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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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May 28, 2014 - 10:26am PT
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Mike M, where is that first picture from?
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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May 28, 2014 - 11:38am PT
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Beartooths in MT on Sunday
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 13, 2017 - 09:22pm PT
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Little ice bump from back n the day. Things are starting to change.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 13, 2017 - 09:29pm PT
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Yikes...it's not even Rocktober yet....winter will come soon enough. I'll keep track of it via the internet while enjoying the Patagonia summer.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 14, 2017 - 02:52pm PT
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Winter can never come soon enough.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 14, 2017 - 03:46pm PT
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Mike...I am so over winter. Never liked the short days and looong nights. I've reached an age where I am trying to maximize daylight hours and the only way to do that is to cross the equator twice a year.
Willoughby is really cool....err, cold. Went there once, we were the only people there. Great, continuous climbing!
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Sep 14, 2017 - 04:13pm PT
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Nipigon is better.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2017 - 04:27pm PT
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interesting 1st pitch of the Gent last winter. thin layer of ice with an inch of air behind it. I was way the eff out there before I finally got a brassie in. what you don't see in the pitch is that there is an 80ft cliff right before the start of the climb that you traverse out over. P 3 was fat though :)
Canadians on the variation to our right the skinny pillar right behind them is Le Promenade which is kind of scary and have only followed it. behind that is the mixed Reign Of Terror which in a moment of delusion I actually led once ;)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 14, 2017 - 10:26pm PT
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to go with Clint's story posted above
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 14, 2017 - 10:41pm PT
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there are other places in the Northeast... I haven't heard much news about this area recently.
not in the Lower 48, however, and even colder than Vermont...
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2017 - 03:08am PT
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the 1st pitch of Called last winter origionaly done in two pitches this is now done in one Loooong Steeep Pitch. There are 2 more long pitches above this photo that one can not see from this angle as they are in dihedrals
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 15, 2017 - 08:00am PT
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Jim the cold is the only thing that gets the people out of the mountains in the front range. I do really like the solitude when it is cold. Or working so hard on a below zero day that you have stripped down to just a shirt with no gloves or hat. Sadly I don't have much to add to this thread living in the front range. I guess I am going to have to put on my big boy pants and go up and scratch around in the park this winter. Got some new 70m 6.9 mil double ropes that should make the trek in there a lot better. Definitely planning a trip to Cody for around a week somewhere around the 1st of the year. Anyone interested? Nick? I know Donini is going to want to fly back from Patagonia for that one. Hell well even camp.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Nov 22, 2017 - 09:34pm PT
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