goods new (sorta) - i'm chagrined to admit i bitched to the rangers about stone soup being closed last month and it appears the park actually consented to move the closure barrier back - wow, sometimes they DO listen? jesus, this shakes the very foundation of so many of my core assumptions about authority, democracy, and the existence of the flying spaghetti monster
so.....
...stone soup is currently the ONLY climbing to be had on beacon rock at the moment
tape still across the trail at the parking lot, but apparently you're granted permission to cross it to the trench n' no further
it goes to the top - best to rap w/ 2 60s or a single 70 - fun to top-rope the lower wall by either doing the first pitch of stone soup or scrambling up the mountie route on the far right side
no better time than ever to grid-bolt the parking lot wall
the rest of the north side should be open, frankly, most especially including siege tactics, but reckon that's the next thing to fight about...
reckon i should be at least a little thankful