Trundling

Trundling

Trundling is the practice of rolling large rocks or boulders down hillsides. It is discouraged in many areas, for "reasons" of safety and environmental impact. In reality, though, the bigger the rock the better. Form over function, both over safety.

Trundling, like rafting or rock climbing, is measured in various classes of difficulty. Unlike those sports, however, you need very little equipment, training or restrictive safety gear. Obstinacy, strength, gravity, fulcrumization and team morale are the five principle components of a successful trundler.
A Class 1 trundle is not worth your time. It's akin to skipping rocks or flicking a cigarette butt down a staircase.
A Class 2 trundle is an individually-trundleable bowling ball-sized rock traveling for less than 6 seconds at a pitch of less than 45 degrees.
A Class 3 trundle is a gateway trundle: most addicts and practitioners point to a trundle of this magnitude as the launching point in their career. Imagine a pillow-sized boulder gaining momentum as it goes end over end, free falls, and then explodes upon impact. A class 3.5 trundle includes tangential trundles that result from such an explosion. Teamwork and fulcrumization are requisites for such a trundle.
A Class 4 trundle is most easily recognizable by the earth-shaking impact of an end-over-end trajectory. Three trundlers are often required to initiate such a trundle, due to the sheer size of the boulder, although accomplished or certified trundlers often undertake such an endeavor in pairs.
A Class 5 trundle separates most weekend warriors from die-hard trundlers. The trundle may include underwater work, the application of tools, snow, proximate lightning strikes, savagery (centipedes, scorpions, rattlesnakes and bears have all been known to impede trundles) and inhuman obstinacy as the undedicated will likely falter after an hour of problem solving.
A Class 6 trundle has never been accomplished. This mythical feat is why one trundles, as it drives us all towards bigger cliffs, bigger rocks, bigger explosions and bigger destruction.


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