Climbing in the Gunks today

Kevin Heckeler wrote:I believe they got a few inches today at the Preserve. Not as much as east of the hudson, or north in Albany.

Correction, one report says 7" but I don't really believe it because Poughkeepsie got 5.5" ... places to the east generally got more from this storm in the mid hudson valley.

Any more than a couple 2 inches though may not dry in just one day (Saturday).

This is just a correction of my prior post. You good folks waste all the gas and time you want. :-D

You can call it a waste if you want. It's better than going to the gym or god forbid sitting on Mountain Project for hours on end(I'm guilty of this right now...)

Simon Thompson wrote:You can call it a waste if you want. It's better than going to the gym or god forbid sitting on Mountain Project for hours on end(I'm guilty of this right now...)

I'm pulling a paycheck.

Two days of other outdoors activities await!

[and yeah, I'm ready for this snow shit to end]

I don't mean to snow on anyone's parade, but I just skied Undercliff Road and there's 6" + of snow. This stuff is sticky and heavy, there's a lot of moisture in it. I live minutes from the Trapps and I'm not even going to bother wasting my time to drive there for climbing on Saturday - Sunday will be spotty, too, because the intense sun is going to melt the snow all at once and create a mess.

DL

Simon get off yo' ass and go climb something!!! ha ha! Couldn't resist.

Makin my way north with the old man tomorrow to find ice...I will probably get skunked and wish I went down to the Gunx to climb warm rock with ya and drink beers !!!

I'm going to check out a 60 ft vertical waterfall that is local and 15 mins from my home at a Preserve that offers nice 90-degree WI3-4 ice - MAYBE WI5 - bit I doubt a 5. It's in the shade all day long so it should still be good I am thinking. if so - going to do some roped solo from a top anchored rope with my GriGri2 and backup as I use on rock and get a little ice time in!

I am TRYING to post a pic here of my local place but it's not uploading! Uggh!

lucander wrote:I don't mean to snow on anyone's parade, but I just skied Undercliff Road and there's 6" + of snow. This stuff is sticky and heavy, there's a lot of moisture in it. I live minutes from the Trapps and I'm not even going to bother wasting my time to drive there for climbing on Saturday - Sunday will be spotty, too, because the intense sun is going to melt the snow all at once and create a mess. DL

Yeah, originally the forecast said it was going to rain/snow Wed/Thurs so i figured it would be okay for Friday & the weekend but then this mess happened.

Im in southern Orange County and I got 12+ inches, so I'll gauge the snowmelt by here, but if its really going to be 50+ all weekend plus Monday it could dry up pretty quick, I'd really only be looking to get out Monday, and it's going to rain again late Monday/Tuesday anyway, and the end of next week is looking promising so far

weather, shmeather.

this guy knows how to party.

vimeo.com/9748348

I was skiing this morning, here's a picture of the Trapps from Skytop. A lot of snow as of 7:30 am.

Trapps as of 7:30 am on Saturday

Nice pic Lucander

Just trying to save you fellas a wasted trip. I don't know about you folks, but I'm a busy man and don't have enough free time to spend it getting my hands wet in horizontals.

Enough faking it, I gotta get things done on this computer.

Good luck being productive on a gorgeous Saturday!!!!

rogerbenton wrote:weather, shmeather. this guy knows how to party.

Yeah. You fair-weather climbers are way wimpy if you don't think you can get in full-value days this weekend.

Here's Chis and Rob on a real winter day.

youtube.com/watch?v=ZtnTls0…

Sadly, I actually have to be "productive" this weekend---no climbing for me.

rgold wrote: Yeah. You fair-weather climbers are way wimpy if you don't think you can get in full-value days this weekend. Here's Chis and Rob on a real winter day.

Fuck yeah.

Today was beautiful. There certainly was a lot of melting snow and seepage and wetness but more than a few dry routes. Had the place virtually to ourselves...

Goldsmith wrote:Today was beautiful. There certainly was a lot of melting snow and seepage and wetness but more than a few dry routes. Had the place virtually to ourselves...

Love days like this.

Iffy whether keeps everyone away and there are easier classics to be had that give new challenges when they're a little wet.

Or a lot wet, like in those vids.

Just got a few pitches in before work. The rock is dry as a bone!

Simon Thompson wrote:Just got a few pitches in before work. The rock is dry as a bone!

What did you climb? I doubt you did 350 routes before work... ;)

Conditions were amazing Sunday! So dry someone was free soloing madame g's.

Even credibility gap was dry though quite cold in the shade and a poor choice in retrospect.

Logan Schiff wrote:Conditions were amazing Sunday! So dry someone was free soloing madame g's. Even credibility gap was dry though quite cold in the shade and a poor choice in retrospect.

That's promising (the dry, not the cold). Madame G's is always dry though. That's why I asked Simon for specifics, namely to guage how "dry" dry actually is.