Finally, I was able to dedicate myself to getting out to WV and the New River Gorge for several consecutive weekends in a row. The ending results were a lot of fun with friends and “climbing associates”, sending of many new routes, and even putting up a couple hard ones for myself.
Report: Weekend of Oct 5th (Back in the saddle)
- Saturday, I could re-acquaint myself with rock climbing
- Got in a couple piles of climbing in the lower meadows with Caleb, Tyler, Bk, Sean
- While working some climbs, a big cold snap came blowing in dropping the temp drastically.
- Bk took the advice and skipped a clip on “puppy chow” almost impales himself on a tree
- Sunday, we took to the cirque.
- Only a small group of people, were located there.
- I worked and put down “Superstition” with Sean
Report Weekend of Oct 12th (Caleb’s birthday)
- The ride to WV was full on of sprinter life with Alexis, Tyler, and Becca
- Saturday was a bit wet and rainy, so we went back and hiked into cirque
- Took Lap on “Skylore” and amnesia flash on “graffiti”, but it got way to crowded with the mass of people
- Witnessed to Bk send of Sloth, he now rides shiny and chrome. Scared a bunch of Australians with is spray-paint addiction.
- Walked with Blake and Alexis to Jacobs ladder and got on “Fat Back”. Burly climb with some of the hardest moves I got on.
- Made big batch of taco for dinner, followed by a Caleb slide show.
- Sunday, I changed it up and got on a volume day with Sam at the Cotton Club.
- Knocked 10 random new routes.
Report: Weekend of Oct 19th (Rolling the dice with the Weather)
- Crisp cold day, but people wanted to rage in Butcher branch (Sam ,Tyler ,limo ,Bk, Eric C., Kristi and Becca)
- Bk and Lipko took turns ripping and playing on Slash and Burn.
- Eric, Sam and I got some volume and climbed bunch of the 11s I never touched before.
- End of day knocked of “control” and “koas” (using Sam’s knee bar beta)
- Saturday, everything was wet, but we attempt to go to the hole. Manky and huge gumbo sessions were going down. Sam called them little bitches and went home.
Report: Weekend of Oct 26th (Stoking the Fire)
- Friday, the weather of a perfect so we descended on the Party Buttress, (Sam, Alex, and Caleb)
- Teamed up with for some new stuff with Caleb. Mellifluous, S’more Energy, Chouinard-Steck Variation, Freaky Stylee, and end-day on hailmary go on Harbinger Scarab.
- Saturday, I got a good through beatdown in the thunderdome. Complete destruction on pod then walked around and found glasses
- Sunday, everyone had high hopes of dry endless wall rock, but it was unexpectedly wet. Everything had become soaked.
- Bk was ready to jump off a bridge with his rollercoaster of emotion.
- Eventually the walls dried out around 1pm. BK became extremely excited on endless route.
- I revisited an old route “Rainy-Day Route”. I went into full on grunt and grab mode.
Report: Weekend of Nov 2nd (Leaving Nothing on the Table)
- Vanlife ride up with Kristi because the house would be packed for the weekend. We walked into 2 movies “out cold” and “D-day: Raw Display of Power“
- Saturday ended up being endless honeymooner day.
- Good solid trad warmup with Tyler (his re-intro) and Caleb.
- Got super caffeinated with deathwish coffee and onsighted “Hellbound For Glory” when it was washed free of chalk.
- Caleb was putting in work into getting this 100th 5.12 “Gift of Grace”. Got on a send train with Leighton, Caleb and Yonnie.
- Caleb then recommended a obscura 5.12 that turned our to be a sucker punch due to broken hold.
- Then a final beating was going or the send on Sacrilege. Never be able to do the 5.12b move.
- Night-time was the introduction of the Gloom game
- Sunday, we returned to the party buttress with Kristie, BK, Caleb, and Tyler. Weather had return to perfection.
- I rapped in, brushed, and hung draws on Harbinger Scarab head wall. Pulled roped and thrutched my way to the top.
- Caleb recommend another obscura “Crimes of flashing”, so Tyler, him and I rapped into it.
- Ending the day, with climb of “stim-o-stam” and “techman”
- Monday, was a bit slower as it was all starting to catch up to me.
- Kristi and I went to Bubba city to run a bunch of undone routes. Encountered a leaver biner fiasco on Sheer Energy.
- I was ice skating like a crab on the top slip off “Michelin Man Direct”
- Final send of the day was a battle crimp onsight of “Likme”
