Rock Climbing trip # 9 ( June 23+24)

Last Pic of the weekend. 3rd pitch of Directisma. Belaying on the BIG spacious Thin Air ledge.

This is the ultimate MONEY pitch of climbing @ the GUNKS - CCK . This is Jonathan . I will be back next weekend and hope to drag Keith up to this point and have him get my Pic on lead. It's a wicked cool - Thin traverse down low just out of the Pic, then you work a few moves up on the slab place some pro make a few more moves more pro a few deep breaths and exit top right with more thin moves. It's almost as much fun as racing TT bikes..........

New Friend this weekend . I have been climbing at the Gunks for over 15 years and I have never seen one of these . I saw three this weekend WICKED COOL colors.

First route we climbed Sat .

My climbing buddy Jonathan + I did two days at the ' GUNKS ' this past weekend.

We did a ton of new routes neither of us had never climbed.

Sat - Snooky's , Ally opp, Cakewalk, Absurdland + DruckardsS

Sunday - CCK + Directisima

Hey Gary I don't eat that bad! Typical weekday Lunch

Gary,

Can you eat the Hummas I buy/eat with your new Diet / Lifestyle? Or do you have to make your own ???

Let me know, DAD

Monday Night Oil Change in the Eurovan + ROCK CLIMB

My VW Eurovan camper can only get a oil change in two places in Ct. . At least that's all I know about no one in the east wants to work on these things. So I drive the 45 Min's to the VW dealer, + instead of the normal 2 hour wait....

I hike up the road about a mile cut into the woods to one of the local CT. TRAP ROCK Cliffs and I did 9 laps on a 100' tall cliff. Nice work out for a Monday . Break down my rope and hike back to VW dealer .

Good night - 2 mile walk 900 feet of vertical all in three hours.....

Not like Gary's Killer rides - but good work out for a weeknight..

Fathers Day without Gary - We missed you.......

Not bad for MID June in Ct. - Got an early start and the frost did not kill them.

Garden doing Ok - Need to do some weeding. No Deer damage yet - they will wait till the day before the tomatos are ready Urggggggg..

Gary - View of patio this year - Lots of stuff in POTS .

Uncle Jon + Meadow just before Marshmallows / Smores - Yummm.

Mike - Dad - Shannon + Jon ( MeadowRose up front)

Rock Trip # 8 - Yes back to the Gunks again- What can I say the place ROCKS - Don + Steve - Base camp Eurovan

We got in two solid days of great climbing with Semi sketchy weather ( Hot + Sweaty Sat. ) . We did a link up variation route called Bitchy Virgin - neither of us had ever done the route it was great. Then I lead Wonderland 5.8- and fell at the Bolt - Big screamer down but nice + steep so clean fall + nothing to hit. Double 9mm ropes stretch a lot - but they are designed to do that.

Sunday was close to a total rain out - But it cleared out and we got a full climbing day even after retreating from 1/2 way up our first climb - when light rain + wierd FOG rolled in from Below ?? Later I got to lead the $$$ pitch on Arrow 5.8 it has a cool roof and several thin moves on a beautiful white slab of GUNKS perfect rock - what a blast. Funny how getting scarred can be so much FUN.

We did 9 pitches Sat and 6 pitches Sunday.

Gary you need to go climbing outdoors with me next time your back EAST and have some free time.

Rock Trip #7 - Back to the climbing world - Gunks again -day trip Sunday June 7 w / Jonathan

I'm about 1/2 way to the tree ( 1st belay) and getting ready for the CRUX moves on the steep / roof section above me + left of the overhang. It was a great route !

Looking up at Pitch one of Stricktly from Nowhere 5.7. The route goes up + left of the triangular roof in the center of the picture. The first belay is at the small tree on the ledge

Vacation Cruise - May 20 - May 27

Rope swing fun.

Diving off a Pirate ship ( snorkle /swim day)

Our House for the week..

Another very nice beach @ St. Thomas - PS : we rented a Jeep + drove around all day . Self guided Tour thing , very steep skinny pot hole strewn type of roads..

Friend from one of the beaches on St. Thomas

Weekend of May 12+13 Planting the garden + Flower pots on the patio.

Herb Garden

Herb Garden

My weedy Tiny Garden.......

Gary has his Garden / Plants on his Patio.

Well I have a little vegatable garden out back, and a new Herb garden going also.

Oh yea last thought on the yard I have some great roses this year.