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meeting minutes for 4-2-08

ok everyone.  here are the details for the KY trip -
we are leaving TOMORROW.

the plan is to meet behind finch fieldhouse at 5:30 pm
tomorrow, and to be on the road by 6.  we are taking 3
vehicles and these are the drivers:  ryan, brad, and
nick.  in ryan’s car, he is taking adam dunn, neil,
marina.  brad is taking sophie, nicki, casey and matt
christensen.  nick is taking me, jon crain, jon and
lori, jeanne, and jeannie’s brother.  if you have
questions and need to call the driver, ryan’s number
is 231-357-0568.  brad’s # is 810-241-1193.  nick’s #
is 248-770-8589.  i am currently not giving out my
phone number, so i am sorry to all the single males
who have broken hearts over this.

we have made tent/sleeping arrangements, and so if you
have a tent, bring it.  if not, there are probably
spaces available.  call ryan if not sure.  

we plan to return sunday at 2:00 at the latest, to be
back at 10-11 pm.  make sure you bring some food for
lunches and we will probably be eating pizza for
dinner at miguel’s.  ( i think we are staying at
miguel’s).  Bring any climbing gear you will need, and
quickdraws or rope if you have them.

ALSO IMPORTANT!!  Bring CASH for gas money and food. 
(or checkbook).  we need to make sure everyone pays
during the trip so we don’t have to track people down
later.

any questions, call ryan.  otherwise, be ready to
leave tomorrow by 5:30!!! can’t wait!!  

ang.

hello fellow climbers - (toenails optional),

here are the meeting minutes ON TiME.
ryan says welcome back from spring break. happy birthday to jimmy who is 21 today. everyone should call jimmy tomorrow at 7 a.m. because he probably won’t have a hangover.

Spring break! was last week - sorry if you missed it. i hope you didn’t accidentally go to class. Dave, Elliott, Brad and others went to Tennessee to climb because it was rainy and snowy in kentucky. [insert bad pickup line about "you're the only ten i see" here].

Jacquie injured her right thumb also, so we match now. Also, the hair on jacquie’s legs is now a healthy 3/4″ in length. I’ll keep you posted on the weekly growth reports.

This weekend there is a climbing competition at GVSU. There is more info at the climbing wall, or at gvsu.edu. or ask me because i have details. I have decided NOT to go, but good luck to anyone who is planning on going! last year ryan got 1st or 2nd i think in his division, so that gives you a pretty good idea of the level of competition at these things (weak sauce).

This friday! at ward theater on main street, downtown there is an Acoustic Brew - which means FREE live music, FREE food and coffee, comfortable seats, and good conversation which is also free (although some people.. honestly.. like matt christensen, should not be encouraged to talk even more than they ALREADY do). This event will be from 7-10 pm, and you will love it, so you better go. i am!

Gordo hoola’ed.

So Ryan decided that people should go to KY to climb a lot because KY is awesome. There are 3 trips planned coming up soon. Here are the dates of the trips planned:
March 20-23, April 4-6, April 18-20. They are all on the weekend, and people will be leaving Thursday night for each one. Let Ryan know which trip/trips you plan to go on. I am planning on going to the April 4th trip, and I think there are quite a few other people who want to go that weekend too. The more people that go, the less everyone will have to spend on gas $$.

Ryan says everyone should attend next week’s meeting if possible because its going to be an important one. no pressure or anything ryan. it better be worth it.

so apparently there is going to be a special habitat for my hangboard tomorrow at my house sometime between 4-8 pm. its kind of like the non-amish version of a barn raising. show up if you want to, its going to be an exciting event!! I plan on doing some stud-finding. if anyone knows where i can find some studs, be sure to let me know. i have heard that finding the studs is the hardest part of this process. i mean, really, where do you usually find them?

have a great week!

ang.

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These are like the minutes, only in photos…

First off there were cookies and they had some goodness inside of them. This right here is worth coming to OnBelay for. Seriously.

Then Jimmy has a shoe fund. He appreciates your support. And I think he stole that can from the bin under the table…

Next we have a shirt, or THE shirt. As you can see it says climbing and people wore them this week, and its maroon, and other colors are available

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Unfortunately we didn’t grab a photo of the three finalist, but we do have the winner and his stash…me.

And here is my prize. I’m pretty sure Elliot was jealous and thought he should have won…

Then we took a group photo. No wait, actually like 20 of them…

I’m not sure what’s going on here, but I think she has a crush, and he has a crush on ______…

And the funniest picture you are just going to have to picture in your head.

Ryan put on a cowboy hat and was riding everest around the gym. It was pretty funny.

peace out.

hello friends!

here are the minutes for your enjoyment.

Natasha and Ryan invented a new kind of hippie cookie which was brought to the meeting, and ryan ate like 10 of them.  i didn’t eat mine - i brought it home to leave it on the counter until it hardens, then i plan to somehow incorporate it into a hemp necklace.

i would like to point out that although jon crain is not a doctor, neither am i - evident by my misdiagnosis of injury.  its not a 1st proximal interphalageal sprain, but rather a 1st metacarpophalangeal sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament.  there are actually only a proximal and distal phalange for the 1st digit, so there is only one interphalangeal joint, as opposed to a proximal and distal.  i deeply apologize to jon crain and to anyone else who laid awake agonizing over this fictitious body part.

SO!  again, the minutes can now be read on the new on belay website - found at onbelayclub.wordpress.com

Jimmy has a shoe fund donation jar on the front table.  there is currently 11 cents in the fund.  if you have any cans or bottles you would like to donate, im sure jimmy would appreciate them.

over spring break, some people are planning a trip to KY to the red river gorge to do some climbing.  Dave, Jon, Brad, Marina, Clay, Elliott and others are going.  contact dave if interested :  sadle1dc@cmich.edu  i think they are going thurs-sun at the end of spring break.

Jimmy wants to go to a different planet - planet rock, that is.  in ann arbor.. sometime.  and russ lives on a different planet, so he will probably be there too.

a shout out to CHELSEA hummus, i mean hummon!  rumor is that chelsea was previously not reading the meeting minutes, but now she is again.  so HELLO CHELSEA!  WE MiSS YOU!

On March 15, there is a climbing comp at GVSU.  i have more details about the comp if you are interested, and im planning on going.  also, march 16 there is a comp at U of M.

Since Feb. is hair month, we took a picture of hair.  the award for ‘Best Moustache of February’ goes to …………..(drumroll)………………….Jon Crain.  His prize was a pack of cheap razors.  I wish he would donate them to jacquie. 
anyways, he gave a speech.  he said he would like to thank Dan Koefoed because he is his roommate and without him he would not be here today.  because he got him hooked on climbing.  Congrats, Jon!

We took our club picture last meeting.  hopefully this will be posted soon.  send jon your picture if you missed it and want to be photoshopped in.

ok!  thats it!  enjoy your spring break everyone!!

ang.

p.s.  if anyone wants to help me put up my hangboard this week, im sure there would be some free homemade dinner and/or manual therapy (aka massage) involved.  so please, volunteers needed

Be patient. Website building is hard work. Hopefully we will have something cool in another couple of hours. This will be the place to comment on the meeting minutes, to share stories and trip reports, and to put all the cool pictures of the cool people in the club. Like this one…

And maybe even pictures of the not so cool people like Anjie. C’mon Anjie, what were you thinking!?

These are like the minutes, only in photos….

And for all you burgeoning photomografers, remember, please shoot in raw, it’ll make you happy at the end of the day. Especially at the climbing wall.

Ok, so this was before the meeting, but Robin was talking about buffs. They kind of look like this, but not this…(the thing on his head)

And they’re available here… http://www.buffwear.com/

Here is a picture of Robin’s, but Ryan’s arm is in the way…

Shawn has one too. Talk to them for more info.

For those of you who missed the announcement, Ryan will be bringing the hula hoop to practice for the upcoming hula-hoopin’-on-slack-line-over-the-river event. I added in the over the river part.

Also it’s worth noting that Natasha wasn’t very good at hula-hooping until I taught her.

Ok, so the secretary broke her arm   bruised her thumb had a “1st proximal interphalangeal sprain” and she was pretty happy about it.

She did it on the way to the soccer game (which we lost, but I wasn’t there…) and here’s the re-enactment in pictures.

She went walking to the game at the SAC.

She fell on the ice!!!

People stared at her, like this…

Then she cried on the ground for a really long time.

Then people around her began hula-hooping.

The end.

And in case you missed it, there was a once in a lifetime event where you couldn’t see the full moon of an eclipse! There was actually a shadow on the moon! So if you missed it, it was just about as exciting as this picture of it…