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- Retired in Minneapolis
Yesterday I set an access line to use with a powered ascender. The line is spec'd to be the most compatible with the unit. My PSP was high in a tulip poplar. After pulling the line down I found that it was about 15' short. Not a big deal...send the New Guy out to the truck to get the Rope Stretcher!
Since I was hired as a contract climber I could really play this one up. The NG is the son of the owner. Owner was out at the curb getting gear pulled. NG asked what it was. I told him to just tell is Dad that the rope didn't come to the ground and I needed the rope stretcher. Off he goes! I peeked around the corner and could see him ask. Hehehehhehe!
Dad played along and the other climber too. They sent him to the man cab to look for it.
This was precious...because it went on for a while until I spilled the beans.
Then!!! I told him that the rope stretcher is a mythological tool in the same group as fifty yard line, left handed [fill in the tool here], bucket of steam, etc.
We all laughed a little...and then I asked him if he had ever gone snipe hunting. No...how do you hunt them? Geez...like fish in a barrel. So off we go on another fools errand!
Everyone must have gone through these rights of passage in their life. Club and team hazing is an extreme example but harmless fools errands are so funny...unless you're the fool!
What do you do to your NG to bring them into the club?
Fools Errands
Since I was hired as a contract climber I could really play this one up. The NG is the son of the owner. Owner was out at the curb getting gear pulled. NG asked what it was. I told him to just tell is Dad that the rope didn't come to the ground and I needed the rope stretcher. Off he goes! I peeked around the corner and could see him ask. Hehehehhehe!
Dad played along and the other climber too. They sent him to the man cab to look for it.
This was precious...because it went on for a while until I spilled the beans.
Then!!! I told him that the rope stretcher is a mythological tool in the same group as fifty yard line, left handed [fill in the tool here], bucket of steam, etc.
We all laughed a little...and then I asked him if he had ever gone snipe hunting. No...how do you hunt them? Geez...like fish in a barrel. So off we go on another fools errand!
Everyone must have gone through these rights of passage in their life. Club and team hazing is an extreme example but harmless fools errands are so funny...unless you're the fool!
What do you do to your NG to bring them into the club?
Fools Errands
