its time for me to buy a nut tool
Had a beautiful day at Rumney yesterday. Its been a few weeks since I've climbed up there-- the weather has been absolute crap: hot and humid which means slimey, slippery (scarey) rock and hands.
I met Johnny up there. He did a couple of trad leads at the Meadows-- Beginners Routes and Holderness Crack. We were limited on the routes and grades by his rack (he needs to get some bigger pro) and my lack of a nut tool (I think its time to buy one). So we hopped on some sport routes-- Holderness Arete at the Meadows, Juan Valdez at the Parking Lot Wall (I had forgotten how pumpy that one is) and Underdog at the Main Cliff (the coolest, weirdest three dimensional climb I've been on).
Here is Johnny belaying me from the bottom of Underdog. (Yes, I finally led it. It was a fun lead. I don't know why I was so scared of falling last year) Its a long route (12 bolts) so he looks pretty small.
Here I am at the top-- kind of sweaty.
From the Main Cliff, you can see the entire valley and the river. The view is quite nice. And, as October approaches, it is only going to get better!
I met Johnny up there. He did a couple of trad leads at the Meadows-- Beginners Routes and Holderness Crack. We were limited on the routes and grades by his rack (he needs to get some bigger pro) and my lack of a nut tool (I think its time to buy one). So we hopped on some sport routes-- Holderness Arete at the Meadows, Juan Valdez at the Parking Lot Wall (I had forgotten how pumpy that one is) and Underdog at the Main Cliff (the coolest, weirdest three dimensional climb I've been on).
Here is Johnny belaying me from the bottom of Underdog. (Yes, I finally led it. It was a fun lead. I don't know why I was so scared of falling last year) Its a long route (12 bolts) so he looks pretty small.
Here I am at the top-- kind of sweaty.
From the Main Cliff, you can see the entire valley and the river. The view is quite nice. And, as October approaches, it is only going to get better!
posted by Michelle at 1:50 p.m.
2 Comments:
Chica, this has been bothering me all weekend. what the hell does a nut tool have to do with rock climbing? Are we talking rock climbing or something else?
A nut tool is a long, flat, skinny piece of metal that is used to finagle nuts (a type of traditional protection-- they're little trapezoidal chunks of metal that have wire attached that you can clip to your rope) out of cracks and crevices.
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