Category Archives: Climbing

Posts about…you guessed it – climbing! Trip reports, anecdotes, and musings about my favorite recreational pasttime.

When it Rains, it Pours…

Jun 16 2010

Since Canaan did so well a couple of weeks ago at the New, we decided to get up there again this past weekend. We took our friends Marc and Marie, who are gym regulars that are relatively new to the outdoor scene. We thought it would be great fun to head a little further north to Summersville Lake, a pristine blue mountain lake that doesn’t feel like it should belong in as benign a place as West Virginia. The best part about climbing on a hot day in Summersville is the post-climb dip into the lake. I went out the…Read the rest of this entry →

C-Squatch and “The New” Invasion

May 31 2010

After several weekend weather woes, we were finally able to get Canaan up to the New River Gorge for his first multi-day climbing/camping trip. We decided it would be best to go up during mid-week as to figure out the logistics of bringing a baby to the crag without also having to battle all the crowds of Memorial Day weekend. We convinced our friend Scott to be our third man/guinea pig under the stipulation that we wouldn’t stick him with the job of baby-watching. So, with as rain-free of a forecast as you can hope for at the New River…Read the rest of this entry →

Craggin’ with the C-Squatch

May 03 2010

So if our hiking trips the past few weekends have improved my mental health dramatically, its probably safe to say that our first day out climbing with Canaan skyrocketed my psyche into the next stratosphere. A little fresh air, great company, and real rock sure can go a long way – if only there was a way to bottle it for future use during times of injury, sickness, or on rainy weekends! Anyway, after 9 months of “observation” in utero, and 6 weeks of training outside the womb, Canaan was finally ready to participate with Mom and Dad in one…Read the rest of this entry →

Showers and Surprise Alpine Conditions

Feb 23 2010

Steve and I headed west Friday night for the start of our fun-filled, but exhausting weekend. On Saturday morning our parents threw us a baby shower. There were about 50 people there and we got LOADED down with gifts! Speaking of gifts do check out these things to send boyfriend at office, which I recently found thamnks to one of the people at the shower. I got to catch up with lots of folks I hadn’t seen in a long time, including my roommate from college, as well as some old family friends. I feel like I ate my body weight…Read the rest of this entry →

Spring in January?

Jan 21 2010

What are the odds that a sunny January day in the 50’s would line up with a day off??? We had no choice but to go climbing!!! We headed west before the sun came up and met up with our friends Marc and Marie, who we met at Triangle Rock Club. Steve had taken Marc on his first outdoor climbing excursion about a year ago at Pilot Mountain while I was rehabbing my shoulder, so it seemed only fitting that we also were there for his girlfriend Marie’s first time roping up outdoors! We had a cold start to our day –…Read the rest of this entry →

“Not all who wander are lost.” —JRR TOLKIEN