These old boys are calling...

We're Back

In a monumental event, the Goodfellas have unanimously decided, on the two-year anniversary of the birth of this blog, to emerge from retirement. We have some big plans for the remainder of 2007 and 2008. In future posts we'll get to the details of our new adventures. However, we'd like to tie up some loose ends before we get to that.

We know that our loyal fans have been waiting 2 years for the final trip report and conclusion of our 2005 Northeast Climbing Tour. For those who can wait no longer, the short version is this: we drove, we camped, we climbed, we drank, and we slept. After we summited Katahdin and returned home, we decided to hang up our boots and retire from the climbing game. Nipplehonker has not set foot on a trail since leaving Kahtadin. Asswrangler, in a moment of weakness, completed a solo ascent of Mt. Tremper in the Catskills last year. Otherwise, Asswrangler too has avoided the call of the mountains. Since the conclusion of the 2005 Tour, the Goodfellas have led rather ordinary and uneventful lives while toiling away for 'the man' at their white-collar jobs. The long hours chained to our desks and blackberries have taken their toll on our bodies and spirits. We have become mentally and physically soft. Today, the Goodfellas say "no more" and have begun plotting their triumphant return to greatness with the same vigor and enthusiasm that brought about the 2005 Tour. Stay tuned for further details.

PS- For those who can wait a bit longer, we'll be posting a full trip report with pictures of the 2005 Tour. Obviously, since we'll be writing the trip report nearly 2 years after the fact, it won't be as vivid as you'd normally expect. However, it will provide a satisfying conclusion to those who followed the planning and preparation stage of the 2005 Tour.

Of Mountains & Men Part Deux

"In the 1920’s when asked, 'Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?' and George Mallory asserted, 'Because it is there,' he was only stating the less important half of the equation. The unspoken half is that we are here. Striving and achieving is part of our nature, built into our genetic makeup. The evidence of man’s nature manifests itself in rocket ships to the moon, skyscrapers hundreds of stories high, and flags planted on summits all around the world."

-Erik Weihenmayer, blind mountaineer
Touch the Top of the World

Another good update.

Given that the bar exam is over next week, I suggest you stop shaving and use this blog as a journal of you facial hair growth. By the time of the trip, you would have some excellent growth.

Let me know what you think, inter alia.

Asswrangler

Asswranglers life story

The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... very well, where do i begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

Of Mountains and Men

One may ask why we climb mountains. Are we compensating for a deficiency in other areas of our lives? Are we in search for a pigmy mountain women to befriend? Or, are we maybe just two ordinary guys with nothing to lose?

Asswrangler

Who are we and what are we doing here?

"The Goodfellas" is our trail name which refers collectively to the individuals known as Asswrangler and Nipplehonker. Don't ask where these names came from, just accept them.

The purpose of this blog is to simultaneously entertain, inform and act as a resource to those hoping to undertake a similar trip. Our future posts will detail the preparations for our trip. There possibly will be some "live updates" during the 10 day journey. The final posts will contain a detailed trip report complete with photographs.