Ride a Cockhorse

Home of Welsford's Cochrane Lane Cliffs.

Moderators: PeterA, chossmonkey, Stacey, Dom, granite_grrl, Greg, Joe

Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Stacey » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:17 am

WOW

Got on it this weekend...it was incredible! :lol:
''When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.''
~John Muir
User avatar
Stacey
 
Posts: 497
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 am
Location: dreaming of the mountains...

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Adam » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:04 pm

StaceyMJCouturier wrote:Got on it this weekend...it was incredible!


that's what she said
User avatar
Adam
 
Posts: 1105
Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:39 pm

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby *Chris* » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:06 pm

StaceyMJCouturier wrote:WOW

Got on it this weekend...it was incredible! :lol:
There's a girl who's easy to please.
User avatar
*Chris*
 
Posts: 848
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:32 pm
Location: Fredericton

Re: Ride a Cock

Postby Stacey » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:22 pm

HEY - who changed my topic and added 'horse'... :P
''When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.''
~John Muir
User avatar
Stacey
 
Posts: 497
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 am
Location: dreaming of the mountains...

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby martha » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:38 pm

easy to please.... I'll say!

'Incredible' is not the word I would use!
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Stacey » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:48 pm

martha wrote:easy to please.... I'll say!

'Incredible' is not the word I would use!



What? how can you say that? it IS awesome...
though I have to say, I'm glad I didn't fall off...OUCH that would have hurt
and would have been difficult to re-mount.
''When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.''
~John Muir
User avatar
Stacey
 
Posts: 497
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 am
Location: dreaming of the mountains...

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Adam » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:09 pm

I'd say Stacey is confusing her arousal due to cockhorse between her legs with the quality of the rock climbing.
User avatar
Adam
 
Posts: 1105
Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:39 pm

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Stacey » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:21 pm

trad_reborn wrote:I'd say Stacey is confusing her arousal due to cockhorse between her legs with the quality of the rock climbing.



ouch - - play nice Morgan....

have you BEEN on that route? it truly is stellar (even with my 'play on words')...
''When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.''
~John Muir
User avatar
Stacey
 
Posts: 497
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 am
Location: dreaming of the mountains...

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Adam » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:07 pm

no i haven't. i don't like cockhorses between my legs.
User avatar
Adam
 
Posts: 1105
Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:39 pm

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby *Chris* » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:14 pm

This conversation is getting to be very uncomfortable for me. Although not nearly as uncomfortable as the route itself. Seriously. It ain't great.
User avatar
*Chris*
 
Posts: 848
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:32 pm
Location: Fredericton

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Stacey » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:05 pm

*Chris* wrote:This conversation is getting to be very uncomfortable for me. Although not nearly as uncomfortable as the route itself. Seriously. It ain't great.


Now chris -- if you continue to check in on what the conversation is saying - I can't say you are THAT uncomfortable :)

Curiousity killed the cat after all :P

and I disagree - I thought the route was fun - - dirty on top - - but the chimney was sweet!
''When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.''
~John Muir
User avatar
Stacey
 
Posts: 497
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 am
Location: dreaming of the mountains...

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby *Chris* » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:21 pm

Yep... I almost fell off the top out grabbing at a handful of lichen earlier this year. The chimney was... memorable.
User avatar
*Chris*
 
Posts: 848
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:32 pm
Location: Fredericton

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby anderfo » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:25 pm

I don't know the word "cockhorse" - can someone please explain?
It's not even in the English dictionary :P
A bunch of photos
My home crag is Hell (and, yes, I've seen Hell freezing over...)
User avatar
anderfo
 
Posts: 119
Joined: Fri May 23, 2008 4:45 am
Location: Trondheim, Norway

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby martha » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:15 am

my route description would be...

Dirty, Awkward, painful.... only one of the partners wants to do it....

This is how Trad climbing and 'riding a cockhorse' on the back nine compare. ;)


This route is awful.
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Stacey » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:42 am

martha wrote:my route description would be...

Dirty, Awkward, painful.... only one of the partners wants to do it....

This is how Trad climbing and 'riding a cockhorse' on the back nine compare. ;)


This route is awful.


now martha -- it's only dirty on the top...

with your pilates experience -- you must be flexible - - the awkwardness was fun & a challenge...

painful? no pain, no gain? :P
''When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.''
~John Muir
User avatar
Stacey
 
Posts: 497
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 am
Location: dreaming of the mountains...

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby martha » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:42 am

Yup, I'm flexible. and I love awkward trad routes.... a squeeze hole in Clifton comes to mind... John, Fred what was that route? witches something? ... it was a riot.

It is the dirty rock and the hollow sound of the chimney wall that throws me off.
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby *Chris* » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:58 am

Stacey... since you're such an advocate for this line, I nominate you to give it a good scrub on our Cochrane land clean-up day! Have fun!
User avatar
*Chris*
 
Posts: 848
Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:32 pm
Location: Fredericton

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby STeveA » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:43 pm

Ride a cock horse - English history origins:

The lyrics of this nursery rhyme relate to Queen Elizabeth I of England (the fine lady) who travelled to Banbury (a town in England) to see the new huge stone cross which had just been erected. The lyrics 'With rings on her fingers' obviously relates to the fine jewellery which would adorn a Queen. The words 'And bells on her toes' refers to the fashion of attaching bells to the end of the pointed toes of each shoe! Banbury was situated at the top of a steep hill and in order to help carriages up the steep incline a white cock horse (a large stallion) was made available to help with this task. When the Queen's carriage attempted to go up the hill a wheel broke and the Queen chose to mount the cock horse to reach the Banbury cross. Her visit was so important that the people of the town had decorated the cock horse with ribbons and bells and provided minstrels to accompany her - "she shall have music wherever she goes". The big cross at Banbury was later destroyed by anti - Catholics.
You are, therefore I am. That is the question....
User avatar
STeveA
 
Posts: 570
Joined: Thu May 26, 2005 9:07 am

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Adam » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:01 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_a_coc ... bury_Cross

learned something today. that the queen is not afraid of big white cock.
User avatar
Adam
 
Posts: 1105
Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:39 pm

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Adam » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:01 pm

cock horse i mean.
User avatar
Adam
 
Posts: 1105
Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:39 pm

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby martha » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:12 pm

Man, Steve, I don't know why I didn't think of that Nursery rhyme. My Mother used to sing it to me with actions when I was little, and she sings it to my kids now. :) :D
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Nihoa » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:51 pm

nice to see nb back at the crass talk after the heated threads. we are like a bunch of bonobos.
User avatar
Nihoa
 
Posts: 131
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:25 pm
Location: Freddy NB

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby cory » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:42 am

martha wrote:My Mother used to sing it to me with actions

It's inappropriate for a mother to act out that sort of thing in front of her children!
User avatar
cory
 
Posts: 316
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:07 pm
Location: SJ

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby martha » Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:58 pm

cory wrote:
martha wrote:My Mother used to sing it to me with actions

It's inappropriate for a mother to act out that sort of thing in front of her children!




LOL...*Those* are not the actions to this nursery rhyme.
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby chossmonkey » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:22 am

martha wrote:
cory wrote:
martha wrote:My Mother used to sing it to me with actions

It's inappropriate for a mother to act out that sort of thing in front of her children!




LOL...*Those* are not the actions to this nursery rhyme.
Its hard to imagine what they could be then.
If women ruled the world there would be no wars, just be a bunch of jealous countries not talking to each other.
User avatar
chossmonkey
 
Posts: 1243
Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:11 pm
Location: Running a muck.

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby martha » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:55 am

You guys suck. This is like playing 'pat a cake' with your kids....

bite me.
The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

If a husband speaks in the woods, and his wife is not there to hear him...is he still wrong?
martha
 
Posts: 2105
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:40 am
Location: planning the next climbing trip....

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Stacey » Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:42 am

martha wrote:
cory wrote:
martha wrote:My Mother used to sing it to me with actions

It's inappropriate for a mother to act out that sort of thing in front of her children!




LOL...*Those* are not the actions to this nursery rhyme.



Oh - is there a nursery rhyme WITH 'those' actions....hehe
''When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.''
~John Muir
User avatar
Stacey
 
Posts: 497
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:57 am
Location: dreaming of the mountains...

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Andrew » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:48 am

Ya, so, I've been on Ride A Cock Horse twice. I was pretty nervous on it, as it was one of my first outdoor climbs. After all was said and done... the chimney was very fun as it was a new experience to twist around and around going up a chimney. Stepping across the chimney over to where you 'ride the horse' is a little awkward and 'fun'. Once you are on it, you gotta get off and step out very carefully onto a ledge on the main face. That was also 'fun' and then you had to balance with no holds, really until you were stood up. Finally coming up over the face onto a sloped ledge with a tree anchor is great fun.

I really liked this route. It was like stepping out of a tall building's windows onto the stone ledge, but then scaling up to the next window. All this after having been riding a ... rock cock horse. lol.

I'd do it again if it was cleaner.
User avatar
Andrew
 
Posts: 551
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:54 am
Location: Quispamsis

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby STeveA » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:13 pm

If you like the climb you should progress onto Escape Hatch. Equally fun and interesting.
You are, therefore I am. That is the question....
User avatar
STeveA
 
Posts: 570
Joined: Thu May 26, 2005 9:07 am

Re: Ride a Cockhorse

Postby Adam » Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:47 pm

Andrew wrote:I'd do it again if it was cleaner.


you could show up next weekend on clean up weekend and give it a scrub! :)
User avatar
Adam
 
Posts: 1105
Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:39 pm


Return to New Brunswick

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 37 guests

cron