The Back Story<\/h5>\n

A couple weeks ago I ventured out to ‘The Gunks” with Paradox Sports. That trip went pretty horribly. I ended up getting sick before I even got to climb and drove the 7 hours all the way home.\u00a0 I did get to see friends I hadn’t seen in a long time and it was a pretty drive though.\u00a0 One of those friends happens to be the National Program Director for Paradox Sports. Dom and I actually met at a paradox training before he came to the team.<\/p>\n

The Idea<\/h5>\n

Last week Dom suggested we meet up in Rumney New Hampshire so that I could at least get some climbing in.\u00a0 Without friends taking me to amazing places to climb, it can be very difficult to get any climbing.\u00a0 The terrain on the east coast and in most climbing areas really make it quite difficult if not close to impossible to get to a climb by myself. You may say “but wait! , “Enock you always say you can do anything.”\u00a0 You are right. I could still get to the climbs by myself but it would take hours if not days of grueling hauling of gear, possible crawling, and most likely injuries.\u00a0 So to avoid all that I call on friends for some help to expedite the situation and make things a bit less risky. Well less risk until I actually get to the climb at least. Climbing without some risk would be pretty boring.<\/p>\n

Barn Door Hostel<\/h5>\n

Dom got together a couple more friends. Brigette who I actually met in Yosemite and Dave who owns the Barn Door Hostel in Rumney.\u00a0 Side note if you ever go to Rumney or near Rumney you should stay there.\u00a0 It is very accessible at least it was for me and is a beautifully put together place.\u00a0 There are 2 full bedrooms downstairs and upstairs is a unique place to stay.\u00a0 There are hammocks upstairs.\u00a0 I thought that was a really cool idea. You can check it out for yourself here.<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Dom had to work on what was looking like the best day of the week so we ended up climbing on Wednesday. It was during a rather blustery, rainy, cold day. I really can not say how appreciative I am that they all put in the effort first to get me to the climb but also standing around basically waiting for me to get done in the cold rain. At least I was moving and working so I was warm. They had to have been cold and tortured. I just realized that doesn’t sound like helping me climb is very fun. So any of my friends that would like to help me go climbing ignore that and we will go on better weather days.<\/p>\n

The Climb Before The Climb<\/h5>\n

Getting to the climb was actually a bit less horrible than we expected.\u00a0 Not to say it didn’t take a lot of effort.\u00a0 The hike starts out easy just going along the paved road until we got to the trailhead. This is where the type 2 fun begins haha.\u00a0 The trail starts out with a set of steps and is quite steep leading to other sets of steps.\u00a0 I am quite good at picking alternative routes around things so with a little observation we were able to circumvent these obstacles and make our own path.\u00a0 Once we got close to the climbing area it was a matter of figuring out how to actually get on the climb.\u00a0 With my trusty Labonville<\/a> climbing chaps to protect me I simply hopped out my chair and climbed up onto a flat rock to prepare for the climb.<\/p>\n

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About The Route<\/h5>\n

The climb is a pretty close to vertical crack about 30 feet tall.\u00a0 Even if you don’t climb you should hike up just to see this rock, There is an amazing feature running through it that looks like a waterfall but is actually rock. They say when you do a first adaptive ascent you get to rename the route. So I wanted to call this one Waterfall Wizardry.<\/p>\n

I don’t have enough cams in my rack yet to complete the climb so I borrowed some from Dom. More about that later haha.\u00a0 I did the climb on top rope. This means that I was tied into a rope that was attached to the belayer, AKA Dom. with a belay device.\u00a0 This way if any of my gear popped out of the crack I wasn’t going to fall very far and had very little risk of the other gear popping and letting me fall to the ground.\u00a0 I decided to do it this way just to get some practice placing gear.\u00a0 I also wanted to figure out if I could actually lead this crack before I truly try to lead it.<\/p>\n

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Climbing The Route<\/h5>\n