Despite the January snow, we have made two consecutive trips to Lincoln Woods in Rhode Island. The first was on the 9th and we hit up the Try Again boulder and the Pond Cave boulder on a rather chilly day. The day was decent for a while as we worked Try Again and Straight Again, but by the time we made it to the northern end of the park, the chill had set in. We did the Pond Cave traverse and the Buddhist and worked the V8 prize for a while, but to no avail.
When we returned a week later on the 16th, we were met with a beautiful sunny day and about 40 degree temps. We began the day at the best moderate in the park, Heart of Glass, V4. After working it a while, another crew rolled over to give some goes on it and they had the actual beta. They told us we were starting halfway through the V8 section and could begin the V4 up higher. Hummmm. Soon after, every one of our crew sent the fun problem and we rolled on up to the Pond Cave for more goes on the dynamic Who Needs Hueco V8 and Leap Frog V7. Our group worked the V8 for a while, I gave some goes on the V7, getting to the jump move, but never sticking. Kyle and Luke had the best work for the V8 and after a number of goes, Kyle stuck the jump and continued on up the face. At the end he reached into a sopping wet hold and slipped off, but I think we are all giving him the send on that. He made it past all the hard moves and with a dry hold it would have easily been completed. NICE SEND KYLE. Video enclosed...
This weekend looks to be nice at the Gunks. See you on the Road.
1 comment:
Post a Comment