Anyone have any interesting hobbies?

[Rugby Toffee]

I'm into guitar in a big way, but have got to the stage where I'm competent at it but know I'll never be Eddie Van halen.

I have also made a few guitars over the last 10 years or so - really enjoyed doing it, but unfortunatley doing up the house has taken over of late

I have a massive collection of Retro gaming consoles and computers etc that fills alot of the space in the loft (used to buy and sell alot on ebay stuff I picked up at car boots etc, but the ar*e has dropped out of that market now everyones at it) Hoping to build a full size arcade cabinet one day an run MAME through it to relive my youth

Currently I'm into my family history and have managed to get back to 1700 so far, I recommend it to anyone its so addictive believe me.

There's just not enough hours in the day is there

For the past 5 years I have been doing my family tree and agrree very addictive....apart from that, a hotch potch of various things but nowt that can reaaly constutute a hobby though.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

I used to Climb Mountains, but since the birth of my daughters, I just run round after them!! Just as tiring mind you

Some of my more memorable climbs

2002 - Kilimanjaro (Machame route)
2002 - Le Petit Dru (south face)
2003 - Mt Blanc (Voie des Cristalliers route)
2003 - Les Dru (west face)
2004 - Matterhorn (Hornli Ridge)
2005 - Aconcagua (Polish Glacier)
2006 - Denali (West Buttress)

Sadly it all ended in 2006 and my new hobby of Dad, and skivvy started

Here's a picture of me on the summit of Mt Blanc - Happy days

 

[Rugby Toffee]

I used to Climb Mountains, but since the birth of my daughters, I just run round after them!! Just as tiring mind you

Some of my more memorable climbs

2002 - Kilimanjaro (Machame route)
2002 - Le Petit Dru (south face)
2003 - Mt Blanc (Voie des Cristalliers route)
2003 - Les Dru (west face)
2004 - Matterhorn (Hornli Ridge)
2005 - Aconcagua (Polish Glacier)
2006 - Denali (West Buttress)

Sadly it all ended in 2006 and my new hobby of Dad, and skivvy started

Here's a picture of me on the summit of Mt Blanc - Happy days

Impressive matey......

 

[bluebastardo]

I used to Climb Mountains, but since the birth of my daughters, I just run round after them!! Just as tiring mind you

Some of my more memorable climbs

2002 - Kilimanjaro (Machame route)
2002 - Le Petit Dru (south face)
2003 - Mt Blanc (Voie des Cristalliers route)
2003 - Les Dru (west face)
2004 - Matterhorn (Hornli Ridge)
2005 - Aconcagua (Polish Glacier)
2006 - Denali (West Buttress)

Sadly it all ended in 2006 and my new hobby of Dad, and skivvy started

Here's a picture of me on the summit of Mt Blanc - Happy days

That's fantastic
Have a few online m8's into walking and climbing. Always fancied having a go at the walking, but never thought about the climbing.
Great pic there too.
Wouldn't mind seeing a few more when you get the chance.

 

[chicoazul]

I used to Climb Mountains, but since the birth of my daughters, I just run round after them!! Just as tiring mind you

Some of my more memorable climbs

2002 - Kilimanjaro (Machame route)
2002 - Le Petit Dru (south face)
2003 - Mt Blanc (Voie des Cristalliers route)
2003 - Les Dru (west face)
2004 - Matterhorn (Hornli Ridge)
2005 - Aconcagua (Polish Glacier)
2006 - Denali (West Buttress)

Sadly it all ended in 2006 and my new hobby of Dad, and skivvy started

Here's a picture of me on the summit of Mt Blanc - Happy days

Impressive that mate.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

That's fantastic
Have a few online m8's into walking and climbing. Always fancied having a go at the walking, but never thought about the climbing.
Great pic there too.
Wouldn't mind seeing a few more when you get the chance.

Thanks BB...I started off walking, and it then kinda developed into climbing after mixing with more and more extremo's!

Worst one was Aconcagua though...Thought I was gonna die on the descent, the weather was that bad....we basically had to rappel down a 3000 ft glacier, I was black and blue for weeks after following the falls

Im kinda limited now though to a few weekends a year in the Lakes or Wales, still just as fun out walking in these beautiful and wild places, only less dangerous.

 

[chicoazul]

Thanks BB...I started off walking, and it then kinda developed into climbing after mixing with more and more extremo's!

Worst one was Aconcagua though...Thought I was gonna die on the descent, the weather was that bad....we basically had to rappel down a 3000 ft glacier, I was black and blue for weeks after following the falls

Im kinda limited now though to a few weekends a year in the Lakes or Wales, still just as fun out walking in these beautiful and wild places, only less dangerous.

You'll get on well with attrotel mate.

 

[atrottel]

I started off walking, and it then kinda developed into climbing after mixing with more and more extremo's!

Kind of did it the other way round, moving from rockclimbing through to mountain walking as the years moved on.

This is as good as I got (since there are at least two other climbers on GOT, that's the Northcutt Start of the Bastille Crack (5.10d), Eldorado Canyon, Colorado - pic not of me!):

Winter these days we're also into snowshoeing (girlfriend a couple of winters back):

Summer is the mountain walking. These ones (where it is taken from and/or where the photo is looking) are on the menu for this autumn, possibly even tomorrow if the weather holds:

And of course there's the love of my life after the Blues:

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Fantastic photo's...I'll get some of mine loaded up... Im on my work Laptop at the mo so dont have too much on here....

I take it you're based in the US or Canada, if so you are truly blessed with some really fantastic areas for exploring/walking/climbing....My mate lives in NY, and he's always away on climbing adventures....

Over in the UK we are limited to the Lakes/Scotland/Wales...and there is heavy footfall in these places....Getting over to the Alps in summer though is worthwhile, if a little expensive, but well worth it

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I'm pretty sure my allotment obsession makes me the dullest on here.

I'll happily spend all day there killing slugs and pulling up weeds. You can't beat it, peace and quiet, I'm the youngest there by a good 40 years. And best of all, free vegetables! I've got some Jerusalem Artichokes to dig up later, quite looking forward to that.

The youngest woman there, who's probably in her late 40's keeps coming over whenever I'm there, she blatantly wants to do more than borrow my hessian sack. She's filthy. Literally, her nails are caked in mud.

I still would though.

Other than that I play way too much poker and onanise over Joanna Angel.

when she's tried your spuds we want to know her verdict, maybe you could trade your spuds against her ladies-fingers.

 

[chicoazul]

Fantastic photo's...I'll get some of mine loaded up... Im on my work Laptop at the mo so dont have too much on here....

I take it you're based in the US or Canada, if so you are truly blessed with some really fantastic areas for exploring/walking/climbing....My mate lives in NY, and he's always away on climbing adventures....

Over in the UK we are limited to the Lakes/Scotland/Wales...and there is heavy footfall in these places....Getting over to the Alps in summer though is worthwhile, if a little expensive, but well worth it

He lives in the Alps mate, the jammy get.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

He lives in the Alps mate, the jammy get.

Yodel eey eey oh!

 

[bigblueboy]

best hobbie goin.........

slashin kopites....... throw them to the lions

 

[trebilcock66]

I used to Climb Mountains, but since the birth of my daughters, I just run round after them!! Just as tiring mind you

Some of my more memorable climbs

2002 - Kilimanjaro (Machame route)
2002 - Le Petit Dru (south face)
2003 - Mt Blanc (Voie des Cristalliers route)
2003 - Les Dru (west face)
2004 - Matterhorn (Hornli Ridge)
2005 - Aconcagua (Polish Glacier)
2006 - Denali (West Buttress)

Sadly it all ended in 2006 and my new hobby of Dad, and skivvy started

Here's a picture of me on the summit of Mt Blanc - Happy days

I thought Aconcagua was in South America??

I have limited spare time as I've youngsters and run my own business from home. Grow stuff in the garden (it's been a good year for beans. Me courgettes got the lurgy though.) I even make chutney from the surplus so I can do boring too...

But my main thing is running - I'm aiming to run a marathon every year from my 50th birthday until I'm 60. I'm about to run my fourth in two weeks from Salisbury to Winchester to raise money for Africa. Do all my training runs alone in the Oxfordshire countryside where I live. My dog's usually with me but she's broken a bone in her paw and is on six weeks no walkies. Would take my private pilot's license if I could afford it and take up scuba - maybe when the children are grown up...

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

brass rubbing