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| Author | Topic: The Outac Christmas Awards 2007 |
| Duncan |
posted 12/5/07 2:46 PM
Outdoor Incompetence Award. Each season we give this award in recognition of particularly notable acts of poor leadership, bad planning or just plain old-fashioned stupidity in the face of mother-nature. Winner: - Nicole. Despite being chairwoman of one of the North East’s most prestigious mountaineering clubs, despite being blessed with the best weather conditions OUTAC has seen in years, and despite having a clear view all the way down the valley to Borrowdale, our hero managed to end up thirty miles off course, not only ending up at the wrong pub, but also ending up in a completely different valley of Wasdale on the other side of Cumbria. The Indoor incompetence award (aka the “shovel ‘em in” award) A new award this year, created to pay tribute any extreme acts of lunacy committed without even getting outside of the bunkhouse. Winner : - Sue. Big respect to Eva, but the award must go to Sue. There were twelve beds on the Cairngorms trip. Sue signed up the princely sum of 26 bods. As a result, every bedroom (including floors) was full, as was the lounge, most of the kitchen, the emergency exit and one of the showers. Least active member . This award is presented annually to the outac member who in the opinion of the committee has shown complete and unerring laziness, apathy or general lack of enthusiasm to achieve anything even remotely physical apart from actually turning up at the bunkhouse. Winner: - Rob O. A clear winner this year. Despite having “done his knee in”, Rob admirably managed to set off with the rest of the Ben McDhui team, only to throw the towel in at Bob Scott’s bothy, light a cigar and pour himself a glass of port in comparative comfort while everyone else slogged it up the mountain. Quote of the year (aka the Katy Leeming award for such verbal gems as: - “Are we staying here until we go then?”, “Suzuki 4x4, who makes those?” and the immortal Cath P classic – “Anusol, that’s a mountain on the Isle of Rum isn’t it?” Winner: - Eva. On observing Jez emerging from the shower room in Bowderstone cottage adorned with nothing more than a T-shirt and pair of shreddies, Evas’ exact words were as follows: - “Jez, as official safety officer for OUTAC, I must insist you refrain from sitting around with you mans’ bits hanging out of your underwear when women are present”. Most active member Probably the only award worth winning, this award is presented annually to the individual who in the opinion of the committee has turned up on the most trips, made the most regular appearances in the A-team, and shown out and out guile an determination to try absolutely everything at least once. Winner : Aude. A well-deserved accolade, all four trips attended, always on the A-team split and all climbs completed. |
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