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texeverlasting
Jul 9, 2008, 6:27 PM
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Canada Cliffs, yes.
And I was being completely facetious about Otter Cliffs. I wouldn't have climbed that for my first time if I'd been shoved off with a rope attached. No way, no how. It is pretty touristy though, which is fun to some degree. I love the staples at the top...can you say overkill??
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Gmburns2000
Jul 9, 2008, 6:38 PM
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texeverlasting wrote: Canada Cliffs, yes. And I was being completely facetious about Otter Cliffs. I wouldn't have climbed that for my first time if I'd been shoved off with a rope attached. No way, no how. It is pretty touristy though, which is fun to some degree. I love the staples at the top...can you say overkill??
Actually, the climbing at Otter is pretty decent, but one does have to consider the various obstacles / annoyances. It was the first place that I climbed in Acadia after I came back from grad school, though I've never ventured off the Wonder Wall. If it weren't for the tourists, I would venture to say that it might be one of the best places to climb on the whole island. I dunno, something about seacliffs kind of interest me. Still, it isn't optimal for many reasons, and that is a bit unfortunate.
Greg
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wonderwoman
Jul 9, 2008, 6:40 PM
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Great Head is some amazing sea cliff climbing, too. Morning Glory rocks. You should give it a shot sometime!
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Gmburns2000
Jul 9, 2008, 6:43 PM
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wonderwoman wrote: Great Head is some amazing sea cliff climbing, too. Morning Glory rocks. You should give it a shot sometime!
Heh, ever read this?
Edit: I swear to God I'm not an idiot. None of us knew that the cliffs were actually cliffs, despite the fact that we knew it was the tallest promontory on the east coast and we had grown up seeing the cliffs both from land and sea.
(This post was edited by Gmburns2000 on Jul 9, 2008, 6:49 PM)
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wonderwoman
Jul 9, 2008, 6:55 PM
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Nope - work server won't let me read it! I'll try from home later.
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Gmburns2000
Jul 9, 2008, 7:03 PM
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boo hiss - time for a new job 
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cracklover
Jul 10, 2008, 1:58 PM
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Nice job, Cory.
GO
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dovaka
Jul 10, 2008, 2:02 PM
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I just took over the MA route page from orangekayak since he no longer lives in the area and I'm looking for suggestions on what should be put on the front page. I all ready went threw and cleaned up all the pics and links that didnt work but I would like to redo the rest of it.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...tates/Massachusetts/
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robbovius
Jul 10, 2008, 2:51 PM
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Patrick, kewl. sorry I can't join you up north this weekend. I'll be at Purgatory as I mentioned. dunno itf I'll attempt that roof/chimney deal or what. maybe, depends on how I feel, how many peeps show up.
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jrathfon
Jul 10, 2008, 6:08 PM
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I made two free on-line guides for two areas in western mass, Rose and the Hideaway, you could link those in. Also there are a few random routes on the Rose page that don't exist, or are just made up names for established routes. You can check them vs. the guides. My guides were written based off of the out of print Rubin guide, New England Bouldering, and lots of talk with the locals.
The guides are at http://www.drtopo.com, print them out as doubled sided folded half-sheet guides. Print the odd pages first, then flip these over and feed them back into the printer and print the even pages, staple in the middle then fold.
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Gmburns2000
Jul 15, 2008, 2:57 AM
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Hey guys,
Another post on Lover's Leap is up. Sorry it took so long. Hope you enjoy this, though I have to say that I don't think it is one of my more exciting posts. I had to be creative to add interest this time.
Greg
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epoch
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Jul 15, 2008, 11:00 AM
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Anyone heading to Acadia this weekend?
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jakedatc
Jul 15, 2008, 11:48 AM
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Nope.. but probably Rumney next weekend if you're interested.
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epoch
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Jul 15, 2008, 12:01 PM
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I have a stupid wedding I have to attend. Stupid, because I really don't want to go, but I have to attend it because I've been a friend to the girl for 2 years.
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jakedatc
Jul 16, 2008, 1:04 AM
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sucks... probly go up thurs or fri and stay till sunday
Curl up and Fly must go down 
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core
Jul 16, 2008, 1:23 AM
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epoch
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Jul 16, 2008, 1:32 AM
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core wrote: epoch wrote: I have a stupid wedding I have to attend. Stupid, because I really don't want to go, but I have to attend it because I've been a friend to the girl for 2 years. Hopefully she can't track you down on the interweb!
For a person who is a computer program manager, she's pretty computer illiterate. ~ sucks, but it's the truth.
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jakedatc
Jul 20, 2008, 4:38 AM
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/watches tumbleweeds pass by...
so.. yea.. Rumney this coming weekend. I'm not sure if we're going up thursday or friday .. might take a rest day to hike cannon to snag a quick 4000' er (yea yea Jay thats like the parking lot to the western 14'r crap)
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maimed
Jul 20, 2008, 7:23 AM
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Moving to Brookline from CO in the next month and would like to hook up for some trad with any takers. Especially interested in trad with kids in tow (mine are 7 and 3)
Long time lurker, first-time poster on this thread btw.
Matt
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epoch
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Jul 20, 2008, 2:19 PM
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jakedatc wrote: /watches tumbleweeds pass by... so.. yea.. Rumney this coming weekend. I'm not sure if we're going up thursday or friday .. might take a rest day to hike cannon to snag a quick 4000' er (yea yea Jay thats like the parking lot to the western 14'r crap)
Actually the parking lots are usually around 6,500'. Though the Mt. Whitney trailhead is at 8,600'. Your parking lot mountain is well below the valley floor.
You should *cough* climb Cannon and bag that peak in style.
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ratherbe
Jul 20, 2008, 3:27 PM
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For marginal weather, Cannon saw a lot of traffic yesterday. At least 4 parties headed up Whitney G and 2 or 3 hit Moby Grape. We were of the Whitney G bent after the soaking the rock received overnight, thinking the crack needed some time to dry.
Good times on WG though, including:
--a party ahead of us bailing
--loud rumbles that were not trucks or motorcycles on the highway
--dodging rain drops
--playing leap frog with a party behind us as we all try to outrun the rain and rumbles
--pepperoni snack at the sunny summit (thanks R & C!)
--sloshing to the base while the skies opened up for real (hey, at least my ropes got cleaned)
--the sight of the parking lot
While we had originally planned to do Moby Grape this weekend, I'm happy to have done WG and lead the pitched I'd followed last time.
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jakedatc
Jul 20, 2008, 5:53 PM
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no thanks.. i prefer my rocks firmly attached to.. well.. SOMETHING
plus it's a rest day from climbing hence.. no climbing :)
you have fun at your wedding there big burly trad man ;) do a chicken dance for us all 
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losbill
Jul 21, 2008, 4:35 PM
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Jen ---Good job on WGR! Good to hear you were able to get up it before the weather really hit.
We were thinking about getting up early and skidding up WGR. However, we experienced the most violent thunderstorm it has ever been my "pleasure" to be outdoors in, while cowering at the base of the Duet Buttress on Friday afternoon. As a result, we had little desire to head up WGR and take the chance of getting whacked again.
Chickened out, hung out at breakfast and then hit Rumney to clip bolts close to the car until it hit the fan again about 2:30 PM.
Bagged it then and headed home for the weekend given the forecast for Sunday. Ahh! The joys of climbing during T-storm season!!! --- Bill
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Gmburns2000
Jul 23, 2008, 3:08 AM
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A long time coming, but another post on Lover's Leap is up. I have two more posts after this (the last day and a summary - likely a bit controversial), and then this trip report(s) is(are) finished.
I also owe a report on our WG climb on Sat. It was an adventure for sure. I hope to write that Thursday.
Enjoy...
Greg
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losbill
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In reply to: likely a bit controversial
Greg --- I don't do controversy well! Could you provide a NC-rated (non-controversial) version? Have enjoyed the write ups. Would love to get out there someday! BTW Ed and I have decided to hit Acadia on a Thursday on our way to Katahdin. Blackwoods is closed out. Any recommendations regarding camping? --- Thanks Bill
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