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Yahoo! It's Friday! I'm in Cincinnati, and it is pouring like crazy here. I'd love to get down to the gorge Saturday & maybe Sunday as well. Is it soaking wet from all the rain? Does anyone know how conditions are at fortress wall?

Hey - has anyone been out lately to see how wet it is around the gorge? It's supposed to be fairly nice on Saturday, but looks like it's been raining a lot. Don't want to make the drive if all the routes are wet

Thanks!

Hello! My friends & I started doing trad late last summer, and would like to "ease" back into it with easier trad routes (i.e. 5.4 to 5.6 - with the focus on practicing technique). Can anyone recommend some good places with a higher concentration of easier trad climbs? We checked out P...

buffalo2 wrote:Hey just out of curiousity - where did you find a trad climbing course?
Guessing New River Gorge?
Were you satisfied with it?
Thanks

We took a 2-day private course in the Gunks NY...it was great b/c the guide would lead, toprope, and then clean/critique our gear.

My friends and I are just starting to Trad climb. We’ve taken a course, have our gear, and are ready to practice some *easy* routes on real rock. Does anyone have any suggestions for where to start? Ideally, we’d like to get comfortable on 5.4 and 5.5 routes, and if there are several Trad routes con...