05/18/2012: Rick's Rocks

Made it to Rick's Rocks for a little top-roping with Jeff and Michelle. Since it was Michelle's first time climbing and we had not been out in quite some time so we decided to start with "One Bowl Gully", rated 5.1? Not a technical climb, nevertheless it is quite fun. I was first up and cruised, came back down and cruised up again. Although I took a slight variation onto one of the overhangs, on which I slipped (I was rushing and not paying attention to my footwork) and banged my shin pretty good. Jeff was next up, he was a little tentative in spots but made it up. Then it was Michelle's turn, her first time roped up in a harness. She went about a third of the way up in her sneakers and decided that was far enough. Since we were getting hungry and darkness was approaching, I decided to climb up one last time to retrieve the top-rope anchors. I ended up climbing with the pack up in "pseudo alpine style".

After breaking everything done we walked back out to the car and went down to the Blairstown Inn for some burgers and beers. It was a great way to spend an evening after work!