Mountain Project: Forum: Dry tooling in the summer rain?

By Jon H
From Northern NJ
Jun 12, 2010

I'm kinda jonesin to do some climbing. Rain is forecast all weekend around here.

There are some bolted drytooling routes in the area... total chosspiles, so no one cares if they get scratched up.

Would going out in the rain with tools and 'poons be a fools errand? Am I gonna die? Where the hell can I find a partner who also thinks this might be fun in a perverse suffer-fest sort of way?

Discuss.

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By Buff Johnson
Jun 12, 2010

In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth. <br /> <br />The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. <br /> <br />After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only "orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. <br />

Yer Gonna Die!!

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By Chris Plesko
From Westminster, CO
Jun 12, 2010

If there were overhanging caves that stayed somewhat dry it would be a little more fun. I'd probably join you if I lived close by.

I've climbed rock in the rain before. It's sort of fun on easy routes with big feet.

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By Woodchuck ATC
Jun 12, 2010

agree it's better than sittin' at home on a rainy day. Choss and tools sounds like fun to me. But alas, I'm a thousand miles away and in search of my own limestone choss-pile for similar adventures in a thunderstorm this whole rainy weekend.

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By Phoenix
From louisville, colorado
Jun 14, 2010

Climbing wet rock with tools presents a whole other set of challenges. But I like your thinking!

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By minielle
From Holladay, Utah
Jun 14, 2010

Somewhat off topic but....I got an email from a friend who said that they went climbing in the rain at Red Rock-Vegas. I didn't think that it was a good idea to climb on wet sandstone. What is the truth about rain and sandstone and the the whys?

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By Red
From Arizona
Jun 14, 2010