Rumney: it feels so good to be bad
Mathieu and I had our first day at Rumney this year. (Yeah, its late in the season but I was out of town and he was injured.) It was a gorgeous gorgeous day-- sunny, warm, moderate humidity, a light breeze. The forest at Rumney is incredibly lush and green right now, giving the ground and the rock a beautiful light.
I'm not as strong as I would like to be-- my back is out of shape because I haven't been doing overhangs. But it was fun to hop on a bunch of 9's, to pull on the ribbed and blocky gray schist again, to take advantage of the thousands of possibly footholds. How I missed Rumney!
Smokestack took a lot of work today. Its a crazy chimney: a three dimensional climb (complete with 360 degree rotations of the body), full of commiting moves (where a fall can result in a head injury... I was wishing I had brought my helmet) and a pumpy top with a series of lay backs to the last bolt and the anchors. It is unlike anything else at Rumney or any other route I've ever done. I did it a few times last year but nonetheless it took me two tries to lead it today. Mathieu declared that he hates it.
Anyhow, after enhausting myself on a handfull of routes, it was heaven to jump in the cold river swimming hole.
Now its back to work! I'd like to take a vote: do you think I should work in 4, 5, or 6 dimensions?
I'm not as strong as I would like to be-- my back is out of shape because I haven't been doing overhangs. But it was fun to hop on a bunch of 9's, to pull on the ribbed and blocky gray schist again, to take advantage of the thousands of possibly footholds. How I missed Rumney!
Smokestack took a lot of work today. Its a crazy chimney: a three dimensional climb (complete with 360 degree rotations of the body), full of commiting moves (where a fall can result in a head injury... I was wishing I had brought my helmet) and a pumpy top with a series of lay backs to the last bolt and the anchors. It is unlike anything else at Rumney or any other route I've ever done. I did it a few times last year but nonetheless it took me two tries to lead it today. Mathieu declared that he hates it.
Anyhow, after enhausting myself on a handfull of routes, it was heaven to jump in the cold river swimming hole.
Now its back to work! I'd like to take a vote: do you think I should work in 4, 5, or 6 dimensions?
posted by Michelle at 9:10 p.m.
3 Comments:
I would say no less than 7 ... 35 is a good number though.
enjoy the mountain the climbing and so on, here is soooo flat.
Hey Michelle,
Cool, I also went climbing this sunday! My friend and I went to Castle Rock, and climbed at a crag called "the Underworld." (www.climbingbayarea.com/rock/db/castle_rock) It was a good day, and I did my hardest lead to date (5.10c). Also had two decent lead falls (both slightly overhanging and clean). Anyway, hope you get to enjoy Rumney often this summer.
Oh, and 4.
I would say 6, but despite my best efforts I'm still pretty clueless myself in 6 dimensions, so I can't say whether it'll be possible in the end to make anything come of it...
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