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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2008 - 09:01am PT
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Tradman carries the flag for Northeastern TRs, with no help from us couch potatos.
Love the Willoughby and Smugglers Notch scenes. Those are wild places to be out on a winter's day.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Feb 16, 2008 - 05:33pm PT
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Chilloe shoot me an email an I will get you off that couch and up something big at the lake.. I am starting to get an itch to go have a look at Fafiner......
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2008 - 09:51am PT
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Thanks, tradman, kind offer, but I'm retired from ice climbing these days. I should look to see if I have a few ancient slides from the Notch, though.
Maybe once the hills thaw out and green up, we could meet at North Conway or somesuch?
cheers,
L
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perswig
climber
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Feb 17, 2008 - 02:26pm PT
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Despite the 'retired', good money says Chiloe off the couch would kick ice ass better than alot of us NE regulars. I'd take him up on his rock offer, trad - LOTS of history and miles there, it seems. Dale
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2008 - 06:56pm PT
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perswig:
Despite the 'retired', good money says Chiloe off the couch would kick ice ass better than alot of us NE regulars.
Hoho, thanks perswig, that rumor is positively true so long as no one asks for proof!
In honor of tradman's contributions to this thread and the fact that I really am couchbound or at least deskbound these days, here's a 30-year-old shot from Smugglers Notch. Wood skis, Silveretta bindings, I think we was heading towards Origins of Intelligence in Children that day.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 13, 2008 - 06:30pm PT
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A wonderfull March trip up The Last Gentleman lV Wl5 single digit temps in the am gave way to perfect hero conditions on the middle pitches and a bit too soft for comfort on the top out. this is the start of Pitch 2. Photo by Bob Brandt
Bob Brandt following the 1st pitch rock traverse,
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Mar 16, 2008 - 10:23pm PT
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Today - the second time this season - I went ice climbing (yeah!). S. and I went up to Crawford Notch for a beautiful day: Silver Line, Elephant Head Gully and some climb on Mt Willard that I can't id right now.
No pictures, no great numbers, just a super day. Why do I post? Dunno, just feel really good and want to spread the feeling.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2008 - 12:43am PT
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It's very cool that you NEice climbers are keeping the faith. It was drinks & nuts at a hotel bar, for me tonight. I hope I have an honest climbing note to contribute next month!
cheers,
L
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2008 - 09:26pm PT
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Thanks to Hoss Julia,
I've got all three parts of this series right here in my lap.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2008 - 09:27pm PT
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Part one is from Climbing number 59, March - April 1980.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2008 - 09:34pm PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 29, 2008 - 04:16pm PT
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It's still full on winter for some of us. We had Cannon all to ourselvs in full conditions on Friday. Constant spindrift cascadeing from above every few minuets. We had a pretty good bout with Fafnir but she won on the last pitch. It must have taken a hammering wed. and thursday in the sun because the start of the last pitch was baked out and delamed so we rapped back down and recovered my pack. We had gotten a late start so it was after 5:00pm now but we were feeling sheepish for retreteing from Fafnir with the convenient excuse that I forgot the rock gear so we felt we should redeem our dignity by climbing the Black Dike and glissadeing down the back side. Naturally we finished in the dark. Eric savoring the spindrift on pitch two 3-28-08
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2008 - 05:50pm PT
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From a Northeasterner not in the Northeast today.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 29, 2008 - 05:52pm PT
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A bit past yesterday, Climbing number 60, May/June 1980:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 29, 2008 - 05:53pm PT
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2008 - 09:02pm PT
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Nice work, Tar, adding history to the ST archives. A lot of the old print stuff otherwise fades away. Photos from prewar climbs bring home the fact that "The leader must not fall!" was no idle slogan.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nice Jolly Roger for the summit!
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Thanks Tar,
That's some good readin'
Z
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I'm out in in California today,
'Was in Joshua Tree yesterday & met George Hurley for the first time!
Chatted him up on some climbing history -he's a vibrant character.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2008 - 02:08pm PT
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he's a vibrant character.
He is indeed, with a long rich career of FAs -- still continuing to this day.
Here was George sporting one of them newfangled Patagonia pile jackets, at Rainbow Slabs back in winter 1980:
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