By Simon Thompson
From New Paltz, NY
Mar 8, 2013
| Whatever. I WISH I could climb the Yellow Wall. Someday... | 
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By Kevin Heckeler
From West Sand Lake, New York
Mar 8, 2013
| Simon Thompson wrote: Whatever. I WISH I could climb the Yellow Wall. Someday...
Newb. If you aint pulling the toughest 5.11s in the Gunks you really aint climbing. |
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By Eddie2170
From Orange County, NY
Mar 8, 2013
| Simon Thompson wrote: Wow you were doing this too? Surprised I didn't see you out there. I was out on quite a few early mornings in November. The sunrises were beautiful... I even saw a bear on the carriage road one morning! It's amazing just how few people are actually up there before 8.
Definitely, and the sunrises were incredible, and you might have, Im just a 20 year old kid and you probably overlooked me and my other similar aged partners, not saying its a bad thing, if I saw me walking up to the trapps I'd do a double take and ask myself why they're not in highschool (I will willingly admit to appearing 16 haha) but I actually made it out all the way up to December 16th was my last day out on rock. Ever since ive been itching to get back out. |
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By Unassigned User
Mar 8, 2013
| Kevin Heckeler wrote: If you don't mind cold fingers, you could always start early Monday. Usually by 8 or 9AM the sun is high enough it warms things up quick.
If I didn't have an appoimment for Monday AM that I have been putting odd for AGES - my arse would be down to the GUNKS for the day on Monday before the rain comes in! Damn it!
maybe I need to change my appt, eh? LOL. |
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By Kevin Heckeler
From West Sand Lake, New York
Mar 8, 2013
| Kevin Heckeler wrote: I believe they got a few inches today at the Preserve. Not as much as east of the hudson, or north in Albany.
Correction, one report says 7" but I don't really believe it because Poughkeepsie got 5.5" ... places to the east generally got more from this storm in the mid hudson valley.
Any more than a couple 2 inches though may not dry in just one day (Saturday).
This is just a correction of my prior post. You good folks waste all the gas and time you want. :-D |
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By Simon Thompson
From New Paltz, NY
Mar 8, 2013
| You can call it a waste if you want. It's better than going to the gym or god forbid sitting on Mountain Project for hours on end(I'm guilty of this right now...) |
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By Kevin Heckeler
From West Sand Lake, New York
Mar 8, 2013
| Simon Thompson wrote: You can call it a waste if you want. It's better than going to the gym or god forbid sitting on Mountain Project for hours on end(I'm guilty of this right now...)
I'm pulling a paycheck.
Two days of other outdoors activities await!
[and yeah, I'm ready for this snow shit to end] |
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By lucander
From Stone Ridge, NY
Mar 8, 2013
| I don't mean to snow on anyone's parade, but I just skied Undercliff Road and there's 6" + of snow. This stuff is sticky and heavy, there's a lot of moisture in it. I live minutes from the Trapps and I'm not even going to bother wasting my time to drive there for climbing on Saturday - Sunday will be spotty, too, because the intense sun is going to melt the snow all at once and create a mess.
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By Ben Brotelho
From Albany, NY
Mar 8, 2013
| Simon get off yo' ass and go climb something!!! ha ha! Couldn't resist.
Makin my way north with the old man tomorrow to find ice...I will probably get skunked and wish I went down to the Gunx to climb warm rock with ya and drink beers !!! |
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By Unassigned User
Mar 8, 2013
| I'm going to check out a 60 ft vertical waterfall that is local and 15 mins from my home at a Preserve that offers nice 90-degree WI3-4 ice - MAYBE WI5 - bit I doubt a 5. It's in the shade all day long so it should still be good I am thinking. if so - going to do some roped solo from a top anchored rope with my GriGri2 and backup as I use on rock and get a little ice time in!
I am TRYING to post a pic here of my local place but it's not uploading! Uggh! |
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By Eddie2170
From Orange County, NY
Mar 8, 2013
| lucander wrote: I don't mean to snow on anyone's parade, but I just skied Undercliff Road and there's 6" + of snow. This stuff is sticky and heavy, there's a lot of moisture in it. I live minutes from the Trapps and I'm not even going to bother wasting my time to drive there for climbing on Saturday - Sunday will be spotty, too, because the intense sun is going to melt the snow all at once and create a mess. DL
Yeah, originally the forecast said it was going to rain/snow Wed/Thurs so i figured it would be okay for Friday & the weekend but then this mess happened.
Im in southern Orange County and I got 12+ inches, so I'll gauge the snowmelt by here, but if its really going to be 50+ all weekend plus Monday it could dry up pretty quick, I'd really only be looking to get out Monday, and it's going to rain again late Monday/Tuesday anyway, and the end of next week is looking promising so far |
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By rogerbenton
Mar 9, 2013
| weather, shmeather.
this guy knows how to party.
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By lucander
From Stone Ridge, NY
Mar 9, 2013
| I was skiing this morning, here's a picture of the Trapps from Skytop. A lot of snow as of 7:30 am.
| Trapps as of 7:30 am on Saturday
Submitted By: lucander on Mar 9, 2013
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By lucander
From Stone Ridge, NY
Mar 9, 2013
| Just trying to save you fellas a wasted trip. I don't know about you folks, but I'm a busy man and don't have enough free time to spend it getting my hands wet in horizontals.
Enough faking it, I gotta get things done on this computer. |
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By Ben Brotelho
From Albany, NY
Mar 9, 2013
| Good luck being productive on a gorgeous Saturday!!!! |
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By rgold
From Poughkeepsie, NY
Mar 9, 2013
| rogerbenton wrote: weather, shmeather. this guy knows how to party.
Yeah. You fair-weather climbers are way wimpy if you don't think you can get in full-value days this weekend.
Here's Chis and Rob on a real winter day.
Sadly, I actually have to be "productive" this weekend---no climbing for me. |
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By Simon Thompson
From New Paltz, NY
Mar 9, 2013
| rgold wrote: Yeah. You fair-weather climbers are way wimpy if you don't think you can get in full-value days this weekend. Here's Chis and Rob on a real winter day.
Fuck yeah. |
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By JSH
Administrator
Mar 9, 2013
| thanks for posting that pic, Dave. |
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By Goldsmith
Mar 9, 2013
| Today was beautiful. There certainly was a lot of melting snow and seepage and wetness but more than a few dry routes. Had the place virtually to ourselves... |
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By rogerbenton
Mar 9, 2013
| Goldsmith wrote: Today was beautiful. There certainly was a lot of melting snow and seepage and wetness but more than a few dry routes. Had the place virtually to ourselves...
Love days like this.
Iffy whether keeps everyone away and there are easier classics to be had that give new challenges when they're a little wet.
Or a lot wet, like in those vids. |
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By Simon Thompson
From New Paltz, NY
Mar 10, 2013
| Just got a few pitches in before work. The rock is dry as a bone! |
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By Kevin Heckeler
From West Sand Lake, New York
Mar 11, 2013
| Simon Thompson wrote: Just got a few pitches in before work. The rock is dry as a bone!
What did you climb? I doubt you did 350 routes before work... ;) |
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By Logan Schiff
From NY, NY
Mar 11, 2013
| Conditions were amazing Sunday! So dry someone was free soloing madame g's.
Even credibility gap was dry though quite cold in the shade and a poor choice in retrospect. |
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