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Aya K

Trad climber

New York

Sep 12, 2007 - 08:08pm PT

I think this one would have been nice had the sky been blue and the climber wearing something other than rock colored clothes, but it was a good day nonetheless. It was raining all day (Sunday 9/9) and this wall overhangs enough that it stays pretty much bone dry.

The boys took turns whipping. The clouds rolling in were pretty awesome.

Large sizes over at http://www.flickr.com/photos/Aya_K_Alt

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Sep 12, 2007 - 08:13pm PT

Is that the Daks in the rain? Looks like fun!

Missed out Sunday's rain but GO and I slimed our way up Cathedral in Saturday's maxed-out humidity. Finishing P3 of Intimidation:

Aya K

Trad climber

New York

Sep 12, 2007 - 08:25pm PT

Yeah, sorry. That's the King Wall in the Dacks. Route's called Kingdom Come, I think, 11c or so. I was way too hungover to even contemplate giving it a go. The King Wall's awesome because it overhangs so much that it stays totally dry. You need to go like ten feet out from the base before you start getting dripped on.

Saturday was beautiful in the Dacks. It was pouring buckets at about 7AM when I got up so I rolled over, and when I rolled back over around 8:30, it had stopped. We went up to the Spider's Web and found clear blue skies - AND it was way warm. Definitely still summer. Not a ton of humidity though. I led Slim Pickens, which I was pretty psyched about because I've only done a few other 9s clean (two at the gunks, and one at cathedral). It was unfortunately not an onsight but whatever.

It climbs a crack in a corner and is a stemming problem with a couple-of-face-moves crux, so it was right up my alley.
Saturday 9/8

I was more psyched on Monday when we went over to Poko and I onsighted Casual Observer, which is definitely 10. Bolted for the most part, but I was still pretty psyched. I'm feeling strong, mentally. I think I'm going to try to get on Le Teton this weekend at the gunks. I think GO just did that over labor day weekend? I'm already pooping my pants thinking about it!!

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Sep 13, 2007 - 09:51am PT

Nice looking corner!

Have fun on Le Teton. From all accounts it's exciting (but not dangerous) to lead. I'd love to go up there this fall.

GOclimb

Trad climber

Boston, MA

Sep 13, 2007 - 10:16am PT

Nice. Congrats, Aya! Spider's Web is top of my list in new (for me) areas to visit on the East Coast. I hear it's nothin' but hard cracks.

Yummy!!!!

GO

TKingsbury

Trad climber

Sep 13, 2007 - 11:04am PT

Liz enjoys climbing so much, her energy is contagious

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Sep 13, 2007 - 11:13am PT

Straight up!

wootles

climber

I've moved

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2007 - 11:14am PT

"Nice. Congrats, Aya! Spider's Web is top of my list in new (for me) areas to visit on the East Coast. I hear it's nothin' but hard cracks.

Yummy!!!!

GO"

Earlier this summer I finally went to the Daks (for rock climbing) for the first time in 30 years of climbing. It was fantastic! Went to Poko and the Spider's Web. Great stuff! Too bad it's such a long drive for me. There's just no easy way to get there from here. Six hours no matter how I slice it.

hrtmnstrfr

Sport climber

Chattanooga, TN

Sep 13, 2007 - 11:17am PT

Defy Laws of Tradition 5.10a, Left Flank, Red River Gorge, KY

Bread and Butter V2, Horse Pens 40, AL

Sloper Slappin' on High Life V5, Horse Pens 40, AL

A wonderful pocketed V3, The Wasp, Horse Pens 40, AL

Ghetto Bridge climbing in Memphis, TN, under I-55

Just after topping out on Scream Wall 5.10a/b (Old School rating), Sunset Park, Chattanooga, TN

The Fire Starter, The Tee pee, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, AR

Hackberry Crack 5.8+, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, AR

Melvin Mills

Trad climber

Albuquerque NM

Sep 13, 2007 - 12:08pm PT

hrtmnstrfr,

Did you take that photo of the Wasp at HP40 last year on a super cold morning a little before Thanksgiving? If so, I was there bouldering and remember you and your photo equipment. Funny coincidence.

Very nice pics by the way, southern sandstone is perfection.

Melvin.

hrtmnstrfr

Sport climber

Chattanooga, TN

Sep 13, 2007 - 12:51pm PT

Melvin,
Yes, that was me. Where you in the group from Missouri? If so I think I have pictures of you as well...

Aya K

Trad climber

New York

Sep 13, 2007 - 02:46pm PT

GO - it's nothing but steep cracks! Big ones, little ones, straight ones, diagonal ones, all cracks. Slim Pickens is kind of the exception because it's in a corner (but it's a crack, too) and it's the easiest climb on the wall (except maybe Mr. Roger's Neighborhood which gets a 5.8 which is largely easier, but I think the start is a little less straightforward and trickier).

Wootles - it's about 5 for me to Keene, and then another 40 or so to Poko for me, and I've been doing it on average about twice a month for about the last two years. 6 isn't so bad!!!

wootles

climber

I've moved

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2007 - 04:35pm PT

Well if I were single and my SO lived in Keene I might make the drive a bit more often myself.;)

Actually 6 hours doesn't bother me all that much, it's that it is 6 hours of driving on secondary and thirdary roads. brutal.

Big

climber

Sep 14, 2007 - 10:25am PT

If mayhem was involved, the MO group was probably some of my brothers peeps.

Tahoe climber

Trad climber

a dark-green forester out west

Sep 14, 2007 - 12:38pm PT

Nice thread. Don't tell the usual 4 idiots who have the same argument over and over.

bluering

Trad climber

Santa Clara, Ca.

Sep 14, 2007 - 03:58pm PT

This one is climbing related...taken on the East side of Tuolumne last weekend at Aspen campgrounds. It's the septic truck that removes 'debris' from the bathrooms. Notice the license plate.