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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2008 - 06:17pm PT
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Finally got up to North Conway today for the first time this season. Lovely weather on Whitehorse with Jim E.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2008 - 06:28pm PT
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2008 - 06:37pm PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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May 30, 2008 - 06:40pm PT
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Childrens Crusade? Or Total Recal??
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L
climber
A place with cats...bare naked cats...
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May 30, 2008 - 08:15pm PT
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Chiloe,
Please don't tell me folks are still using that...what is that piece of worn webbing with the rusted thingymajig? That's not an anchor is it????
Nice pix of Jim and that lovely purple rope. Those climbs looked like fun, especially that well-featured one.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2008 - 07:38am PT
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L:
That's not an anchor is it????
Well, it was one. There was a second piece of webbing on the same rig, but that came off in
my hand. This photo could go well with Crimpie's desert webbing cartoon ... Northeastern
black streaks are a tough place to be a rap anchor too.
We replaced it with some faded old tat we borrowed from a higher anchor on the way down.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2008 - 07:50am PT
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Those climbs looked like fun, especially that well-featured one.
Tradman called it right, the climb is Children's Crusade, a classic 5.9 face climb.
You're looking at pitches 1, 2 and 3 in the pics above.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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May 31, 2008 - 05:41pm PT
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Wow thanks for the images Chiloe
(brings back memories for sure)
Tradman beat me to it but I took one look and went "ahh Children's Crusade" what a beaut.
Some great routes right there:
C's C, 'Ethereal crack' and 'seventh Seal'
The Picture up thread:
"On Humphreys Ledge, some mellower route that gave us the idea for Regression"
Is "Regression" on Humphrey's and is the "mellower route" pictured "Dedication" ?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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May 31, 2008 - 07:15pm PT
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The little ripple to the left is total recal...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2008 - 07:17am PT
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TrundleBum:
The Picture up thread:
"On Humphreys Ledge, some mellower route that gave us the idea for Regression"
Is "Regression" on Humphrey's and is the "mellower route" pictured "Dedication" ?
Yes, good eye for Dedication. Here's another ancient slide from that outing with George.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2008 - 07:20am PT
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(brings back memories for sure)
For TrundleBum and anyone else who has nostalgic memories of the Northeast, here are a couple
of more atmospheric shots taken Friday at Whitehorse.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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the snow "welcoming mat" as you voyage onto friction/slab... and is that Poison Ivy?
leaflets three
let it be
it's Poison Oak
or Poison Ivy
-1944 Boy Scout Field Book
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L
climber
A place with cats...bare naked cats...
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Thanks Ed.
All I have to do is look at that stuff and...
oh...
dang it...
well, time to dig out the Technu.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2008 - 11:50am PT
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I'm more afraid of that stuff around our crags than of wolves, lions and lunch-mooching mutts combined.
For good reason.
I've often had thoughts (not acted out) of agent orange-ing plants in particularly unwanted locations.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Isa was haveing a strong headded woman moment a few years ago and didn't believe me when I told her those big green leaves were poision IVY. She didn't think it grew that big and what does a stupid stuborn guy know anyways;) . A while later she used it for TP OOOps.....
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Hey L
I'm terribly allergic too. . .
but if you want me to scratch it. . . . .
he he he
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L
climber
A place with cats...bare naked cats...
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Tradman,
My sympathies to Isa! That would be a ticket to hell IMHO.
There's also the hideous way poison oak/ivy loses its leaves in the winter, but none of its ability to bring out the oozing rash with those sneaky bare branches. Not fair. Not fair at all.
Steve,
Too early in the day for you to be naughty! Why aren't you at class? :-)
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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It certainly did put a damper on our love life for a month or so. Between the rash and me saying " I told you so" it was a serious dog house summer.... Watch out in that whole area from VMC over to WG...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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L
Are you suggesting that I have NO class?
Bwaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
hee hee hee
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Jun 29, 2008 - 02:44pm PT
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Sometimes, in climbing, you have to make the best of what you're given on a particular day. Fortunately, yesterday, in addition to some limitations (such as the weather and slimy seeping cracks) we had some great assets, such as superb company, and excellent climbs.
So anyway, Chiloe, my friend Jen, and I, had a day on Cathedral. Not your typical late June day. Felt more like early fall.
Here's the view from the cars, first thing in the morning:
From left to right: Chris, Greg, Jen, and Larry. And above us all is Cathedral, completely enshrouded in clouds. Not the most auspicious start to the day. And in fact, it misted on us all day long.
To start the day, Jen got a sweet onsight lead on Bombardment (5.8):
And Larry sees how well his new approach shoes work for climbing, as he follows Bombardment:
Then I wanted to lead Nutcracker (5.10a):
Which I managed to onsight.
Larry toproped it cleanly. Here he is pulling the crux move:
As did Jen:
Then Larry led Chicken Delight:
After that, we moved over to Book of Solemnity (5.10a). I led both pitches. I *barely* managed to keep on the rock on P1. I had previously fallen while leading this pitch. So it felt good to check that one off. It's really superb climbing. Sorry, no good pics of that on my camera.
Then we said goodbye to Larry, who had another commitment in the evening. We got great eats at The Muddy Moose, in Conway, and then headed home.
GO
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