Last week Todd and I both climbed well, perhaps a little too well for a first day out. If day one we climbed like mid-season, for day two we must be in end-of-season form, right? Wrong. The mistake was probably jumping on To Be Or Not To Be so early in the day. Neither of… Read more »
Posts By: Dawn
A late start to an early start but a good start
On the first day of rock climbing season this year I went skiing. I didn’t intend it that way, but I’d already made plans. Who knew the climbing season would start so early? It was a beautiful day at the Gunks, so I hear, but it was a beautiful day in Vermont too. The snow… Read more »
Ice climbing
This post is long overdue, nine years you could say. Back when I was a new climber I was lucky enough to meet Steven on rec.climbing. He not only showed me around the Gunks and introduced me to a lot of great people I’m still friends with today but also gave me my first taste… Read more »
A Tale of Two Boyfriends
Last year my friend Miriam took me out for my first day on skis in over 20 years. Under her tutelage, I had a nice day and saw promise for my future, but my future didn’t include skiing again for another year. It was Steve who suggested I learn from Miriam last year. Miriam happens… Read more »
Lovely
A lovely day with perfect temps, no crowds, and lots of classic routes that I hadn’t been on yet this year. We mostly kept it easy, so no epics either. The one toughie was Never Never Land, which Scotty led. It was on my list of 10s I could lead, but now that I’ve been… Read more »
Something Good
“I must have done something good,” I thought, “to deserve this.” I hadn’t had a good climbing season, but I’d had a good climbing day. P38 felt easy. I led a 10, though not so cleanly. Then Mike put the rope on the 11 next to it and I walked up the thing. Though we… Read more »
A Jealous Mistress
The general consensus about my plan to climb the day after running the Hartford Marathon was that I was nuts, but I figured my arms would be fresh enough. More importantly, there just had to be some climbing. What with one thing and another, and you can blame a lot on the rain, I haven’t… Read more »
A low productivity day
There was something in the air. It was a beautiful early fall day, the weather crisp, clear, and just warm enough once the sun came up to climb in short sleeves. The Gunks were surprisingly uncrowded yet filled with people I knew. But despite the auspicious circumstances, when we reconvened at the end of the… Read more »
Reach the Beach 2008
Part Fun, Part LogisticsI joined The Red Eye Runners, Steve’s Reach the Beach team, at the last minute when one of his teammates had to drop out. My friend Lisa commented that Reach the Beach is supposedly fun but a logistical nightmare. Luckily for me, this was the team’s fourth time running the race, so… Read more »
The High-Commitment Heave Ho
If you start Inverted Layback at the crack/arete on the left, there’s a lot of climbing on it. But whether you start on the left or straight up the middle, the climb comes down to a single moment when you pick up your left foot, the moment when you begin the “inverted layback.” Last weekend… Read more »