Got to the 'Gunks with Rachel, Melanie, and Rob (sorry to have missed you Bill). Battled the heat but got on layback, p1 of YYYY, and p1 of loose goose. then did triple bulges. rachel did a lot of leading weekend and was far more confident than she has been in the past. she is getting much better and both finding and placing gear and trusting it. i was really proud of her.

speaking of triple bulges: where are the "white ovelaps / overhangs" on the second pitch? are they directly below the obvious tree ledge or are they to the climber's left and above the tree ledge? Lucander told me they were the latter while a guide at the bottom told me there were the former. I'm really curious to know.

I duno about that route... i turned that into a wandering adventure this spring. i basically said fuck any type of common route and went gear placement to gear placement in a semi continuous line towards the tree. Then i did that super fun overhang to the left after the tree but it kinda doesn't top out anywhere nice looking so i downclimbed back to the tree. Apparently you can top out and go over to M G's rap but the downclimb was easier. I think those are the white overhangs. Vote: up and Left

Is anybody looking for a Gunks partner this weekend?

Josh

QQ is said to not be legally climbable. .

Double cut it out!!!! Please do invoke the dreaded BP name!!!

no shit huh? I'll go over to NEclimbs now and see if he's hinted about that post over there, like he used to do. oh wait, here's some more bait that fucking weirdo couldn't resist when he was posting under his other usernames:

damn, in another 19 days it'l be 2 years since I took that fall adn broke my left ankle. I still have nerve damage and only partial sensation in the sole and toes, and the middle three toes have been paralyzed so long that they've become stuck, and I can't even make them bend manually with my fingers. doesn't really limit my climbing, though, what little of it I do these days.

Dang Josh! Timing is everything in life.

As I told you last time we spoke I am looking forward to partnering with you at the Gunks sometime. Unfortunatley/fortunately I need to fulfill a previous commitment to head up to North Conway for the weekend. Good luck finding a partner.

QQ was also the impetus to get this thread started, and also helped create the community. I first met Core, Julia, Jake, Larry H, Jeremy, Rob, Wide, and others at QQ.

Maybe it should be renamed the QQ thread, LOL!

G

The first "Eff the Groundhog, we're going climbing anyway" parties. Snow and donuts on the C-wall. That and the Monday night BBQ's we managed for one summer. I still conssider popping back there to try and get restarted. Sure the graffiti is pretty bad by now

Oh, that was a screen name? Glad I left it alone, lol. Silly me I thought it was an insult of sorts and looked it up. Then thought, what the hell is this dude saying.? I can assure you all I have not been here before, and don't play games like that. I am me, good, bad, indifferent, all the same.

HA! yeah those were really fun times ;-) last time I was there was spring of '10, the bottom of Cwall was very slick in places from all the graffiti. there are some spots that are still graffiti free tho. I still have your crash pad ;-)

Need to ressurect those . QQ is way closer to me at work than CRG or CR LOL

Yeah i haven't forgotten my pad, just haven't needed it yet ;-)

well hey, when I'm back from Vacation we should plan a saturday at the Q, ya think?

well hey, when I'm back from Vacation we should plan a saturday at the Q, ya think?

Q would be good... A wall and c wall slabbage before i try anything actually vertical LOL

@ jake, I have your cel , if i can do it that week I'll call 'kay?

@ Wide, wanna try for sat the 20th?