Three guys and four pads, I like those ratios. Sweet ride, too, and proud owner, and did I mention, it is a beautiful day. I do wonder how long that stone wall has been there. If it doesn't get hit, it might be there more than a hundred years.
Nothing fancy, but it does have a nice picnic pavilion.
The north and southbound lanes split 1/4-mile downslope, leaving the creek and vegetation to do its thing. If it weren't for the constant traffic noise, you could believe that you were in the middle of nowhere.
I had not seen Buckeye in a month of Sundays, but it was abundant here.
Yellow Poplars were frequents, too.
Evidently, he was trying to warn the settlement of impending attack when he met his demise.
We stand no more than 50 feet from the southbound lanes, but since it is below grade down toward the creek, you would hardly know apart from the noise. We are ready to rumble.
The warm-ups were quite easy with numerous flashes going around.
Still there were cool moves.
Some of the topouts were sketchy because of the weathered top.
I could not get this photo flipped. It is flipped in my files but won't show the same here. It feels mildly odd that we make so much effort marking this event, when it is one oft repeated in the early days of settlement. But I guess we remember the threat of clashing societies and differing beliefs by it.
Amazingly, I actually took very few climbing pictures due to spotting, climbing, and figuring out beta. I apologize to the guys for that. We took a snack break and chewed the fat, too.
We didn't try the following climb, because we didn't want to disturb this nest with five beige colored eggs.
I was fascinated by the woodpecker holes on the inside of this hollow Buckeye stump and the look of charcoal at the bottom of it.
We liked this heel hook climb.
Following is the only picture I have of this climber climbing. I don't mean to denigrate his efforts by this video. In reality, he completed the climb before and in less tries than I did. It does serve to show how projecting a climb can initially shut you down. We found that we were helping each other with potential beta that worked and tries that made progress.
We were at the boulder for 4 1/2 short hours, but the session was intense, the conversation good. I should have taken more pictures of the climbing but also the significant tree variety in such a small area. I commented that the traffic noise gave perspective, because we are in a world just trying get along and enjoy the beauty, and yet there is constant background noise in this life. We have to choose to focus on the good, mitigating the bad through our faith in God and enjoying His good gifts. I am thankful for this small gift of friends and a new place to try some boulder problems.
