WOW. . . crazy. . . again, wonderful to see so many people old and new. . . amazing people, amazing food (well, the chilli and margs rocked, and stu's orange-zest pancakes:-) great weather (until the rain Sun afternoon, but we didn't let that stop us!!). . . got in my season-high redpoint, saw some first leads (yeah!!) . . . my "wow" award goes to Dmetri who lead a 5.9-- his 3rd climb outdoors (Sun was his first time climbing outdoors). . . a natural. . .
Curious to know
how many attended. . . I know my list is nowhere near complete. . . it's kinda off the top of my head and there were so many people, some of whom I probably never met or greeted, and some I belayed but somehow forgot. . . so if you copy, paste and amend. . . maybe. . . we'll get a good gauge of how many were there. . . oh. . . and please correct and forgive spelling errors
Seoul: Sunny, Alec, Les, Danielle, Siri, Vivian, Tyler + mom (name?), Jiwon, Gabe, Martin, Martyn, Katie
Gwangmyeong: Ginger
Ilsan: Conor
Yeosu: Stu, Luke
Daejeon: Jake, Brandon, Lindsey, Diana, Matt
Okcheon: Heidi
Jucheon: Qasim
Busan: Jake, Drew, Grant, Mack, Logan and ????
Geoje: Tim
Nokdong: Chris, England (the biggest Nokdong contingent ever at a M&G)
Changwon: Brad (actually deserved a prize for riding 8 hours. . . and back in the rain, on his bike!!)
Gunsan: Sean, Matt, Olaf, Alex
Osan: Justin +2 ????
Gwangju: Bogue
Yechon: Charles, Jessica (will, visit, and expect Jessica down on Fri for the film fest as I have off. . . she can come Thurs night)
Gwayeok: Jay
Nokdong: Chris
Jinju: Dale + 2 ????
Daegu: Jen, Ethan
Gyeongnam: Bryan, Hanna, Dusty, Rebs
Namwon: Anuschka
Jeonju: Matt, Amber, Sonia
random travelers: Kris, Alex, Dmetri
OK. . . things get fuzzy here. . . I remember some names and cities but not sure if/what goes with who/where. . .
Louise
Dominic
Tara -- somewhere up by Wonju?
Nick (I think there were 2. . . and if one is Nick from Ulsan, I think I gave your furthest prize to someone else and owe you something).
Mira, Jon
Josh
That gives me approximately 68. . . would be a record I believe if that were all. . . crazy, awesome. . . post your best story or whatever. . . your photos and links:-)
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