Tom Grundy's Climbing in Kentucky 2010 Travels Page
I didn't get to Kentucky as early as I would have liked and only got about 3 weeks of climbing in before I left for Thanksgiving. In general the weather was excellent with some glorious sunny days (and a few cold ones too). I managed to send a few new climbs, but didn't work on many harder climbs and got shut down by my continued attempts to send "Wild Gift" (which was a project I did not send last year). I certainly could have used another month or 2 with these conditions.
weird spider we saw (small grape sized)
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spider again
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I seemed to get a bunch of spider pics
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As usual it took about 2 weeks to get a start on the endurance to climb here. I think the ability to recover on decent sized holds is pretty critical (and something I had not been training much all summer). I also didn't have a lot of power, so it is no wonder I did not send a whole lot.
As usual I was staying at Miguel's, sleeping in my truck in the "North 40". It was a bit of a longer walk, but might have been a bit quieter and the sun hit a little earlier. We usually didn't get a very early start, but that left some time for stretching, slackline, and hacky sack. On rest days I mostly messed around on my computer, but I also took photos and went for a few trail runs in the nearby Natural Bridges State Park.
Natural Bridge
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Usually I was either climbing or belaying, but sometimes I managed to get a few climbing photos. This first bunch is from "Funk Rock City". Did I mention the lovely weather? in case I didn't, the weather was mostly lovely, especially for November.
Stacy on "Smokin' Joe"
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Stacy starting the crux on "Smokin' Joe"
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Derek on "orange juice"
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Derek approaches the crux on "orange juice"
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Derek falling from the crux of "orange juice" - he got it a few tries later
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Derek warming up on "eye of the needle"
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Zac on "gyana mudra"
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That's all for now, maybe I'll post up a few more pics later. There are more pics on some of my reports from the last few years too.
Pete jugs up at the Chocolate Factory to take some pics
(in case you haven't noticed, the Red has some steep rock)
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