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May 02, 2005
End-of-year pranks
Ok, for those of you who don't know her, Lindsay is what I would call the head climber (chick I might add!) at the good 'ol Lindseth wall. She is responsible for organizing who is working when, as well as teaching a bunch of classes both indoors and out. She is an amazing climber, kinda short with bouncy curly hair. I think i need to add that she's a very nice and cool person. Anyway, one day this sign showed up (it used to read Lindseth Climbing Wall). Lindsay swears she didnt' do it, but it's pretty funny anyway :) I think i'm going to miss a lot of the COE (Cornell Outdoor Education) staff when they graduate, so many of them are seniors! I wonder who's going to fill their shoes when it's our turn to walk down in cap and gown? Who knows, one can only hope to be as cool as Lindsay and the gang.
Onto another pretty cool prank, also involving climbers. So there's this ledgend that on halloween night in 1997 a group of people placed a gigantic pumpkin on top of our belovid clock tower. Apparently nobody to this day knows who did it or exactly how they did it, but it remains a source of awe to every student or faculty member. So a couple of days ago there was another addition to the point on McGraw tower, apparently it's a disco ball, party anyone?....i think that anything after the pumpkin is going to be old hat, but you've got to hand it to them. Apparently, there was a hatch on the top of the tower that the first group used to place the pumpkin up there, but it was welded shut after that event. So this new group needed to climb the lip of the tower, which seems imposible for all you flat thinkers, but to a climber, especially the one's we've got here, it would have been no problem. Although authorities do not know who did it, i think i've got a pretty good idea. Again, I can only plan which object I want to look over (most) of the Cornell campus. (click on the pic to see a biger version)
OK, so i've wasted enough time, back to work. I've got a bunch of things that need pulling together, not to mention studying for finals and trying to deal with all the social situations going on. Oh, and my neck is still sore from that chemistry exam (I kid you not, it was about 3 weeks ago now...) ohhh, I just want all the work to end and have time to have fun with my friends before I leave for sooooo long!
Posted by agutwin at May 2, 2005 11:01 PM
Comments
I love a good prank! But Anna - don't you get any idea about climbing that tower yourself!!! Well - part of me would be proud, but the wiser, older me says "don't be crazy!".
Posted by: mom at May 3, 2005 06:04 PM