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Iowa Horn

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  1. At Petra, Jordan I somehow got caught up in an adventurous moment and decided to accept a rather sketchy Bedouin's offer for a clearly not sanctioned off-path "hike" out of the park on foot to the south, and to some nearby areas with good views into Petra. After a few kilometers of nice level walking, the hike turned into some really serious rock climbing going up, up, up. Now, truly in the middle of nowhere, after scrambling up a particularly steep climb and having an extremely close call with falling backwards to my death due to not being used to the weight of my backpack, I was glad for my guide's offer to let him to tote my backpack the rest of the way. But the most dangerous moment was when we came to a crevasse/gorge and had to jump across it. No way down at this point. So, the only choice is to jump across and keep going up. I told him I didn't think I could make it. It was only about 8-ft which seems easy until you do it with no runup and just a push-off to get from one side of the cliff to the other. He said to jump and grab for his arm, and he would make sure I didn't fall. Missing this jump would result in falling a couple hundred feet to a painful death wedged between some cracks in the rock, and obviously with no help close by. I took what can only be described as a leap of faith. He grabbed me just like he said, in a moment totally out of my control or physical ability to make it on my own. We sat on a rock ledge for 10 minutes while I got my heart rate back down and stopped my involuntary shaking.
  2. Has anyone been tracking the Grove at Shoal Creek mixed-use development project? http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/the-grove-at-shoal-creek-project-approved-after-three-years/1182605087 https://thegroveatx.com/ Prime piece of land. Will it be successful?
  3. In my head I always translate it to Carlos y Queso's as a play on words. But come to think of it, Carlos y Queso's could be a pretty sweet concept to revive a struggling brand!
  4. Does he know you raid his wardrobe?
  5. or Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray?
  6. Yeah, right! I remember the story, but reading that again just stokes the fire of Baylor hatred! (also a downer: the linked story also included the news of Iowa State discontinuing baseball and men's swimming)
  7. Song - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' Movie - Armageddon TV (this is from 15 years ago) - Gilmore Girls
  8. When I was 12, a golf pro-am - the Amana VIP (any olds remember that one?) in 1982, the newly-minted Masters champ, Craig Stadler, hit an errant tee shot way into a grove of trees into a deserted area without any gallery ropes. My Mom and I were cutting through that area as a shortcut, and stopped to watch his him try to hit some kind of heroic swooping cut shot first under a branch, then over a grove of trees. Right in his backswing, my clueless Mom blurted out, "Heyyy, is that Craig Stadler??" He flubbed his shot and glared at my Mom, and I was equally embarrassed so all I could do was mutter a "sorry Mr Stadler"
  9. damn
  10. in the first place
  11. whether there is
  12. You mean surly-sters?
  13. Jeez, just when I'm feeling old at 48, I see a 68-yr old go around in -6 and a 78-yr old go around in -4. Granted, a par-3 course, but getting 2s on the scorecard ain't no piece of cake.
  14. Yeah. It was dangerous 25 years ago, and quite a bit worse now with lots more traffic. Every time I hear about an accident on it I cringe because of all the people I know who drive it twice a day.
  15. Is that Tom Herman standing just behind you?
  16. But talking about long flights... I was once on a super-budget airline Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur to London. 16 hours, cramped seating, middle seat, & very few amenities. I'm just glad I pre-selected and paid for a meal when I booked, because those who didn't were SOL.
  17. Back in the early 2000s there was a scheduled Delta flight from Austin to San Antonio that I ended up on because I was on a trip to Salt Lake City. I could have sworn it was less than 17 minutes. But in any case it was quite the short hop.
  18. Oh there won't be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So I got that going for me... which is nice.
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