Dry routes at the lode?

Post by **Wes** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:33 pm

Does anyone know if stuff like chainsaw, stain, buff the wood, etc stay dry?

Post by **Paul3eb** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:35 pm

i was there when it was raining pretty hard.. chainsaw got a little nasty but that was just cause there was a mist what was blowing in. ale-8 stayed fine. don't know about the other ones, sorry..

Post by **allah** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:13 pm

buff should be ok, stain should be good uo to the anchors, and the 11s shouuld be good. the rest depend on humidity but will stay dry from rain

Post by **Wes** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:57 am

Rain never came today - near perfect conditions (maybe a bit warm). Still got hella bouted. Those routes are tough - I grabbed more draws to clip today then I have in total for the last couple months! Really nice crag - I can see why it is so popular. I think I was most inspired by the stuff around the gmc wall, but didn't get on anything there today. Maybe next time. Chainsaw is pretty cool, but really, really hard. Many thanks to Meadows and her beta...

Post by **marathonmedic** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:39 am

Must have been nice to have good weather. I found out what the weather map looks like when you get beyond red. It goes purple, black then white. I wish I could have seen that one.

Post by **KenJo** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:20 pm

The tops of several routes run off the top or soak through, while lots of pockets lower on routes tend to seep. After a solid night of rain, though, not just an afternoon shower.

Post by **marathonmedic** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:18 pm

Nothing more fun than climbing overhang when it's wet.

Post by **J-Rock** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:05 pm

Chainsaw = 11d

Post by **Sunshine** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:25 pm

Most of the routes are usually really wet from all the spray.

Post by **SikMonkey** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:41 pm

Hey Wes,
once you get Wangsaw wired, it's just a matter of fighting the pump. As my friend once said to me "The beta for Chainsaw is as follows: Right crimp, left crimp, right crimp, left crimp....LEFT CRIMP AGAIN!, right crimp, left crimp...etc."

Mj