Armed with fire-fighting Indian packs provided by Minnewaska State Park, and joined by members and volunteers from as far away as Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, the GCC went to work scrubbing down chalk on the Peter's Kill boulders. Test pieces like Khadejha and the Terror Dome provided not-so problematic problems for our debut test of these beefy water-cannons. The Warm Up Boulder, The Quarantine area, and The Lion's Den too were dispatched in a leisurely half-day, which gave everyone ample time afterwards to delight on the Peter's Kill rock beneath a stellar blue afternoon.
As with our scrubbing of the Mac Wall back on September's Adopt a Crag Day, the Peter's Kill clean-up provided us with much to chew on and savor, like just how quickly conglomerate cleans with the right tools, and how easily a regular schedule of events like these will create our own "happy" boulders. With the Petzl chalk clean-up being rained out, we're looking forward to a Saturday in early November to try the Preserve's Indian packs on the Trapps boulders.
The GCC would like to thank the members and volunteers who assisted with the clean-up, and Jorge Gomes, head climbing ranger at Minnewaska, who helped arrange the event.