Discussion: Sledge 2008

Who will be taking care of Sledge in 2008? i have the trophy and boxers. I'd like them to get to someone at the Oceania Champs because the boxers are starting to smell.

Hmmm... I know what this is about, but I wonder what other people living in North America / Europe make of it without an explanation ;)

i thought you had someone already, might be wrong but i think it was Daniel Orr?

Yeah i tried to catch him on the last day this year, but i got tied to the finish tent and by the time the presentations were over everyone had gone.

Tyson, why don't you wash the boxers?

Well, i'd be the first to break that tradition i think.

You could buy a new set of boxer shorts rather than wash them.

You see. Now thats an idea, until i realise that requires even more effort then washing. And some kind of investment into Boxer's. I'm not sure these ideas really are helping, though i do appreciate the lengths you all are going to to assist with my little dilema.

Gotta keep this thread alive. No-one has asked what its all about yet. Maybe the septics are just suspicious after being stung by the pre JWOC drop-bear discussions.

Maybe us seppos just don't care.

Really, really don't care!

I presume __________ meant to say 'sceptics' rather than making up the nasty sounding insult 'septics'. In any case, it's a pity that no one on AP is interested, Sledge is a lot of fun and I wish I'd taken part more often.

Well... if it's something we can use to while away the time at events when there isn't a handy culvert to crawl through, please do explain.

Hard to say in this context. If he did mean "septics", he wouldn't have been making it up. (Note that Mark and Jon are both from north of the border, and wouldn't qualify.)

I think that's a distinction the rest of the world fails to acknowledge. At least, I've always been called a yank, even before I became American. I've also been called a plastic, but never a septic. And certainly not a sceptic, whatever that is.

Actually, JJ, I'm an Aussie and one that has never heard that particular rhyming slang.

acejase, from JWOC's Voice of the Forest and one of the pioneers of M21ASledge would be the best person to enlighten everyone about sledge ... Jase?

bshields, a spelling mistake, I meant skeptic, of course

Jon, I haven't had the benefit of seeing you crawl through a culvert but it sounds fun. Will you be doing it at any upcoming meets? ;)

just yankin' yer chain

Mark, is it true then that you were actually deported on the character test (failing to know rhyming slang)?

nah, I just had a barry ;)

Who is this Jon, Cupposed Culvert Crawler? Can he crawl fast, or does he get bogged down when the Culvert fills with Gravels? Does he crawl without fear, or does he shy away from slimy pools of Muds?

I am Swampfox, Uphill Culvert Crawling World Champion (ret.)!

Sorry about that, Mark, I saw you were in Canada, and didn't realize that you're from Oz. (Meanwhile, Jon is in the USA, but he's from Canada, and Brendan is in the USA, but he's from Canada, or maybe Oz, or maybe Ireland, or maybe Caspia.) But Jon has done no culvert crawling that I'm aware of.

And you, Swampfox, are not the Uphill Culvert Crawling World Champion! Despite the fact that you were erroneously reported as such, I, J-J, am the uphill champion! (Although you are undeniably a member of the ultra-rare Culvert Crawling Brethren And Sisthren.)

Of which, to be clear, I am not a member - there must not be enough suitable culverts around here. Or possibly enough time needing killing. Regardless, hence the possible interest in new, possibly less drainage infrastructure-dependent diversions.

troll success

now thats a little scary

Before the thread dies. An explanation.
Sledge is the Male 21 short course at Australia's Easter 5-days.
At the end of each day, awards are handed out for the best performing entrants in different sub-events, somewhat like the Tour de France.
King of the Mountain: Fastest split on the longest downhill leg of the course
Sprinter: Fastest finish chute split.
Biggest mistake on a split. For this 'prize' you need to understand that the award ceremony involves a degree of public negotiating between organiser and participants to ensure that most blunders are publicly acknowledged.
Ideal sledger: Person with the time closest to a competitor tagged by the organiser as the ideal sledger. This person will have a track record of approproiate performance and training.. ie medicore and nil respectively.
There are some other categories, including last, first.
Most categories are acknowledged by the awarding of a perpetual trophy- coloured boxer shorts which must be worn on the following day, or if won on the last day of the competition, held over till the following Easter. Which brings us to the start of this thread. Is it ethical to wash the boxers?

Put the snakes in the boxers

just chuck them into the machine with your next load of running gear and end the bloody thing. Far too many nasty habits in sport have been labelled "tradition".

this is all fine, however, my original question seems to have got lost in the wash (excuse the pun). But if i get the offending equipment to NSW at Oceania, whom will be willing to take the responsibility of it all? I won't be going, but i have a delagate who will have it in their posession, they shouldn't be hunting down someone on my behalf.

I think I spied the hat on Torgeir at Worlds End. Does it still exist?

As keeper of the boxer shorts maybe you should just nominate someone from the start list and send them on with one of your SA collegues if you are not going to Canberra?