We had a beautiful day of bouldering at the Gunks last Saturday. Everywhere else was cold and windy, but we were sheltered and got tons of sun all day. The sun is both good and bad for winter bouldering. It is nice, because you don't freeze your butt off, but it also melts the snow and sends water running down your favorite project.
One of my goals for the day was to send Black Boulder a V5 project of mine. In the morning we cleaned it off, but that sent water running all over the slopy holds. We decided to clean it totally and come back to it at the end of the day to see if the sun and breeze had dried it.
Next we went to The Bhudda, a V7 which Luke and Ben and I worked along with four other guys. Ben sent it (a repeat for him) and then water started running over a critical hold, so we had to move on.
Next we went to The Following and The Meaning of Life (V6 and V5 respectively). We spent a bunch of time trying to dry up The Following, but to no avail. Then we worked The Meaning for a while until we decided it would have to wait for another day (one when we could actually top out).
We tried Boxcar, which was wet on the critical holds. And then we went back to Black Boulder. It was dry, as we had hoped and both Luke and I sent it in just a few tries.
Enjoyable day. Even with the wetness. Can't wait til Spring.
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