Boogie 'til you puke/poop

August 9, 2010 12:03 PM

Boogie 'til you puke: Mountain Climber Jason Kruk got his knee stuck in a 5.11 offwidth called "Boogie 'til You Puke," and required a rescue. Luckily, it was caught on video.

The videographer's blog has a lot of wonderful videos.

Jason Kruk's blog.

Offwidth: an offwidth is a crack which is basically an annoying width, but Annoywidth doesn't sound as good. An offwidth is too wide for a hand jam or a fist and too narrow to chimney, so usually requires a combination of wedging, squeezing, chicken winging and all other means necessary.

posted by spork (30 comments total)

Every time I fast forwarded, someone was either saying "shit (your/my) pants" or wretching.
posted by boo_radley at 12:07 PM on August 9, 2010

Worth sticking around for his post-climb comments, which were hilarious.
posted by graventy at 12:12 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]

Boogie 'til you puke/poop

He could have at least used his trucker hat.
posted by KokuRyu at 12:13 PM on August 9, 2010

That is lucky!
posted by penduluum at 12:16 PM on August 9, 2010

They were all such good sports about it.
posted by KokuRyu at 12:19 PM on August 9, 2010

And that is why I avoid offwidths at all costs. They make you shit your pants.
posted by Pantengliopoli at 12:19 PM on August 9, 2010

On the one hand, he's made it a lot farther up a 5.11, while hungover, than I've ever made it while sober. So he's got that going for him.

On the other hand, of course, I've always gone home with clean underwear.
posted by echo target at 12:20 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]

He's a better sport about it than I would have been.
posted by cmfletcher at 12:22 PM on August 9, 2010

And that is why I avoid offwidths at all costs. They make you shit your pants.

Spoiler Alert! :)
posted by govtdrone at 12:25 PM on August 9, 2010

Ha, sent that off to a friend of mine who used to do a lot of climbing. Can't wait to hear back from him.
posted by jquinby at 12:25 PM on August 9, 2010

Spoiler Alert! :)

Soiler Alert! :(
posted by foggy out there now at 12:28 PM on August 9, 2010 [6 favorites]

El Crapitan.
posted by mattdidthat at 12:31 PM on August 9, 2010 [13 favorites]

The lesson here is to take the necessary measures to ensure that you've properly unloaded before scaling a wall of rock.
posted by Burhanistan at 12:32 PM on August 9, 2010

So is it now downrated to a 5.#2?
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 12:36 PM on August 9, 2010 [2 favorites]

Before climbing a route, one is often given some warning about the 'crux' move -- now you're going to have to make sure they're not talking about a 'Kruk's.'
posted by m450n at 12:59 PM on August 9, 2010

((I|Don't) (shit|puke) (my pants|on me) (dude.))+
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 1:01 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]

"Don't puke my pants, dude"?
posted by nebulawindphone at 1:24 PM on August 9, 2010

It seems to me the lesson is to avoid mixing alcohol with dangerous activities.
posted by MikeWarot at 1:54 PM on August 9, 2010

"Don't puke my pants, dude"?

It all started to run together after a minute or so.
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 2:22 PM on August 9, 2010

I loved how hard the guy below him was laughing when he started to dry-heave. Cause that guy is the one who's going to get puked on. You know someone's having a pretty good time when they're laughing as someone is about to puke on them.
posted by rusty at 3:00 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]

> You know someone's having a pretty good time when they're laughing as someone is about to puke on them.

Conversely
posted by Burhanistan at 3:08 PM on August 9, 2010 [2 favorites]

Not being a climber, I couldn't figure out the technique, but widefetish helped.
posted by BrotherCaine at 4:14 PM on August 9, 2010

I was very confused as to why he was almost puking. Shitting his pants could be due to intense strain trying to free his knee, but puking? Then I remembered, "oh yeah, hangover..."
posted by UrbanEye at 4:15 PM on August 9, 2010

I *ahem* smell a new verb.

To kruk: to unload in one's pants during strenuous physical activity.

As in: Dude, I just krukked myself.
posted by bwg at 5:28 PM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]

That made me laugh a lot more than it should have.
posted by sacrifix at 5:59 PM on August 9, 2010

You know someone is puking when they are laughing as they have a pretty good time.
posted by DU at 6:54 PM on August 9, 2010

I was very confused as to why he was almost puking.

I think he was just scared. Fear can cause nausea. And given the fact that he was so scared that he actually shit himself... which is hilarious... I'm thinking that's a decent explanation.
posted by valkyryn at 7:02 PM on August 9, 2010

> I think he was just scared. Fear can cause nausea. And given the fact that he was so scared that he actually shit himself... which is hilarious... I'm thinking that's a decent explanation.

It says in the link that he was hungover. He crapped his pants because he was in an intensely difficult posture that caused quite a bit of leg muscle strain and pressure on his lower abdomen. He probably tried valiantly to hold it it, but the position he was in most likely was conducive to causing the bowels to move--it wasn't really a product of primal fear or anything.
posted by Burhanistan at 7:05 PM on August 9, 2010

Well, he certainly needs to work on his wide-crack technique.
posted by stargell at 8:06 PM on August 9, 2010

I laughed so hard I... no, I won't go there.
posted by kinnakeet at 9:48 AM on August 10, 2010