Visiting -- looking for cla ssic trad
Well, Thanks for everyone's advice. We were unable to get our work done until Saturday, and since we were driving back Sunday and it was a 9 hour drive back to Charleston, SC we only climbed one route.
We decided on Autumn at Long Wall. It was a really great climb. Very fun.
We probably drove past the trail to the wall 3 or 4 times, and once we got there it was very deserted which was kinda neat and pleasant. It definately would have helped us find things faster had there been more people around, though.
I belayed my boss on his lead up the crack and then my brother climbed it and finally myself. It was the first time I belayed lead, but I had instruction on doing it before and I had seen it done. It was also my first for cleaning the pro and top anchor.
As I was getting ready to rappel down, I went to unclip my last beaner connecting myself to the bolts, and I accidentally turned the lock the wrong way and way over-tightened it... that sucked... I spent half an hour up there trying to open that dang beaner. I had to eventually wrap the rappel ropes off on my leg so it'd keep me up there, use one hand to use a tool to tap on the beaner and the other hand to loosen it.
Anyway, it was tons of fun, and a great bit of excersize before the long trip back (which I drove 8/9 hours for). Thanks for the info on the routes!
We decided on Autumn at Long Wall. It was a really great climb. Very fun.
We probably drove past the trail to the wall 3 or 4 times, and once we got there it was very deserted which was kinda neat and pleasant. It definately would have helped us find things faster had there been more people around, though.
I belayed my boss on his lead up the crack and then my brother climbed it and finally myself. It was the first time I belayed lead, but I had instruction on doing it before and I had seen it done. It was also my first for cleaning the pro and top anchor.
As I was getting ready to rappel down, I went to unclip my last beaner connecting myself to the bolts, and I accidentally turned the lock the wrong way and way over-tightened it... that sucked... I spent half an hour up there trying to open that dang beaner. I had to eventually wrap the rappel ropes off on my leg so it'd keep me up there, use one hand to use a tool to tap on the beaner and the other hand to loosen it.
Anyway, it was tons of fun, and a great bit of excersize before the long trip back (which I drove 8/9 hours for). Thanks for the info on the routes!
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the lurkist
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Hehe, actually I'm not sure he would've been up to Rock Wars afterwards... we spent a good bit of time figuring out how to get there, dragging ourselves up to the rock, and then figuring out what route was what. We were all fairly out of shape, and he wasn't sure he could lead another that day.the lurkist wrote:You took a half hour to clean the anchors and hosed your boss out of doing Rock Wars? I would have fired your ass on the spot.
Our business in Lexington wasn't a one-time thing, so we'll likely be back to do Rock Wars and others... and if not, I'll likely be back some day on my own.
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