Mostly Plants

On a particularly sharp climb at Peter’s Kill
Climber:”What’s this red stuff coming out of my knuckles?”
Belayer: “That’s personal weakness!  You’re forcing it out by climbing!”

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The “Trap Dike” is a lovely little route up Mount Colden, in the Adirondacks, that ranges in quality from dry, blocky scramble to raging waterfall.  This is the story of how four intrepid adventurers from the Free Outing Club of Cornell/Ithaca ascended the dike in “slightly runny” conditions.
All photos are courtesy of my coadventurer Elaine [...]

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