Paulina wrote: where does one go on Memorial Day weekend? If one wishes to avoid the crowds that is… Clearly not Cathedral Ledge. I went to Cathedral Ledge. First we climbed – very slowly – two pitches of a route that all the locals kept pointing us to but which was, surprisingly, free. This should… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2006
The luck runs out
We’ve had a long, funny spring of rain-filled forecasts followed by rainless weekends. It’s kept the Gunks mostly empty and the rock mostly dry. Today, however, the luck ran out and we got rained on, but not until I revisited Arc of a Diver and got over that little roof on pitch one that had… Read more »
24 people pitches
Not bad for a rainy day. The drive was a gamble and I thought I’d be home early. As it turned out, there wasn’t a sprinkle all day and I didn’t get home until after ten. Although I started the day unmotivated, I forced myself to do something and got more motivated as the day… Read more »
Waiting in the Rain
A long day with a lot of waiting around, unfortunately. A bit of a wait in the morning as Scott and I were quicker and more prompt than some and then a long wait at the end of the day when it started to rain and Scott and I bailed and the rest didn’t. Learned… Read more »
Closer . . . clooooser
So I’m onsighting this 11. The crux is a long move to a horn, very steep. The end of the rope pulls through unexpectedly and whips me in the eye, blinding me, but I pull off the onsight anyway. OK, it didn’t happen quite like that but the real story is just so stupid. The… Read more »