The Enormocast

A Slice of the Climbing Life

Bored of hearing about the Trifecta- Indian Creek, The Black Canyon, Rifle- on every fucking Enormocast? Are you like James Lucas and sick and tired of me relentlessly bringing up my glorious ascent of the Freerider on El Cap? Well, that’s nothing a little booze can’t cure. Just gather your friends, a a couple cases of PBR, a bottle of whiskey, and cue up an episode.

SUGGESTED RULES:

Any time you hear “Indian Creek” take a slug of delicious beer.

“Black Canyon” gets you two swigs.

A “Rifle” mention, the weapon or the climbing area, and its time to shotgun one of those barley sodas.

“Free Rider” is a shot. No puking.

And after you loosen up a little, don’t be afraid to make up your own. For example, a reference to anything “back in the day” could be followed by shouting CLIMB! and toasting. Dropping “Sharma” could mean you make-out with the person next to you.

Clue into the overused rhetorical devices. “What’s interesting to me…” could mean you remove a piece of clothing. “Whatever else…” means its body-shot time. And on and on.

Just let your imagination, your growing inebriation, and the relative sexiness and gender of your immediate compadres be your guide.

NOTE: Do not play Enormocast Booze Bingo while driving or operating heavy machinery.

And don’t forget to tie-in BEFORE you start drinking.

I used to work at the Mountain Gazette as the gear editor where I fought bravely against the tide of uninteresting tripe that are the majority of gear reviews. For this gallant effort, I was rewarded with my walking papers! But that was another time, and another crew, and I forgive them. Besides, Fayhee is still the man.

They are trying to suck up to me now with a nice write up. Check it out.

Mountain Gazette Mountain Media #189

The new Ascent from Rock and Ice has an article by yours truly and a bunch of more better writing. I even managed to get CLIMB! in there. Click on the link below to order one. Come on, don’t just read your buddy’s copy. Throw down some cash!

http://www.rockandice.com/books

Descending into the abyss

My old friend Jonathan Thesenga writes a “scream-of-consciousness” account of our ascent of Texas Tower in Southeast Utah. Good pics, too. I wish I had audio of me rubbing my feet and whining on that ledge after digging through the “snow mushroom”!

The Cleanest Line: Texas Tower Soul Crush

Friend of the show, BJ Sbarra, has a pretty spot-on break down of the Cerro Torre kerfuffle over at Splitterchoss.com.

Cerro Torre for Dummies (and non-alpinists)