A nice winters day at QQ with nice people. Per Robovious's request, we all held up our beers. left to right Jason (nurocks), Derek (qqclimber), Jeremy (orangekayak), Chad (wideguy), Julia (uasunflower) , Nelson (the_pirate), and Shipton (the dog)

Having cruised past the roof, Molly high-steps her way up this fine route in Quincy Quarries.

H-C being lowered after scaling Bloodstreaks at C-wall, QQ.

This route at the Quincy Quarries, Quincy Mass, was about 70' high and 5.8ish. C-Wall

On Jan 24 my brother in law Adam, and I were at the Quarries, to no avail. By the time we got there it was snowing full boar. This is Adam perplexed that this will be the 4rth time we've shut it down due to bad weather.

Uasunflower climbing the Reflector Oven wall above a frozen quarry pond.

Three days before christmas and Santa himself (wideguy) takes time out of his busy schedule to belay robovious on Double Overhang.

Julia making a big reach on Ceasless Turmoil.

An independent woman never relies on a man for protection, she places her own.

Julia taking a casual lead stroll up Double Overhang.

Orange KY leading across the Upper Traverse. Paul the Nurse stands by to provide emergency medical attention.

Rob Ovaries on his first trad lead ever. Double Overhang.

Wideguy belaying Rob Ovaries on Double Overhang.

Rob Ovaries testing the autoblock back-up on rappel.

Wideguy. He's not just for breakfast anymore.

Wideguy, crankin his way toward the anchors.

Some of the hearty souls that braved the elements on the 13th of December. Left to right: Paul the Nurse, Orange KY, Nurocks the Belay Kid, Uasunflower, Shippy-Pal, and Wideguy.

The crowd gathers to watch in awe as resident Old Man, Rob Ovaries attempts his first trad lead evah. Left to right: Qqclimber, Orange KY, Nurocks the Belay Kid, and Uasunflower.

Orange KY leading up Double Overhang, Rob Ovaries belaying.

Credit: Paula M. on "C" Wall at Quincy Quarry, Quincy, MA. Photo: Suzanne P.

PLEASE COMMENT BEFORE VOTING. Belayed by ambler, photo by robbovius. Most routes at C-Wall have thin, bouldery cruxes that earn their ratings within three moves of the ground. I bouldered the start of Ceaseless Turmoil (5.8) and placed the pink tricam you see ahead of time. When I started the lead I grabbed a mouthfull of nylon to make the first clip easier. "The Groundhog Was Wrong" Quincy Quarries Mass. RC.com'ers get-together March 1, 2003.

PLEASE COMMENT BEFORE VOTING. Belay by ambler, photo by robbovius. There's not much gear above this placement on this climb, so I wanted to make it good. I had just bought a new #3 camalot with my REI dividend the day before. It came in handy here. I ended up placing a red tricam at the top to protect the top-out. "The Groundhog Was Wrong" E-Mass rc.com'ers get-together March 1, 2003.