Rain rain go away!
It rained and rained last week and into the weekend. All my glorious plans to scale this and that were washed away. Instead I was housebound, working on my thesis and reading "Madame Mao." On Sunday, the sun came out long enough to justify a trip to the local crag, Quincy Quarries, with Denis.
This was my first trip to QQ as usually a sunny day is enough of an excuse to drive two hours north to Rumney. QQ is almost entirely toproping as most of the routes are impossible to lead. The rock is polished granite, much of which is covered in graffiti which makes it even more slippery. Add to that a humid day after a lot of rain and well, right there are three good excuses for not climbing well.
QQ used to be filled with water, the heights of the routes varied with the water levels. Now its a pretty green meadow-- landfill from the Big Dig.
It rained and rained last week and into the weekend. All my glorious plans to scale this and that were washed away. Instead I was housebound, working on my thesis and reading "Madame Mao." On Sunday, the sun came out long enough to justify a trip to the local crag, Quincy Quarries, with Denis.
This was my first trip to QQ as usually a sunny day is enough of an excuse to drive two hours north to Rumney. QQ is almost entirely toproping as most of the routes are impossible to lead. The rock is polished granite, much of which is covered in graffiti which makes it even more slippery. Add to that a humid day after a lot of rain and well, right there are three good excuses for not climbing well.
QQ used to be filled with water, the heights of the routes varied with the water levels. Now its a pretty green meadow-- landfill from the Big Dig.
posted by Michelle at 9:43 a.m.
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