Men of the Parchment,
It was high-time that the 'seekers of the written word' had a blog to post to. This will allow us to communicate more effectively between council meetings. We should use it to share ideas, quotes, pictures, happiness, frustrations, sadness and other manly emotions. The possibilities are endless.
So go forth thee seekers of the 'typed' word, with thou 'keyboard' in hand! Oh and by the way Evan great pictures from the 'Kid Who Climbed Everest' council meeting. It was truly an awesome weekend high up on the appalachian trail. My back has not yet fully recovered though!
Fellow MOP. First let me commend our brother Warren on his splendid follow through on our discussion Sat night in getting this blog up and running so quickly. I think it will serve as a fine forum for our exclusive club to flourish.
ReplyDeleteSecond, perhaps you would like some numbers from our hike this past weekend. Here you go:
Saturday
Duration: 6:05
Distance: 10.2 miles
High Altitude: 1371 Ft
Low Altitude: 341 Ft
Ascent: 2238 Ft (Subtract 500' if you didn't go to the spring)
Descent: 1506 Ft (Subtract 500' if you didn't go to the spring)
Max heart rate: 181 BPM
Avg Heart rate: 128 BPM
Total Energy consumption: 2542 kcal
Ventilation: 125 l/min
Oxygen Cons: 45 ml/kg/min
Respiration Rate: 52 BPM
Sunday
Duration: 1:01
Distance: 3 miles
High Altitude: 945 Ft
Low Altitude: 784 Ft
Ascent: 322 Ft
Descent: 266 Ft
Max heart rate: 157 BPM
Avg Heart rate: 126 BPM
Total Energy consumption: 468 kcal
Ventilation: 94 l/min
Oxygen Cons: 39 ml/kg/min
Respiration Rate: 46 BPM
Well, I certainly think we did Bear proud with our mini-excursion into the wild of the Susquehanna valley. Seriously, I am impressed with our stamina and whiskey-drinking ability. Warren, great job on setting this up and Tyson, thanks for the facts, especially the parenthetical expressions about those of us who didn't get the water.
ReplyDeleteI guess we have to pick the next book here pretty soon. Tyson and I will duke it out in an intense Best-of-43 match of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Do we think Christmas-time is doable for the next discussion? I guess a lot depends on the book.
Holler back, I will maybe start drafting some materials for the MOP.
Codpiece in hand,
Colin
Is there a way to post pictures, Warren?
ReplyDeleteI don't think you can post images in a comment...but you can if you sign in and leave a post. The instructions/username/password for how to sign in are in the email I sent out to everyone yesterday.
ReplyDeleteGreat facts Tys..and I'm glad I don't have to subtract 500 ft from my total ascent and descent!
Can't wait to hear what the next book is!
Now that I think of it, Evan and I probably went up and down at least 500 feet gathering our ferns for our makeshift sleeping pads.
ReplyDeleteGathering ferns....500feet! Me thinks not!
ReplyDeleteTyson and me practically walked to Evan's car to get the water!
Gentlemen,
ReplyDeleteA very chauvinistic, yet I feel appropriate, rule has just come across my noggin as I think about the next read. It would eliminate many books, but seeing as we are Men of the Parchment, it might be fitting. I'm proposing that we only read books by male authors. Again, I see this as being highly controversial, and I'm not even sure if I'm on board, but it might be something that separates us from other book clubs. That and we climb mountains to have our meetings. Thoughts?
Colin, I must respectfully disagree with the exclusively male author suggestion. Though I do feel we are superior in every way, once in a while a female can deliver quite a parchment. As a matter of fact, my favorite book of all time, a 3rd grade read called My Side of the Mountain, was written by a female, Jean Craighead George. I just don't know if we want to limit ourselves that much. What do you guys think?
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%. So many good chick authors, this would merely be a statement of who we are, a testimony to our manhood. And it would help narrow our book selection. But I will gracefully dismiss the idea like a brick of Ramen noodles if everyone wants. We might need to consult Larry on this one...
ReplyDeleteMaybe we could narrow it to women authors who have manly names..like your friend Jean Craighead George, Evan? Or who look masculine. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteI think we are right to include female authors though. However we should never ever utter a wench's name during council meetings! I fear it may lead to all sorts of sexual abomination.
Perhaps we could just have an unwritten and unofficial aversion to books written by female authors. In other words, unless there is a book written by a female that we feel our club absolutely must review, we should default to another book of equal or greater merit that is written by a member of the superior class. But I agree we cannot remove them altogether. After all, by writing our book of choice aren't they still serving us in silence?
ReplyDeleteGreat point, Tyson. Servitude is their main function, and what better form of silent service is there than writing for us, but not being able to speak whilst letting us dissect their parchment like a third grader with a frog. It seems agreed that although you must possess a twig 'n berries to join the ranks of the MOP, you need not such wonderful extremities to write for them.
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