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More caving adventures
Mar. 26th, 2010 11:10 pmBack from another night of caving, this one more successful than the last. Last time my kneepads were entirely the wrong sort (athletic ones on the cheap) and I might as well have not worn any at all. This time, no pain at all, whee!
Best of all, these were super cheap. I paid $2.50 for a bag at the thrift store containing two very flattened boxing gloves and two hard plastic knee pads with elastic and velcro fasteners. I took the elastic strips off one of the knee pads and sewed one strip to each boxing glove at the top (the wrist area already had elastic loops there), then reinforced the seams with epoxy.
Wore them tonight and although they had to be adjusted now and again, they worked great. Even if I tear the outsides up eventually, I can always save the foam and make new ones. Yay for cheap yet effective gear!
Tonight's cave is in Trenton and has some of the most amusing rooms. It's a pretty popular spot, and sadly there are traces of people in there, but at least one result of that is kinda cool. There's one dead end where the mud is really thick and sticky, and people have created a ledge of little sculpted figures out of it. Everything from flowers to skulls to (of course) phalluses. Plus a kraken eating a ship, a shark about to eat a surfer, a great big tarantula, and a whole host of other stuff. We call it the Sculpey Room and it's neat to see what's been added every time you go back.
Am worn out now, but it's nice to be getting out and exercising with coworkers. Plus there's Cracker Barrel afterward - so worth it!
Fannishness is sort of on hold right now, for a variety of reasons. Mostly just too busy, plus most of my shows are in hiatus and I haven't found new and shiny things to replace them. Will get to that soon, I hope.
*off to bed, too tired to deal with muddy gear*
Best of all, these were super cheap. I paid $2.50 for a bag at the thrift store containing two very flattened boxing gloves and two hard plastic knee pads with elastic and velcro fasteners. I took the elastic strips off one of the knee pads and sewed one strip to each boxing glove at the top (the wrist area already had elastic loops there), then reinforced the seams with epoxy.
Wore them tonight and although they had to be adjusted now and again, they worked great. Even if I tear the outsides up eventually, I can always save the foam and make new ones. Yay for cheap yet effective gear!
Tonight's cave is in Trenton and has some of the most amusing rooms. It's a pretty popular spot, and sadly there are traces of people in there, but at least one result of that is kinda cool. There's one dead end where the mud is really thick and sticky, and people have created a ledge of little sculpted figures out of it. Everything from flowers to skulls to (of course) phalluses. Plus a kraken eating a ship, a shark about to eat a surfer, a great big tarantula, and a whole host of other stuff. We call it the Sculpey Room and it's neat to see what's been added every time you go back.
Am worn out now, but it's nice to be getting out and exercising with coworkers. Plus there's Cracker Barrel afterward - so worth it!
Fannishness is sort of on hold right now, for a variety of reasons. Mostly just too busy, plus most of my shows are in hiatus and I haven't found new and shiny things to replace them. Will get to that soon, I hope.
*off to bed, too tired to deal with muddy gear*