Weekend Update
I think Shaun McQuaid might be mildly disappointed in today’s post. Yes… yes… I waited all day… but finally I’m getting my act together and am posting the weekend update. So here it is:
Climbing at Cathole
a post by mike d.
Sunday was a perfect fall day.
Jesse, Devin, and I took advantage of it by heading over to Cathole Pass in Meriden CT. We set up the rope on two routes that I have mentioned previously: Saturday Night Special and Millions of Dead Dogs.
After a comfortable warm up on Saturday Night Special, we started working on MoDD. I think I have decided that, of those climbs in CT that I have climbed, this Dead Dogs route is my favorite outdoor climb in CT.
Cathole is especially fun because it’s a very exposed cliff. Anytime while you’re climbing you can glance off to the right and get a beautiful view of the fall awesomeness. Anyway, back to the route.
What makes this route fun, in my opinion, is the top. The last 20 feet or so, as I’ve mentioned in previous posts, is covered in Razor Crimps. This time, I climbed the route with my camera and took a sweet photo.
So amazing! Here are more pictures from Sunday!
Overall a pretty stellar day, though chilly at times. I look forward to our return to this spot.
Is the 2nd to last one showing the shutter or your fingers at the edge? I only ask because of your imfamous Finger Pointing picture from a few years ago.
Alas, no. My camera’s lens protector doesn’t always open all the way when you turn it on. This particular time, the error went unnoticed by the camera operator.
That infamous Finger Pointing picture was hilarious though. Absolutely perfect.
Where can I see this famous Finger Pointing picture?
Alas! I have lost the original.
But here’s an MSPaint Dramatization
I’ve done a bit of climbing (nothing super intense though….) and dealing w/all those crimps AND stopping to take a picture….dang.
And the fall awesomeness = spectacular. It’s all crazy colorful in Spokane now too.
We were lucky to get such a beautiful day. The picture just doesn’t do the view justice though.
It makes me happy that you have dabbled with climbing. Such a fun sport!
Sigh…. she hasn’t yet tried orienteering.
Mike D: 1
Patrick: 0
December 16th Patrick, December 16th!
Great pictures we dont have any real good climbing places where we live and our few climbing places we do have dont have views like that.
How can I be disappointed with stellar outdoor views such as this?
Good times were inevitable - glad you enjoyed sticking your fingers in Millions of Dead Dogs.
ha ha! how horribly morbid!!
*rimshot*
First, You said you wouldn’t publish my likeness!!!
Second, Guy who said “yay for stopping to take pictures while crimping”, Don’t worry, he was standing at a no hands rest at the time. it was a ledge, you could bivy on it, actually it was big enough to have a barbeque, a Bivy & Barbeque, thats actually what its called “The Bivy and a Barbeque Ledge”
…bring your hibachi
oh man… I have been burned.
Mike, this is the part where you talk about who was able to do the route clean and who couldn’t!
No doubt!
My spiderzing sense was tingling miles away!!