On Belay!

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…

well hello there.

earth shattering news: on belay is now on the cutting edge of technology - with our own W E B S i T E ! ! ! ! jon crain made it. you can now view the meeting minutes online at http://onbelayclub.wordpress.com/ i think im still going to send out an email to you guys, for now anyways.

i would like to point out that jon crain is obviously not a doctor because he misdiagnosed my injury - its actually not a broken hand, but rather a 1st proximal interphalangeal sprain. but i have found that i can still climb, considering that 90% of my fingers still work. so you guys can’t get rid of me that easily; i know some of you would like to.

and also, i would like to formally apologize for always sending the minutes out late - at least i am consistent! but i’m sorry if you guys miss out on events because of it. i would like to nominate jon crain for secretary after i leave, since he seems to have the time, energy, thumbs, and computer to fit the role.

ok, so ryan started the meeting off by saying that he had a bunch of important info.

At the end of spring break, Dave and Elliot and others are planning a trip to KY in the red river gorge for some sweet climbing. i believe they plan to go Thurs-Sun. contact dave at sadle1dc(at)cmich.edu if you are interested, or if you want to send him hate mail, which i have the urge to do sometimes.

March 15, there will be a pathfinder climbing competition at GVSU. i’m planning on going. more info to come later.

There are also a couple other climbing comps that we have info on. March 16th there will be a climbing comp at UofM from 10:30-1. it is $10 in advance, $15 at the door. registration is at 10 a.m. call 734-764-3967 for more info or visit the website www.recsports.umich.edu/outdooradv.

there is another comp at planet rock i believe 2 days - Feb 23 and March 15, don’t know- the flier was kind of confusing. your best bet is to visit the website www.planet-rock.com for details.

IMPORTANT: at next week’s meeting, BRiNG YOUR ON BELAY SHiRT, or buy one if you still want one ($12). we will be taking a club PHOTO. matt christensen, please do not show up this day because i don’t feel like cleaning up shattered glass from a broken camera. ryan and other hippies, please shower that day. oh, and jon crain, i think it would be a good idea for you to stand in back because we want all the good looking people in the front - it makes us look better and will help us attract more people to the club.

Oh yeah, i forgot to mention before that february is facial hair month and we are all growing it out. supposedly there is some reason for this. anyways, mine is getting pretty long.

ryan brought a hula hoop to the meeting. he says that it will be available for those who want to use it when he isn’t using it.

next week we are taking a picture of hair.

thanks for reading.

ang.

p.s. whats up with having no snacks at the last meeting? i count on those snacks to fulfill my daily caloric intake.

editor’s note: I brought cookies on Thursday, and they were good.

hello fellow climbers.

if you didnt come to the meeting you missed out on some sweet cupcakes made by katelyn and cookies brought by casey. THANKS you guys! way to contribute to my waistline.

If you didn’t go to Midland last saturday (feb. 9) you missed out on some sweet climbing, route setting, and gordo’s bald beanie. he says thank you to all who came to help.

last thursday, people came to volunteer at the climbing wall because the board of trustees came through. at least im assuming they did, because i wasn’t there. i hear that matt christensen came and climbed in his business suit because (and i quote) “its business, its business tiiime.”

for spring break, people are planning trips. dave and elliot are thinking about heading down to the red river gorge in KY, so talk to them if interested.

on saturday, feb. 15th i was the lone representative at the inside moves climbing comp in grand rapids. i got first place in the women’s (not men’s) intermediate division, and i won a hangboard!!! matt christensen doesn’t know this yet, but i have volunteered him to help me put it up in my house! thanks in advance!
so you guys missed out. i had a great time and got to climb with some other good climbers. next competition that i know of is at GVSU March 15, so put that on your calendar.

oh crap, this is outdated, but the ACS drank liquid nitrogen and ate ice cream last week in the dow building. sorry, i am a bad secretary. i will try to get the minutes out sooner.

see you all wednesday
ang.

hey hippies, townies, soul mates, friends, and matt christensen (not applicable to any other category):

here are the meeting minutes for your reading pleasure.

Natasha brought brownies to the meeting and they were outstanding.  i ate three of them.  i would have eaten 4 but i am watching my waistline, and restrained myself.

on valentines day, volunteers are needed from 10:30-11:30 am. at the climbing wall to climb on the walls and the challenge course because the board of trustees is coming through and wants to see people using it.  if you aren’t doing anything, you should come to the climbing wall!

people went to ice fest last weekend; matt, brad, casey and others.
somebody climbed without their shirt. i hope it was not matt christensen.

ATTENTION!! THIS WEEKEND (SATURDAY, FEB. 9) come to midland to help set routes at gordo’s climbing wall at the midland community center.  free climbing for those who help also there will be pizza, probably with hummus on it, and we will talk about having  a “social” afterwards.  if you want to come, meet behind finch fieldhouse at 4:00pm on saturday to car pool.  they will be setting routes from 5-9 pm.  i think gordo may also be there, and i apologize in advance for this.

ryan saw something he never wants to see again in his life, so he will be rappelling to his death in finch fieldhouse.

NEXT WEEKEND!!! there will be a climbing comp (Feb 16) 11-4pm. at inside moves in grand rapids.  you should go, because i am!  there is more info at the wall, so pick up a flier.

next weekend casey is bringing food.  if he doesn’t bring food he is kicked out of the club.

have a good weekend, hope to see you tomorrow
ang.

p.s. why do ninjas have to kill? why can’t they just love instead?
i
love
killing.