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trainor
Apr 5, 2006, 6:06 PM
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gunks thursday afternoon anyone?
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dudemanbu
Apr 6, 2006, 10:29 PM
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I'll be at ragged on saturday or sunday, but not both, i think, assuming the weather is nice.
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jboulderct
Apr 7, 2006, 12:04 PM
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if you want to meet up there, PM me.
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devkrev
Apr 7, 2006, 6:16 PM
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Dudemanbu and I got out today before rain started.
Climbed at Pinnacle
he pretty much onsighted Zambezi and Emerald City
I burst into tears on them....and I was following.
Dude...man...you can pull down.
We climbed 3rd crack and Herbinurm(sp) corner, and Scarecrow.
Good fun until the rain.
you should have come
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dudemanbu
Apr 10, 2006, 5:31 AM
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In reply to: Dudemanbu and I got out today before rain started. Climbed at Pinnacle he pretty much onsighted Zambezi and Emerald City I burst into tears on them....and I was following. Dude...man...you can pull down. We climbed 3rd crack and Herbinurm(sp) corner, and Scarecrow. Good fun until the rain. you should have come dev
LoLz.
Tuesday at ragged, i'm going to onsight unconqurable crack and aid crack back to back, right?
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devkrev
Apr 10, 2006, 9:43 PM
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no, you are going to onsight one, downclimb it, all while back cleaning your gear, then you are gonna leave the gear you used on that climb on the ground and onsight Aid Crack with whatever is left from your rack....
blindfolded.
see you there
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dudemanbu
Apr 12, 2006, 3:46 PM
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So yesterday, Dev, myself, and Nick climbed over at ragged.
WITH GIRLS!
yeah, that's right! In your face suckers!
Idancewithclams, aka Marie, and her friend Heather met up with us in the mid afternoon and made it even easier to enjoy the beautiful weather along with some of the best climbing in CT.
Round 1:
Marie started off leading wet wall, and quickly complained about how easy it was. Devin quick work leading the right side of weisner slab while nick complained about why he didn't get to lead it. Then he was the 20 foot runout, and understood. I lead Wiesner crack, and as usual, was scared out of my eggs. I wonder if i'm ever going to get used to this trad thing.
Round 2:
We set up a toprope on some 5.9/5.10 (not sure of the name, something about weasels maybe?). I'm not even sure how hard it is, but i think we all need to start climbing harder stuff. We're never going to onsight 5.15 at this rate. Marie and i both gave that a go, while devin lead Vector and Nick and Heather followed. I wasn't there to see it, but i'm told he did a hell of a job. I don't doubt it.
Round 3:
Nick decided that he wanted to leave for class. What a nerd. (How totally responsible of you. We're proud.)
It started to get dard, so we got on some things that are less committing. Heather lead Wiesner slab, I assume with beauty, grace, poise, and confidence. Definitely a good lead to start out the season. Devin followed her, with no arms! And no legs! I'm not sure how he got up without them, some sort of full body worm perhaps? Marie and I decided that whichever of us could eat more of the broken Zima bottle at the base of the climb would lead main street. I passed. She ate a bunch of the glass anyway to prove how hardcore she was, and then free solod the climb and set the anchor on a single RP. Way hard core.
All in all, not a bad day.
ps. some of that stuff isn't true.
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devkrev
Apr 12, 2006, 8:36 PM
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Check out this really old guide to Ragged Mtn.
http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/jcp/ragged/ragged.html
some of the grades are really interestingly different then what they are now.
dev
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lagarita
Apr 19, 2006, 2:20 AM
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Hey, Devkrev or Dudemanbu, are either one of you (or both) available to climb ragged Friday morning?? I'm not sure about the weather I really need to get out a climb. I've yet to climb outside this year.
Sean
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dudemanbu
Apr 19, 2006, 2:37 AM
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I thought i was going to head to the gunks, but i think i'm going to be ctside.
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idancewithclams
Apr 19, 2006, 3:44 AM
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In reply to: Marie and I decided that whichever of us could eat more of the broken Zima bottle at the base of the climb would lead main street. I passed. She ate a bunch of the glass anyway to prove how hardcore she was, and then free solod the climb and set the anchor on a single RP. Way hard core. All in all, not a bad day. ps. some of that stuff isn't true.
next time we hit up Pinnacle. whoever snorts the most leftover coke out of a dirty dimebag gets to lead the climb where it was found :)
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dudemanbu
Apr 20, 2006, 2:44 AM
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I dont' think it's him. He'd have more than one post i think.
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trainor
Apr 20, 2006, 3:14 AM
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what makes you think he has more than one post to say to anyone?
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lagarita
Apr 21, 2006, 3:50 AM
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I'm Still looking to climb Ragged tomorrow morning. The earlier the better. Anyone wanna come with.
Sean
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devkrev
Apr 21, 2006, 8:57 PM
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Trip Report....okay, its just spray:
Yesterday Dudemanbu and myself headed over to Cathole, cause I had a monkey to get off my back. We started on Golden Corner to warm up, it was a fun climb. Then I led Pegasus, after which i was feeling pretty good about onsighting, then Dudemanbu was all like "I'm gonna put you to SHAME BIOTCH!!" and onsighted White Fandango, it was awesome. So all and all we had a pretty high quality day.
um...SPRAY, SPRAY, SPRAY
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dudemanbu
Apr 21, 2006, 9:09 PM
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In reply to: Trip Report....okay, its just spray: Yesterday Dudemanbu and myself headed over to Cathole, cause I had a monkey to get off my back. We started on Golden Corner to warm up, it was a fun climb. Then I led Pegasus, after which i was feeling pretty good about onsighting, then Dudemanbu was all like "I'm gonna put you to SHAME BIOTCH!!" and onsighted White Fandango, it was awesome. So all and all we had a pretty high quality day. um...SPRAY, SPRAY, SPRAY dev
More like you goaded me into leading it so we wouldn't have to toprope anything. But all the same. good day.
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lagarita
Apr 22, 2006, 12:50 AM
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Well...I went up to Ragged and met up with two cool guys (dave & John) willing to add a third to there group. Did unconquerable crack several times. Dave led it, I followed... those hand/arm/foot jams suck. All in all had a great day.
Sean
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idancewithclams
Apr 22, 2006, 3:45 PM
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chris, whadya think of cathole?
yesterday my friends aaron and dana and i went to rattlesnake and toproped some fun routes. i'd only ever bouldered there before (at will warren's den). it's not spectacular but you get sun, a nice view, no crowds, and relatively short climbs up to 5.11; with bouldering you could make a great full day out of it.
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dudemanbu
Apr 22, 2006, 4:06 PM
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Yeah, i like rattlesnake. The green wall area is great for top ropes, and rattlesnake itself has a few nice leads as well.
I liked cathole. I could see what devin meant about it though, it's definitely got limited leads, especially under 5.8.
White Fandango (5.9+ in the book.. at times it definitely felt at my "just barely strong enough not to fall" limit) had great moves at the bottom, and great moves at the top, but kinda dirty/hard to protect moves on not so positive holds in the middle. At one point the only thing stopping me from a ledge fall was a shitty number 3 stopper equalized to a shitty blue alien. Luckily by that point the moves had gotten fairly easy (though i was still pumped from the overhanging fingercrack stemfest that was the start).
Pegasus looks like a ton of fun to lead, and the entire time i was following in the corner, i kept eyeing the crimps on the right side as their own possible line. I'd also like to climb the arrete to the left. I'll probably go back there a few more times.
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alex234
Apr 23, 2006, 6:21 PM
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On Wednesday April 26th at Springfield College in Springfield MA The Outing Club will be presenting a free slideshow/presentation from Chuck Boyd a member of the CT Everest Expedition Team. Admission is free and the presentation begins at 7 pm in the fuller arts center.....signs will be posted throughout the campus as to where the fuller arts center is.....if anybody needs directions or has any questions send me a pm and ill be glad to fill u in.
thanks
alex
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syc007
Apr 23, 2006, 6:47 PM
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hello. I'm looking to get outside climbing now that the nice weather is here. With another beginner climber or a group that doesn't mind beginner climbers?
Oh yeah, I'm a girl. Does that make a difference? haha
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dudemanbu
Apr 23, 2006, 7:21 PM
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That doesn't make a difference. There's a group of us that climb every tuesday, some thursdays/fridays, and most weekends. We hang out in this thread.
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syc007
Apr 24, 2006, 11:59 AM
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Hmmm. Cool. Anyone up in the UConn area - Wolf Rock? Or at Pinnacle? And do people mind setting up beginner routes when they are doing some much more advanced stuff?
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