Had a great time down in WV with my "sister":http://www.livejournal.com/users/fuzzyfruit/. We went to Summersville on Saturday, where I was "ropegun" for most of the day, and then to Bubba City on Sunday, where I've never been before. I got on "Michelin Man":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20030914_new_river_gorge/IMG_0212.JPG, which was very cool, and had a piss-hard thin crux section. My sister also seemed to have a great time. She led almost everything, including "putting up":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20030914_new_river_gorge/IMG_0153.JPG (and cleaning) a long 5.9. All of my friends were duly impressed by how strong she was. She didn't have quite as much stuff to get on on Sunday, but that just means she'll need to come back soon.

Sunday was also the day of near-misses. First just while in the parking lot, "Jason":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20030914_new_river_gorge/IMG_0168.JPG backed his car into a small ditch, so some of us went behind his car to help push him out. As he was pulling free, a baseball-sized rock came whizzing out from under the tires, missing my head by about 6 inches. Oops. Later on while we all climbing, Jason (again!) was on a climb, and pulled out a chunk of rock about as big as his torso, nearly killing his belayer. Luckily, they were both alert and nobody got hurt, but we were all around a corner when it happened, heard Jason yell "Oh shit!", and then a huge smash, and thought for sure he had decked. He hadn't, and everyone was alright, albiet a little shaky.

All photos from the weekend "are here":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/?folder=20030914_new_river_gorge.