Triple Right

Yesterday was a major win. The forecast called for super nasty weather, which included rain, freezing rain and snow. But it there actually turned out to be some nice weather -- blue skies and sunshine.

I made it out to Triple Right with some people and we did some bouldering. It was fun. Got on the start to Cybernetic Wall, which is a 5.13d. I guess it's more or less three boulder problems -- a V8, V6, V10. But yeah, it was fun to work on the moves. After that we we just kind of poked around. Things were dry-ish out there. Definitely a little bit limited. I'm sure Cybernetic will always be dry, which is a nice thing to know.

Here is Brian Kim sending Cybernetic Wall

Cybernetic Wall from paul jung on Vimeo.

Boulderz

I hit up the carriage road today in search of dry boulders and I found a few. Black Boulder, Rican's and White Boys, Clune's Cranks area. Woot Woot. Felt good to move about on the boulderz.

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Nothing like terrible weather to get you down... It's miserable out there!!

Anticipation

I was just looking at old posts about Silver Lake, and despite the six fresh inches of snow on the ground (%^$#%$!!), a drop of sweat rolled out of my armpit. And then I realized my hands were sweating.

I.

Cannot.

Wait.

To.

Go.

Climbing.

Mobile Home, Part Duex

After some thinking, a plan was hatched to put lids on the framed compartments. The first step was to cut supports and screw them into the sides of the compartments. I took 1x3's and cut them down the center at a 45° angle. Then I measured the correct height around all the edges and drew my lines. After clamping the angled supports in the correct position, I drilled counter-sunk pilot holes and then put the screws in.

I wanted to put in hinged lids so that they could be opened and easily but the engineering of that goal proved to be a little tricky. The edge of the cap overhangs the bed of the truck by just a little bit and so I had to offset the hinge by a little bit by making the lids out of two pieces of plywood. I also put industrial strength Velcro on to keep the lids from popping up whilst driving.

The lids are completely removable, even though that are made of two pieces. We glued dowels onto the small, outside piece of the lid, which pop into drilled holes on the original frame.

The finished product!



I'm planning on testing this baby out the first week in March. Woot woot!

Mobile Home, Part Une

So, last spring I bought my grandmother's truck. It's a 2002 Toyota Tacoma with 4wd and when I bought it, it only had 11,000 miles on it. I asked for a cap for my Christmas/Birthday present, and I got one! Yay! I just picked it up a few days ago. It has a raised roof and a roof rack...making it the perfect road trip vehicle...


We didn't have much of a plan on how to actually turn it into a road trip vehicle. I had seen a couple of examples here and there, and I knew I wanted it to be loosely constructed around the plastic bins that holds most of my climbing gear.

So with that in mind, I got to work. After cutting some plywood framing pieces, I used a blow torch to bend some "j-hooks." I also cut some angle iron brackets and connected those to the plywood. I actually cut threads using a tap to eliminate some of the bulky nuts.




So this is where things are now. I'm currently trying to brainstorm the lids/sleeping platform. I want to be able to seal the lids so they don't bounce all over the place and I haven't quite come up with a solution yet. I'm sure it will come to me though. Stay tuned for the finished product.

Back in the Gunks

The Adirondacks will always be near and dear, but it does feel nice to be back in the Hudson Valley.

On January 31, 2011, Matt and I loaded the last of our things in the last available cubic inches of our cars and closed the door on the beach house in the mountains for the last time. I headed South and he stayed to do some couch surfing. I will certainly miss everyone up there in the cold, dark, North...BUT I'm sure we will be back, at the very least, to visit.

That said, I've already been out bouldering on the carriage road. On Monday (my birthday) Chris and Margaret and I got out for a little while. We weren't expecting much in the way of dry rock considering how awful this winter has been. But to our delight, Million Dollar and New Pair were both dry, and Suzie A was mostly dry. We didn't do a lot of climbing, but it was nice to move around again. After showing Chris the beta on Million and New Pair, he sent both quite handedly -- even flashing New Pair! Good job Chris!

Come Spring, Come!

Silver Lake in the Winter

I didn't go climbing there but other people have been. Last week I went out for a cross country ski and was amazed to find a beat in trail! Apparently there have been some busy folks doing some climbing. I skied most of the way to the Tsunami slab and saw two different parties -- one to the left and one to the right. Let's see if you can find Waldo (as it were).