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March 27, 2002

11 rungs, geekgoks

When I was around 8, I tried to see how high I could nail wooden rungs into a tree trunk down at the creek near my home. I think I got about 40' high before I stopped and realized I coulda died...little Jimbo wasn't using any gear to keep himself from falling. Plus, there was still so much more tree trunk to go before I could get a foundation down for a treehouse that I quit nailing them in.

I just took Jed for a walk down to the creek, and managed to find the same tree. Someone (a smart adult, no doubt) removed the lower rungs, but 11 rungs remained ascending 40' up into the canopy. I could not believe how high I was nailing those things in, and that 20 years later, they were still there.

I also found the gigantic storm sewer drainage system that we used to play in. We caled them "The Tubes", and we would run around in them pretending we were being chased by evil little subterranean beings called "Geekgoks". We were the Geekgoks, no doubt. Once, my friend Jamie and I found a pile of old deer bones, and we took them into The Tubes and arranged them at one of the drainage intersections. We coated the bones with fake blood, and then lured a bunch of other kids into the Tubes, and feigned panic when we discovered the "Geekgok kill". The other kids ran out of the storm sewers in real panic, and Jamie and I got a good kick out of it.

Posted by jimbo at March 27, 2002 5:04 PM

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Posted by: Mark at March 31, 2002 4:01 PM