A Day at Rocks

"Deer Tick" - V4+

Spent some time at Rocks State Park. The weather was excellent for my first time there. The variety of problems is pretty rad for a spot so close to home. Did a little off the grid trekking trying to locate the Smoke and Ash area, and never quite made it, but will definitely look for it again. Spent some time on segments of the area masterpiece "Moby" that goes at V10. Honestly I think I may need to revisit that problem in another year or two. Overall had a great day of climbing and will be back soon, can't complain with the easy drive and approaches. 

Spent a few days in the Gunks in late April and never got around to posting video footage of what went down. The cool kids at Rock and Snow lent me the now out of print bouldering guide for the area. I definitely suggest dropping by their shop if you head up to the Gunks, very chill people. Camped in camp slime, which is a must for any climber. Such a short approach to pretty much everything. This was my first attempt at any sort of video, so the footage and editing are awful, sorry. Also all of the problems with exception to the Lorax are not in the guide book, and when I asked people about them no one seemed to know about them in particular. So, I gave them tentative names just to be able to talk about them. If anyone knows their true origins let me know!



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