I took this picture of the longest single arch bridge in the western hemisphere in like …2008. When I went to the New River Gorge with my Mom and took way better pictures with my super cool red digital camera than I did this time with my expensive grown up camera.
I took exactly no good pictures of the bridge or the mountains this weekend. Here are two with unfortunate lighting that are the best I could do.
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| The path home from Fayetteville Station. We squished a penny on the tracks! |
But I took some better climbing pictures
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| Andrew looking zen before the One, Two Punch! (aka One, Two, Double Dyno in Andrew speak) |
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| Melise figuring out beta on Black |
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| Andrew off the deck on Sunshine Arete, starting the send train in some cray Tenaya demo shoes |
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| Juliet finishing strong on Way of the Gun |
I wrote the beginning of this post right after coming home from West Virginia, but unfortunately didn't finish it until now, after my surgery. So real quick: The Craggin Classic was awesome. I would love to go again; it was full of good friends and nice people. Matt Wilder gave a really interesting slideshow that was really inspiring. I never knew how crazy strong he is and how much he likes to dress up. A bunch of companies were there to demo gear and put things in the silent auction (I won some stuff!! For $41 and some begging I left the silent auction with a Misty Mountain "mini fashion chalk bag", Misty shirt, a gear loop from Neon Climbing, a Petzl climbing dvd, and so much J-tree that my lips will never be chapped again and I have no excuse for rough hands ever.) I was super psyched to demo approach shoes since I couldn't climb, but no companies had approach demo shoes small enough for me :( But no worries! Because Andrew demoed so many climbing shoes and I tried a bunch on before we left for the day.
Overall: fun times, gear, lovely people, awesome place, you should go!
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