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wideguy
Jul 9, 2003, 6:32 PM
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Yeah Garth, does look like a washout, unless the rain stops REALLY soon and the sun comes back. QQ dries really quick.
I wouldn't call it a send but thanks, it is a nice route. I'll nail it next time for sure. Robb has sworn not to lower me unless I do.
Tomorrow is still looking awesome for QQ so that is nice. Wish I belonged to a gym, I was really looking forward to climbing tonight...
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jakedatc
Jul 10, 2003, 2:47 AM
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HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYy
i'm back folks.... glad after reading through like 7 pages of stuff that i missed out on that you guys didnt forget about me... and robb is paying attention that i did post once in Atlantic City.... that was the good day.. won money... yea next day... lost all that i won.. but didnt go much below even
but my trip was great.. visited lots of states and cities i havent been to before alas... no climbing was involved... EXCEPT "parachuting" out of a "ironwood" tree at my friends cousins house.. her uncle took me canoeing (another of m hobbies) on a river near them and he showed me how they climbed these trees.. and as you go further out they bend but wont ever break and then you get a few feet from the ground and jump.. quite fun :)
WHEN IS THIS QQ TRIP TOMORROW? thursday? the 10th??? Robb you up for grabbing my sorry butt on ur way up? after driving most of the way from New Orleans back to mass i'm kinda drived out but if people are going early enough i might consider giong myself.. but a lift would be nice :)
"you are all free to tell me to STFU"-- Robb STFU ROBB!!! hehe
and no way you can rename it exercise left of robb cuz i smoked it way before you so HA hehe that's my fun route to beta people to death with
anyway.. let me know about stuff cuz i've been off rock for wayyyy to long
Jake
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wideguy
Jul 10, 2003, 1:26 PM
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Hey Jake! Welcome Home.
QQ tonight 7/10/03, Thursday. I'm at work till 6:00 unless I can bail early, 5:00 at best. Garth is in the 6:00 camp as well I believe. No idea what time Rob was planning on. in any event, not what I would call "early." Bonesz was supposed to hook up with me and Garth last night but we got rained out so hopefully he gets to check in at some point today and maybe meet tonight instead. And I think JPPOS might show up too if I recall correctly.
C'mon up, it'll be fun. Bring gloves and my static line and big rescue eight are all yours. That big over hang is calling your name! :wink:
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bonesz
Jul 10, 2003, 1:41 PM
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Big overhang ? Which one...nearer C wall or as you approach M face on your right ? I'll see if I can get there tonight, just came from the dentist.......need I say more ? Gear's in the truck just in case..Who knows about Waitts mountain Park in Malden/ Melrose ?? I've heard of it , never been but would like to check it out..
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wideguy
Jul 10, 2003, 2:05 PM
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BONESZ!!!! Sorry last night got washed out and I hope the dentist was nothing serious. I can't get into the routes DB right now for some reason but I'm talking about the backside of the first face on the right as you enter from the parking area. Is that M? Jake was jonesing for some big rap action and I figured a 50' free air overhang might entice him to join us tonight. (I know, I know, ...I should be tarred and feathered for suggesting rappelling for pleasure. I know all good climbers should regard the action the smae way we regard taxes. Something you gotta do every so often but noone's supposed to enjoy.)
Anyway, anyone who's coming tonight got a Boston Rocks they can bring? I'd love to check the ratings on some routes I've been eyeing.
See everyone tonight.
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bonesz
Jul 10, 2003, 2:27 PM
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Silly mannnn, climb first, then when you look at the poorly written Boston Rocks, you'll be surprised !!. I now know the overhang you speak of...just make sure all yer goodies are tucked in, it's a tight rap, can you say spin ?? Plenty of good anchors up there though, and later in the day it's in the shade !
I hope I can get there !
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jakedatc
Jul 10, 2003, 3:06 PM
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That rap is great fun... if i go i'll definitely be up for it. i'm still up in the air
anyone hear about when robb's going? i'd like to get there a bit earlier to avoid the stupidity of rush hour
:shrug: we'll see whats goin on
Jake
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garth
Jul 10, 2003, 4:01 PM
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Jake,
Not sure when Robb is going to show up, but I should be there by 6:00. I get out of Work at 5:00, and after the 20 minute T ride to my car, I'm hoping it won't take me more then 30 minutes to get over to QQ.
For all of those I've never met, I'll be the guy with the black and yellow LL Bean backpack.
Garth
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robbovius
Jul 10, 2003, 5:15 PM
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Hey wideguy, did you sign up on NEClimbs.com this am?
I posted there and at the new NEB message bbs (which is finally into the late 90s, format wise) about when I'd be heading to QQ.. because, for me, the ENTIE rc.com site was unavailable AGAIN... a weekly occurence lately.
anyway, I'm bailing from work about 4:30 and will likely get to QQ sometime between 5:30 and 6. Shane's not going tonight, has no coverage for her daughter.
had to cut about 10 feet off of my rope, I took it out in the back parking lot here at lunchtime and wiped it down and untwisted it, stetched it out full length...on one end I found a spot where it felt slitghly reduced in diameter...not a flat spot, more like a dent, but I figured better safe than sorry, and cut it at the "dent" I melted the end and wrapped it in a layer of climbing tape, uncoiled and daisy-chained all my slings too. I am prepared!
got new batteries for the digicam, so expect to be exposed on... ;-)
Bonesz, hope you can make it, haven't seen you since 3/1.
see you guys there!
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footworkcw
Jul 10, 2003, 5:54 PM
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hey every one im knew to rc. com i been climbin 4 a while at cr i have climbed with ejclimb, im lookin to go sometime this week post me if some one would like to join
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Jul 10, 2003, 6:01 PM
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hi bonesz,
the answer to your question about waitts "mountain" is that unless you live within 5 minutes of there or have a generator powered shop vac to suck up all the broken glass i'd say forget it. i went there tuesday for the first time in two years. there was broken glass all over the top, which is normal for there, but also on the handholds of the easier routes, and someone threw a beer bottle off the top at myself and my friends shortly after i arrived. it's a short but cool little piece of rock, but it's definitely urban climbing at its worst. not nearly as cool as college rock or the quarry. just my opinion.
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wideguy
Jul 10, 2003, 6:24 PM
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Robb, tried signing up but there's a problem with my user name or something. Look into it more later I hope. Site's been up and down all day for me from home and work but apparently it's regional. Some people have had no problems. I've also lost 3 posts today incuding my first response to you. Keep you cellie on and I'll call if i can't find ya.
Garth, got a cell? If you do I'll PM you my numbers and give you a call if you don't find us.
Footwork, tonight at QQ you're welcome to join if you can get there.
and hopefully we see Bonesz...
Jake? Decided yet or not?
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footworkcw
Jul 10, 2003, 8:49 PM
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sorry i cant make it up to QQ tonight i have a hockey game, but i think i am goin to CR tommorow i will post later to give the time
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ejclimb
Jul 11, 2003, 2:47 AM
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Footwork, wat up CW, i biked to college tonight there was a good 8 ppl and 8 ropes set up i got lots of climbs in. I'll go to CR with u.
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robbovius
Jul 11, 2003, 2:57 AM
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WideG, Jake, JP, Mike, Garth
awesome time at QQ, though too damn short for my tastes...I just realized I only got up on the wall 2x. I want to go back after my vaca (20th - 26th) and work those three routes again (we were set up on Teepee and Lurch. Jake and I also tried Lurch Direct )
also saw Stprocks and 3 of his buds. they set up next to us on Layback, unfortunately I didn't get a chance to try that one out, though I think everyone else did.
Bonesz ya missed it! was a good afternoon/evening, much stout climbage! I really wanna go back though, and work lurch and lurch direct enough to figure out all the moves.
next climbing plan for me is sunday, at CR.
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jakedatc
Jul 11, 2003, 3:09 AM
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yeaaaaa
glad to be back.. my toes just dont feel normal if they're not sore and beat up from climbing hehe i love teaching people (JP) how to do jams of all types lol.. stick ur fingers in there and TWIST ya see how stuck they get :shock: good stuff
next time i go to QQ it'll probly be during the day with whoever wants to go so we can climb more.. i'm spoiled by the gym all winter and doing routes after routes to totally kill my arms so i cant even hold onto 5.6's
i'll probly find ya robb at CR at some point.. i gunna try to get Nick (marine in the rapping pic) to go to CH next week possibly if the weather is ok.. he'll like Cro-mag so it'll be good plus he has a bunch of webbing to make good EQUALLY weighted achors pshhh hehe whatever lol
spray alert spray alert hehe did both of those climbs robb said with a couple of falls but when the things all painted over some things just need to be over looked :mrgreen:
Jake
ps robb.. if it's raining sunday.. lets go to RIRG that night?
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footworkcw
Jul 11, 2003, 4:36 AM
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ejclimb if it rains tommorw then im not gonna go 2 cr but may b we can go to gravity, only if it rains tho i still want to complete exersize left ill call u at like 12 tommorow any one else who would like to join if we go i will post up the time
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robbovius
Jul 11, 2003, 12:27 PM
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Jake LOL about the spray alert...;-) I figured for once I WOULDN't spray about the climbs I did.
but I will now ...
first try on Lurch Direct, I fell three times at about the 1/3rd point, then bailed and moved over to Lurch...got to within 5 feet of the anchor and then got stuck...where do I go? forearms pumped out, bailed.;-)
got halfway up Lurch Direct on my second try with one fall, then bailed and moved over to Lurch...completed lurch with no falls, but with aid: from the point I got stuck on the first try (about 5 feet from the anchor), swung on the rope to get to some juggy ledges on the left side of the route. those holds were very positive, did my first for-real-necessary foot-hand match, and got above the anchor enough that I could see over the top. possible to top out there actually. another time perhaps.
that second try I probably spent 20 minutes on the route trying to figure things out. there's a dyno move I wanna try next time, & there are some different kinds of footwork I think will help. The big C-stain paint mark on that route is no help whatsoever.
intense route. most of the ledges slope away from the face, and just about every handhold does too...none of the cracks are what you'd call positive...one of the first routes I've done where my calves pumped out before my forearms did.
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Jul 11, 2003, 1:09 PM
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Hey guys, it was great meeting you all yesterday. Thanks for the tips and sharing your equip. I won't be around this weekend to meet up with you all, but hopefully we'll hook up next week at some point.
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wideguy
Jul 11, 2003, 1:24 PM
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Yeah good night at QQ to be sure. Got to meet some new peeps, JP, Garth and Mike. Especially Mike, a guy that can belay me without and anchor!! WOO HOO!! That makes two! Nice guys to know for someone of my stature.
Made a couple flailing attempts at either Mayor Sheets or Teepee, don't remember what the guide said. Either way I got jammed up at the same spot under this slopy overhang trying to transition leftto get up around it. Jake sent it (Bastard) as did JP and Mike(??). Garth made it past where I did on both his shots but never quite made the anchors.
I farted around watching the guys all make their ways up the various Lurch options but didn't bother trying it. Late in the day made a successful shot up Layback, my best climb of the day. Can't wait till the new Boston Rocks comes out so I can stop setting my rope on routes above my level. A little challenge is nice but the mental benefits of finishing what you start are pretty huge to me.
Found out Mike lives 10 min. from the Quarries so I'm hoping I might have a new partner for some evening climbs and JP lives in Providence so I may have a partner this winter for RIRG. Really cool.
All and all a very good day.
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WideG, you can blame me for the route selection, and I think you all did ;-). I didn't even look in my BR, to check the ratings.. I looked up as saw what looked like a bunch of good jugs and ledges and thought "Oh that can't be too hard" ;-)
this is exactly the kind of route selection that got me up on Bombay (.10 !!!) on M face back in march..."oh, that looks okay!"
dude that backlit silhouette I have of you on the big ledge 2/3rds up Layback is waaayyy artsy fartsy.
Jppos good to meet ya...
Gilly, if you read this, I found Knight Face in the guide ;-) duh!
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i have changed my name from footworkcw to footworkcew, just giving everyone he heads up
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robbovius
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Hey everybody!
I updated the Robbovius MASS CLIMBERS Picture Pages with stuff I've got from july 4th at CR and last thursday night at QQ
check it out...
Wide, you can show kim the pic of you waving from the top of LAyback ;-)
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jakedatc
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Robb... i love your SPRAY BY SPRAY.. i mean play by play... uhh yea that comes with each of your pics :wink:
stuuuuuuuuupid rain... what you think of RIRG on sunday night? no bday parties to be hung over from? hehe 8-12 would be good. its hardly ever busy.. i bet even less so in the summer ... you think u get pumped out doing routes at CR... how bout doing like 4-5+ routes plus a few boulder problems (12" crashpads.. ohhh yea.. like dat heart attack)
anyway i'm off
Jake
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