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tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Jan 8, 2008 - 12:32pm PT

looking down Jaws, Holts ledge, Lyme NH

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Jan 12, 2008 - 02:20pm PT

Some more old frozen shizzle from the unfortunetely shortlived North American Climber, inaugural issue, July 1975. I just posted this on the NH thread too.

Aya K

Trad climber

New York

Jan 13, 2008 - 12:16pm PT

Just a mishmash of stuff from over the past month or so...

Polar Soldier 12/9/07

Roaring Brook Falls 12/10/07

Lions on the Beach 12/10/07

Scotch Tasting 12/25/07

Multiplication Gully 12/29/07

North Face of Pitchoff 12/30/07

The Surfer. 18th hole of Bivy Caps. 12/31/08

PowerPlay 1/5/08

Rhiannon 1/5/08

Stupid squirrel 1/6/08

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Jan 13, 2008 - 11:12pm PT

Scotch on the rocks! Nice shots Aya.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2008 - 08:42am PT

Looks like a fine season for ice climbing. Thanks for sharing the fun.

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Jan 14, 2008 - 11:42am PT

thanks for the posts... making me feel like there isn't nearly enough time for me these days to play all those games that I'd like

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Jan 14, 2008 - 08:20pm PT

Makes this armchair climbing all the more envigorating in some strange way! LOL

Aya K

Trad climber

New York

Jan 14, 2008 - 09:34pm PT

That scotch, I should mention, was only part of our Christmas haul.

Jim E

climber

Mountain Road

Jan 15, 2008 - 07:48am PT

All you Northeastern climbers ever do is drink.

hey... wait a minute...

GOclimb

Trad climber

Boston, MA

Jan 15, 2008 - 10:26am PT

Aya - that looks like a helluva good time.

And you *know* I'm not talking about the climbing!

GO

pcousar

Sport climber

White Salmon, WA

Jan 22, 2008 - 04:59pm PT

Runmey before sport climbing, 1984, was all about the ice.

I still get a chuckle from the handsewn ripstop pants, and the pitons too!

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 22, 2008 - 06:07pm PT

Back when Rumney and ice gear were whole 'nother things.

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Jan 28, 2008 - 01:17pm PT

Smugglers Notch VT looking down Grand Illusion WI4+ 1-27-08 photo by Isa Oehry

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Feb 8, 2008 - 03:40pm PT

Dave Powers on the Long Hard and Sustained 3rd pitch of Called On Account Of Rains lV WI5+ This was definatly the burlyiest thing I have climbed in a few years. Glad I didn't hve to lead it;)

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Feb 8, 2008 - 08:03pm PT

Matt on the never ending 1st pitch of Called On Account Of Rains. 2-7-08 Steeper than it looks and sustained. Never any moves harder than grade 5 but every move is at the grade for a full sixty meters

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Feb 15, 2008 - 07:18am PT

Beautifull bluebird day at the Lake. Its valentines day and my sweetheart is accross the ocean in Litchenstine so I have to fight off the blues somehow. Meet dave in the parking lot at 9;00am and head up to the cliff. It is brisk and clear, the sun just coming arround the corner and warming the ice. A party of colege kids has allready broken trail so the hike is easy. Neither of us feels like a big day so we have headded for the right end of the cliff,mostly 2 pitch climbs in the 4+ to 5 dificulty. We settle on Extensive Homology Wl5. this is cool as I have never done the route. wadeing into the chest deep snow at the base of the cliff we stomp out a platform and gear up. My lead so after a short thrash to the ice I head up a steep thin narrow runnel that gradualy steepens to verticle. Nice fun climbing untill the pillar ends at some bushed and I have to make an akward move left to gain a snoe covered ledge. I sling a slendar bush and grope blindly with the tools. My glasses are fogged up and I can't find any purchace in the unconsolidated snow. In frustration i stow my prescriptin glasses in my pocket as i am better off nearsighted and half blind than all fogged up! A few vigerous swings and some fancy foorwork and somhow I gain the ledge without ever getting a solid stick. All the lower angle stuff is covered with an ice crust and afoot of snow under that to clear off before you get a decent stick. Knargly snow cones and a lot of work. I thrash up a low angle ramp clearing huge slabs of theis crud as I go with my frontpoints scating on veraglass under the crud to gain a step curtain and hopefully a decent screw;) No luck there, my first swing cracks the curtain clear through and all the way accross. I keep moveing left accross the slopeing ledge kicking off big slabs of crud which lazily float the 100ft of vert to the ground below with a solid Whump! Finaly some decent ice, a few steep moves and then its back to clearing crud for 30ft to the headwall and a screw belay. Dave makes short work of the pitch arriveing with a big grin and ready to tackel the steep ice above. Its nice and sunny now but still cold enough to be dry and brittle as dave cranks up the curtains and Pillars. Grade 5 is easy stuff for this kid and and he is haveing fun headding for the steepest exit up a nice pillar gaining the trees 200ft above in short order. I clean the belay and launch into the pitch. After the first 20ft the ice softens up and the sun is doing its thing. Plastic and sweet, the sky so blue it looks allmost black. A bit more brittle stuff at the top and its a done deal. No one has done this one in awhile so we have to make threads for the 2nd rap. Awsome day. Dave on the 2nd pitch

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Feb 15, 2008 - 11:06am PT

Next best thing to a cold shower is a frozen shower curtain! Sorry to hear that your sweetheart is away but thanks for posting the cool frosty shots. Just got a new pair of Superfangs on ebay that need something to do although the ice is a bit harder to come by out here in Cranktown. Were you refering to Lake Willoughby as the lake?