Devil’s Lake
October 2, 2008
I’m leaving today, around 5 pm for a trip to Devil’s Lake Wisconsin. Devil’s Lake is pretty much the hot spot for climbing in the midwest. The routes there are notoriously hard and stiff in their ratings. Devil’s lake is not the place to go to bag big numbers, but if you can climb a 5.10 at Devil’s Lake they say you can climb a 5.10 anywhere.
This trip is through Bemidji State University’s Outdoor Program Center (OPC). There are seven participants and three trip leaders going. The drive is roughly eight or nine hours so we’ll be staying in Winona the night before and leaving early Friday morning to get on the rock (and perhaps more importantly snag a coveted first-come first-serve campsite) as soon as possible. The weather is predicted to be sunny in the mid sixties, so definitely beautiful for October. I anticipate the place will be packed.
I haven’t looked at the guide book lately, so I don’t even know what climbs I’d like to hit up. I’m probably just as excited to get away for another weekend and spend some time playing guitar around the campfire as I am to go climbing.
