Joe Willy Beaver Nut ’15

June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 meisajDaily Life

We thought the story of the 2015 Joe Willy Beaver Nut would be the drastic weather change over the two days of this tournament of friends.

Playing Frisbee in 80-some odd degree sunny (although windy) weather on Saturday was fantastic. Matt had slight heat stroke like issues, but otherwise it was fantastic.

Day two was another story. Low 40 degree temperature. What could only be described as persistent torrential downpour occur almost non-stop. The best we got was a few periods of time where it slowed to a slight drizzle, only for the wind to kick up and the rain to start bucketing down on us again. Of course Mike and I wore shorts. It wasn’t bad until we stopped moving to grill after the first round. Then the cold, rain and wind started seeping into my bones.

None of us was particularly enthusiastic about the last 18 holes. The rain was constant companion by that time and despite stopping to change into dry clothes between Frisbee Golf Courses that day, the dryness only lasted for minutes outside of the car.

We moved along at a good pace, mostly concerned with just finishing the tournament over game play. Or at least that was my thought. Then Lisa decided to take out Brian with a Frisbee to the chin. I’ve take a Frisbee to the back of the head, shoulder, chest, legs, and arms. But never to the chin. While not on purpose (she says), his chin opened up and gushed blood quite nicely.

Nine stitches later Brian’s chin was back together in one piece. He seemed pretty upbeat about the whole ordeal. A scar on the chin is pretty fantastic. Every Work Truck has a few scars and scrapes. Brian is no different. I’m pretty sure this was Lisa’s way of getting out of the rain. It was some pin-point accuracy to take Brian out through a tree like that.

The waiting room of the Urgent Care was pretty toasty though.

The Fall

November 5, 2011 meisajDaily Life

In an effort to fill the massive amount of time before today’s wedding I went to play frisbee golf at a park nearby. It was only 9 holes, but seemed like a good time waster and I haven’t played in a long time.

After a decent 9 holes (+2 for 9 holes, not bad for a year off) I decided to play a second round. On the second hole I threw a high disc and it landed in a tree about fifteen-twenty feet off the ground. I shook the tree mightly and it did not fall. I resorted to the old “knock the stuck disc out with another disc” trick. First throw and the second disc got stuck right up next to the first one.

I shook with more gusto to no avail. In fact on the second shaking go around the branch I was holding tore in half (I should have paid more attention to this incident).

I was getting pretty angry (i had headphones on so I didn’t hear myself cursing, but I was). I opted to climb the tree. This wasn’t an easy thing to do. The tree was covered with spikes, making holding onto it a pain. It was difficult to climb for other reasons too. It was intertwined with several smaller trees (spikes every where) which left no real easy path up. After a switch ten foot climb I had to circle around the tree.

I hung from one branch, grasped onto a branch to the left, hefted my around a small intwined tree and was hanging from the branch looking for footing when it cracked and then fell, with me attached.

I landed on my feet and fell backwards onto of many spiky branches.

I was very angry now and a good deal of blood covered my left hand. I grabbed the water bottle I had and hucked it into the tree trying to dislodge the frisbees. It just got stuck itself (I’m not kidding). I grabbed two branches in each hand and shook with all my might. This time all three objects came down.

Upon cleaning my hand I found the scratches to not be too bad. But it does feel like someone stomped on the back of my left hand. I took ibuprofen to dull the pain (making a fist hurts). I have scratches up and down my arms and a cut on my right calf (I’m guessing that a spike when through my jeans).

But I got my frisbees.

Frisbee Golf can be Dangerous

May 16, 2010 meisajDaily Life

Sure it seems like a low impact sport, with little chance of injury, but as I well know any sport played with a frisbee can result in serious injury (I’ve got a titanium plate and 8 screws that can attest to that).

Yesterday at the annual “Joe-Willy-Beaver-Nut” Classic Mike was the injured persona. A stray disc released by Sean caught Mike unaware with some bloody consequences.

Overall though the day was a success. I played much better than I expected too, ate lots of chicken, and caught up with old friends. More pictures of the Joe Willy will be forthcoming. Day starts in forty minutes.