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June 2009 AMC Gunks Trip

I headed out with the CT AMC over the weekend to do some climbing in the Gunks.  My parents have been members of the Applachian Mountain Club (AMC) for years.  My grandfather was on the NH board I think back in the day.  Until this weekend though I hadn’t done anything with them.  I didn’t […]

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Lots of Climbing but no Pictures!

So its full on into my best season of climbing and yet I’ve got next to no photos up!  Well it is a simple equation, number of pictures is inversely proportional to the amount of climbing I’m getting in.  This late winter and early spring I really hit the gym hard and I’ve gotten up […]

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Beginner Climbing Day 2009

Finally Lauren, Ben, Mike D and myself were able to coordinate a beginner day like we did back in 2007.  About 10-12 people came out for a day of sun and seasonablly warm (hot even!) temperatures at Ragged’s Main Cliff.  The day started with Lauren, Ben, Eric and I setting anchors on the Wiessner Slab […]

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New Rack

Here’s my new rack!  Hey!  Get your mind out of the gutter.  Well I’ve got all but a three or four pieces.  This was a run at Wet Wall (5.6) at Ragged. Mtn.  Overall it was a good lead.  I was a little sketched out in a couple spots but overall not bad.  I think […]

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Appalachian Trail – Cornwall, CT to Rt. 112

  Dave, Phyli, Lauren, Eric and I took a little trip up to northwestern CT for another hiking trip on the Appalachian Trail.  Since it was the first trip of the season I decided to plan something that was on the easier side, or so I thought.  I planed a nice little 13.2 mile hike with […]