20.4 is already here. And after mules, grass and a boat, we now have a page from Yokuts Tales. Dave Castro has shared a tale titled, “The Man and the Owls” for his 20.4 hint.
The page reads:
A man and his wife were traveling. They camped over night in a cave. They had a fire burning. Then they heard a horned owl (hutulu) hoot. The woman said to her husband: “Call in the same way. He will come and you can shoot him and we will eat him for supper.” The man got his bow and arrows ready and called. The owl answered. He called again and again and the owl answered, coming nearer. At last it sat on a tree near the fire. The man shot. He killed it. Then his wife told him: “Do it again. Another one will come.” Again he called and brought an owl and shot it. He said. “It is enough now.” But his wife said: “No. Call again. If you call them in the morning they will not come. We have had no meat for a long time. We shall want something to eat to-morrow as well as now.” Then the man called. More owls came. There were more and more of them. He shot, but more came. It was full of them all about. All his arrows were gone. The owls came closer and attacked them. The man took sticks from the fire and fought them off. He covered the woman with a basket and kept on fighting. More and more owls came. At last they killed both the man and the woman.
The obvious guess would be that this week will feature wall balls because of a target. Of course, many others had different thoughts when they commented on Castro’s post.
blacksmifff: I take my role as the sports resident Dave-ologist very seriously and know it is my responsibility to the broader community to give you the cutting edge info on whatever fitness we’ll be doing this week. With that being said, I find this weeks clue to be remarkably heavy handed. So easy a caveman could do it. Let’s begin the journey. This story is clearly an allegory telling us viewers that this will be a workout that not all athletes see through to the end. But what about the movements? The selection of the owl here is no accident. A group of owls is a “parliament.” Parties within parliament often have whips who muscle lesser members into decision making. Easy to see how this equals muscle ups. But Crossfit workouts are complicated pieces of machinery. The man in the story shoots arrows, just as we will be shooting wall balls. Ascending rep, time limited couplet of MU/WB. Thanks for the lay up Dave ⛹🏿♂️
reporternicole: A “death by” workout…..
ironmile_ben: I’ve competed in every Open since it’s inception. I read this and think of one thing. Ring muscle ups… you know why? Because it was in my head before I read this so, I superimposed my thoughts on this passage and saw what I want.
makewodsgreatagain: The owls are the open wods. We’re all gonna die. You have been warned
themechanic_jt78: The story means that you will do something over and over again until it kills you. AMRAP of burpees or wall balls, possibly. Then again, maybe not…
the_jenerator: Well. Owls fly so it’s muscle ups for sure, and the price of tea in China is higher than normal so it’s lunges.
