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Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 26, 2009 - 09:55pm PT

I hope some of you northern folks got out on the last few brilliant days.
I went down south to the Gunks, myself.

Lucander photo credit

cowpoke

climber

Oct 27, 2009 - 10:06am PT

^^^great picture! hope the slideshow was fun.

richross

Trad climber

Oct 27, 2009 - 10:34am PT

Yesterday at Lost City.

Ian bouldering.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 27, 2009 - 11:09am PT

Cowpoke, the slide show went well despite pouring rain. Quite a few Northeastern climbers
have an interest in Red Rock, it seems. And in old stories, though I jumped around some in time.

lucander

Trad climber

New England

Oct 27, 2009 - 06:08pm PT

I've almost never seen such terrible weather but life has been so brilliant at the Gunks. Chiloe's slideshow Saturday was great, gettign wouth with Larry Sunday was a blast, and onsighting Fat City today was even better. I'm pouring a glass of Maker's Mark tonight!

DL

Gatineau Climber

Trad climber

Ottawa, Ontario

Nov 20, 2009 - 05:51pm PT

So after lurking for a while I decided to create an account. It appears there aren't many pictures of the Adirondacks on this forum, so I thought I would share a few.

I started climbing in the gym last year as a fun form of exercise while doing an internship in California. A few of the other interns and I decided to go to Yosemite for a weekend to do some hiking. I was amazed at all the massive walls and couldn't believe they were climbed. The day after I got back from the trip, I went to the local library and picked up John Long's How to Rock Climb book.

I've been hooked ever since and I picked up a few other books. After getting back to Ottawa, my friend joined my obsession and we decided to take the lead climbing course at the local gym. We climbed inside all winter and at the beginning of spring, we set up some top ropes at the local crags at Gatineau Park in Quebec and did some sport climbs.
By April we had both read Craig Luebben's anchors book several times and decided we needed to learn trad right away. Equipped with some nuts and hexes we started doing some trad leads. Eventually we got some cams and continued to climb outside as much as possible.

When the summer months came around, I had to go back to school in Southern Ontario, getting in very little climbing. My friend and I decided that we needed to go on a climbing trip as soon as exams were over to get our fix. We decided on going to the Adirondacks for a few days to do some multipitch trad.

I got back to Ottawa when exams finished and practiced some self-rescue at home. The next day we drove to Keene, set up camp, and started off the trip with some crack climbs at Creature Wall. We did a couple of 5.7's and a 5.8 crack climb that were a lot of fun.

The next day, we did our first multipitch climbing on Chapel Pond Slab, doing Empress and Regular Route on the same day. Run out slab climbing sure is fun.

On the third day we rested a bit, only doing two climbs at the Beer Walls. Rockaholics, a great 5.8 finger crack Adirondack classic, was one of them.
On the fourth day we did Weisner Route on Upper Washbowl, a 4 pitch 5.6 with great views. After that climb, we drove quickly to Poke-O-Moonshine Slab to do Catharsis, a really fun 4 pitch 5.5 slab.

We drove back on the 5th day, fitting in a The Great Chimney at Pitchoff Cliff, which a 3 pitch climb and our first chimney climb ever.

Definitely a great trip and we'll have to go back next Spring.

I've added some pictures below.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 20, 2009 - 06:28pm PT

Nice slide show, I hope you'll bring more.

The hills don't look like that now!

richross

Trad climber

Nov 20, 2009 - 06:45pm PT

Today at Bonticou Crag,Gunks.

adam d

climber

closer to waves than rock

Nov 20, 2009 - 07:02pm PT

Love the daks!

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2009 - 04:40pm PT

I like seeing Cannon from that angle.

Decent forecast for tomorrow, considering ... high of 46!

richross

Trad climber

Nov 21, 2009 - 04:50pm PT

Shadow making fun.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2009 - 04:57pm PT

Pate:
This was from some summit as I was completing the 48, I can't remember which- can you tell?

Lafayette, I think, one of the state's finest peaks.

adamiata

Ice climber

Candia, NH

Nov 30, 2009 - 06:53pm PT

Had a good day soloing the Prow on Cathedral yesterday. My wife took pictures from below.

perswig

climber

Dec 5, 2009 - 10:26pm PT

Weird. Finally got up to MW to find some winter (barely) and now it's snowing at home, 5" predicted. Might get to use the new Dynafits before January after all.

Trail conditions were dismal, lots of blowdowns and widowmakers from Thursday's wind and rain.

Little avi danger, unless a huge hunk of consolidated snow goes to the ground (but with streaming water on rock everywhere, not impossible.)

Odell's had the most ice, but warm weather had it crashing. Saw climbers headed up it anyway - yikes.

By midday, fog rolled in, followed by a nice little snowfall, temps barely cold enough, no wind. Yale (and Diagonal) and Damnation.

Pinnacle from Yale slab, pretty wet.

Looking down and out midway up Yale.

After a thought-provoking exit (sloughing ice, and rock, with going all the way to the Fan if I blow it), admiring the views and trying not to vomit.

Tucks, mostly crappy ice but some snow filling in Left Gully

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2009 - 10:38pm PT

That should confirm everyone's worst (but accurate) perceptions of New England off-season conditions!

perswig

climber

Apr 15, 2010 - 10:25pm PT

Spotted a living legend at our local crag today, getting on a few of the favorites between hail episodes. Any guesses?

Edit:
Funny, Todd.
SterlingJim: think 'stash and swami.