This weekend a crew of us rolled up to the Dacks for a bouldering tour of the greatest areas the Adirondacks has to offer.
We began at 9 Corners Lake on Friday afternoon. There were some great sends and good efforts all around. Ben sent his V8 project (Thorazine) on the second go and then did it again for the camera. Aaron (new to the Shiloh's Edge crew) sent Pop or Drop, a committing V4 after the rest of us dropped off a bunch. Izzy (also new to the crew) sent Meat and Potatoes after working it a number of times. Good sends guys. There was also a lot of work done on 007 (V7).
Saturday we headed up to McKenzie Pond. Izzy made good progress on Brock Lee Soares but just couldn't hold the crimp long enough to grab the first jug. Great effort on it though - watch the video. JP has had his eyes on Drop the Clutch (V5) for a few weeks and finally got back up to try again. Second go and it was over. Good send JP. I jumped on Thrust Fault sporting my new shoes and sent it first try of the day (I had tried a few times on previous occasions). Aaron sent Dickins (V4) pretty quickly and Izzy sent another V1. Ben and I both made little progress on our V8 projects. (Flux for Ben and Star Chores for me.) We decided to head out and save our skin for Sunday at Snowy.
Snowy was a send fest for many. Jump (V6?) went down by just about everyone but with stacked pads. Kyle was the only one to get it (also only one to try it) with one folded pad. This began the send train for him. He finished off Coit, IHOPP, and the V6 lip traverse on the Pancake boulder for 4 V6s in a day. Ben sent SMAC (V8) with not too much effort (maybe a half dozen goes). Izzy sent a V2 and a long V1 and made great progress on a V6 Coit. Aaron sent Pumpkin Arete (V5) in just a few tries. And I have the sequence down on IHOPP but keep greasing off every send go. I'll get it next time. Its a really fun problem that doesn't hurt the hands at all.
Taking Monday evening off. More to send next weekend.
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