Rock Climbing --- 8/21/2010 - 8/22/2010 --- Gunks
Emily, Carolyn and I drove to the Gunks to meet up with Liz. And somehow Anna climbed with us... twice.
We started the day climbing Beginner's Delight as a party of four. It went pretty smoothly. Liz's first trad climb and first multipitch climb! Then I led the first pitch of Snooky's so everyone could toprope it. After that we set a toprope on Red Cabbage Right. While Emily and Liz climbed that, I led Herdie Gerdie with Carolyn. Finished the day just as the sun set by going up Red Cabbage Right to clean both anchors.
Back at the DEC, we enjoyed a classy dinner and dessert. The rain started around 3am and didn't stop for the next 24 hours. So in the morning we ate a quick breakfast and departed for our respective homes.
Semi interesting tidbit: This is my third trip to the Gunks in the past two weeks. The first trip I slept in my new Big Agnes tent. The second trip I was in a COE Sierra Designs tent. And this trip I slept in my old Eureka tent. So is shelter the most significant human invention ever? Or maybe an illuminated antibiotic printing press?
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Liz and Emily at the first belay on Beginner's Delight. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Carolyn on the first pitch of Beginner's Delight. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Liz finishing the second pitch of Beginner's Delight. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Emily and Liz Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Me squished into the second belay. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Liz on the ledge at the top of Beginner's Delight. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Emily on the ledge at the top of Beginner's Delight. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Carolyn on the ledge at the top of Beginner's Delight. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Liz in the middle of the Madame G's hanging rappel. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Jeff and Liz in the middle of the Madame G's hanging rappel. We were spinning in space when I took this picture. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Emily took many embarrassing pictures of me eating lunch. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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I suppose it is fair to put a few here since I always post ridiculous pictures of her. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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She also took some interesting pictures of Liz on Snooky's. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Unique angle. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |
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Liz pulling the crux of Snooky's. Gunks -- 8/21/2010 |