Sunday, June 24, 2018

Penny Rock Boulders

... while paddling the standard Yough River "trade route" last week we noticed that this place could use a bit of gardening - was pretty overgrown...

... 'Penny Rock Boulders'... L-R: 'Iron Man', 'The Ass' and 'Penny Rock'...

... a rainy day yesterday, so took some brush snips and a short bike ride ... not a ton of stuff there - two twelve foot boulders and diving board 'Penny Rock' which has a deep water route or two... great amenities - lots of nature, great swimming and jumping/diving deep hole with good trout fishing ta' boot (landed a very nice 18" rainbow among many catches over time) - and right along the 'Yough River Trail (YRT)'...

... 'The Ass' (so named for a bit of archaic graffiti) - north face - some decent stuff on some sloping pockets and smears - not bad... laying back that angling arete on 'Iron Man' (previous photo) is pretty fun...

... 'The Ass' north face - basically got everything opened to get some sun in - need a bit of brushing (once dry) - the old crack route now supports a dug-in poison ivy root system (to be removed) - there's a flooded high water scour hole that need filled in (no big deal)... all dependent upon how motivated we get - feel free to have at it... 

... from the archives - photo print annotation says July, 1984 - old fashioned bouldering "country boy-style" - 'Rust Never Sleeps' on 'Iron Man' (so named for the high iron content of the sandstone rock - see first photo)... sans chalk, not an ounce of cheap earth-killing polyester plastic in those cut-off Wranglers, while edging in those low top 'Chuck Taylors' definitely adds a bit of difficulty (although every boulder sports a grade V in our opinion), and what the f*k is a crash pad!?...

... disclaimer: good hot weather hangout - not a bad spot, but not for everybody with consideration to everybody we know... don't drown in the river...

... found this image while searching the archives - updated this prior post...

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Woodland Stones

... gotta' love SWPA bouldering - some good stuff hidden in the woods...

... 'Horizontal Latitude'...


... '8K Beers'...


... 'Popeye's Arete'...


... 'Eliminator Traverse' (aka: 'The Burner Traverse')...


... a real forearm fryer - there's a highball variation as well... great, solid sandstone...

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Mouse

... our gal MG Sarah railin' on 'Eagles of One Nest' on the 'Mouse'...


... displaying some nice (and a bit stiff) mantling technique in this sequence of images...


... an oft overlooked or non-existent skill in the age of gym climbing or running up and down sport routes - more often than not the hardest move on a route - particularly when mentally gripped and physically pumped... will usually trigger a blue moon 'M-F' out of even the Mother Superior...