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Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:42 am
by gazedo
VHGisdead wrote:was planning to have a fun day of bouldering and drinking beer near home last week but it rained unexpectedly so we had to bail to the hard sport crag (Little River Canyon) and a wall where it stays dry basically all the time. Place is sick. Unfortunately the warm-up at this spot is 11a and I'm not a strong climber but the good news is that the 11a warm-up is an awesome route and close enough that I should be able to get back to it and try to send it at some point.


sorry for losing track, are you not in nyc area anymore?

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:24 am
by vhg
Ah no, I meant parents' home. I'm still outside of NYC. Haven't climbed around here yet but hoping to soon

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:09 pm
by gazedo
VHGisdead wrote:Ah no, I meant parents' home. I'm still outside of NYC. Haven't climbed around here yet but hoping to soon


seemed like a tough winter for outdoor climbing in the northeast

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 5:19 pm
by gazedo
really been flailing on everything i try to climb recently. :|

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:16 pm
by Muad'dib bin Stiltzkin
in my hometown in southeast PA for the spring and summer and an old, good friend of mine and I both independently got into sport climbing while I was away, been great reconnecting with him and planning trips together even if the weather hasn't been cooperating :D

I'm thinking about going to the new river gorge to help with their trail maintenance event in may to meet people and learn more about the crag, hopefully get some climbing in too

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:33 pm
by gazedo
new blood, old hat wrote:in my hometown in southeast PA for the spring and summer and an old, good friend of mine and I both independently got into sport climbing while I was away, been great reconnecting with him and planning trips together even if the weather hasn't been cooperating :D

I'm thinking about going to the new river gorge to help with their trail maintenance event in may to meet people and learn more about the crag, hopefully get some climbing in too


That all sounds awesome! Climbing is the best!

Leaving for Moab tonight. Stoked for some sandstone even if California granite has turned me soft. Going to get so pumped! Haven't been on a rope for almost 6 months!

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:14 am
by something sensible if
did some traversing today just to get back in the swing of things after not climbing for a few months because i messed my shoulder up, and i am hyped. probably still gonna get PT for my shoulder whenever i get my health insurance set up at my job.

saw a dude doing, like, solo aid trad climbing with the loops that you put your feet in. haven't seen anyone do that at that spot before.

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:35 pm
by gazedo
this is a pretty great use of time lapse:

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/264661267[/vimeo]

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 12:52 pm
by gazedo
net bouldering!


Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2018 9:29 am
by vhg
going to the Gunks tomorrow? Just gonna follow but even that will be a new experience for me

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:39 pm
by gazedo
VHGisdead wrote:going to the Gunks tomorrow? Just gonna follow but even that will be a new experience for me


sounds hot. but i am a baby when it come to conditions.

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2018 9:16 pm
by vhg
Ha, didn't mean to use an exclamation point. Weather looks OK. Hopefully won't be climbing much that's too conditions dependent.

Fully expecting to be out of my element though

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2018 5:36 pm
by vhg
Joe Kinder is being dropped by his sponsors for using an alt Instagram account to cyberbully Sasha Digiulian, and I guess Courtney Sanders too

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2018 7:27 pm
by gazedo
VHGisdead wrote:Joe Kinder is being dropped by his sponsors for using an alt Instagram account to cyberbully Sasha Digiulian, and I guess Courtney Sanders too


La Sportiva dropped his ass too.

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2018 7:30 pm
by vhg
ugh. Supposed to drive to the New tomorrow but I have to be back on Friday and thunderstorms are forecast for Thursday. I don't think I can justify an 8-hour drive for one day at the crag

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 2:41 pm
by gazedo
Yes, everything is right in the climbing world again!!!! Caldwell and Honnold absolutely smashing Gobright's Nose record. Prediction: with Reel Rock there in the Valley and a real chance for Honnold to put Gobright away for good, I bet they go for a few more laps in the next couple weeks and go sub 2 hours! Really enjoying this Honnold - Gobright rivalry. We need more real feuds in climbing that are not just privileged white guys being jerks (re Joe Kinder).

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 2:48 pm
by vhg
love to take hundred footers and get right back on the horse

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2018 9:49 am
by Muad'dib bin Stiltzkin
Went to the NRG and Miguel's for the first time, hoooo boy that was fun
steepest climbing and biggest whips I've done outside
gotta work on that ARC training though cause I get pumped way too quick

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:58 pm
by gazedo
new nose record at 2:01:50 (which includes dealing with a stuck rope)!!!

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:41 pm
by branzino
That's nice to hear, especially in light of the recent tragic news from Yosemite

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:52 pm
by vhg
wow

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:54 pm
by vhg
it's been pretty brutal to read the reports trickling in of the Freeblast fall. Lotta introspection from big timers on the supertopo thread.

This is pretty hard to read https://www.climbing.com/news/eye-witnesses-recount-tragic-accident-on-el-caps-freeblast/

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:15 pm
by gazedo
The cut rope at least makes some sense to how they fell all the way to the ground.

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:55 pm
by gazedo
1:58 on the nose!

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:07 pm
by vhg
Image

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:10 pm
by vhg
I never saw this before, speed records are nuts


Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:27 pm
by gazedo
I am just waiting for Alex to replace Tommy with Adam and go 1:40

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 4:50 pm
by something sensible if
im sorta idiotically hyped that honnold has been completely sober his whole life

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:20 pm
by gazedo
something sensible if wrote:im sorta idiotically hyped that honnold has been completely sober his whole life


yeah, if you don't count his addiction to adrenaline. dude is definitely constantly seeking the next high.

Re: Climbing

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 3:31 pm
by Muad'dib bin Stiltzkin
What is everyones local crag? I'm in PA and the local spots aren't exactly going to be on the cover of a magazine but I'm happy they're in the arew. Better than nothing

anybody here climb at birdsboro in PA? it's slowly becoming my go to spot cause it's the closest sport crag around me. It's an old quarry and super chossy with lots of glue on olds and the rock is glossy as all hell, but there's some fun stuff. very chill environment and locals too. surprisingly climbable in the summer when you've got shade