Rockin’ it!

A challenging morning with the Wednesday Walkers group yesterday. We did Black Rock, but instead of the usual climb to the first outcropping, we hiked the entire ridgeline. I’d only done that once before but from the opposite direction. What was a crazy downhill then became a rock climbing event this time around. I think more than one of us was thinking “never again” before it was done. There were a few falls along the way for some members of our group, but fortunately no injuries. Hurt pride doesn’t count.

To the pictures then:

The Black Rock Mountain ridgeline doesn’t look so hard from the satellite viewpoiint.
Gathering up at our usual starting point–the 7/11 on Baloy Road.
Heading down the National Highway for Subic…
The up the GOVIC highway
This was the easy part
This wasn’t so easy
Much harder than it appears
Pretty much an ass-kicker, right Scott?
Recuperation
The view from here
Jim the mountain man
The views made the climb worth it. Almost.
Seeing eye-to-eye with Easter mountain.
The hardest part is over, but we ain’t done yet.
A group shot from the highest point on the day.
Onward and downward
Let’s bungle in the jungle…
R&R before the final push down.
Almost down
Cookie time! I think the kids were scared of me and hiding…
I can’t bear to look!
Almost done.
Pushing our way up into Alta Vista.

It was something different. Perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime excursion. Of course, with my fading memory, I may not know any better next time.

After the hike, I had to get ready for dart league. We won our match 11-2 and the team captain of our opponent was whining about us taking it “too seriously”. I bit my lip, but my thought was if you ain’t gonna play to win, why play at all? Punk.

Went to Pearl’s place after darts. I haven’t given up quite yet. She even came to see me at 0100 after closing. It was nice to have her with me again. We’ll see how long it lasts.

4 thoughts on “Rockin’ it!

  1. “I bit my lip, but my thought was if you ain’t gonna play to win, why play at all? Punk.”

    I thought it was all about the fun and splitting the prize money. No?

    I suspect the opponent was simply covering for having sucked.

  2. Actually, this was dart league, not a tourney. And wins and losses matter in the standings. When I’m just playing one-on-one I generally don’t give a shit.

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