rumney & graduation

I've been up to Rumney three times since I last posted. Each time has been a lot of fun but I'm getting bored with photos and the monotony of posting about the same thing every week. So here are some highlights from the last three trips

1. I rd'ed my first 5.11a-- Three Easy Pieces. Woohoo!
2. I rp'ed Things As They Are (10c), braving my way through the traverse to slopers at the top
3. I'm *still* working on Centerpiece. Dude-- thats a hard route!
4. I hopped on Peer Pressure (10d) but didn't stick my leg behind the flake at the crappy handhold at the piton. Fell. Tried it four more times and was too wiped to get through that section. Its a project now!
5. Avery continues to be an excellent crag dog. While hiking, when she encounters a boulder she can't hop up, she bellies up it like a seal.

Now its raining raining raining. I'm not upset-- it gives me no excuse to not take a week off and let the tendonitis in my foot heal. No running or climbing. Even swimming is painful. So, nothing to do but work on my thesis.

Did I tell you that I'm trying to graduate?