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robbovius
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In reply to: Wait!! So TD is saying all I need for my very first sport lead is to go buy 10 draws and head up to Rumney??? And I thought it would be complicated!!! Sweet I'll head up there tomorrow, right after I stop at EMS. Maybe I'll do a little reading on lead belay techniques, if I feel like it. You guys will be reading about me in no time, mark my words!!! :D :D
Wide, yeah I'm sure we will...where should we send flowers, and can I have your rope? ;-p heh! BTW, CR tomorrow night?
Jer, that's a super enticing invite...let me see what I can work out over the next couple weeks...what kinda lead time would you need?
TD, I was going to take your advice anyway...everybody loves a solid reason to buy more gear ;-)
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orangekyak
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In reply to: what kinda lead time would you need?
depends how long the pitch is, I suppose.
seriously, lead time ... whenever. August is wide open for me before the 15th. If we make plans for NH and I have to change them it would because I'm going to the gunks instead, in which case you'd still have to come, right? either way, if i take you sport climbing i'd wanna take you trad climbing too ... :twisted:
let me know what works in that time span for you. as of now i'm planning to be at the gunks the first week of august (M-F). second week might be better for NH.
later
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tradmanclimbs
Jul 17, 2003, 3:25 AM
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any of you guy's on neice in the winter?
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jakedatc
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Robb i might be down for tomorrow..
how bad did it rain here today? i was in maine so i dunno ;)
next tues or wed Nick's coming to climb (marine from all the stories lol)
i dunno anymore about CH on sunday there jefe ... "it's been said many times.... many ways...." CH is crap after rain so.. i doubt it
later
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foograbbinstone
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yooooooooooooooo,
Waaassssssaaaaaaabbbii Bay staters!!!!
Hear ye Hear ye,voicing of public decree...............!!
Tomorrow at Quincy Quarries I shall be.........!!
From noon till night......and city lights glow bright..!!
All are welcome to join me at said quarries in the pursuit of physical as well as vertical endeavors.........!!
:wink: on a lighter side I'm thinking on bringing a grill. I'll have some food stuffs,nothing huge dogs,burgers and such!!
Cya....or I won't ! what have you
foo :evil:
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foograbbinstone
Jul 17, 2003, 6:29 AM
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Hey Tradmanclimbs,
Yeah I was on NEIce this winter,I'm foo there as well! I'm really interested in Alpine and Ice climbing! Pretty good site. Did you join up ?
foo
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wideguy
Jul 17, 2003, 10:49 AM
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Hello hello hello!! It's Thursday!! I'm climbing somewhere tonight after work, either QQ or CR so foo's at QQ and Robb is at CR, but QQ will probably be dry after yesterday's monsoon. College will be ....? Foo, you really gonna be there late, cause I don't get out of work till 6:00, at the QQ by 6:15?
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robbovius
Jul 17, 2003, 11:52 AM
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wide, it didn't really rain all that much around my way, CR will likely be good after being sunny today.
I can't make QQ tonight, made CR plans with Shane earlier this week. Unfortunately she cant' get out of work early enough to make it down to QQ at a reasonable time on weekdays, otherwise we'd show up there.
we're planning on closing CR tonight. she is THIS CLOSE to sending Send Money ;-) I figure I'm gonna setup on SM and Techno Dweeb (I've been wimping out about trying TDweeb again), l and we'll work those two projects.. (unless somebody else beats us to them)
have fun at QQ. hey, if anyone can, take some pics so I can include them on my MC pic pages.. if anybody's got pics they want posted, e-mail them to me with the date of the photo, climbers and area/route I'll make pages and add them.
I'M going to REI this lunctime ;-) heh! come back wit' a couple quickdraws most likely.
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tcollins
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In reply to: Wait!! So TD is saying all I need for my very first sport lead is to go buy 10 draws and head up to Rumney??? And I thought it would be complicated!!! Sweet I'll head up there tomorrow, right after I stop at EMS. Maybe I'll do a little reading on lead belay techniques, if I feel like it. You guys will be reading about me in no time, mark my words!!! :D :D
Honestly, that's it. Well, my first one only needed 5 QD's, lol. The toughest part is just getting above the bolt for the first time. Lead belay: play out rope when clipping, don't yank your leader off the wall, give a soft catch and try not to let them hit a ledge if you can. That's the short of it.
Rob, I could hear your cry for justification of a gear addiction. Heck, I bought 6 QDs b/f my first trip to Rumney and I really didn't need to as Jeff had enough. But you wouldn't hear me telling my wife that, lol.
Jer, you the man, lol. Hey I read you're moving into English? What's up, we need to catch up.
Also as Foo said, he'll be at QQ all day, Eric (Greenmantle) and I will be showing up after work around 6:30 or so. Make it if you can.
Later,
TD
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richtay
Jul 17, 2003, 1:51 PM
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Hey All,
I think you may have convinced me to head out to the QQ tonight. I'm supposed to go out for a work function, but I'm going to bunk out on that. My name is Rich -- I met some of y'all, TD for sure, at Crow Hill about 4 weeks ago on a rainy drippy day. I'm up for a climb tonight -- but I can't get there 'til 6:30 at the earliest.
I've never been to the Quincy Quarries -- will it be easy for me to find you?
Be well,
Rich
PS Are you guys up all night? Some of the post times are from the wee hours :?:
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wideguy
Jul 17, 2003, 1:55 PM
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TD where/what are you gonna be setting up on? I'll probably see you there since QQ is ALOT closer to work, hence more climb time. I just wanna know if there's gonna be anything I can haul my sorry butt up. :lol:
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robbovius
Jul 17, 2003, 2:00 PM
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ahhh you basstids goin' ta QQ without me ;-/
I HAVE to send Techno Dweeb tonight, now, just to take my mind off you guys partyin' there ;-)
Rich I remember that day. heh! got fricken drenched following jeff up the crag to pull rope.
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wideguy
Jul 17, 2003, 2:11 PM
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Hey rich I'm Chad. I was at Crow Hill that rainy day too. I'm the big guy with the red beard. QQ is easy nothing like the approach at Crow but there is alot to climb so finding certain people can be a challenge. sometimes pretty crowded. I'd give ya my cell # but I forgot it at home today anyway. Just wander around asking, you'll bump into someone.
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tcollins
Jul 17, 2003, 2:14 PM
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I'm definitly not up all night, lol.
Rich, were you the younger guy living in Somerville? A lawyer I think? You were doing a little bouldering? Forgive me, it's been a while and I've been mentally drained recently after a little traveling. Don't worry about finding us at QQ. It's not that big and it's real open so it'll be easy to find us. I'll have a dirty Arizona Diamondbacks hat on. See you tonight.
Wide, I have no idea, whatever is open I guess. Foo should be there ahead of time, so hopefully he'll have a rope on something to save a little time. If it's super crowded I'll at least have my pad in the car so we could boulder some. I'm not expecting much out of myself today. Still jet lagged a little and just plain weak from too many weeks of not climbing.
See you tonight guys.
TD
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richtay
Jul 17, 2003, 2:17 PM
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Right on.
I remember the beard . . . us bearded people need to stick together against the tyranny of the razor. Good to hear from you both . . .
Is there any particular parking area I should head for?
I'll have my cell with me, so if any of you want to give me your number "off-line," that might be helpful (not that there is anything more annoying than a cell phone ringing at a climbing area, but what the heck). I can email my number as well.
TD, you hit it right on the head. Good memory. I'm in Cambridge until the end of the month, and then back up to Vermont to finish law school -- not a lawyer yet, so don't hold me to any of my advice :wink:
Looking forward to it,
Rich
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ejclimb
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For anyone who knows New Hampshire, is North Conway near cathedral ledge, and is cathedral bolted or just trad? Im also curious about Rumney is anyone planning to go up sometime, or does anyone wanna plan a group trip, cause i know if i dont plan any trips the earliest time i'd be able to get there is this sept. when i get me license. :?
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wideguy
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In reply to: I remember the beard . . . us bearded people need to stick together against the tyranny of the razor.
You got it man!! Fight the power!! :lol: :lol:
In reply to: Is there any particular parking area I should head for? Rich
Just the first one on the right, where the dozen other cars will probably be. If need be park on the street. happens all the time. Noone gets hassled.
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orangekyak
Jul 17, 2003, 2:26 PM
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In reply to: Hear ye Hear ye,voicing of public decree...............!! Tomorrow at Quincy Quarries I shall be.........!! From noon till night......and city lights glow bright..!!
Let's hear it for foo, what a poet! Given all the history in Mass, this should be a slightly literary thread. Did y'all know that Melville wrote Moby Dick at a desk in a cottage with a window view of the long-arching Mt. Greylock ridgeline. Some speculate the long, snowy, Williamstown winter left Herman plenty of time to ponder Greylock's inspirational white coating.
Yes, TD, I'll be teaching English this fall. I have to work at BRG tonight and Friday night but I'm looking to get outside at least one day this weekend, probably CH. If you're not too busy tieing up loose ends from your trip, TD, let me know what night you and Karen are coming over to burn meat and drink The Beer.
As for this weekend, jjeff what time/day are you going to The Hill?
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orangekyak
Jul 17, 2003, 2:37 PM
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In reply to: For anyone who knows New Hampshire, is North Conway near cathedral ledge, and is cathedral bolted or just trad? Im also curious about Rumney is anyone planning to go up sometime, or does anyone wanna plan a group trip, cause i know if i dont plan any trips the earliest time i'd be able to get there is this sept. when i get me license. :?
Most of Cathedral ledge is in North Conway, although I understand that part of it is actually in Bartlett. I guess there was a non-climbing accident there in the recent past when both Bartlett and NC emergency services responded to the call. The Bartlett folks, knowing the top of the cliff whence the person fell (jumped?) was in their jurisdiction, but the bottom where the body lain was not, turned away from the scene. "She was fine when she left Bartlett," they said.
Cathedral is known as a "trad cliff" although it has a lot of fixed protection, in the middle and end of pitches. If you like your rock stout and steep, there is a cave on the north end of cathedral that has plenty of short, well-bolted climbs starting in the hard 11 range. Unless you really like to run it out on technical terrain with dangerous fall potential, I would suggest staying away from Cathedral if all you're toting is draws. Or go with me next time I go up there ... hehehe I'm doing that a lot lately.
Rob is looking at dates in August for a weekday rumney trip. I'm hoping to turn it into a rumney/cannon trip. me likes The Trad.
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ejclimb
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Cool, i wanted to know cause a family friend of mine has a house in North Conway, buuuuuuut i've never trad climbed before and the pro. seems really expensive. I'll probably will give it a try sometime just to take advantage of the opportunity to stay at the house in North Conway. :D
Oh yea keep me updated on anything planned for Rumney. Is anyone going to that Rumney Gathering v2.0, wats the deal on that?
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Evan, Wideguy has told me about that, PM him ad I'm sure he'll clue you in.. I want to make plans for that meself. love your sig line BTW
Hey guys, 2 down, 8 to go: a pair of lovely BD straight gate/bent gate Qdraws followed me back to work... ;-)
I went the woman I'm dating, Suzen, and she bought herself a pair of Mad Rock Phoenix, adn franklin chalk bag.. heh ;-) SHe' lives a 10 minute hike from tippling rock in sudbury, I've been bouldering there occasionally at lunchtimes.
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ejclimb u should come with me to may b rumney may b r familes can go up together or sumtin cuz i really want 2 try trad and i will go in on buyin some pro with you, umm give me a call or tell me watts up wit cr, it should b dry by tommorow, call me bye
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jakedatc
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aight.. my safety mode is kicking in....
Evan and Footwork... go take a leading class and all that stuff before you go and try to do stuff.. sure all the stuff looks cool but you gotta know how to use it, when where why all that good stuff.. along with the belaying.. self rescue.. blah blah blah...
aight.. i feel better now
Robb when are you getting to CR tonight?
Jake
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tcollins
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And a typing/spelling class.
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robbovius
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Evan, Footwork, what jake said. Don't try the trad stuff without some serious instruction and practice. I don't wanna read about a Local Boy climbing tragedy in the milford daily news, a'ight?
Jake, Shane and I will be at CR about 5:30. I am planning on taking a buzz by on my way home from work to check crag wetness.
TD don't you recognize IM shorthand? ;-) My daughters type that way when talking to their friends online, when they do journal entries it's all proper english. ;-)
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