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damian took a rest day so there are a lot of pictures from today’s session. warm weather again, thank god. there are almost 60 pictures so i don’t think i’m going to do any picture-sequences this time… on mulletino: josh cuttin’ loose on stretch armstrong: kim on an unnamed problem: scared on an arete…. never trust a mustache:sort of a sequence of my send of lea’s problem – i found a crimpy traverse at hp40!and was very pumped after finishing it, top out and all: happy new year everyone!

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dec 29

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 30, 2005

lots of pictures to post. today was unrealistically cold in the morning. i was grumpy, cranky, and sad all at the same time. then i found out that i can fit into my outdoor climbing shoes with wool socks on, and we had a good session. there was the cold morning session, the afternoon cranking, and then the night session that was brought on by a whole lotta wine. pictures! i am glad to announce that i went back to send the problem that i posted a pic of a few posts ago. here it is: uniball: sit start from block to undercling… which eric called an “underpress” since it’s got no cling.hand heel match on the opening hold and work your way up…

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it’s 18C, why aren’t you here?

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 28, 2005

yesterday was a great day of climbing! we met up with eric (used to climb at oasis, switched to rockheads and then moved away) who’s down for a week on his own. he pitched his tent nearby to help us amalgamate all the ontarians into one place…. also taking over some really great real estate. we’ve got a great spot – i believe i’m camping on page 18 of the dr.topo guide for hp40, we can climb within sight of the tent. starting on the 26th, the place really filled up. we woke up yesterday to be surrounded by people. we have new jerseyans on one side, quebecois on the other and a few cute little sharma-wannabe children across the road. it was my…

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when the tent’s a rockin, don’t come a knockin

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 27, 2005

so damian’s here now!he quickly declared that i had lost weight already, and he took me grocery shopping. mmmm junk food! here he is on one of our warmups today: sit start with reach… match hands, change feet:fire to sloper (i’ll be saying that alot when in hp40) reach high for an undercling, feet up and fire for the top of the boulder to encounter a freaky slopey top out… here i am on something that i look forward to trying when i’m not so burnt… it’s a tough sit start into an undercling, match it up and continue out the roof on so-so shallow holds. hopefully i’ll be posting pictures from the send of this one later this week 🙂

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a river ran through it

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 25, 2005

so it’s raining. still. it’s been pouring all day and i wish i was exaggerating. lesson learned number 2: if there are patches of gravel on your campsite, these are not pads for tents, they are to fill the washout from the last torrential downpour and to provide drainage for the next torrential downpour. i found that out today as i found a small creek forming very close to my tent. thankfully i have a good quality four season MEC tent and the base of it is still waterproof. after spending as much time in the washroom (restroom) as possible to charge my laptop battery, i ventured back to pouring rain tent land. i cozyed into my tent and was instantly bored. this is…

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december 30

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 31, 2005

dec 29

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 30, 2005

it’s 18C, why aren’t you here?

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 28, 2005

when the tent’s a rockin, don’t come a knockin

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 27, 2005

a river ran through it

Jessica Evans

Posted on December 25, 2005