A New FA

So yesterday's blue bird-ness payed off. It was really a perfect day, anytime of year, but especially considering that it was November 7th. A bonus day really -- as is any November rock climbing day in the Adirondacks.

We went to the C Chimney Cliff with the intentions of retrieving our black static rope, which has hung there for most of the year. We failed at that. It's still there. But only because we have a new route we are working on! First pitch is done. Second pitch needs a little cleaning and trundling.

We called the climb Bearded Munchkin. The first pitch is 75 feet long with four bolts and is only slightly easier than Seeking Enlightenment so we ended up calling it 5.10b. You start in a kind of ramp/dihedral thingy. Work up this via some cool movement and then step right to pull this nice sized roof. Do some crimping, let your feet cut a little, reach real high and your through the crux. After that there are a few more technical dihedral moves and the "pitch" is over. I put "pitch" in quotations because really this should be a 180 foot single pitch. It's a straight line with no obvious stopping points. The only reason we stopped is because of rock quality.

All in all it was another great day of climbing at Silver Lake. Great success.