{"id":2758,"date":"2016-08-15T20:33:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T00:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2016-08-14T20:33:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T00:33:51","slug":"summer-roadtrip-coopers-rock-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=2758","title":{"rendered":"Summer Roadtrip: Coopers Rock, West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple days drive east takes us to our next destination, Coopers Rock in West Virginia.  Coopers is a place that we climbed at often back when we lived in Pittsburgh.  Paul LEARNED how to climb at Coopers!  Neither of us had been here since we moved out west, 13 years ago.  It was quite a treat checking out our old stompin&#8217; grounds and showing the kids around.  We met up with our long-time climbing buddies that still live in the east, making it all the more special.  And even the weather cooperated with dry, mild days!  A good time was had by all.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/1.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul on the v5 start of <em>Roof Problem<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/2.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJen&#8217;s turn<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/3.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBrian going for a repeat of the stellar <em>Shadow Boxer, v6<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/4.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIvan eying up Seb&#8217;s delicious looking pizza<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/5.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOren with rockin&#8217; long hair<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/6.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul on <em>Death Block, v6<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/7.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBrian gives a go<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/8.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul sends<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/9.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIvan on a perfectly kid-sized boulder<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/10.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIvan tops out!  While Silas and Rhys explore in the background<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/11.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul sending <em>Ship&#8217;s Prow, v5<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/12.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nErin giving <em>Ship&#8217;s Mantel, v2<\/em> a try<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/13.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSeth sticks it and sends<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/14.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKids build a teepee<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/15.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul gets his one shot in a lifetime to send <em>Tomb Raider Roof, v7<\/em>, because it&#8217;s ALWAYS dipping wet!!  But not today.  \ud83d\ude42<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/16.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/16.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMe on <em>Raiders of the Lost Tomb, v5<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/17.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPaul sends.  I do not.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/18.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe kids abandon the teepee and build a log cabin instead, complete with flower garden<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/19.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/19.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;while little Ezra just hangs out lookin&#8217; darn cute<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/20.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[summerRoadtripCoopersRock]\u201d&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/images\/summerRoadtripCoopersRock\/20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe end of our Coopers Rock portion of the trip.  We take the kids to the Overlook and savor the green landscape<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>posted by arr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple days drive east takes us to our next destination, Coopers Rock in West Virginia. Coopers is a place that we climbed at often back when we lived in Pittsburgh. Paul LEARNED how to climb at Coopers! Neither of us had been here since we moved out west, 13 years ago. It was quite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2765,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions\/2765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}