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HP 40 Day 2

HP 40 Day 2

Posted October 31, 2007 at 5:58 am · Comments { 5 } ·

Day 2 at HP 40 dawned to more fantastic weather. Despite the Boulderween festivities promised for later in the evening the campground didn’t seem that crowded and the boulders weren’t really crowded either. Despite liberal applications of various climbing salves the night before, skin was definitely going to be an issue for most on Day [...]

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HP 40 Day 1

HP 40 Day 1

Posted October 30, 2007 at 6:42 am · Comments { 8 } ·

Last weekend, Amy and I took 5 kids from our climbing team for a long weekend to Horse Pens 40 in Alabama. Having been there a few times myself I was really excited for the kids to be able to get a feel for some “real” bouldering. After making the 12 hour drive and getting [...]

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The Gunks

The Gunks

Posted October 18, 2007 at 1:43 pm · Comments { 10 } ·

Despite all of my (and Old School’s) stressing, belly-aching and doomsday predictions about the weather forecast for New Paltz last week, the weather was basically a non-factor during our trip to the Gunks. What was a factor? How about the incredible climbing, landscapes, history and weather we got a taste of during our 5 day visit to New York.

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More Devil’s Lake Pictures

More Devil’s Lake Pictures

Posted October 4, 2007 at 10:08 am · Comments { 3 } ·

I added a few pictures from this past weekend’s excursions at Devil’s Lake to the pictures page.  I’m still learning how to work with my new Nikon D70 which is at times frustrating when you don’t see the results you hope for but it is nevertheless very fun.  More to come…  

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Devil’s Lake – 9/22-23/2007

Devil’s Lake – 9/22-23/2007

Posted September 28, 2007 at 9:41 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Here are a few pictures with related storytelling from our weekend at Devil’s Lake.  More pictures than what is seen here can be viewed by visiting the pictures page. On Saturday we made the circuit of some of the more classic problems at the North Shore and Monolith Areas.  I of course had to show [...]

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Roadside Attraction

Roadside Attraction

Posted September 10, 2007 at 6:19 am · Comments { 8 } ·

Over the Labor Day weekend, I was fortunate enough to be able to climb one of the more classic trad routes at the Red River Gorge, Roadside Attraction.        

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature

Posted September 5, 2007 at 6:45 am · Comments { 3 } ·

For the Labor Day weekend, Amy and I took some friends of ours down to the Red River Gorge.  On Friday we headed to Phantasia and did the classic route Creature Feature (5.9).  I made my first foray into taking pictures from the anchors and here are some pictures of Kevlar, Amy and Sarah climbing [...]

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