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Last Friday of the Month!
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Aural fyx
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with YOUR fyx
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On your own
From my first exhibition.
I didn't even take this - it was sneakily entered in and I noticed when we pulled it all down.
Tres' cool.
Way back when, I set out to scale Cotopaxi .
I'd overheard a pair of Israeli lads discussing it. They were straight out of military service, full of their own confidence and ability.
I was up for an adventure and went along.
A cab ride took us to the end of the highest road in Quito.
We could see the top from the road. Couple of hours at best.
Armed with a daypack, sandwich and water bottle I followed the intrepid pair of Israeli's to the top.
When we reached the top of the HILL, to our disbelief we could actually see Cotopaxi, the world's highest active Volcano.
Turns out it was a little bigger than they had thought.
Overwhelmed with the idea of climbing it and returning in a single day, we all sat down, ate lunch and enjoyed the view of Quito from high above.
Two locals with backpacks skipped past. We asked them where they'd been and where they were going in the best of our broken espanol.
'Cotopaxi. Now we return to the city'
We watched them continue to skip along towards the city centre.
We followed shortly afterwards and I figured it best to follow the locals line into town.
I raised the tempo to bridge the gap to them, and the Israeli's started to fall behind.
Now I was on my own. The locals far in the distance, the Israeli's lagging.
A forest loomed, and the locals really dropped the hammer.
I tried to reach the Tete de la course, but the arreire du peleton was getting further behind.
Through the thick woods the local pair turned the screws and were almost jogging. The Israeli's were panting and turning themselves inside out to keep up
I was doing my best to keep them in view, knowing my team was just hanging on.
I clambered over a barb wire fence, and then around a massive tree to find the local pair stopped.
'Como estas, amigos'
They checked their shoulders, one produced a handgun and pointed it at my head.
The other moved swiftly behind me.
Israeli #1, slightly less useless than Israeli #2 had just come into view at this point.
He stopped, screamed and ran.
Bloody great.
I realised now that this was a little trap I had fallen into, and gave no hesitation in handing over all my belongings (including my camera full of pictures from my bike tour).
Their gun looked VERY dodgy. Dodgy enough to go off without pulling the trigger so I did all they asked.
It's no fun lookin' down the barrel of a gun. Even a little one.
After the 'transaction' had ended, my new friends gave me a leaving present. A can of mace in the eyes from point blank range.
I fell to the ground screaming.
I won't print exactly what I said, but it went along the lines of 'that was quite inconsiderate of you'.
20 minutes later I pryed my eyes open enough to make out where I had to step and slowly walked back to town.
2 hours later I walked through the door of my hostel to find #1 and #2.
'We thought you were dead'
As Cadel stood on the podium, a step below where he possibly could have stood, I'm sure he thought the same of Popo and Van Useless.
They'd affirmed their prowess, commitment, but when the hammer fell - Cadel was in the woods on his own with the CSC armada.
Can't say Cadel didn't try his best, but was outclassed by a champion team.
Let's hope Sastre is cleaner than his Boss.
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Comments
on July 28 2008 13:01:34
I must be getting cynical but when after the tour Cadel stated that Sastre had had an "incredible result" in the time trial I heard - "not believable result". Yes, I too hope that Carlos rose to the occasion under his own steam.
And if Cadel had had Stuey, Jens and Fabian helping (instead of having to ride the tour on his own) I think he may have been the one on the top step of the podium. |
on July 28 2008 13:18:05
All I can say is Cadel is a gun and it's a shame his "team" are bums! Lets hope he can get some better help (or any help) next year. |
on July 28 2008 13:53:42
and some media advisers |
on July 29 2008 13:25:56
can anyone tell me why Matty Llyod wasn't in the team, the Aus National champ (which he got by putting a couple of minute into the field on a clim . I used to row with the kid and if he tore himself apart for Cadel half as much as he used to do in the boat, well I'm sure things would've been different |
on July 31 2008 11:56:56
Cadel... "Great, another f'n Kangaroo and some poofy flowers!"
Can't anyone else see the guy clearly needs an express service down the hill to the nearest bakery? **** and i thought i had low levels of bodyfat...
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on July 31 2008 11:58:11
Brother why have you disabled the word s_h_i_t when you brand your clothing line with far more offensive words? Hey i'm an Admin i can turn that function off! |
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