bugs at Sorrow's?

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bugs at Sorrow's?

Postby kate » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:14 pm

does anyone know the bug status at Sorrow's End?
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Postby dquinn » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:27 pm

Come on Kate, say it in climber: ask for the beta.
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Postby martha » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:06 am

Kate wants the 'beta' on the bugs.... I'll bet cause she can't wear any bug dope.
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Postby ben smith » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:02 am

bugs at sorrows are INSANE- its black fly season and they swarm like crazy
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Postby Eager » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:07 pm

Yeah, unfortunately all this rain translates into prime breeding grounds for all those blackflies. All that marshy area around sorrows is a festering pot of procreation for billions of bugs....... and just when you think it's safe cause it's sunny out and it would be a great day to hit the crag......they decide to hatch. I was on a river system around parrsboro on sunny canada day and was eaten alive by blackflies, never seen it worse, and I've had some epic blackfly days in terence bay, took a week to recover.
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Postby kate » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:38 am

well, we managed an afternoon of climbing unscathed. on the hike in we were swarmed by deer flies, and on the hike out we were attacked by black flies and mosquitoes - BUT it was windy enough at the crag that we were bugfree for climbing/belaying! thanks everyone for the beta on the bugs. :lol:
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Postby Fred » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:46 pm

Eager wrote:Yeah, unfortunately all this rain translates into prime breeding grounds for all those blackflies. All that marshy area around sorrows is a festering pot of procreation for billions of bugs.......


I think blackflies breed in running water and mosquitos breed in stagnant water?
I want to go to hell... there's probably lots of rock to climb there.
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