Season 2012: Wet & Clean - UPDATE

I just got before and after cleaning photos from Andy Traylor, 1st ascensionist of Unearthed, V1 on the Water Tower Boulder, and wanted to share it with you so you can really appreciate the effort. Andy had to set up a top rope anchor in order to clean the top of this large boulder.

Photo used by permission. Copyright 2012 Andrew Traylor.

And here is Unearthed, V1 after cleaning:

Photo used by permission. Copyright 2012 Andrew Traylor.

My last post about Season 2012 also has an 'after cleaning' photo of the Water Tower Boulder. Once again, thanks again to Andy for the cleaning effort and congrats on the FA.

A Bit of Carver Climbing History

So a friend of mine had some old Carver Climbing Club stuff he loaned me to photograph. The first is the button you would get to put on your climbing pack to show you were a member of the club. I joined in 1999 and these were no longer in existence. This is the first one I've ever seen. You?


These next few images are of the pamphlet that was created to to inform climbers (this was before people really bouldered) about the rope climbing at the Carver Bridge Cliff.












Yep, the date on the cover of the pamphlet reads 5/14/91. Not too much has changed since then. You still need to be respectful to the landowner, Mr. Rosenbaum, and now also the Stone Cliff Inn Staff. And you still need to treat the land better than your own.