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After a vain attemt to convert Big Al to a Red
Sox fan, Kirk Gartside called it quits. "It'd be easier to convert Osama Bin
Laden to Judiaism" he said. Al just laughed, pulled his Yankee hat lower on
his head, flashed an evil smile, said "I'll never join you!" and
something else about Ninteen Eighteen and the number twenty six. The
rest of the Yankee fans laughed at
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Down - A perfect climb |
Aug 23, 2003 - The 2003 Mt. Washington
trip was a
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smashing success! Defying up to 60 mph winds and a wind chill of approx 30F,
the crew made record time to the top of the mountain. Fighting fatigue and pain
everyone made it to the summit, relaxed and laughed while sipping hot
chocolate. Insults were traded, souviners bought and some went even so far to
joke about smoking a 'Griswaldo'. The trip down went quickly and painfully as
everyone was in a hurry to get back home, grab some grub at Delaneys (see
related story 'Single guys hit on waitress'), and drink beer. Al and Kirk
stayed up the night downing many beers
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The unanimous Most Outstanding Performer of the
2003 trip, Shridhar Shah,
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accepted his award with joy and happiness (along with a bit of pain). For the
last four years he has lived with the knowledge that he didn't make it up in to
the top on the first trip. Now he can put his DEANmons to rest after
completeing a trek to the top and back down in an amazing display of
willpower and
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Single guys hit on waitress
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champ. |
Not since the Patriots upset the Rams in
Superbowl XXXVI has there been such a shocker. Defying the Vegas odds makers,
Kevin Ruel beat the two time defending Mt Washington Champion, Craig
Waterhouse, to the top! Kevin pulled ahead of Craig in the last 100 feet and
crossed to the summit first. There was some speculation that Kevin may have
used other hikers to confuse and slow down Waterhouse. Kevin denies these
accusations (but kept smiling while they were levied) while Craig remained
silent and angry-looking
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| Classic Quotes of '03 |
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"Let's go before I forget the directions" |
| Craig - after checking into the
Eastern Slope Inn...and we still got lost |
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| "To Dean....Howard that is!" |
| Kirk - in our first toast to the
weekend at Delaney's |
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| Duane - to Jim after he revealed
his personal banking decisions. |
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| "Why don't we make it 7 times for the number of
games the Sox are out of first" |
| John - to the Dunkin Donuts guy who
said he was gonna charge him twice as much for wearing a Yankee hat |
