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Need a few ideas for some "hut games".

There's the "stretch out into a horizontal position by walking out 2 wine bottles with your hands, then walk your hands back using only one bottle" game.

There's the "Cereal box on the floor. Pick it up with your mouth. after each "round" of people has gone, tear an inch or two off the box and repeat another round" game.

Need more of a similar nature.

Don't think we can use furniture-climbing games, or moving around the room without touching the floor.

In reply to Rob Naylor:

one charming one involves squirming through a sling. The sling gradually gets shortened. it's more fun if there are two (or more) of you involved.

ar eyou sure you can't do the circumnavigating-the-table one?

In reply to Rob Naylor:

oh, and an obvious one is guidebook charades.

In reply to Rob Naylor: various 'traverses'; broomstick, people (these are both imposible to describe in words) table, car/minibus, etc etc

In reply to CJD:

Sounds good, but with my girth I doubt I'd get past the first round!


Absolutely, unfortunately!

there's one where you each have to thread a sling through someone else's clothing, but I can't quite remember how that works.

In reply to CJD:

That sounds good...but there'll be a fair few novices on the trip. Maybe we could do it in teams.

In reply to Rob Naylor:

body bouldering. One person gives another a piggyback. Person on piggy back then without touching floor needs to go, over head, down front, through legs of standing person and back into piggy back position.

In reply to Rob Naylor: Dive-bomber - put a pint pot on the floor, and people take it in turns to start walking from behind a line a couple of metres away from the pot, holding a coin between their knees. The object is to drop the coin into the pot.

In reply to Rob Naylor: see how far you can place a bottle with one step (or point of contact), returning back orininal position - it's not all to to with height

or is that what you meant?

In reply to Rob Naylor:

Squat against the wall with legs at right angles, arms folded and timed.

rest head on one chair, feet on another with chair under backside and then remove middle chair.

Twister,

In reply to Greg: or a variation- holding the coin between the bum cheeks.

In reply to CJD:

Oh God that's geeky! Doubtless I'll be suggesting it at the next hut meet, and getting thrashed.

To Rob Naylor:

Chairs and/or stools can be arranged to form "caves" to squirm through. People sit on the chairs to prevent them moving, while points are awarded for each extra awkwardly placed chair crawled through. Obviously the skinny, small and flexible are advantaged, while the large, well fed and buxom have a harder time, albeit providing extra amusement.

In reply to Removed User:

the thing is, you don't actually need to know the guidebook inside out - people can figure out what might be route names from your charades.

In reply to Anonymous:

Similar...you adopt a "pre-press-up" kneeling stance holding a bottle in each hand, then move into a press-up position, "walking" the bottles away from you with your hands. When you've moved the bottles as far as from your body possible, let go of one of them, and then return to the kneeling position using only one bottle for balance.

The furthest out only counts if you manage to return on one bottle (it's easy to take the bottles out so far that you can't get back holding just one of them).

In reply to sutty:

I might have a chance of winning that...I can do it for ages.

In reply to idiotproof:

Sounds interesting. We'll be 6 girls and 8 boys. If I'm "MC" (and I plan to be) I'll get to do the pairing!!!!

In reply to Rob Naylor:


Use a tin of beans or similar.

It can go horribly wrong using bottles!

Oh and to make it harder, start/finish in a standing position, without any other part of the body (other than your feet) touching the ground.

In reply to Rob Naylor:
Thumb war. Hook the fingers of your right hand round the fingers of your opponent's right hand. First one to trap the other person's thumb wins.

Leg wrestling. Like arm wrestling, but you lie on your backs, buttock to buttock, and you cross right legs. you try to bring your opponent's right leg over to your left.

Spelling game. First person says a letter. Second person says another letter. Each subsequent player adds another letter. You are out if your contribution makes a word (hint: its a bad idea to start with "a").
You are also out if you are challenged and the letter you added cannot be used with the words before to make a word. (hing: if the first person says "q" and you are second, don't say "x").
But if you challenge someone and they can make a word, you are out (hint: don't challenge the second person if they say "u" and the first person said "q").
Once a word is completed, start another word. Lots of tactics here.

In reply to Rob Naylor:
Are you going to stay in a hut somewhere up a mountain, or have you been a naughty boy and are now confined to the shed?

In reply to Rob Naylor: I thought about the alphabet game-like the one you play with bands, where you think of a route name, say 'corner crack' and the next person has to think of a route they've done beginning with the last letter of the previous one (ie K). Only really works for geeky climbers though. You could turn it into a drinking game quite easily (duplicate route names not allowed, unless they are from a different crag).
Sam

In reply to All:

Thanks very much...got enough ideas to keep people busy while they're getting pissed now!

In reply to Rob Naylor:
Sit on an upright chair.
Put a matchbox behind the left back leg of the chair.
Go round the right side of the chair back to pick up matchbox in your mouth and return to your seat.
No touching the floor or anything else for balance.

In reply to Anonymous:

see how far you can place a bottle with no points of contact ahead of the starting line and passing the hand holding the bottle between your legs

In reply to taine: The Barn has certain records that are worth a challenge. One is how many people can you get into the middle window ledge at one go, another is the table traverse, also the 'how many people can stand on one of the benches at once, but the great climbing challenge is the mantleshelf onto the stone mantleshelf.

In reply to Al Evans: Sorry, thats The Barn on Lundy. The records are recorded in the hut book.

In reply to Rob Naylor:

The bar stool one - a variation on one above - in which head goes on one bar stool, feet on another, small of back on a third. The middle bar stool is then removed and passed around the body as many times as possible before being replaced. Must successfully replace the stool for the score to count.

Stand back to a wall, heels against the wall and endeavour to pick something up placed on the floor just in front of you without moving your feet, and then stand up Agonisingly difficult, but easier for women. If some smarty-pants can do it, give them a heavier object to pick up.

In reply to Rob Naylor:


Followed by the 'rushing your mate to casualty with severe wrist lacerations, blood loss and severed tendons'.

Followed by the series of 'fun and games at the physiotherapist's'...

In reply to Rob Naylor:

Is there a table in the hut? There's the old climbing around the table challenge.
You have to lie on the table then climb underneath it and back round and up the other side without touching the floor. Lengthways or widthways or both depending on the size of the table.

In reply to captain paranoia:

Nah, they don't break.

In reply to Rob Naylor:

Here's some we tried at The Orange House this New Year:

Climb up a pole that your mates are holding:
http://www.leedsmc.org/fileadmin/gallery/2006_12_NewYear/DSC_0208.htm

Crawl through a bar stool:
http://www.leedsmc.org/fileadmin/gallery/2006_12_NewYear/DSC_0220.htm

Round the table:
http://www.leedsmc.org/fileadmin/gallery/2006_12_NewYear/IMG_4505.htm

Stuff sack fights:
http://www.leedsmc.org/fileadmin/gallery/2006_12_NewYear/DSC_0160.htm

Identify your mates by taste (Eh?):
http://www.leedsmc.org/fileadmin/gallery/2006_12_NewYear/DSC_0216.htm

I do believe strong drink had been taken though...