Catching up

Since mid November, we have done both an outdoor trip and another local comp. On Nov. 22nd, a crew of us headed down to Peter's Kill in southern NY. It was a very cold and windy day, but we had some good sends. Most of us hit Mentos (V4) and Luke sent his project Delicate Soul V7. Ben made good progress on Village Idiot V7 but P-Kill is now closed for the winter so his send will have to wait until spring.

On Monday Dec. 1, we rolled up to train at RockSport in Queensbury. It was a very fun and productive evening session, as they set great routes up there and we sent many of them.

On Thursday Dec. 4, Electric City hosted the EMS sponsored 'Circuit Breaker' competition which was both bouldering and climbing. Ben took 4th overall and I finished 5th. JP was 2nd in the intermediate category with many nice sends.

Ben made a trip down to the Gunks on Sunday the 7th with a few strong climbers from the gym. He was able to send Black Boulder V5 and Boxcar Arete V8.

For those who aren't familiar with the V-scale rating system, V0-V1 are on the easier side, V2-V4 are intermediate, V5-V7 are advanced routes and V8 and above are very difficult. If you know the YDS climbing scale, V0 is equivalent to 5.10, V4 is like a 5.12b, and V7 is like 5.13a.

Depending on the snow and rainfall, we will be attempting to get outdoors as much as possible on Saturdays this winter. There is also another EMS sponsored competition at RockSport on the 20th that we will be attending.