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gankiest gunks trip

And so on the Friday evening just past, we were loitering at the airport, waiting to pick up my housemate from Australia. And buildering on anything we could find, as we got there early, and her flight was delayed… layback symmetry, in the Dulles airport carpark.

layback symmetry

There was more driving than climbing over the course of the weekend; hot and humid, we were sliming off holds in the sun all over the place. Perhaps not the best weather to climb at the Gunks (=Shawangunks Mountain Range, New York State). Particularly after arriving at 4am Saturday morning, and only catching a few hours sleep, crashed out on our sleeping pads in a parking lot, before the jubilant banging of racks that must have been composed entirely of hexes, well and truly woke us by 7.30am.

The climber (and biker and hiker) highway that passes along the bottom of the Trapps cliffline, 8am Saturday morning.

Gunks highway

View from the top of the Trapps cliffline (for Arapiles climbers, think the Organ Pipes at Easter).

Views over New York State from the Shawangunks

And so by midday on Sunday we were spent, and ate icecream and drove home.

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red river ruckus (or ‘my mission to find fried chicken in kentucky’)

A long (long) weekend was spent in Kentucky. I failed in my quest to find fried chicken, although I did manage to find good American pizza (I’d begun to assume such a thing didn’t exist). But I totally recommend Miguel’s Pizza, near Slade. They’ll put just about anything on the pizza – my favourite from the weekend was the BBQ and lemon chicken with pineapple, mango and avacado. Although I’m sure finding the perfect combination of pizza toppings could become a never-ending quest. One that I’m fully prepared to undertake.

Inbetween all the climbing, I managed to meet some fireflies, and win a set of Wild Country Zeros. Now I just need to continue this tend of winning things, and I can begin my endless climbing holiday.

Bedtime for Bonzo (5.6)
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yes you did, you invaded poland

Weekend at Old Rag… Early morning pancakes, lots of sun, hiking up the mountain like little pack mules, loaded down with climbing gear, sweating like crazy, gloriously evil granite crack climbs, thunderstorms and rain at the end of the day, soaking wet trekking down off the mountain through brilliant green landscape, bright orange geckoes lazing on the road, cooking dinner sitting on the ground next to the ute, dragging aching legs to hike out to a campsite, collapsing in the tent and melting into the ground with exhaustion … fun :)

vegas on a boulder at old rag

Now excuse me while I go and throw my laptop out of a window. It will not stop crashing… and crashing… and crashing. In fact it won’t even get through startup without crashing now.

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the climbing back in oz

Here’s a couple of photos from the kids back in Oz…

Heidi’s been in Payne’s Ford, NZ, and has since managed to come down with Scarlet Fever (I thought it was so 19th century, but apparently it’s cool again now) – Get better Hoidi! This is her on the classic ‘1080’ route at Paynes – a 23 (5.11b) with “a 10m juggy roof with a cool batman rest 2/3 of the way across”.

heidi on 1080

And Jackie’s been all over the place, here’s a couple of her shots from Mt. Buffalo (Victoria), and the Blueys (aka. Blue Mountains, NSW).

Corey seconding up Peroxide Blonde (20) at The Horn, Buffalo

corey on peroxide blonde
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the red rocks trip report

DISCLAIMER

The Red Rocks Trip Report by Megan is a work of fiction.

Any references to real people, living or dead; and real events, businesses, organisations, and locales are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity.

All names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.

(and it’s also very long)

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