We woke up to an absolute downpour this morning, a downpour that lasted nearly all day, and swelled the rivers to near flooding levels. Either we were going to head to the pool, or head to St. Gervais to do some more dry tooling on the overhanging rock. We also welcomed a new partner!
+Laura Kottlowski will be joining us for the next few weeks. Since it was Laura's first day in town we decided to do more of an adventure than just a pool day. It was raining so hard we decided to take the train down to St. Gervais rather than bike there. The crag was very crowded when we arrived. There were only a few routes available so we spotted one that looked OK and Bucky took the lead. He really struggled to get up the short route, but he eventually made it. Laura went next and made it almost to the second bolt before coming back down. I made it to the top as well, but really struggled near the second bolt as well. Our favorite route from our last visit had opened up by this time so we headed over there. Bucky had to rest four times on the way up! Laura made it about half way, but couldn't quite get over the second big roof. I went last and made it all the way up with only one rest. Bucky, I think, was a little jealous that I rested less so he went one more time. Just to show me up he also did it in tennis shoes! The second time up he was much stronger and only had to take one short break. After that we did a bouldering style traverse route with the tools. All in all, a really good way to spend a rainy day!
No comments:
Post a Comment