PICTURE POST!

[archeryguy1701]

I'm doing my yearly 11 mile Twin Mtn Trudge race tomorrow. I'm pretty out of shape, and the course is supposed to be pretty cold, windy, and heavily snowed over. I think my pre-Trudge equipment inventory reflects that pretty well:

This consists of a long sleeve technical shirt, long sleeve under armor, tights, running pants, thin water-resistant socks, thicker socks, snow gaiters, billed hat with ear warmers (what I'll start with), skull cap, heavey-duty winter hat/ facemask, medium jacket, running gloves, wind-resistant mitts, heavy-duty gloves, easily-packable water-proof jacket, easily-packable Twin Mtn Trudge Official Masochist wind-breaker, backpack, 100oz Camelbak, pocket knife, wind/ water-proof matches and fire starter, space blanket, mini-first aid, 1600 calories of food (taking enough to eat a little something every 30min for at least 7 hours), and a very sexy red mountain-man beard.

With no aid station this year, and when one looks at the fact that I will be bringing up the rear and that it is highly doubtful that I'll finish within 5:30 hrs, I figured it couldn't hurt to have enough supplies for a long day wandering the woods and the potentially long wait for a rescue if I need it.

 

[AdAstra]

That's a lot of supplies...

Hope you won't need all of that! =)

 

[Lumi]

That sounds really exciting. Sounds like something I'd want to get involved in... although, not alone. I'd have to have someone with me.

Good luck to you!

 

[Emher]

I was bored...

So pretty. Totally jealous.

Wow, don't even, you're gorgeous!
But thanks

You're both gorgeous. So there!

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

So pretty. Totally jealous.

Wow, don't even, you're gorgeous!
But thanks

You're both gorgeous. So there!

 

[cooleddie74]

We're all forgetting that Awesome Possum is the most gorgeous and sexiest person on these boards.

Just ask him.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

That Jewel IS gorgeous.

 

[archeryguy1701]

That's a lot of supplies...

Hope you won't need all of that! =)

That sounds really exciting. Sounds like something I'd want to get involved in... although, not alone. I'd have to have someone with me.

Good luck to you!

Thanks! With the amount of snow and wind we've had this winter (and in particular, the last week or two), this year has the makings to potentially be the worst edition of the Trudge to date. The current "winner" in that category is 2008 when we battled consistently knee-deep snow and 1-2 mile stretches of waist deep snow. Normally, we might be looking at ankle-to-shin deep snow with the occassional drift. Should I survive this, I'm probably going to be hurting pretty good the next two or three days.

 

[Lumi]

^ It will be worth it though! Neat experience.

Had to post this. Got a few new fish awhile ago, this one just gets more colourful every day.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

It is so hot out the windows are radiating heat.

Here's my pic of this phenomenon:



..oh wait that's how it is making me feel..

This is what I want and I want it NOW!!



It's cracked 100.

 

[Lumi]

No air conditioning? I'd die.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I've never had air conditioning. I'm tough (and hot, lol).

 

[Kira's Mom]

New kitten pics- Rory actually brings me his toys when he wants to play:

And he is easily amused/startled/offended/whatever.

 

[auntiehill]

I've never had air conditioning. I'm tough (and hot, lol).

Houston, as a city, would not exist without it.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Hitting 100 as our high point this summer makes it a welcome relief after previous summers. One year I moved house on a day it was 116. That was really insane. If you waved your arms around outside your arms felt like they were burning from the air.

As log as it rains regularly I don't care though.

 

[sojourner]

I've never had air conditioning. I'm tough (and hot, lol).

Houston, as a city, would not exist without it.

Florida, as state, would not exist without it.

 

[cooleddie74]

I've never had air conditioning. I'm tough (and hot, lol).

Houston, as a city, would not exist without it.

Florida, as state, would not exist without it.

Same for Louisiana. Without AC upwards of ninety percent of that state's population would commit mass suicide on the first day of summer. How people in New Orleans or Cajun Country managed to survive in the years and generations prior to the invention of AC I'll never know. That's a hearty stock of human being down there.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I've never had air conditioning. I'm tough (and hot, lol).

I just wish older houses in Southern California had air conditioning.

South facing windows in the middle of summer suck ass (and not in the good way).

 

[RoJoHen]

I've never had air conditioning. I'm tough (and hot, lol).

I just wish older houses in Southern California had air conditioning.

South facing windows in the middle of summer suck ass (and not in the good way).

Why not just get a window unit? You can get a nice one for pretty cheap.

 

[sojourner]

Might not be allowed where they live.