18:23:41 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Good man Bryan Feeney!

(#7.26) (Tue Nov 14 18:43:48 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: And what else happened?
Comment:
Well then Bryan... sounds like you had quite the experience. So what else happened in the wilds of the west?

Did I mention that it's gotten so cold over here that I've been forced to wear jeans and not shorts... oh the trialls of life! *evil grins*. Anyway, went climbing last weekend, managed to make it to the top of a 5.11- sports route, on top rope mind! Nothing else news, better off and study again!
Cormac.

(#7.27) (Tue Nov 14 20:06:26 IST 2000)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Come over to the dark side Luke...
Comment:
Hi there. I'm the webmaster of the CITMC webpage and I'm quite impressed with your page. I do have one quibble and it's that ye have no link to our woeful attempts at HTML. Please add our site to your links and we'll be your friends forever!!!

Our site is at http://www.geocities.com/citmc_ie for those who'd like a look. Our libelous "pen portraits" are well worth a browse and there's more pictures than you can shake your £50 Kohla anatomic grip walking poles at. We even have weather forcasts and fantastic competitions every week to win a car!!!

"Strength & honour"
Max

(#7.28) (Wed Nov 15 09:54:28 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
LEAVE IT OUT, BRYAN!!

(#7.29) (Wed Nov 15 11:49:09 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Tonight
Comment:
HAPPY BIRHTDAY TO CONOR...hey I even spelled his name right...everyone see you for les celebrations in the Gateway.
Eoin, Brian, Colm, diarmo(t-shirt thieves don't get capitals)-are ye going climbing tonight? Any chance of a lift? I'll be dining in the main, and then waiting hopefully aroung Gaol Cross at 7.30pm, unless hear different...

(#7.30) (Wed Nov 15 12:05:39 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Brian, who says that the commitee didn't pay for their t-shirts. Get the facts right before you start babbling away about any little query you have in your head. Signed Robert kelly, Vice capt. of the mountaineering club, Vice president of the A.U.

(#7.32) (Wed Nov 15 12:22:14 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Same request as Jenny to Eoin, Brian, Colm, Diarmo or whoever. If any of you are going to the climbing wall tonight, I'd appreciate a lift. I'll go to Gaol Cross at 7.30 either way and if there's no-one there,not to worry. mobile is 086-8778618 if anyone wants to leave a message, of Jen if you could phone me with any info. Thanks very much all, Tricia. ps. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU , HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CONOR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

(#7.33) (Wed Nov 15 13:52:44 IST 2000)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Hey I've just heard that Conor only pretends not to like Aftershock.In fact it's his favourite drink.
So let's line them up tonight.
Happy Birthday Conor

(#7.34) (Wed Nov 15 15:04:21 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Squirrels
Comment:
"The true Alpine trip of the summer took place in the Galtee Mt.s, cop yourself on children." Message from Jerry, as we are both dossing at his place of work, and a very nice place it is too. If anyone sees Sandra WE'RE LOOKING FOR HER, to give her keys and such, as she needs to move today....ring Jerry...or me. We're not actually dossing, we're going for lunch now....because Jerry works very hard, and has to put up with so many awful conditions.(draughts, angst, enforced anorexia, tempormental writers...)

(#7.35) (Wed Nov 15 15:05:31 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: the wall.
Comment:
No. I may go tomorrow night. See you at el partay!

(#7.36) (Wed Nov 15 16:40:13 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: !!!Older and wiser... maybe
Comment:
Happy birthday Conor - hope it's a good one!
Cormac

(#7.37) (Wed Nov 15 17:10:50 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Confusion
Comment:
Ladies sorry about any confusion about the official club trip which was of course to Switzerland and Chamonix this year. Ladies worry not about such issues they are not your concern.

Lads try to keep the ladies under control, let them have their sewing circle if it pleases them!

(#7.38) (Thu Nov 16 09:48:29 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: rob
Comment:
Does anybody have robs e-mail address?

(#7.40) (Thu Nov 16 12:14:21 IST 2000)
From: Conor O' Mahony
Email: tufter_mcgintey@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Thanks a lot to everyone for coming along last night and also for the cake, card, pints and aftershock- incidentally, I think I am suffering from aftershock today! Anyway, I had a really excellent night, so thanks again.

(#7.41) (Thu Nov 16 16:50:01 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Get yer warm gloves scarves fleeces together for the weekend because it's gonna be COOOOLLLDDD. Possibilty of snow,hail etc on fri, sat and sun with temperatures decreasing to -1 Monday.

How's the head now Conor??

Brian

(#7.42) (Thu Nov 16 18:06:29 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Right, thats it Brian. No more dickin' about. I've been putting up with your snide comments directed at the club and it's activities for too long. As self-appointed king and leader of all, I feel that i may have to fight you. Now let there be no misunderstadings here, I want it publicly known, and shouted from the rooftops that I Robert Kelly am waging complete and utter bloody war on one Brian "cowardly" Mullins. Signed Robert Kelly, King of all things Glorious and True.

(#7.43) (Thu Nov 16 18:27:11 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: FIGHT
Comment:
FIGHT!!FIGHT!!FIGHT!!
Hey lads there's a scrap on over there,boy.
SCRAP!!SCRAP!!SCRAP!!
Awww! yeah deck him boy gwan yeh bollix deck him. Class one, gwan,yeah
SCRAP!!SCRAP!!SCRAP!!SCRAP!!
TEACHER!!!!
What's going on here?
Aww nuttin suh, seriously suh, brian just lost his contact suh and we were helpin him look for it suh..
Right,Kelly and Mullins, in my office now.
But, suh!
NOW!!





Is suh gone?
I think so.
Hey Gorky, cmere a minnih boy.
Ha?
PILE-UP!!!!!!!PILE-UP!!!!PILE-UP!!!!

(#7.44) (Fri Nov 17 08:54:03 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Well excuse me Captain Sensible but who took the cork out of your ass so you could speak. I am presently arming myself to the teeth with many ice axes and a pair of monopoints so i can hide cowardly behind these objects as i kick your sorry ass into oblivion or somewhere!! As for war when i was leading battalions across the Pripet Marshes in Eastern Ukraine atop a Panzerkampfwagen Mark IV(Panther) tank in 1941 you were a brown stain on your mothers sheets.

Signed Brian Mullins Oberstandartenfuhrer

P.S. As for the rest of you this war may not be contained it could spread to the outer regions of Killarney over the weekend.

(#7.45) (Fri Nov 17 11:33:14 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Enough of the messing now. Any one on for running the reeks ridge on Sunday??

(#7.46) (Fri Nov 17 17:45:22 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Tom Randles, not going to waste my imagination by providing a response to your "sewing circle" comment! What are they teaching you up in Dublin?

(#7.47) (Mon Nov 20 14:56:05 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Any comments on yesterdays excursion(s)?????

(#7.48) (Mon Nov 20 15:09:56 IST 2000)
From: Claire Fahy
Email: c_de_lune@hotmail.com
Subject: Fig Rolls
Comment:
Well, that's the last time I go on the "fluffycore" walk... and no-one told me that an ability to vault three feet and hurl oneself desperately onto possibly lethal luggage was an essential survival skill for mountaineering excursions!... ;->

[Edited by Claire Fahy on Mon Nov 20 20:36:01 2000]

(#7.49) (Mon Nov 20 15:56:55 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: A nice strong rope...
Comment:
Now I really want to know what happened on the walk... what of the luggage?

(#7.51) (Mon Nov 20 16:52:43 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Why was there no UCCMC presence in the Vintage yesterday evening??

(#7.52) (Mon Nov 20 18:00:40 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear Bye bye drinks-Wed
Comment:
Just passed the Gateway and it looks well and truly shut.Someone needs to change the ad for next weeks walk.
Any sujestions for another venue??
Finbarr.

(#7.53) (Mon Nov 20 18:19:36 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Re. Favourite Piece of Gear Bye bye drinks-Wed
Comment:
What about the Doghouse for old times sake???

On 20-Nov-2000, Finbarr wrote:

(#7.54) (Mon Nov 20 18:26:08 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
I HOPE THIS WORKS!!!

(#7.55) (Mon Nov 20 18:27:10 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
woooo hoooooo, it does!

(#7.56) (Mon Nov 20 20:26:29 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Yesterday
Comment:
Brian, the reason no-one turned up in the Vintage is very closely related to the reason no-one wants to talk about yesterday. That's all I can say. The dignity of the club is on the line!...

(#7.57) (Tue Nov 21 08:53:03 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Just spoken to Finbarr and the venue for his going away bash is Cissie Youngs on Wednesday night from 9 onwards. This is due to the fact that the Gateway is closed.

Brian

(#7.58) (Tue Nov 21 09:18:40 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hey, is it true? Did all of you get lost in the reeks? I can now laugh haughtily at you all, safe in the knowledge that this could never happen to me!Never!!

(#7.59) (Tue Nov 21 10:07:03 IST 2000)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Yaaahhooooo !!

First snow in Kranjska Gora this morning
Only a little but it's a start.

Eoin.

(#7.60) (Tue Nov 21 10:11:29 IST 2000)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Is there a lecture on this week.
Eoin.

(#7.62) (Tue Nov 21 15:09:37 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: First blood!!
Comment:
Yes it is. Thursday night at 8pm. The lecture is free. The venue is yet to be announced. Either G18 or Boole 2. See everyone there.
Mike

On 21-Nov-2000, Eoin O'Connell wrote:

(#7.63) (Tue Nov 21 15:17:04 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: First blood (Lets try that again)!!
Comment:
Oh now now. Now i'm getting angry. Young Brian Mullins may need a proper little spanking if he doesn't behave himself. But more importantly, the first snows in Slovenia!!!! Yahoo!!Paradise awaits.

(#7.64) (Tue Nov 21 15:56:43 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: The fun with MARQUEEs
Comment:
Sorry to all you Netscape users...


[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Tue Nov 21 15:57:12 2000]

(#7.65) (Tue Nov 21 17:26:55 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Please tell me it isn't true. Ye didn't get lost in the Reeks for Gods sake come on. Why was all that money spent in Cappanalee on navigation courses? I echo Coffeys sentiments i can rest assured it could never happen to me.

As for the first snows in Gorenska they have now fully melted again.

Is this type of comment O.K. Rob??

Brian

(#7.66) (Tue Nov 21 18:48:47 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
yippee! snow in slovinia! oonderful indeedy. bryan feeney kenny's cool but will have to be killed off soon to meet tradition. And bryan mullins, are you still in the "dark" as to the events of last sunday. ( do y'all get the joke, "dark" and all that?). Anyway lets just say the club lived up to it's hardcore reputation, wouldn't you say Mike? oh if I can't locate anyone this evening, is anyone going to the climbing wall tomorrow evening, that's Wed. I like to go if I'm brought! and Cliodhna is looking for a lift as well. merci buckets! tricia.

(#7.67) (Wed Nov 22 10:45:58 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Jen, any possibility that you could bring my compass tonight. I'd never find my way home without it. Ha ha.Too snotty?
Brian,I'll be really impressed if you can make Cartman light his burps.
Yours etc

(#7.69) (Wed Nov 22 12:50:26 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Comment:
I hope that directions to the lecture are very clear. You better confirm the location very soon or it will be necessary to have the Civil defence on standby. If someone could get lost in the REEKS they could probably get lost in UCC campus. Guys come on!! Lost in the Reeks!! I hope that this is some kind of joke or something! I hope that you at least had mobile phones to ring the Mountain Rescue!!!

Surely it is time for the responsible committee members to resign!!
In the old days etc etc....

(#7.70) (Wed Nov 22 14:34:05 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Getting lost in the Reeks...
Comment:
Isn't everyone feckin hilarious!!!

(#7.71) (Wed Nov 22 14:46:10 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: The fourth sign of the Apocalypse
Comment:
I swear, I'll stop now. Honest.

(#7.73) (Wed Nov 22 15:31:57 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Rachel's compass-very usefull it was too
Comment:
Dear Critical 'Oldies',
a.There is a difference between getting lost and taking a wrong turn-noone got 'lost' in the Reeks...duh.
b.I don't remember TTR or Brian Mullins EVER leading a group ANYWHERE...so ye're hardly the voices of experience. Besides I've heard that Tom's taken up sewing now that he's in Dublin.
So sinners, none of you can cast the first stone..
Check out Rach's burps-we KNEW it could be done, didn't we...?
I have photos from Lauragh.....

(#7.74) (Wed Nov 22 15:54:50 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Excellent stuff Bryan but can these pictures be classified as comments??

Tom has most definetly led plenty of groups into the Abyss and as for me not being part of a big group on the mountains is the whole essence of mountaineering.Jacques Balmat and Doctor Paccard didn't lead a group of 100 people up Mont Blanc when they first climbed it.This does not mean that i can't navigate quite the opposite in fact. Anyone else ever done the whole Maamturks(there aren't even paths there unlike the Reeks) ridge in the pissing rain and dense fog without a compass

Perhaps as a suggestion all relatively seasoned members of the Sunday climbs should be quite capable of looking after themselves on the mountains(Navigate, Rescue, First Aid )etc.

Anyone else agree, disagree or just want to ridicule this suggestion???

(#7.75) (Wed Nov 22 16:09:38 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Imaging software....
Comment:
*sniggers* Nice one Bryan... a suggestion everyone: Bryan should now be officially classified as a menace to the club, and hereby be enshrined in mythology...

Are people going away for the new years? Are oldies still welcome (I'll bring the hat!)

Later,
Cormac.

(#7.76) (Wed Nov 22 17:09:35 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: misplaced groups
Comment:
There is nothing wrong with getting lost in the mountains. It happens to everybody sometime. What we( TTR, myself, Brian, and a few other oldies) have a problem with is TWO groups getting lost on the same day in the REEKS. THE REEKS!! Perhaps the time has come for the older members and ex-members of the club to take a more active part in the running of it.
Oh yeah, let's go to Wales for the next 7 trips away as well.

(#7.77) (Thu Nov 23 12:26:00 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Bryan is bold.

(#7.78) (Thu Nov 23 15:20:56 IST 2000)
From: Slava
Email: With-held on request
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
What does the phrase "being lost" means in this country? In my mother tongue it means "not to know where you are or what to do". On Sunday at every moment we knew where we are and what to do. Does "not being lost" means following the guidebook exactly? Which one?

I think that was a brilliant walk, probably the best of the year.

First time in the last 6 weeks somebody was able to finish the planned walk and that is extremely important. One more accomplished walk and the weather will change and be good for the rest of the year :)


(#7.79) (Thu Nov 23 15:56:36 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Trip to Wales sounds cool!! As long as we stay in a nice place which is close to the bar!

When I find out when my holidays are I will tell ye so that the trip can be arganised at a time to suit me.

Sign me up.

(#7.80) (Thu Nov 23 17:39:18 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Start salivating at the up and coming lectures evryone.Read this list hot off the press
Lecture Dates

Canadian Chaos - Alistair Lee
Prize-winning photography, 10,000 miles of Canadian soil, three screens and
a drum-kit...

November 30 Cork Science Building, University College Cork

Totem Pole - Paul Pritchard
A slide-show based on Paul's Boardman-Tasker award-winning book
December 12 Cork Science Building, University College Cork

Khangla Tarbo 1 - Irish Mountaineering Club
The historic first ascent of a Himalayan peak.
March 15 Cork Science Building, University College Cork


A Wilderness Walk With John Muir - Cameron McNeish
The editor of The Great Outdoors magazine talks about The John Muir Trail in California.
February 1 Cork Science Building, University College Cork

(It may be worth going to Dublin for this one)
From Grit to Granite - Neil Bentley
Cutting edge gritmeister and the man who brought you gritstone's first
E10...
February 14 Dublin Tara Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4

Corsican High Level Traverse (GR20) - Paddy Dillon
A slide-show by the author of forthcoming guide to "the toughest waymarked
walk in Europe"

March 1 Cork Science Building, University College Cork


All shows commence at 8pm sharp(provisional).
Admission is £5 with a concessionary price of £3 for Students, Unwaged, OAP.

Brian

(#7.81) (Thu Nov 23 19:25:58 IST 2000)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: On being lost, on being led
Comment:
Start salivating at the up and coming lectures evryone.Read this list hot off the press
Lecture Dates

Canadian Chaos - Alistair Lee
Prize-winning photography, 10,000 miles of Canadian soil, three screens and
a drum-kit...

November 30 Cork Science Building, University College Cork

Totem Pole - Paul Pritchard
A slide-show based on Paul's Boardman-Tasker award-winning book
December 12 Cork Science Building, University College Cork

Khangla Tarbo 1 - Irish Mountaineering Club
The historic first ascent of a Himalayan peak.
March 15 Cork Science Building, University College Cork


A Wilderness Walk With John Muir - Cameron McNeish
The editor of The Great Outdoors magazine talks about The John Muir Trail in California.
February 1 Cork Science Building, University College Cork

(It may be worth going to Dublin for this one)
From Grit to Granite - Neil Bentley
Cutting edge gritmeister and the man who brought you gritstone's first
E10...
February 14 Dublin Tara Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin 4

Corsican High Level Traverse (GR20) - Paddy Dillon
A slide-show by the author of forthcoming guide to "the toughest waymarked
walk in Europe"

March 1 Cork Science Building, University College Cork


All shows commence at 8pm sharp(provisional).
Admission is £5 with a concessionary price of £3 for Students, Unwaged, OAP.

Brian

(#7.82) (Thu Nov 23 19:30:50 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Great night last night.Thanks to everyone who turned up.Talk to you soon.
Finbarr.

(#7.83) (Thu Nov 23 19:35:44 IST 2000)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: On being lost, on being led
Comment:
I agree fully with Slava. I have been truly lost while leading a group (ie no longer on the map). History and storytelling have imparted partial blame on Diarmuid Coffey but I must take full responsibility.We knew we were no longer on the map, from learning this we made our decisions and continued to finally bring the entire group to safety.
Brian, there is more to navigation than getting from A to B. All of you, there is more to leading than always doing the right thing. There is more to leading than just being followed. The Reeks are familiar to many of us and we take them for granted. It is far easier to be an oldie than a "leader". Perhaps we should quibble less and think of the lesson more.

(#7.84) (Thu Nov 23 20:07:14 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Or else lets just get hammered

(#7.85) (Thu Nov 23 21:23:00 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Inspiration
Comment:
Deep.

(#7.86) (Fri Nov 24 10:35:15 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: In defence of myself
Comment:
I'm not seasoned (only thyme and rosemary). I've only been walking a year, it was my first lead. And the detour only took about 20 mins in all. And yes it would be nice to see the more experienced folk take a more active role, despite the fact that Diarmo orwhoever,didn't mean it in any way seriously. I do reckon this topic is getting a little stale now..or must ye continue to rip the piss?

(#7.87) (Fri Nov 24 11:59:13 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Compass, and one of those things with lines on it
Comment:
I would like to say that in my two leads I have never got lost. True, my backmarker did once lead my group off a mountain, but that was only because I felt sorry for her, and wanted to give her something to do. No, really. Seriously! Hey look there was 30 yards of visibility, what was I meant to do?!

Ahem

Until Sunday then...

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Fri Nov 24 12:01:21 2000]

(#7.88) (Fri Nov 24 12:29:27 IST 2000)
From: hugh
Email: hill_qie@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Regarding Sunday, I don't see what the big deal is. Everybody got down, without any injuries after completing walks in very harsh conditions. Well done to you all.

Brian what were you doing in the "pissing rain and dense fog" up a mountain without a compass. Such stupidity should not be boasted about.

(#7.89) (Fri Nov 24 15:47:56 IST 2000)
From: Colum O'Connell
Email: columoconnell@ireland.com
Subject: IBL-DCU
Comment:
Dear John (Healy),
Could I profer a lift down from Dublin after the Bouldering League? If so will you ring me at home this evening, Friday
I left the number on your answering machine at your office.
Colum.

(#7.90) (Fri Nov 24 16:23:37 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Now, now, now then
Comment:
Just had a look at the stats page. At this rate there's gonna be more comments posted this month than at any other time in the comment page's history!. You'll never guess who's been doing the most talking though...

Incidentally, we could do with a few new faces around here, well, virtual faces anyway (belching mighty fireballs too). Should we risk inviting some outsider's in, or what.

Also, what of Connemara. I feel the need to visit my kindred in the North. Are people talking minibuses or cars? When are people going? Is anyone going at all?

(#7.91) (Fri Nov 24 16:27:27 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Ali G's Better Driving tips
Comment:
Ali G's Better Driving tips


  1. Use the proper equipment. When your instructer asks you to start the car, remember that you is supposed to use the proper key, not a screwdriver.
  2. Changing Gears. This is an important part of drivin' and I hope you is payin' attention.There are two main gears you will use, thats 4 and 5. I suggest using 5th in residental areas, and 4th if you is driving on a field or somthin'.
  3. Breaking and Corners. Breaking and corners 'ave alot in common. You need to be usin' the handbreak for both.
  4. Correct Signaling. Remember that the horn and headlights aint just for gettin' the attention of that bitch wid the short skirt. They is best used to cuss at other drivers if they is goin' too slow (ie 90 mph).
  5. Advanced warning signs and Speed limits.I aint sure what these things are. You can make about #30 stealing them though. AYE!
  6. Dat's it, you is now a safe driver. You will be able to spend hours sat in the carpark at MFI wid da Drum and Bass pumpin out. Wicked!


(#7.92) (Fri Nov 24 19:41:43 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Good lecture last night congrats to all involved in MYI it seemed to be a resounding success.

As regards being up a mountain in the pissing rain and dense fog without a compass Hugh well for one a compass does not mean that you are safer or more likely to find your way .Your own instinct and route planning ahead of these climbs is as important as the actual navigation techniques you use on the climb be it the moon,compass,wind etc.
As regards Johns point about getting from A to B i agree to a certain extent although that there is more to navigation than this as i have pointed out above but getting to B from A is better than ending up at Z i'm sure!!

Brian

(#7.93) (Fri Nov 24 19:55:35 IST 2000)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Just came to check on the condition of your links page. Justinian's greetings to the prompt webmaster in putting up our link...

When I was a young lad, Julius Caesar told me that the only excuse for getting lost was being blind drunk. Being proud of such a despicable act is shameful to yourself, the senate and the Emperor. Three days cleaning the stockhouse for anybody who went up the highest (and most dangerous) mountains in Hibernia without a map and compass.

(#7.94) (Sat Nov 25 00:44:39 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: I really need to get out more...
Comment:
Well, all this rockclimbing lark has encroached onto my coding time, but I've managed to churn out yet another version of this glorious page.Most of it's in the background though (i.e. for administrators only)(sorry Conor!).

However there are a few new features for you little folk: the page now renders okay on Netscape on Macs and PCs running Unix and there's some more info in the stats page. The most useful feature though is the new password reminder form (see the Your Password link at the top of the page). This will allow you to have your password emailled to you again, so you can all stop pestering me now!!!.

Lastly, I'd just like to say that this message puts me in the top poster spot for the third month in a row!! I'm pretty sure that's a good thing...

(#7.95) (Sat Nov 25 11:51:06 IST 2000)
From: hugh
Email: hill_qie@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
well it looks like it's going to be cold and wet up the mountains for, what is it, a seventh sunday of the year.

(#7.97) (Mon Nov 27 16:02:28 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
here's one message.

(#8.0) (Mon Nov 27 17:01:36 IST 2000)
From: Titan
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Young Diarmuid Coffey, such petty antics can only spell one thing....Sadness.

(#8.1) (Mon Nov 27 17:17:08 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Club stuff
Comment:
Things to note: Fabby dooba lecture on Thurs, should be good-done by a strange bloke with a drum machine, and some unusual pics. Jonathon McC's 21st on the 1st of Dec, in the Mardyke. And most importantly-HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE, the little sweety is 21, and has many years to go till she catches up on my age and wisdom. (hmm).

(#8.2) (Mon Nov 27 17:19:41 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Seeing as it's a competiton....
Comment:
Thought I'd enter something else: The REC dates have been changed to the 1st week back in Jan-who's still interested?

(#8.3) (Tue Nov 28 02:25:05 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Wisdom???
Comment:
Jen, while I agree with the age, wisdom is another matter now altogether...
*grins*
Cormac

(#8.4) (Tue Nov 28 11:02:23 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: To Cormac
Comment:
Ha flubbin' ha.....(!)

(#8.5) (Tue Nov 28 12:39:55 IST 2000)
From: Colum O'Connell
Email: columoconnell@ireland.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear.... really
Comment:
A green wool jumper was lent to a girl on the Slieve Mish outing, and I would like it back. If the borrower is reading this;can you make arrangements to return it. If anyone else knows her will you tell her. Thanks
Colum

(#8.6) (Tue Nov 28 13:41:28 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Jen, is that REC thing the thing that was supposed to be on on the 8th of Dec? If so I would like to sign up for the Jan edition maybe.Beautiful english eh?

(#8.7) (Tue Nov 28 13:43:53 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Bryan, nasty pictures don't count as messages. So there.
(Where do I come on the list?)

(#8.8) (Tue Nov 28 14:10:53 IST 2000)
From: Colum O'Connell
Email: columoconnell@ireland.com
Subject: as I'm at it
Comment:
FOR SALE: Navy rugby shirt (large).
Excellent condition, all extras.
May suit final year Med. student
No time wasters.

(#8.9) (Tue Nov 28 18:59:48 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
To Colm, Eoin or Brian. Could I pretty please with sugar on top go to the wall tomorrow evening with ee if ee are going. I'm presuming it's 6.45 at Gaol Cross. merci buckets! Tricia.

(#8.10) (Tue Nov 28 22:51:34 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: The Burner of Rubber
Comment:
Torken, Sike, prepare to meet thy
GOD!

(#8.11) (Wed Nov 29 14:52:02 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: colum
Comment:
You're flipping dead, mate.

(#8.12) (Wed Nov 29 15:10:08 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Extreme Pintage
Comment:
Are people meeting in Cissie's tonight, or are there any semi-offical club pubs that haven't closed down yet.

(#8.13) (Thu Nov 30 13:38:47 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Kyle here are the results of the top 10 of each grade from DCU.Congrats on your second place you are now in Male A.

Open A

1 Alistair Wilson 190
2 Nigel Callender 187
3 Eddie Cooper 174
3 Rickey Young 174
5 Seamus Crowley 167
6 Tim Wilson 164
7 Peter O'Farrell 161
7 Gustau Catalan 161
9 Eoin Fitzgerald 160
10 Dermot Shiels 154

Female


1 Gina Smyth 150
2 Grainne o'Brien 141
3 Vera Quinlan 130
3 Clare Cullinan 130
3 Nikki Coroner 130
6 Rosin Mallon 114
6 Sandra Borgey 114
8 Joanne Cousins 111
9 Susan Long 100
10 Catherine Quinn 98

Male B

1 John Moore 167
2 Ben Griffin 164
2 Kyle Sox 164
4 Aaron Boyd 162
5 Derek McCatchie 160
5 Julian Marks 160
7 Donacha O'Brien 157
8 Eoin Lawless 154
9 Keith Kuss 152
10 John Herron 151

Also congrtas to Sandra on her 6th place.

Brian

(#8.14) (Thu Nov 30 13:40:49 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Maybe that last line should read congrats MAYBE!!!

Brian

(#8.15) (Thu Nov 30 18:57:59 IST 2000)
From: Elaine Baker
Email: elaine_baker@yahoo.com
Subject: waving
Comment:
Hi everyone,

I'm doing some mid-essay procrastination at the moment and thought I'd call in to UCCMC. It's nice to see your names haven't changed and very sad that you've killed off another pub, especially the oldest one in Cork.

I've been on two Wales-weekends, one near Llanberris. We've an embryonic mountaineering club here in SOAS with about 12 people - great fun.

Any plans for new year?

Miss you all,
Elaine
:-)

(#8.16) (Thu Nov 30 19:43:56 IST 2000)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Hey Guys (both of you, you know who you are).......

I bet Kyle isn't afraid of male A !

(#8.17) (Fri Dec 1 16:01:00 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: IBL (It's Better Locally)
Comment:
Is the southern round of the IBL really on the 13th of January?
Cormac.

(#8.18) (Mon Dec 4 16:15:00 IST 2000)
From: cliona holt
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
testing

(#8.19) (Mon Dec 4 16:17:21 IST 2000)
From: cliona holt
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
At last i have success!. you'd swear i couldn't work this fecking computer!
Anyway how'd sunday go for everyone?. Anyone get lost- how was the weather?
Who going climbing tomorrow?

talk to you all soon
cliona

(#8.20) (Mon Dec 4 16:18:38 IST 2000)
From: cliona holt
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Yes COrmac hte southern round of the IBL is in Jan. Why will you be there?

(#8.21) (Mon Dec 4 16:51:58 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Yesterday went well i hear. Man do I pity the person who was leading though. How embarressing. I don't know what I'd do if that was me. Probably never ever come out with the club again for fear of unrelenting ridicule. No doubt some form of depression would smother me into total separation from society, and i would live out the rest of my days questioning my own self worth. Who was it anyway, just out of interest?

(#8.23) (Mon Dec 4 17:35:19 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Hey guys,
Check out the Beara Cliff and Sea Rescue site- www.beararescue.ie

They are some bunch of cowboys!eh?ha?

(#8.24) (Mon Dec 4 18:28:44 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Rob...thanks...

(#8.25) (Mon Dec 4 23:59:44 IST 2000)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Hungry hill
Comment:
CITMC were on Sugarloaf yesterday and also had some difficulty with the weather conditions. Should we have used protection factor 6 or 12? Being fair-skinned myself, I opted for the 12 but some didn't put on any cream at all and suffered mightily for their foolishness. There was a great view from the top. We could see all the way to the person in front of us!!!

(#8.26) (Tue Dec 5 11:05:17 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Missing in action
Comment:
C'mon let it all out what happened? Coffey do you run Beararescue??? I don't know back to Cappanalee once again i'd say!!

Or for a small fee i'll provide a quick navigation and leadership course at the 021-I'm Lost School of Mountaineering.

Brian

(#8.27) (Tue Dec 5 11:15:22 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Slovenia stuff
Comment:
Would everyone going to Slovenia please e-mail me cos i want to get your e-mail addresses. i want to set up an e-group thing so that i can e-mail you all at once. There's stuff i need to tell you, regarding accommodation, its all good.....

(#8.28) (Tue Dec 5 11:36:29 IST 2000)
From: hugh
Email: hill_qie@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:

(#8.29) (Tue Dec 5 11:46:28 IST 2000)
From: hugh
Email: hill_qie@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Sunday was an epic. 22 mountaineers braved the harshess conditions of club history. Dense fog, biting rain, strong winds, my singing. Towards the end most were on hands and knees climbing up plies of purtified muck with nothing but a 5W bulb to guide them. But never once did panic set in. We struggled on. Through all adversity. Brave souls to the last.

11 men and 11 women went up the hungray hill and 11 hours later they returned as animals. Creatures of an epic that will be talked about for many a year.

(#8.31) (Tue Dec 5 12:36:56 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Trustworthy compass
Comment:
Rob my e mail is at the top of my numerous mesages to this page. I hope its good news you want to tell us.

(#8.32) (Tue Dec 5 13:04:38 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: That day
Comment:
Dear Everyone,
Is that as bad as it's going to get? I am all piosed and ready for the onslaught...come on...sock it to me...

(#8.33) (Tue Dec 5 13:16:39 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: was awful
Comment:
To be perfectly honest I had a hideous day. There were many people telling me what to do, too many cooks and it was my broth.....In future I want people to LET ME LEAD. That means:
-not following their own bearing,
-not telling me which way to go whilst refusing to be seen as 'the leader', -not giving me endless lessons on "how to be a good leader", and -not complaining in front of the group that we're going the wrong way. That said, I do admit that I did vere off the bearing I had taken, and it was my fault we came down the North side.
And in the future when there is a transfer of leadership I think it should be stated to the initial leader that this is going to happen.

(#8.34) (Tue Dec 5 13:17:11 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Bright yellow bits of plastic
Comment:
To whomsoever collected all the bivvie bags, the light orange one is mine, could you bring it in on Wednesday night?

And as for that day, I have to say that the sing-song on the mountain side was one of the best of the year. Nothing like Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer to offset the onset of hypothermia. Young Timms is to be congratulated on orchestrating such a moral boosting experience.

(#8.35) (Tue Dec 5 13:20:12 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: But now it's over.
Comment:
This doesn't take from the fact that everyone acted brilliantly when the chips were down and the decision had been made to call the cops. Thanx 2 you all for that, and esp. John, Hugh, and Mike.

(#8.36) (Tue Dec 5 13:21:53 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Phew
Comment:
......

(#8.37) (Tue Dec 5 14:07:06 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: ???
Comment:
Jen,
What the hell are all the comments about? Soemthing of a long stressful hike up hungry hill?
Cliona: I should be at the IBL - I don't leave Ireland until the 15th of January (I think).
Cormac.

(#8.38) (Tue Dec 5 15:14:28 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: The Delegation of Blame
Comment:
Jenny If you've got a problem with someone you really should name them, instead of casting accusations in the knowledge that others will name them for you. For my part, I'm afraid I might have been one of those cooks, and I am sorry. I should have left you alone. However you did say on the bus that you were unsure of yourself and had never been on the mountain before, so it was hardly surprising that people would offer help, especially given the conditions. Also if you recall it was you that asked Conor for help with navigation, so it was only natural that he should give advice, even on unrelated things like leadership.

As well as that, while I wouldn't want to second guess John, I would imagine the reason he insisted you lead was the same reason no-one should ever say the leader's going the wrong way, i.e. not to panic the group. It was the gradual build-up of panic on the side of the spur that led John to decide that the police needed to be called in your absence. If he hadn't got Mike to do it, other's would have rung them of their own accord. And in the end, the transfer of leadership came of your own accord. You were asked to lead the group back up onto the ridge and you declined.

I'm not criticising you for what happened Sunday, there's very few people who haven't taken a wrong turn on a mountain at some time. God knows I'm no expert at this. However I really don't think that ther other people in the group acted as badly as you suggest.

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Tue Dec 5 15:20:43 2000]

(#8.39) (Tue Dec 5 16:26:10 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Wooooooooooo
Comment:
Could everyone hang on abit. We had a big chat about it last night and it is sorted. Lets not get into a big row over it. The main thing is that we are down safely.

As a general rule, whoever is the leader of the day, should be allowed lead, without the "help" of everyone else. If the leader does require assistance in keeping to a bearing, they should ask the back marker or if they want, someone else in the group. There is no need for 4,5 or even 6 people to be constantly looking over the leaders shoulder. It puts the leader under pressure and undermines their leadership infront of the group, which can be terrible when there are 8 new people out.

It would be much more productive and helpful if the more experienced people, like Bryan, Conor, myself and whoever else, would intuitively spread themselves evenly among the group, ensuring an even spread of head torches and also ensuring that people at the back know where the people ahead of them are.

I hope this matter is not dwelled on too long. I think everyone who was out last Sunday should think about how they acted on the day and see if there is anything they could learn from their own mistakes and maybe the mistakes of others.

What has happened, has happened. Lets not fight about it. Please, if you are going to put a comment on this page, please put up positive ones only.

Gotta go.

(#8.40) (Tue Dec 5 16:46:17 IST 2000)
From: cliona holt
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
i am at present trying to devise a comment to place here in defence of the leader- jenny, and to all those on the mountain. i will never know what actually happened last sunday, i can only gather as much info as possible.

Jenny well said, a person who is the nominated leader for the day is the leader and their decision on whatever matter must be adhered to! Whatever happenes there-after happens.

Jenny is not the only person that should take responsibility for last sunday, everybody else who was there must also take it. (it also includes me and the other who were not there). anyway as i think of something official to say lets just leave it rest as it is.
at least no one was hurt- touch wood and bless thyselves!...
cliona

(#8.41) (Tue Dec 5 16:49:00 IST 2000)
From: cliona holt
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Mike your comment says it in a nut-shell.
cliona

(#8.43) (Tue Dec 5 18:03:58 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Changing the tone a bit...
Comment:
I totally agree with what Mike said (and said very well too). The leader does not need a load of unhelpful suggestions. In particular I think Jen should have not had help forced on her on the plateau, and I am sorry for that. People did unnecessarily crowd her on the mountain-top. However I didn't think people behaved as badly as Jenny's comment seemed to suggest, and I felt I should offer another view. In retrospect I was a little blunt, I guess it just rubbed me the wrong way.

I'll shut-up now.

(#8.44) (Wed Dec 6 08:43:45 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Rob if you look above this message you shall see the required e-mail since i can't e-mail you

Brian

(#8.45) (Wed Dec 6 11:12:00 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Sorry about that one lads. Hey conor could you please so put it back on, and for everyone else you can reach me at robkelly@europe.com.

(#8.46) (Wed Dec 6 12:08:21 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Quel pub ce soir?

(#8.48) (Wed Dec 6 15:16:38 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Offical Recognition
Comment:
There's some more official recognition of the official UCCMC alpine trip in the Irish mountain log, the official magazine of the MCI, which is of course the official mountaineering club of Ireland. There's two pages, the one with the most pics is here (198K). Dave's bit is on the next with some pictures, one is Conor's Ailefroide trip.

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Wed Dec 6 15:20:22 2000]

(#8.50) (Wed Dec 6 17:24:26 IST 2000)
From: Daryl O' Toole
Email: daryl.otoole@ck.cit.alcatel.fr
Subject: garmin Global positioning system (gps)
Comment:
Dom has a Garmin GPS for sale.
it is brand new and onyl used once or twice (I guess its a bit like our compasses we cherish so much)

the bidding starts at the cost of a decent compass (roughly £30) as an insentive for people to buy one or the other (if there tender get lost in transmission or is other wise undedposed )

The GPS when used in the hands of an operator who is skilled in its use, will get you where you want to go !

The GPS is very handy on the Isle of Skye, where minerals in the rock effect the operation of a compass.

rock on,
D.

(#8.51) (Wed Dec 6 18:39:54 IST 2000)
From: admin
Email: tufter_mcgintey@yahoo.com
Subject: Hungry Hill last Sunday
Comment:
What happened last Sunday has happened. Lets not have anymore mud-slinging on the comment page. If anyone has an issue to raise with anyone else, do it face-to-face. If anyone wishes to see an honest and accurate account of the day, click here.

(#8.52) (Thu Dec 7 11:34:52 IST 2000)
From: hugh
Email: hill_qie@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
As the comment page is so void of any humour at the moment, for a laugh I would suggest alternative entertainment. Bingo, alcohol, singing, pleasant company all of which are in a festive mood; and undoubtedly Lennox's; sounds pretty good to me. What do you think? ........ Don't think too long, cos you'll miss the UCCMC Christmas party 2000 if you do. For those that are unaware it's next Wednesday the 13th, 8.00pm. A venue has yet to be chosen, The Dog House probably, but stay tuned to find out soon.

This the season to be jolly
Fal lal lal lal lal lal lal lal lal

Such joy :)

(#8.53) (Thu Dec 7 17:55:13 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Christmas Party and the like...
Comment:
Oh, this comment page is getting tooooooooooo quiet. Well Hugh, i can't wait for the Christmas Party. What a laugh! Does anyone know how to play bingo, i hear it is frightfully difficult!!! John Healy said he will be the bingo man <=> (maths for "if and only if") people whistle at him!!! Go-on John!
If anyone sees Sarah Forde, tell her it is tradition for the First year rep. to wear a tuxedo.
See everyone on Sunday, and if not, at the lecture Tuesday Night.

(#8.55) (Thu Dec 7 18:04:05 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Next Week
Comment:

Next Week: Mullaghanaitin



Bus Leaves Gaol Cross 8:15am Sharp



Cost: 4 Schnotts!

(#8.56) (Thu Dec 7 19:47:00 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: last sunday
Comment:
I wasn't there last sunday. But let me just say this once: I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed to be Irish (throws pen)

(#8.59) (Thu Dec 7 22:50:12 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Sad, so sad(Head Hanging). There was a time when etc etc.

(#8.62) (Fri Dec 8 14:20:31 IST 2000)
From: Daryl O' Toole
Email: daryl.otoole@ck.cit.alcatel.fr
Subject: 'new climbing beta'
Comment:
I was out for a bit of a run last Sunday ,down there in the wilds of Kerry somewhere. (not too sure really, but I can find it again)

Anyway I came across some nice looking cliffs that hold allot of climbing
about 10Km and streatching onwards up the valley.

The mountains in the area are pretty boggy but there are some amazing ridges and face climbs to boot.


there is a wide variety of things to do !

If anyone is interested then drop me an e-mail or let me know anytime.
( I try to make the wall in Middelton one or two nights a week)

regards.
Daryl.

(#8.63) (Fri Dec 8 14:29:11 IST 2000)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
It is only 2.20 or so and i have no shame in admitting that i am after a couple of pints. Hooray for me, christmas is great!!!

(#8.65) (Sat Dec 9 03:57:18 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Bryan Feeney and his comments...
Comment:
Getting rather poetic with all those comments Bryan... have you been sneaking off and talking to cute female arts students again?
Cormac.

(#8.67) (Sat Dec 9 18:19:49 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Comment:
Wasn't that about a pint of Guiness, not Murphy's? Either way, still a VERY good song!
Cormac

(#8.68) (Mon Dec 11 12:31:17 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: An epic of EPIC proportions
Comment:
Yesterday, there were men, there were women, and then there were mountaineers. Me, Mike and the entire Mullaghanaitin horseshoe in four hours from the woods, up around and back again. Truly an epic climb, at epic speed, with epic paralysis the morning after. Owww.

As for the other "fast" group, well I think the less said about that the better.

(#8.71) (Mon Dec 11 18:32:38 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Hard core???
Comment:
Sure I suppose we can leave you lads with your fantasies... I'm sure those female arts students will love the story of your "epic" bryan - and massage all those sore bruised abused muscles... *fnarr fnarr fnarr*

Sounds like the walk was a lotta fun - Mike, how about another repeat of the pocked over christmas? Naturally enough, it must be attempted in the style of the last time - straight up the waterfalls!!!!!!!!!
Cormac.

(#8.72) (Mon Dec 11 18:37:13 IST 2000)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Just to save us all the hassle of jamming up the page with silly messages I want to point out that everybody in the club wishes everybody else a happy christmas.Humbug.

Secondly, I have a problem with wednesday evening, sorry everyone.

If anyone has clothes belonging to me, I will find you soon.

(#8.73) (Mon Dec 11 19:45:41 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Liquid refreshment (and arts students)
Comment:
Where/when is everyone meeting tomorrow after the talk?

(#8.74) (Mon Dec 11 19:50:44 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Cormac: Sure,

Bryan: Old College Bar probably, or else the New College Bar, or if those fail, Cissie Youngs, and in the off chance that we don't go there, we will be in the WolfHound for old times sake.

(#8.75) (Tue Dec 12 00:55:15 IST 2000)
From: Claire Fahy
Email: c_de_lune@hotmail.com
Subject: Insomnia...
Comment:
If you ever have a bout of insomnia and are lying awake wondering why there's nothing fun to do at three in the morning, be glad you're not as desperate as this guy obviously was...

The Great Guinea Pig PooTrail


[Edited by Claire Fahy on Tue Dec 12 00:57:39 2000]

(#8.76) (Tue Dec 12 14:20:04 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
I have just checked the statistics page, and even though Hugh and I have both submitted exactly the same number of messages this month, Hugh is ranked 8th, while I must content myself with a lowly 9th. Let me make it clear that I cannot condone this blatant ageism. Never have I been so insulted in my life.

(#8.77) (Tue Dec 12 14:24:58 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
And now I am 6th, while Rob is 5th and Claire 7th, even though we all have sent in the same number of messages, namely 4.
Really this will not do.

(#8.78) (Tue Dec 12 14:31:30 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: e-mails
Comment:
I have just received a pointless, and let me be frank, offensive e-mail from Conor. Let me warn you all: DO NOT OPEN an e-mail from UCCMC with the subject of "events this week". Contained therein are a number of words and pictures that are solely designed to shock the more delicate members of the club, and more than that, are clearly illegal.
I regret that this intrusion into our privacy has happened, and would implore the Club's PRO to limit himself in future to those activities that have been part of his portfolio in the past.
(aside) Ahh...now that I have placed 6 messages I can wallow without competition in third place in the ranking tables.

(#8.79) (Tue Dec 12 16:15:30 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Wow, i am first Diarmaid

(#8.80) (Tue Dec 12 16:51:48 IST 2000)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Stats on the board
Comment:
Hmm...I vaguely remember a formula from stats lectures. It went something like this: sadness = k x your number of postings on the board

...but then again, "he who lives in a glass house should not throw stones"

(#8.84) (Wed Dec 13 09:56:03 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Newish comment page
Comment:
I've added some more views, fixed an issue with the mailing list, optimised things a lot and made it possible for the administrator to turn off the password requirement at the flick of a button (well two actually, one to chose and one to save).

I've also put a mirror of the page's default output at http://www.bfeeney.uklinux.net/html/comments.html, so Conor, if you could change the comment page link to point to there it would be appreciated. It would massively lighten the load on the server, and it's also a bit faster.

(#8.86) (Wed Dec 13 10:55:45 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Stats and stuff
Comment:
All credit to the lads like Bryan-y, Diarmad-y, Rob-y, Cliona-y, Conor-y and of course credit to the gaffer, Rory-y but at the end of the day, i will always be at the top of the table.

(#8.89) (Wed Dec 13 14:46:46 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Must get ahead...

(#8.90) (Wed Dec 13 14:50:32 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Wooo hooooo, i'm ahead

(#8.91) (Wed Dec 13 15:22:12 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Just for all you nitpickers
Comment:
Incidentally, for all you people with nothing better to do with your time, I know about the bug on the stats page and the strange behaviour of the framed view. The administrator login box is excluded from this view only (apparently people were scared by "all the little buttons"); to get at it just select a different view and click Apply. Also if you reply to a message, it is placed before existing replies instead of after.

What else, oh yeah, until the server at uklinux.net flushes out its cache, the access/activity log links may not work in the admin view. I have no idea why text is disappearing off the side of the page on some platforms, it shouldn't be technically possible! Frankly, if it happens to you, you should just get a better browser. Nothing's gonna get done till my exams are over and my Christmas dinner's digested. Probably mid-January then...

And as for you Mike, striving to bolster your ego with a posting league, you have my deepest sympathies (hah!)

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Thu Dec 14 15:38:50 2000]

(#8.92) (Wed Dec 13 15:36:54 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Will you all please stop this immature chase for the top ranking on the stats table. Really, I would never take part in such a childish escapade.

(#8.93) (Wed Dec 13 15:40:56 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
No, honestly I wouldn't. Really

(#8.94) (Wed Dec 13 16:58:08 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Re. No Subject
Comment:
On 13-Dec-2000, diarmaid coffey wrote:



Yeah, sure Diarmo...

(#8.95) (Wed Dec 13 19:32:08 IST 2000)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: RSPCA
Comment:
A welshman is for life, not just for Christmas.

Please give it a lot of serious thought before you take one into your home.

Questions to ask yourself before adopting a Welshman:
1.Do you have a fireside where your Welshman can stand and sing?
2.Welshmen are pack animals and like to be amongst their own kind, so ensure they have other Welshmen to play with.
3.Have you got a cabinet in which to display your Welshman's solitary cap, won in an era which no-one can remember?
4.Do you know what "Daps" are?
5.Have you got a ready supply of laverbread, to fulfil the dietary requirements of your pet?
6.Welshmen are nervous creatures and need a lot of encouragement to mix in the outside world.

(#8.96) (Thu Dec 14 13:07:56 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Poohy
Comment:
How did the Cristmas party go without me?? Lesson of the week: it's not usefull missing a party to study, cause you'll regret it when it's a fecking stinker of an exam regardless.

(#8.97) (Thu Dec 14 13:37:13 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Sorry that i missed last night! Is there any scandal???

(#8.98) (Thu Dec 14 15:46:25 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: The Club Bingo Night
Comment:
Hey, my head's stopped hurting. Nice one. I think we should make the Wolfhound the official club pub again. The corner is cool...

And despite the efforts of various scurillous youth types in Freakscene, I still have my Christmas hat. Fortunately all the flaming items were removed in advance, so I still have my head too.

By the way, will people be stopping off in the Star after the Reeks? I've got to study (DAMN DAMN DAMN), so I'd say the weather will probably be phenomenal. Actually, wait, that's the last climb of the semester. Ah for the love of...

(#8.99) (Fri Dec 15 01:55:50 IST 2000)
From: Claire Fahy
Email: c_de_lune@hotmail.com
Subject: Thank Crunchie it's Friday...
Comment:
Good King Wenceslas went into Pizza Hut one night.

"The usual, sir?", said the waiter.

"Yes," said Good King Wenceslas, "Deep pan, crisp and even."

(#9.0) (Fri Dec 15 09:49:52 IST 2000)
From: Daryl O' Toole
Email: daryl.otoole@ck.cit.alcatel.fr
Subject: rock climbing experiements
Comment:
Try to rock climb in Middelton in another footwear than your rock shoes !
concentrate on your foot work and after a few weeks go back to your regular climbing shoes and see the difference !

I applied this to the bouldering wall in Middleton and to the Japanese Gardens (boulder area Douglas swimming pool) this summer to great success.

hope it might be of some use with the global warming problem etc...

Rock on regardless, D.

(#9.2) (Fri Dec 15 11:23:03 IST 2000)
From: Daryl O' Toole
Email: daryl.otoole@ck.cit.alcatel.fr
Subject: the wilds of Kerry
Comment:
To those who may venture this way....

Nested all around the Base of the great reeks range are many small 'somewhat insignificant cliffs' mostly single pitch varying Alpine climbing on anything from vegetation to vegetated rock with some clear to mild spells of good rock
(i.e. Rock that is just that and not clad by the armory of vegetation that we are so all accustomed ! )

... Recently I was wondering around the Glenflesk area and further South and west of that. Down towards Beara and many many other are similar places of interest, which hold in there store many great climbs (yet to be; perhaps ? ). ( Oh for the beauty of not knowing and the madness of an on-sight ! )

There are no 'last great problems' or great faces to mention here; just some wild scraggy crags dotted sparsely around the place.

As always...
D.

(#9.3) (Fri Dec 15 14:38:10 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
AAAAHHHH! sweet sweet holidays

(#9.4) (Fri Dec 15 14:38:39 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
What's the story for the girly night out? I'm planning for it already.

(#9.5) (Sat Dec 16 14:31:34 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Message from Finbarr Desmond
Comment:

Message from Finbarr



Merry Christmas everyone,
Hope all is going well back home.It doesn't seem very
seasonal dowm here in 30 degree plus weather but i'm
having a great time anyway.I arrived on the 30th and
made my way up to Arapiles the following
day.Everything
they say is true,the climbing is amazing there.I
didn't find any bad route at any grade.There's a
really nice camp scene as well and it's a great place
to just hang out.Unfortunately i've been doing a lot
of hanging around.My heel was sore when i arrived and
i ignored it for the sake of climbing.It got worse to
the point of only managing a couple of routes a day.I
had it xrayed and it turns out i have an infection in
the bone.So no climbing for a week or so.
I left Arapiles and all the wildlife behind yesterday
and came back to Melbourne.I found out last night that
i had a passanger in my sealed foodbox which i had
carried on to buses,trains and trams before depositing
it in the house here.When i opened the box,up poped a
big ugly spider.It wasn't as big as the
huntsmen(totally harmless)i'd been shown in the
bush.It was grey/brown with a white line down it's
back and about two inches long.Any taker's on an id???
I met Donagh and Clare at Arapiles.They'd been there
for about five weeks and were both climbing really
well.They had done a load of routes before finally
leaving kicking and screaming last week.
I'm hoping to head down the coast in the next couple
of days for a bit of surf.I should be back in
Melbourne for Christmas and if my foot is better i'll
be heading to Mt. Buffalo on the 26th for a bit of
granite climbing.After that i'm off to Tasmania in
early Jan.I've made a contact down there for a bit of
caving so i'm really looking forward to that.
I hope everyone has a great Christmas and i'll talk to
you in the new year,
Finbarr.
ps Enjoy the ice climbing,snowboarding,sking,walking
and extreme eating.I think that covers everyone!


[Edited by Mike Clifford on Sat Dec 16 16:28:04 2000]


[Edited by Mike Clifford on Sat Dec 16 16:28:48 2000]

(#9.6) (Mon Dec 18 11:17:16 IST 2000)
From: declan murphy
Email: t.d.murphy@student.ucc.ie
Subject: welshmen
Comment:
my family is plagued with them theres hardly ever a leek in the house.the windows are allways broken with rugby balls.whats worst is that my brothers turned into one.does any one want to adopt my brother.please.

(#9.7) (Mon Dec 18 13:18:18 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
woohoo, snow in slovenia.
By the way:

1:Fant, kaksna megla = Boy! What a fog!
2:Fant, kaksen fin sneg = Boy! What fine snow!
3:Sem kar dober smucar= I am a reasonably good skier
4:Sezujte se!!= Take your shoes off!!
5:Jajca na oko= Eggs sunny side up
6:Odgovorite!!= Answer!!
7:Zdravo!= Hi! (literally it means "may you and your family never be eaten by the large beast that lives in the woods")

What else will we need to know?

(#9.8) (Mon Dec 18 16:43:48 IST 2000)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
This is about the girly night out so Rachael don't fret! All, that is whoever wants to (no boys thanks!) be at "Ketners" restaurant on Paul Street at 7pm. Wednesday evening for dinner, we'll continue from there. For anyone who doesn't know where it is,it's opposite the entrance to Paul Street Shopping Centre, and the outside is currently under construction so ye mightn't be able to see the name above the door. I need to confirm numbers tomorrow so will everyone have either e-mailed me at patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
or confirmed on the comment page by 5pm.tomorrow, that's Tuesday. I've it booked for 12 already but that might have to be changed.


And Rob, is there going to be a meeting re the trip? Should I check that e-group thingy that ya most kindly set up?

(#9.9) (Mon Dec 18 16:53:14 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: New Years
Comment:
There seem to be a lot of people wanting to do something over the New Years, but last I heard Rory and Jerry's house was full over the New Year with sisters and boyfriends and so on (since when has Christmas been about family!).

Anyway I did a bit of inquiring and it looks like there's room for about ten people in Letterfrack on nights of the 30th, 31st and 1st. It's £8.00 a night, but it's worth it. There's wood panelling, ancient oaken tables, open fires, a sheep-dog and cat, and home-made porridge and scones every morning. Throw in some mulled wine and it's pure distilled Christmas spirit. Oh and there's 3 pubs 20 yards away.

The idea could be to go on the same climbs etc. as Rory & Jerry's group, and on the second, any party-animals who still don't want to go home could go to R/J's house, while the rest of us might head back and share cars with those departing the house. There mountains are nice and rocky (think Wales) and there'll probably be quite a bit of snow on top as well. However it's all dependent on enough people being willing to do it. What does everyone think?

I got the dates slightly wrong. The idea is to go up on the 30th, climb the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and go back on the 2nd.

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Tue Dec 19 11:57:16 2000]

(#9.10) (Tue Dec 19 08:54:48 IST 2000)
From: Daryl O' Toole
Email: daryl.otoole@ck.cit.alcatel.fr
Subject: french connection
Comment:
I'm off to Paris tomorrow (with work) for a couple of days and I'm interested in doing a bit of shopping !

Does anyone know of any climbing shops in Paris etc. or alternatively any French or Italian online climbing stores ???

cheers,
Daryl.

(#9.12) (Tue Dec 19 11:01:45 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Merry Christmas
Comment:
Merry Christmas everyone. Hope eeveryone has a good break. Best of luck to all of the lads heading off to Slovenia and remember lads: Jajca na oko. See everyone for definate in the Doghouse on the 10th of Jan. By the way, The Saint Vincent de Paul soc are having a night out in Henries that night and it would be great if people qwould go. Should be a great night. Oh, one other thing, Mountain Running Intervarsities are on the 28th of Jan if anyone is interested (contact Niall Bourke in the orienteering club)

[Edited by Mike Clifford on Tue Dec 19 16:43:53 2000]


[Edited by Mike Clifford on Tue Dec 19 16:44:17 2000]


[Edited by Mike Clifford on Tue Dec 19 16:44:37 2000]

(#9.13) (Tue Dec 19 14:52:35 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Rumours are a flying
Comment:
Apparently, the bould Cormac Long is around:
Any info on Cormac Long (Oldie)?

(#9.15) (Tue Dec 19 16:16:11 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Sitting by the fire talking bout the old days
Comment:
Cormac,
Good to see you're back in the city. Gota meet up with you cos I have a couple of questions bout some sums and things like that. I trust all is going well for you in the States and I'll be in touch.

Tony Galvin sent an email just there. In it he said to wish everyone good health and seasonal greetings, actually he said to get pissed and not to get in too much trouble but I will add my greetings to his and wish everyone a good Christmass.

(#9.16) (Tue Dec 19 16:57:13 IST 2000)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Conor, could you add this link if you get the chance, it is really cool.
http://poneill.ucd.ie/imc/

(#9.17) (Tue Dec 19 21:41:27 IST 2000)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Thomas Randles and Cormac Long,
shall we see ye on Wed for the segregated party?
Where are we all meeting up afterwards boys???
(Trish, thanks for the message)

(#9.18) (Wed Dec 20 10:01:03 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: My red high heels
Comment:
See all the gals tonight at Bar Rumba for cocktails. Some of us aren't going to the restaurant as we are too scared that the food will interfer with the alcohol absorption...so we'll have the bar stools warmed for ye. De lads- see ye at the Wolfhound...ahh ain't this genderism so sweet?

(#9.19) (Wed Dec 20 11:16:38 IST 2000)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: rampant sexism
Comment:
Please folks,
Please!
This simply has to stop. These "Girly nights" and "Lads Trips down to the Brothels" are a throw-back to a former age when closed minds forced people to conform to society's dictates. We will not stand for this in a so-called modern society.
I am from Mars. Do not hold that against me. For I have one thing to say to you all. ROAR IT OUT WITH ME!!!


I HAVE LEFT MY CAVE!!!I HAVE LEFT MY CAVE!!!I HAVE LEFT MY CAVE!!!I HAVE LEFT MY CAVE!!!I HAVE LEFT MY CAVE!!!

Please leave your Wells, Venusians.

Prof. Joeseph A. Tucker, Professor of Sociology, University of Tobago.

(#9.20) (Wed Dec 20 13:32:44 IST 2000)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Where on earth is Watergrasshill
Comment:
How on earth does one get to Watergrasshill? Are there people going? When is it starting? Someone, please, answer me!

(#9.21) (Wed Dec 20 16:35:08 IST 2000)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: East of Alte Badige
Comment:
Lets just see Letterfrack or Slovenia.
Letterfrack: Pros: Pay Little
Cons: Get Less
Sum Up: Social Death
Slovenia!! Need i say any more.

Is it the Doghouse(Wolfhound) tonight?
Also hope people have BMC Insurance or some method of security for Slovenia. If not there is still time at www.bmc.co.uk

Brian

(#9.23) (Wed Dec 20 19:43:26 IST 2000)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: and so on...
Comment:
Ok, well karting was a no-go, they were booked out completely, what with all those company idiots booking for christmas parties (idiots *snorts*). So I guess that pple will be showing up in the Doghouse/Wolfhound then? See you all in there later?
Cormac

(#9.24) (Wed Dec 20 22:43:58 IST 2000)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: RSPCA
Comment:
A Scotsman is for life, not just for Christmas.

Please give it a lot of serious thought before you take one into your home.

Questions to ask yourself before adopting a Scotsman:
1.Do you have a sufficient supply of glasses that can be broken and jabbed into faces at the earliest sign of a disaggreement?
2.Are you well off enough financially to cope with the fact that your new companion will never put his hand in his pocket - for anything?
3.Is your historical knowledge zero? If so then you will struggle to appreciate his long, rambling speeches about great battle victories over the "auld enemy" which contain not one jot of historical fact.
4.Can you concur that Peter Walton is, without doubt, the greatest blindside in world rugby?
5.Can you be referred to as "wee/big man" at least 12 times a day without succumbing to the irrisistable urge to lash out with your fists?

If your brother has turned into a Welshman, then maybe you should take him to the vet.

For those who like to gloat, CITMC had difficulties of a non-climbing nature on Sunday. The climb went fine for all except for one weeny, little thing. The car keys got "disappeared". This led to some discomfort as the only spare keys were all the way back in Cork. Mammy & Daddy were not amused to receive the phonecall from their little angel. The grid reference is V831852 for those Good Samaritans who are going to recover my keys (?).

We kept an eye for ye on the Reeks. Did ye go somewhere else instead?

(#9.25) (Thu Dec 21 09:26:14 IST 2000)
From: Jon Martin Birkeland
Email: Jon-Martin.Birkeland@telenor.com
Subject: Skies
Comment:
Hello everybody. Anyone that remember me?? I am safe back in Norway and I am working for a telecompany. I hope that this year is as good as last year in UCCMC. I just want to wish you a happy christmas hollydays and the best wishes for the new year. Jon Martin

(#9.26) (Thu Dec 21 13:38:08 IST 2000)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Exam Time
Comment:
While all of you give out about me skipping any club social events, know that I have an excuse and it is that I have exams until tomorrow the 22nd!! After which I intend to get very drunk and start my Christmas on the 23rd. See you all over Christmas

[Edited by Tom Randles on Thu Dec 21 13:39:24 2000]

(#9.27) (Fri Dec 22 16:23:46 IST 2000)
From: Jerry Kelly
Email: jerrykelly@eircom.net
Subject: Christmas greetings from the world of literature .
Comment:
"Roll on Christmas"
Dead reindeer in the red-light district ,
blood and tinsel on the melting snow .
Santa with a .38 and a stocking mask ,
ho ho fucking ho .
- Gerry Murphy '99 .

(#9.28) (Sat Dec 23 01:54:00 IST 2000)
From: Finbarr
Email: finbarrdesmond@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear Factor 100 suncream
Comment:
Merry Christmas everyone.Hope the new year goes well for everyone up west and in Slovenia.Talk to you soon,
Finbarr.

(#9.29) (Fri Dec 29 20:31:08 IST 2000)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Like "Whatever" or something
Comment:
Hey Ya'll,
How come to hell nobody's writin' on the comment page no more? It's not just the "we're too cool for Ireland" crew that are able to write stuff up ya know....solid-arity brothers (ie. generically). Where's the Clonbur posse? I hear they're all meeting in Le Wolfhound tonight..See ya'll up here. You mind that snow now, it's 8 inches-SERIOUSLY HARDCORE...That'll wipe the smiles of the TrendyWendy's and TrickyDicky's faces over there. SLOVENIA SUCKS MY ASS.....

(#9.30) (Tue Jan 2 18:39:02 IST 2001)
From: hugh
Email: hill_qie@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Rock fall on my house has left me homeless. Not a joke and not funny. If any one knows of anyone with a room wanting an occupant please email me. My email address is hill_qie@yahoo.com. Thanks

(#9.32) (Thu Jan 4 11:43:00 IST 2001)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Dober Dan!
Aaaah, slovenia.
We shall all meet up and bore you.
Yes.

(#9.33) (Thu Jan 4 11:45:30 IST 2001)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Clonbur et al...
Comment:
Rock on the ice... 2 inches on all roads and traffic crawling at 20mph max. Team Focus crawled with the best of them and made it up in one piece, with the aid of a classic slingshot approach to the final hill up to the cottage. Team Fiesta also made it in style, with Mr. Sherlock being typically unflapped by horrendous whiteout conditions. Much food and tea consumed, some nice relaxed walking in beautiful scenery padded out each day, all parties unfazed by adverse weather conditions as the thaw set in. Jigsaws, stories and song ruled the evenings, aided by rounds of hot port and hot whiskey. A highly reluctant retreat back to the niffs and fumes of Cork by team Focus on the wednesday just about sums up the feelings of all...
Cormac.

(#9.34) (Thu Jan 4 11:50:31 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Climbing Comp. In Midleton
Comment:
Hey Got this e-mail from the secretary of Midleton Climbing Club


Hi Mike,

The Midleton Climbing Club are hosting the next round of the Irish Bouldering League Competition at our indoor wall in Midleton. I would appreciate it if you could inform any of your members who may be interested in participating.

Saturday January 13th at St. Coleman's College, 10 a. m. There is a hostel
in Midleton:
An Stor Drury Ave.,
Midleton,
Co. Cork.

021 633106.

Thanks a million,
regards
Michelle Sheehan,
Secretary Midleton Climbing Club

[Edited by admin on Thu Jan 4 16:59:49 2001]

(#9.35) (Thu Jan 4 17:12:19 IST 2001)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Comment page stuff
Comment:
Could people avoid using <PRE> tags. It screws up the layout of the page, and it's not really necessary anymore. It you want a typewriter effect just use <TT></TT> instead.

As for Connemara, well there's just one word for it. Tea. My god was there tea. There was tea in the morning, tea on mountains in the afternoon, there was tea when we came back before setting down to dinner (with some tea) and then after another cup of tea to wash it down, with a last cup before heading off to bed (or couch). What a week, what a cottage, what a tea-pot!

(#9.36) (Fri Jan 5 15:13:33 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Feck sake lads, this comment page is getting fierce boring. I hear people are meeting in The DogHouse 2nite. Would that be correct???

So, alot of tea was drank/drunk (i can never remember which), but is there any real scandal??? Come on I'm so bored, there must be some bit of Gossip.

Oh, Hugh, did you find someplace to stay yet??? That is sucha bummer.

(#9.40) (Fri Jan 5 20:53:49 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Feckin password

(#9.41) (Fri Jan 5 20:58:15 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Pivo
Comment:
Gawd, I'm so sorry I missed all that tea!
All us poor Slovenian types could manage was lots and lots of beer and sumptious meals after a long hard day on the piste.
To all the Tricky Dickys and the Trendy Wendy, I did the photos today and so we will have a good time on Wed annoying all the Lumpy Frumpys!
Ms. Timms, jealousy will get you nowhere!

(#9.42) (Fri Jan 5 20:59:15 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Stirrer
Comment:
Was that inflammatory enough or should I add more??

(#9.43) (Sat Jan 6 17:04:58 IST 2001)
From: Aidan Hannafin
Email: ahannafin@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Union,Lasco,Union,Lasco,Snowboards,Union,Slovenia, feck tea, feck rain,feck work. Oh yea Timms dont be jealous

(#9.44) (Mon Jan 8 09:02:30 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Coffey did you get the web cam picture of us. We wasted valuable seconds away from the piste just to be there. By the way it was outside the tourist office. Just to see how lucky we were with the weather take a look at the place now .Sudden thaw takes on a whole new meaning.

As for Middleton there better be a big club turn out or else!!!.

Is it true that the rescue course is on on that self same saturday as the bouldering league??

Also one final word does anybody on the committee have a contact address for Michael Smith the author of the Tom Crean book. If so i would much appreciate it.

Any news from John Healy? If you reading John let me know how you and Mike got on and what kind of conditions did ye have??

Enough said for the moment. Getting some extreme photos developed today here's hoping they're not a blurred mass of fog mist and big gloved fingers in the way of the lens!!!!!

(#9.45) (Mon Jan 8 09:49:02 IST 2001)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Maan, I'm just going to chill a while.
Maybe I'll pan out if things go well.
I seriously hope that I can avoid drifting into potage.
Respect to all the Kranjska hardbodies.

Eoin.

(#9.46) (Mon Jan 8 09:50:04 IST 2001)
From: commudus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Union or Lasko????
Comment:
Who cares Aiden boy.
One thing we can all agree on is foxy Pri Martinu waitress who really know how to handle meat.

Looks like we bailed in good time alright Brian judging by those all too clear town centres shots this morning.

(#9.47) (Mon Jan 8 10:25:54 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: To REC course people...
Comment:
Due to it being a)the IBL in Middleton, and b)more handy for the instructor, the REC has been moved again.
Sorry about this lads but, it's actually going ot make it less rushed etc. It's now the 2nd weekend of Feb, please have your money paid to Mike the Money Men by the end of Jan. (£40)...
There's a couple of places left if anyone's interested.......

(#9.48) (Mon Jan 8 11:22:27 IST 2001)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
Indeed I saw a group of indistinct louts loitering around by the webcam at the time that you said you would be there. I was impressed with the spelling of UCCMC with bodies alone.
How was the journey back? Anybody got Tom Lee's penknife?
Does anybody want to do some night surfing this week, what with the full moon and all!
Diarmo

(#9.49) (Mon Jan 8 12:13:19 IST 2001)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: Soon to be departing...
Comment:
Well, it's been quite a relaxed christmas, much
tea was consumed too... so I'll see some people
at the IBL next saturday, then I'll be back off
to the hot dry climate of Texas again.. but not
that you'll all prefer that to the damp cold of
an Irish winter! See some of you on Wednesday
at the wolfhound?
Cormac

(#9.50) (Mon Jan 8 15:36:52 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Scandal In Slovenia
Comment:
So, we have seen that there is no sca from Letterfrack, is there any from Slovinia???

(#9.52) (Tue Jan 9 14:21:51 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Anyone got John Healys address and phone number??

(#9.53) (Wed Jan 10 10:36:28 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Hey Slovenian people don't forget photos tonight.Who's bringing the cards?

(#9.54) (Wed Jan 10 10:43:41 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Club Stuff
Comment:
-Anyone interested in doing the REC whatsit, please expose yourselves (to me) to confirm.(!)
-There are a couple of places left, and we'd like them to go to any members who're gonna be around for next year or more....but not ness.
-Everyone, please go to the IBL, there are even people offering lifts...if you want one, phone me 4307519, and I'll org, always working for YOU, have a NICE day.

(#9.56) (Fri Jan 12 09:48:48 IST 2001)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Lasko and mixed meat for two
Comment:
I have tom's penknife and your skigoggles. I also have the address to that aforemontioned hardbodied waitress, but more on that later. Hey diarmo, text me (just had to get that in) about that night surfing mullarkey. i'd be well up for it, Stoked, as Sike or Torken would say!!

(#9.57) (Fri Jan 12 11:35:19 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Can I put it to the committee that the word "hardbody" be banned. Its really annoying me at this stage.(I heard enough of it in Slovenia.) It doesn't need to be introduced to the club lexicon..in my opinion.If not I'm sure the boys will out grow it soon anyway. On a totally different note, is anyone interested in going to Tullamore in Feb before Lowe closes down?

(#9.58) (Fri Jan 12 12:04:08 IST 2001)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Rachel, I totally and utterly agree! Sick to death of it I am. And yes indeedy I'll be on for a trip to Lowe Alp, I'm even going to offer my chauffeuring services to accomodate the little excursion. See ye on Sat. night, I suppose any time after 8.

(#9.59) (Fri Jan 12 13:46:01 IST 2001)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Apologies to Rachel and Trish for bringing 'it' back.

(#9.60) (Fri Jan 12 16:48:06 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
No need to rush up to Tullamore as the factory shop will still be open for a long while yet even after the rest of production has stopped. Why might i ask would Trish need any more climbing gear i think the word GEARHEAD takes on a whole new meaning since Slovenia!!

By the way where the feck is John Healy???

Coffey please get me a book out of the CUH on self-physiotherapy of the knee and such like.

Brian

(#9.61) (Mon Jan 15 08:51:42 IST 2001)
From: commudus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: For All The Lovely Ladies (ye're such pretty little things)
Comment:
What do ye mean by trying to ban that beautiful phrase. Wilde himself would have been proud to coin that one.
I mean HARD-BODY just says so much so eloquently so why no give in and adopt it as your own???
Slan 's beannacht
An Ceann Corp Crua
(it even works well as Gaeilge!!)

(#9.62) (Mon Jan 15 11:15:10 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Hardbodies
Comment:
Is this a gender issue?

(#9.63) (Mon Jan 15 11:15:57 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Weather
Comment:
Fecking marvellous yesterday.

(#9.64) (Mon Jan 15 15:58:05 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Yesterday
Comment:
For a second yesterday, I thought I was going to end up at the Devils ladder again. Phew, I was so lucky.

(#9.65) (Mon Jan 15 18:46:10 IST 2001)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
At last someone is beg. to appreciate the vulgarness of that truly vulgar word, so thank you Eoin ,and take a hike Commudus or whatever other alias you wish to take refuge behind. And to Mr Mullins, you'd have been damn glad to wear the "GEARHEAD'S" gear(notably the orange puffa)on the heights of Slovenia if it suited, so mocking it will get you nowhere. Therefore I'm sure the same "Gearhead" and,indeed the orange puffa itself ,would be much obliged if you would kindly retract the undoubtedly contradictory statement above. Yours sincerely, Tricia.

(#9.66) (Mon Jan 15 20:24:21 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Rate the website
Comment:
Lads, could everyone, if they have the chance go to this address and rate our website:

http://www.suia.org/links/Detailed/181.html


It might mean that the club wins alot of money which could be very handy for our trip away. Feck Scotland lads, the Alps...

(#9.67) (Tue Jan 16 08:56:58 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Frank i still have Mark Twights book if you want it i'll see you in the pub on Wednesday night.

Brian(Not of the orange puffa)

(#9.68) (Tue Jan 16 16:00:00 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Which one of you "dotey" or "cute" bastards is Commodus?

(#9.69) (Tue Jan 16 16:34:15 IST 2001)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Missing since Beara
Comment:
I approve fully the phrase as recommended by Commudus. It says in such an eloquent and suitable way what one would seek to say about another person.

Also I am missing a map of the Beara area since the weekend away in Lauragh. It has my nime on it and it is a laminated version. It is rather dear to my heart so if possible could someone give it to someone on the committee to hold for me. Feel free to use it if you intend to return to that fair mountain.

Thanks to Rachel for the photos I was searching for ages for them and all I ask is that you keep them for a while until I will be able to collect them when I get a chance.

Also guys anyone seen this new film in the Flicks? Looks like a real good one. Vertical Horizen?? Any info thereon??

(#9.70) (Tue Jan 16 16:59:06 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Yes Tom i saw it on Sunday night. It's Vertical Limit and it's so fantastic and over the top it's laughable. Good action and a great advertisement for Ed Visteurs and his fellow Himalayan Guides.

Still it's worth going to see just for the views etc. For a real laugh check out the official website where you too can act as a guide leading people to the top of K2.

Lots of ice for the weekend so start sharpening your crampons and axes and forget Gougan Barra. The classic ice routes of the Comeraghs and the Reeks will fall this weekend for sure.

Whats the story with the wall in the new sports centre . Legend has it from the competition that it has been put on the long(est) finger?????

Brian

(#9.71) (Tue Jan 16 18:08:53 IST 2001)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Ahem...
Comment:
Ladies & Gentlemen
Might I point out that my name is Maximus Deci...(ad nauseum...). My sworn enemy is called Commodus. I am not likely to assume his name on your worthy message board. I disassociate myself from his views of sexism, ruling an empire and eliminating your political foes. I don't hide behind any moniker and some of ye will probably have a very good idea what Institute of Technology I teach Latin and Roman military history at. There's nothing wrong with the term "hardbody" except that it's grossly unoriginal, purile and doesn't offend enough people. It's the kind of term I'd expect from an unnatural union between Mary Ellen Synon & Harry Enfield's Kevin.

Enough blather for today...those fellas in white coats come closer to my hiding place every day!!!

Re: Vertical Limit. Empire magazine called it "inexcusably bad" but apparently "K2" was worse so maybe, just maybe, that trip to the dentist won't be so bad after all.

I wonder did anybody at all get up "problem no.23" at Midleton last Saturday? I was halfway up when Calvin pulled the plug on my black and decker powerdrill after all the trouble I went to plug in my extension lead. It's not fair!!!

(#9.72) (Wed Jan 17 09:08:15 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Did anyone get up problem 23. I mean come on you shouldn't have been there if you couldn't get up that. Impossible sit start into a crappy sidepull followed by two finger breaking mono's. Oh dear. Count yourself lucky if you got off the ground.

The next few moves were one armed pull ups on slopers to a two fingered finish on a razor blade thin top hold. However the routes were very good and i challenge anyone to get up the figure four problem that is NO.2.

On another note i was reading through old mountain logs last night and i realised that it's UCCMC 20th birthday party this year. Is there a reunion?????? Will it be in Glendo??? These are the most important questions asked on this page to date . In other words when and where is the piss up?

(#9.73) (Wed Jan 17 11:05:54 IST 2001)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
If anyone is interested, the irish hillrunning intervarsities is being held on the 28th of january in Maulin, near power's court waterfall @ 12.00. make your own way there. 5 orienteering heads will be there (Probably extreme Hard bodies). If your interested in going you can get in contact with Niall bourke, Captain of the Orienteering club.
Oh yeah, one more thing, hardbody, hardbody, hardbody, hardbody, HARDbody, hardBODY, HHAAARRDDDBBOODDYYY, HARDBODY. (All singing american pie, Is that o.k. rachel?)

(#9.74) (Wed Jan 17 11:18:17 IST 2001)
From: Meredith Lulling
Email: mlul@maths.tcd.ie
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Has anyone got Cormac Long's email address? Meredith

(#9.76) (Wed Jan 17 11:54:12 IST 2001)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
To Sarah, Vincent, Jo, Rachel etc. excursion to the cinema cancelled cos' the film is not out until Friday. There were two previews last Sat. and Sun. and that's the reason the lads got to see it. So may see ye in the pub tonight for a while.

(#9.77) (Wed Jan 17 12:28:14 IST 2001)
From: Richard Geraghty
Email: richardgeraghty@hotmail.com
Subject: See Y'all
Comment:
Hello all,
Just saying goodbye before my imminent departure, unfortunately didn't make Cork in the New Year. Keep you posted from the Sierra Nevada.
Richard

PS: Trish is definitely a hardcore GEARHEAD!!

(#9.78) (Wed Jan 17 14:29:17 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Richard: Adois, have a reat time in Espagna. Watch out for all of those cute signoras!!!

About vertical limit, Met Frank Fitz last night and himself and Daryl are going Friday night and are looking for a gang.

(#9.79) (Wed Jan 17 14:33:37 IST 2001)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: IBL...
Comment:
Hey ho there chaps!
Well, I don't want to gloat or anything Aidan,
but... that one point sure feels real gooooood!
*sniggers*...

Anyway, AM, sorry I didn't get in touch before
I left.. will drop an email on friday. Rob, a
word of warning... Niall Bourke is disgustingly
FIT... take my advice and steer well clear of
those mountain runners.

Cheers all,
Cormac.

(#9.80) (Wed Jan 17 18:26:53 IST 2001)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Well fancy seeing a little message from my big bro on the site, pigs will definetely fly. Anyway, I'm going to the wall at 7.30 if anyone is looking for a lift. At Gaol Cross.

(#9.81) (Wed Jan 17 19:21:35 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Cinema Times
Comment:
Check cinema times @

www.wow.ie

It is a cool website and very up to date. Plus, they have links to official sites for all new films.

(#9.82) (Thu Jan 18 09:46:18 IST 2001)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: Tomorrow
Comment:
Eoin, I no longer possess your number. Call me tonight, so. I'll be free from around 1 or 2 tomorrow.

(#9.83) (Thu Jan 18 09:46:19 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Be sure to bring the emergency generator to the wall tonight!!!!

(#9.84) (Thu Jan 18 14:57:53 IST 2001)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: They call it Death Mountain....
Comment:
So, are people going to Vertical Limit in the Cineplex tomorrow evening? WOW.ie gave it a whole two out of five, and it's got Chris O' Donnell, so it's got to be good! Ahem. Hey, how bad can a film with ice-axes and nitroglycerine be?

Oh, and about the £15,000 SUIA thing, if you really want to mess with the voting system, don't just rate UCCMC, rate all the others too. Lets at least get more marks than Donaghmede Parish Online...

(#9.87) (Fri Jan 19 12:30:13 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Forget the climbing trip tomorrow lads the weather is shit .Fuck it anyway thats all i have to say.

(#9.88) (Fri Jan 19 13:15:07 IST 2001)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: For your information...
Comment:
Vertical limit is on in both the Gate and Capitol.
Times are:
820 & 1110 for the Capitol
830 & 1130 for the Gate

I recommend the Gate because they give discounts if you have student ID and besides, the seats are more comfy.

(#9.89) (Fri Jan 19 13:37:14 IST 2001)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: 101 uses for nitro' up a mountain
Comment:
So, is everyone meeting at the Gate at 8:20 tonight or what?

[Edited by Bryan Feeney on Fri Jan 19 13:37:57 2001]

(#9.91) (Sat Jan 20 12:57:15 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Vertical Limit Vs. Crouching Tiger, Leaping Dragon
Comment:
Lads,

Went to Kino last night and saw Crouching Tiger, Leaping Dragon. It was excellent. What was Vertical Limit like? Not half as good I'd bet...

Diarmo, did you get my Kung Fu e-mail???

(#9.92) (Mon Jan 22 11:54:27 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Mr. Shrule
Comment:
Ricardo-prob too late for you to get this -but good bye, good luck, bobby jean. I'll be over in May, do they sell gin in Spain?

(#9.93) (Wed Jan 24 16:07:50 IST 2001)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Comment number 993
Comment:
Just dropped in to say a word



Well that's it. See everyone tonight!

(#9.95) (Fri Jan 26 13:15:56 IST 2001)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Crohane? I haven't got any crohanes!!!
Comment:
Crohane? Where the hell is that? Is this an undiscovered 8000m peak hidden away in West Cork?

I think we should be told!!!

(#9.98) (Fri Jan 26 14:47:12 IST 2001)
From: mario
Email: mario@buteo.de
Subject: Trip to Dingle
Comment:
Hi lads,

don't know if anybody remembers me, but anyway I will be around in Ireland for a few days in February (looking forward to some real pints!) and would love to join you to Mount Brandon! Could we meet somewhere close to it? Let me know the phone number of any of the important people.

Slan,
Mario

(#9.99) (Fri Jan 26 15:27:50 IST 2001)
From: Jerry Kelly
Email: jerrykelly@eircom.net
Subject: Query from Cork RTC
Comment:
Crohane is a Kerry 600 . Enough said .

(#9.100) (Mon Jan 29 16:39:21 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Blah
Comment:
Well we did Cathar anyhow....
This page is yawn inducing en ce moment...

(#10.0) (Mon Jan 29 17:36:00 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Yawn.....
Comment:

Totally Jenny


(#10.1) (Tue Jan 30 15:18:42 IST 2001)
From: David Clifford
Email: clifford_david@yahoo.com
Subject: Visitors to Chicago
Comment:
I want to start a little rumour about 2 ex-club/club members, both are coming to Chicago this weekend and both are staying in the same hotel.. could it be that there is something rose-mantic going on here... who knows who these people are.. any guesses?

(#10.2) (Tue Jan 30 17:42:20 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Rumours
Comment:
Dave, I know who one of them is, but who is the other???

(#10.3) (Tue Jan 30 18:19:27 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Chicago
Comment:
Tell me, tell me please!

(#10.4) (Tue Jan 30 23:49:42 IST 2001)
From: Claire Fahy
Email: c_de_lune@hotmail.com
Subject: Chicago
Comment:
Awwwww, come on, spill the beans someone please!! I have no life, I need some excitement!! :-) Or even do a Victorian novel on it and call them X___ and Y___, who everyone older than 2__ should know...ah, go on, just one little teensy clue?! Can I phone a friend?!

(#10.5) (Wed Jan 31 02:49:47 IST 2001)
From: David Clifford
Email: clifford_david@yahoo.com
Subject: rumours..
Comment:
Hints hmmm!

I don't know, there is no way to be subtle (well for me anyway) about the identities of these two idividuals. Lets see, they both came out with the club a few times last year, one seemed to come to the pub more than the walks. Obviously I have no idea about this years attendance record but I am pretty sure you haven't seen one of them.

This is turning into one of those awful logic puzzles...

(#10.7) (Wed Jan 31 12:03:03 IST 2001)
From: Brian Mullins
Email: dreapadoir@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Word just in from MCI. A major anti-doping campaign has just begun. All MCI affiliated competitions i.e IBL, Lead climbing comps will have random drug tests in the future.I shit you not. A full six page transcript has been received on the rules and regulations. Don't know what this means about outdoor climbing( just topping out on Refraction in Ailladie only to be jabbed in the arm by doping control!!!) Anyways be warned especially you Coffey .

Brian

(#10.8) (Wed Jan 31 17:17:19 IST 2001)
From: Anne-Marie Hunter
Email: With-held on request
Subject: ????
Comment:
Yeah Dave I know one of these people too but I am really fascinated as to who the other person is??

(#10.9) (Wed Jan 31 18:20:53 IST 2001)
From: David Clifford
Email: clifford_david@yahoo.com
Subject: my ten punch pass for hidden peaks
Comment:
Well the mystery couple is Anne Marie of course, who is over here in Nebraska at the moment (a very happening place) and ho hum Harry Bach, the oldest first-year rep ever! H is flying in tomorrow and AM is coming on Sunday. I can't wait to see them!

(#10.10) (Wed Jan 31 18:22:55 IST 2001)
From: john healy
Email: With-held on request
Subject: nandrolone
Comment:
Brian,

Does this mean we won't have to take dopes climbing anymore ? What will PF do ?

Dave,

Are they both Irish ? Have they had relations with any other club members? Are they of different sexes or is it ... you know...them...


john

(#10.11) (Wed Jan 31 18:46:53 IST 2001)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: No. 1 Friend
Comment:
Hmmm.... interesting how the page gets rather
lively as soon as the meerest possiblility of
naughty behaviours looms. Not that this is
a reflection of the minds of those in the
club, of course. Oh, and AM: Be careful
of Mr B___ - who'se reputation we are well
aware of.

(#10.12) (Fri Feb 2 14:27:25 IST 2001)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: Eat this!
Comment:
IT'S MY LAST DAY OF COLLEGE!!!!!

Haha, suckers. And I got an extension to one of the three projects due this month too. Woohoo!

See everyone bright and early Sunday then.

(#10.13) (Fri Feb 2 15:44:40 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Is any one doing anything non- climbing on Fri or Sat? I feel like a piss up!

(#10.14) (Fri Feb 2 17:26:30 IST 2001)
From: Anne-Marie Hunter
Email: With-held on request
Subject: No Subject
Comment:
It is so cold in Nebraska! About minus 15 deg.! Colder than the top of any mountain I have ever been on!! Also Dave when is Harry in Chicago and is he staying at the same hotel????

(#10.15) (Mon Feb 5 17:27:21 IST 2001)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Worry not!!
Comment:
Meredith and I met for a couple of pints at the weekend and decided the new committee for next year so there is no need for any of you to worry your little heads about it.

We will also be holding a rival weekend in Glendo to show our disapproval of the fact that the club isn't coming up here in the next couple of weeks.

(#10.16) (Mon Feb 5 19:00:30 IST 2001)
From: rob
Email: With-held on request
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Jeez, i haven't a clue what to say. Maybe i'll just say nothing then, except.......underpants

(#10.18) (Tue Feb 6 10:13:23 IST 2001)
From: Mike Clifford
Email: myklcliff@yahoo.com
Subject: Finbarr Desmond
Comment:
I know alot of ye got this but for those who didn't:

Hi everyone,
Just getting ready to leave Tasmania.I arrived here on
the 4th Jan and will be leaving tomorrow for New
Zeland.I've had a great month down here.I based myself
in Hobart as i was staying with a friend that i met in
Arapiles.Tim has a load of interesting toys and we
spent a lot of time playing with them.I didn't get any
free climbing worth talking about done,as my foot is
still too sore for rock shoes.We did everything else,
including caving,sea kayaking,wind surfing(kinda,the
sinker was a bit heavy in the conditions),grass sking,
aid climbing,mountain biking,rafting,snorkling,cliff
jumping(opera singing),gliding,bush bashing and a few
others i can't think of at the moment.
I didn't achieve my one objective for Tasmania-not for
the want of trying.The Totem Pole will have to wait
for another trip.The free route is 25 and after
talking to the locals they told me it's closer to
26/27,out of my league so an aid climbing trip was
planned.Trip one was a complete disaster.I broke the
cheat stick(needed to haul from the end of ab rope
across gap to mainland)while abbing in.As it turned
out
,it wasn't long enough anyway.I did my knee in while
swinging on the end of the ab rope in a hopeless
attempt to hook a rusty carrot(bolt with no hanger)and

bashed into a wall.Even if i got across,there was no
way that a safe belay for four people could be set up
in this position.Time to go.Trip two went a little
better,but not by much.Only two of us this time so a
lot faster.The sea was just about low enough for me to

hop across some bolders and clip a bolt before been
trashed by a wave.I managed to lead the first short
pitch completely oblivious to the fact that the
weather had turned rotten and my partner was been
washed over by waves three meters above the deck.She
didn't complain as i was on tied off knife blades and
a
couple of hook moves.Sky hooks have a way of focusing
your attention!By the time she jugged up to the belay
it was getting really windy.Time to go again.Good call
as when i finally lowered onto the ab rope i was been
blown around like a rag doll at the end of 70m of rope
fully ladden down with an aid rack.That little part of
the Tasman sea has no respect for the weather
forecast!
We were going back out a third time but the weather
wouldn't cooperate.
Good excuse to come back.Not that you need one.There
is
so much to do down here and it's all easy to get to.
Tasmania doesn't have the extremes of distance and
weather so it's possible to get loads done.
Talk to you all from New Zeland.
Finbarr.


(#10.19) (Thu Feb 8 12:54:19 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: REC-again
Comment:
IF anyone sees Timmy(?) or Stephen with the sideburns, will you ask them to contact one of the committee(eg. me) about doing the REC (the first aid course), or drop a note up to our cubby hole in the PE Office. I need to know numbers NOW. At the mo there are 2 places left-PLEASE THINK ABOUT DOING IT...

(#10.20) (Thu Feb 8 17:31:07 IST 2001)
From: Maximus
Email: With-held on request
Subject: See ya later, alligator
Comment:
Once upon a wee time, there was a young boy grew up in a little town in the west of Ireland. His mother Monica Looly was a very good mother and the young boy had everything he wanted without being spoiled but one thing eluded this young lad...snow. He always wanted snow and when winter rain turned to sleet and put ice on the roads, he still wasn't happy and wanted more.

Twenty years later this young lad was supposedly grown up. His friends knew the sordid truth. They knew that every night he dreamed of doing stupid things like carrying high explosives up higher mountains, jumping off cliffs and using two ice axes to catch onto narrow ledges. The young lad knew it was very wrong but he couldn't help himself. He used to stay awake at night imagining white snow everywhere, all around and freezing cold. He used to shiver with pleasure at the thought of having hands blue with the cold. In his evil and sick mind, he thought of 101 ways to avoid avalanches and pondered upon what stove would work best below freezing. Matters came to a head when his mother woke up one night to find him sleeping in the freezer.

There was only one thing for it and that was to give him so much snow that he would never again want for such a disgusting thing. He paid his own way to get on a winter mountaineering course run by the Dark Overlords of Tiglin. Some shady characters from a satanic cult known as the MCI further encouraged him down the slippery path of darkness.

This time is close but perhaps his descent into pure evil can be stopped. They young lad is of to Scotland next week for a week of sinful pleasures. If you see him, capture the foolish lad and the reward of five 10p lollypops will be yours

(#10.21) (Thu Feb 8 19:17:37 IST 2001)
From: Rachel
Email: rachelstapleton@hotmail.com
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Actually Jen I forgot to say it in e-mail but Meredith was interested in doing the REC at one stage. His e-mail is in the archives somewhere.

(#10.22) (Fri Feb 9 10:22:05 IST 2001)
From: Jerry Kelly
Email: jerrykelly@eircom.net
Subject: The magnificence of Oldies
Comment:
I was just thinking , aren't oldies brilliant ? I mean , how cool is it to have people around who've been around for years ? I think it's really reassuring to see people who should know better getting lost , drunk etc . Here's to oldies . Up the oldies ! Hurrah !
( Stubbies of Bud . That's what happened . They brew that shit from rice . Rice is supposed to be for dessert , not in beer .)
I'll just go away now .Bye .

(#10.23) (Fri Feb 9 13:51:37 IST 2001)
From: Twosheds
Email: harrywbach@yahoo.com
Subject: Chicago
Comment:
Im so glad to have accidentally brought some gossip to the comment page. Chicago was brilliant, thanks very much David, I recommend the trip to everyone. Anne-Marie what can i say ......

Thanks Cormac for the warning to AM, but dont forget i'm an old maried man now (happily).Be careful, it could be you i visit next !!!

As Jerry says.... Here's to oldies . Up the oldies ! Hurrah !

[Edited by Twosheds on Fri Feb 9 13:55:09 2001]

(#10.24) (Fri Feb 9 23:50:47 IST 2001)
From: Tom Randles
Email: thomasrandles@yahoo.com
Subject: Trouble
Comment:
Not that most of the comments on the page are from oldies! How sad is that!!

I had hoped to confirm some sign of life on the comment page with my comment above but no luck. Mabey I should try saying something that might actually upset people!! Hmmm there's a thought!!

(#10.25) (Mon Feb 12 12:05:55 IST 2001)
From: diarmaid coffey
Email: crux_pitch@hotmail.com
Subject: oldies
Comment:
i agree- up the oldies. Do you remember that time we tried to hide in the pot in Lauragh and you got your foot stuck!!! That was so crazy..man we got so pissed that weekend!!

(#10.26) (Mon Feb 12 13:59:33 IST 2001)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: further digressions
Comment:
Ho hum to all!
Harry, isn't "Happily Married"
an oxymoron? Rather like "Military
Intelligence" if you ask me... - and
you're welcome to wander by Austin
anytime (just behave yourself! *grins*).

Yeah Diarmo, we _all_ remember the
pot - and as I recall it ended up
"mysteriously" in your bed...

Tom, the club never recovered from
the shock of your departure. Such a
tragic loss, so early in life (etc etc)

Cheers all,
Cormac.

(#10.28) (Mon Feb 12 16:56:59 IST 2001)
From: Twosheds
Email: harrywbach@yahoo.com
Subject: Trouble
Comment:
Ive just noticed that Tom was reading the
comment page at 10 to midnight on a Friday
night !!! What's happened to the Great Man ??

Thanks for the invite Cormac, ill go and see
how many air miles ive got left. Ive never
been described as oxymoron before, is that
good ??

The most lucid memory of a Lauragh trip was 23
people in a phone box, but of course we didnt
have the comment page in those days ...

(#10.29) (Wed Feb 14 10:34:03 IST 2001)
From: Jerry Kelly
Email: jerrykelly@eircom.net
Subject: Newbies
Comment:
Where have all the flowers gone ?

(#10.30) (Wed Feb 14 17:57:30 IST 2001)
From: patricia geraghty
Email: patriciamgeraghty@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Jen, just confirming that the REC course is 9am, Fri. morn.I presume we don't have to bring anything, do we? And what's the exact venue?

(#10.31) (Thu Feb 15 14:09:33 IST 2001)
From: Jenny
Email: With-held on request
Subject: REC
Comment:
It starts TOMORROW @9am (grimace for those of us going to the Science Ball) and goes on till 7pm prob. Location: upstairs in the SU building. It's on Fri, Sat and Sun. Cost: £40, BRING IT WITH YOU or you shall be hanged. Bring: foodykins, (he should have enough bandages etc), and mats to lie on outside, and wet weather gear, and a smile.(puke).

(#10.32) (Mon Feb 19 09:19:48 IST 2001)
From: Eoin O'Connell
Email: no.friends@oceanfree.net
Subject: Favourite Piece of Gear
Comment:
Thanks to Paul and those who organised the REC first aid course. It's probably something everyone should consider doing at some stage.
Eoin.

(#10.34) (Tue Feb 20 02:30:40 IST 2001)
From: Cormac
Email: scrambler@rockclimber.net
Subject: On the REC course...
Comment:
Then again, there were those
photos of why NOT to wear
jewlery while climbing...
*shudders*
Cormac.

(#10.37) (Wed Feb 21 00:05:49 IST 2001)
From: Bryan Feeney
Email: bfeeney@oceanfree.net
Subject: I hope you're all happy with yourselves
Comment:
Not all of us can fly off on club sponsored junkets. Oh no, some of us have to work and study!! Some of us can't flounce around on weekends like aimless dilettantes. Oh no, some of us have to work at being bitter and resentful, especially as we'll never be able to eat toblerones again!!!!!

Phooey

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