Climbing Stoke

[ex-powderbroker]

i have fond memories of hiking in harriman. my favorite hike is from iona island up through doodletown and up the timp. the timp would make for awesome multi pitch trad. it’s a shame it’s banned there. you can see the gw and manhattan from the top, as well as the river, yonkers and the bx.

the climbing you’re talking about is maybe by the claudius smith den? people go there to boulder, it has some of the hardest established stuff in ny.

if you haven’t checked it out: the powerlinez in torne valley were opened to climbing. lots of wildlife and a cool vibe if you ever want to look around or get on a rope.

it’s a great park, super lucky to have it so close to nyc for stealth camping, secret rope swings, and more and more climbing i guess.

ashima on nuclear war in harriman:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FOH_HNwRjK0

[retirwntm]

That one pic reminds me of supercrack in sky top. Ever do that one ML?


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[ex-powderbroker]

Haha, no. Have you?

This mossy (and shorter) crack is only slightly less iconic than what was the hardest climb in the world in 1970 whatever though!

[retirwntm]

Of course. Best part is we parked in the golf club lot and I pulled out a set of clubs. We then proceeded to stuff our backpacks with racks and ropes all the while talking to the guys next to us about how the course was playing.

Oh and I didn’t climb it per se as much as the lead did and I greasily pulled myself up the rope and cleaned about 10 large Camelots out as I went.


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[Brownski]

Yeah, I was referring to the powerlinez. I haven’t been but it looks cool. I never got past the dabbling/learning phase of climbing myself and it has been years since I did anything at all but I still get a kick out of seeing what other folks are doing. Might be time soon maybe

[ex-powderbroker]

dawn sesh before the heatwave

[subtle plague]

Arty!

[tgapp]

this season has been slow because of covid (and skiing and gardening and whatever else), but i finally got the redpoint on "Goldenfinger" in Ferguson canyon in SLC. i was super bummed to blow the onsight - took a fall at the crux - so, stoked to get it clean. not an impressive lead at all, but for me, i was psyched to get it.

[ex-powderbroker]

nice lead, that looks like a super fun crack!



took a friend up the classic Dulfer in Val D. Really enjoyed it. thank you, mr weissner!



this guy crushed a 12 next to me while i fell at the crux of my line. was pretty rad. so casual.



feels pretty good to be out

[criscam]

Although my 10 yo is a little afraid of heights, he was more than happy to belay his little brother over the wknd at City of Rocks. Pretty cool to see.








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[tgapp]

Although my 10 yo is a little afraid of heights, he was more than happy to belay his little brother over the wknd at City of Rocks. Pretty cool to see.

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fuck yeah!! what'd you get on at city?

i love climbing with kids - i started with my dad when i was 11 and it just means the world to me. even if he's scared of heights now (which is a normal, rational fear), those experiences at CoR are gonna be meaningful memories for a really long time.

[Slow 'n Steady]

At the very least they top-roped adolescent!

Mrs and I have climbed at the city with our kids several times per year since they were in the womb. Special place. Was on adolescent two weeks ago with my 10y/o. So much fun.

[tgapp]

At the very least they top-roped adolescent!

Mrs and I have climbed at the city with our kids several times per year since they were in the womb. Special place. Was on adolescent two weeks ago with my 10y/o. So much fun.

huh, yeah, it's been so long since i've spent a ton of time up at upper breadloaves. the one line i rly wanna get on up there is INTERCEPTOR, but i'm too much of a ninny for that.

[rod9301]

Although my 10 yo is a little afraid of heights, he was more than happy to belay his little brother over the wknd at City of Rocks. Pretty cool to see.

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I realize that he's belaying a smaller kid, but i get nervous seeing a belayer that's not anchored.

When the climber is bigger, it's easy to pull the belayer up. Plus it makes it really hard to escape the belay in case of an accident.

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[Slow 'n Steady]

Climbing Stoke

Top-roping, at a popular crag, on a less-than-vertical climb, with >30m of rope out. I don’t know anyone that would anchor the belayer with just the first two of those unless there was an extreme weight difference. Let alone with all of those components in these pics. Objective hazards are so extremely low in this and similar scenarios, and there would be numerous ways to self-rescue in the event lightening strikes.

Do you routinely anchor yourself to the ground when cragging single pitch climbs?

*edit to say: Interceptor looks amazing! Wish I had the fitness.