Projects fall in feb

  So this past weekend Two of my projects at hawks nest dam went.   After a total of about 25 days working and cleaning it I was able to snag the first ascent of the black pocket project. The  'black pocket'    was the longest standing boulder project at the New River Gorge and maybe even in West Virginia. The problem is a straight line of pockets up a steep black face with pretty much no feet. It has eluded alot of climbers in the past. Black pocket was the most condition dependent problem I have ever tried to project. It sits inside a dam where water levels varie from day to day. If its too warm you cant hold on the the river polished sandstone , but on the other hand if  the temps are right it usually means  its snowing.  On the day it went i was feeling really good and temps were amazing. I spent the better part of my morning sitting in my harness brushing about 6 inches of snow off the top and drying the holds. I had never stuck the huge move to the lip but on the first attempt saterday I was able to hit the sweet spot and pause for a breif second, I knew it was going to go after that. Two tries later i was shouting from the top in disbelief. I couldnt belive it went. Here is the raw footage. its not the best ,my new camera is on the way.

Another one of my HawksNest project went this weekend. I stopped at this blunt arete that I have walked by hundreds of times and started chalking up holds. From the sit start there is a very low percentage move off a really bad left hand crimp to a really good right hand. I had about 6 days wrapped up in the problem so I was really stoked when I was able to get the FA on it. I called it brass knuckles. Heres a pic.