Todd and I arranged early in the week to climb both Saturday and Sunday at the Gunks and then watched the weather forecast deteriorate. First Sunday fell, then Saturday started to crumble. “Have we got any other options?” I emailed Todd. He suggested a reconnaissance trip to the Adirondacks where rain was also forecast. We’d… Read more »
Posts By: Dawn
New River Gorge in Style
When Inez challenged me to climb at the New River Gorge in formal wear, she didn’t know she was dealing with someone who has a closet full of evening clothes. This was a challenge I could meet – the only question was which gown to wear. I rejected Inez’s suggestion of gold lame, pearls and… Read more »
What I Learned By Bailing
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me, climbing-wise. With my trip to Red Rocks to attempt the Original Route on the Rainbow Wall with Geoff looming on the horizon, I met Todd at the Gunks. Todd is always keen to push me and, with my having just broken into leading 5.8 at the… Read more »
Two Days With Todd
This is a TR about two days of climbing at the Gunks with Todd who is a rec.climber but who doesn’t post much. I met Todd a few weeks ago at our sparsely attended Rec.Climbing Winter Festival at the Gunks and he’s joined us every weekend since then, but I had never climbed with him… Read more »
The Gunks Gods Smile Upon Us
A few weeks ago, in response to the statement that climbing at the Gunks in December would be cold, Steven posted the following: “Good things come to those who at least try to get out.” Yesterday was the proof of that. The day after New Year’s was warm but damp in the Northeast. Fog coalesced… Read more »
Sunday With Steven
After my last trip report, Steven Cherry emailed me to say it was a shame that someone who lives less than two hours away from the Gunks went all the way to Joshua Tree for her first trad lead (actually, I think the word he used was “criminal”). In fact, I hadn’t been to the… Read more »
Thanksgiving at Joshua Tree with GeoffCJ
In October I posted a TR after a trip to Yosemite to climb with Karl Baba. I got some nice feedback and no flames at all (as I remarked privately to Karl, I must have been doing it wrong). One of the people who emailed me was GeoffCJ. We ended up exchanging emails and when… Read more »
Lots of Firsts
I had been climbing for three and a half months, reading rec.climbing and dreaming of a trip to Yosemite. Some day, I would tell myself, when I know how to do this and can climb that and have the time and the money, I will go to Yosemite and climb with Karl Baba. And then… Read more »