finally something worth reporting
two roommates, a twin brother and i headed up into the seeley-swan wilderness with my ford ranger, an axe, 3 Milwaukee beasts, a broken hacksaw, two hatchets, beech nut chew, peanut butter and honey sandwiches, 6 scones, and the greatest of intentions. we expected to encounter western MT at its finest...and we were not disappointed.
after navigating our way though a maze of MT back roads, we arrived. a bumpy and viciously narrow road greeted my ranger and i as we entered the property of some jamoke who had given us permission to commandeer his firewood. we arrived expecting to spend countless hours chopping/sawing/hatchet-ing firewood and then loading it into my truck.
11 minutes later we finished and my truck shocks were maxed.
our next move was obvious. jeff and i went into town on a beer run and steve/elliot spent the next half an hour looking for a tree we could chop down. montanaia! upon returning with our high life we realized that all present trees were somewhat to mostly alive and our roomate/dendrologist/texan roommate would not allow us to cut anything down.
so we improvised and an obstacle course was created. 4 sticks were chosen. short sticks starts. as luck would have it...i began. i can't remember the last time i was so nervous.
round 1: chug a beer (no shotgunning allowed...much to my dismay)
round 2: ashen pit cross (any fall required a re-start on said log)
round 3: 12 foot log clean
round 4: log-carry up hill, around chosen tree, and back to start
round 5: 12 ft. tree climb
round 6: dive under log surrounded by plants thought to be poison ivy
round 7: 500 meter run (dry heaving included for all members)
round 8: dive under log surrounded by plants thought to be poison ivy
round 9: log chop
final results
steve 5:01
ethan 4:49
elliot 4:19
jeff 3:43
round 10: shot put sawed log...three throws
finals results
4th-elliot
3rd-steve
2nd-jeff
1st-ethan (i have no idea how i won this)
definitely one of the greatest days of my MT career...more pics to follow. git some.
4 comments:
This reminds me of the days of the decockamanathon. Good work. Except I was disappointed that you didn't include a spelling bee.
yo, is it true you're planning a west coast tour? please contact my secretary to coordinate dates. thanks.
You don't know how happy this all makes me.
If those west coast rumors are true, I'll be in Seattle.
holy shmoly. Sounds like a hell of a good time. This Jeff character must be a beast.
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