Fast forward and pause.

It's actually starting to feel like Spring outside. Sort of.

The Roundout Creek in our backyard has made serious gains this month.

The flooding days.

Fast forward to today.

The month of March has been fickle with its weather. One day a it was 65 and sunny, a few days later it snowed 4 inches. So it's been on again off again climbing, which, as it turns out, wasn't so bad because we've been able to settle into our apartment. The cleaning and painting is done and most everything is moved in. But who cares about that stuff. Climbing is more fun.

I've slowly been getting into shape again. The Adirondack winter was long, and this one was especially harsh. With basically no climbing from November through February, it's been an uphill battle (haha). But I have been doing some things that I've wanted to do.

On that particularly warm sunny day we were at Triple Right climbing. I top-roped Aphrodite's Divorce (5.11d) cleanly first try. I need to go and lead it. The gear on it is G+ so no real sense in not doing it. Also that day I watched Tim TR the top boulder problem on Cybernetic which is something like V9/10. Go Tim!

I went out and did Yum Yum Yab Yum (5.3) with Maria the day after it rained last week. That's a fun climb. Tons of exposure, long, varied and good movement. If only the crux hadn't been sopping wet...

And just the other day I made it out to the Lost City with Margaret and Kasia. Did some bouldering and then did a few laps on A Brave New World (5.11a). That route is fantastic. Sassy high stepping, reaches, crimps, jugs, undercling-deadpoint. Oh man, so good.

Margaret and I got out yesterday and did some routing in the sunshine, which is always a thrill. We actually did a repeat of one of Matt and my first ever days of climbing in the Gunks. Check out an old post here. (I was such a noob! hahaha.) Margaret and I did the Arch/Wrist link-up and the first pitch of Maria. All in the warm yummy sunshine.

And then again today I got out for a long lunch with Matt to do some bouldering. We tried Tim's new climb Happy Trail (V6?) on the Pubes boulder. We wanted to get some mileage in the short time we had, so we didn't stay there too long to work on it, but it looks like fun. I want to get back to try it again soon. We rushed over to Pat's Pinch (V7) and threw ourselves at that for a while. It seems like it's close to going down, but it's so PEBBLY and ouchy on my soft fing-eys that I didn't work on it long. What I really wanted to do was send Dirty Ricans and White Boys (V7). Finally did it! Woot Woot! Here's a video of the climb, but it's not me in the video:


Tomarrow looks like another baller/splitter/bomber day outside. If only we could pause the weather at today's and keep it there for the rest of eternity.