Another Day on the Falls and Some Time on the Rocks

After two great weekends on the road it was nice to hang out locally, at least for a day or two. Friday was Billy's last day at MDA so some work friends went out for a happy hour then headed back to my to hang out before heading to see the Hackensaw Boys in Arlington. James and I rocked some pretty sweet jumpsuits and Billy dawned the classic pink ruffled shirt. We arrived to a large crowd of fans at Iota, but did our best to boogie ourselves some wiggle room.

Curt at Pummel Photo: Brett Mayer-Aschhoff

Saturday was a beautiful day and the water was higher than we had seen in a long time on the Maryland side of Great Falls. We had a great time making runs down the cenetr of Pummel. I had probably one of the crziest lines on the notch that involved going off backwards in a barrel role and landing on my head. Man that drop looks much bigger upside-down and head first!
Some bad lines were had but we all escaped unscathed. We topped the day off with some pizza and then headed to my house for a campfire, smores and a few frosty brews.

Hackensaw Boys rippin it

I was up at 6am on Sunday packing my car with David to head out for some climbing at Seneca Rocks. We were there by 9 and climbing by 10. I wanted to get in some leads but this was only my second day outside climbing since the fall. So I was happy cleaning gear today. We got on some fun climbs and scrambled around on the top before decending to terra firma.

David heading for the anchors on 7-11, Franklin, WV

David and I grabbed some adults beverages and joined Eric and Sarah at the Front Porch for some delicious pizza. We recounted the events of the day and enjoyed each others company. The plan was to head to Franklin, WV to do some sport climbing on Monday. It poured all night as we slept in our tents, I was second guessing my decision on taking a day off now that it was looking like it was going to be a rainout.

It turned out that Franklin was mostly dry and very climbable. We got in some great routes, I got out on the sharp end for the first time since my fall on December 28th, 2006. I have a lot of ground to make up in my mental fitness, but overall it was a great feeling leading again.