I've lived here in the Valley full-time for going on 14 years, and one staple of that residence has been the Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest. It's hard for me to believe but this is the 17th one of these babies. I really feel that this is THE premier event of the winter in New England, at least as far as climbing goes. As best I remember I have attended 15 of the 17, only missing 2 that were I went to the Canadian Rockies with my old friend Yuki Fujita. As always this year's event is going to be a great get-together with lots of clinics, demonstrations, parties, slideshows and a very cool comp featuring the redoubtable MC Freddie. Even if you don't take a clinic, the slideshows are always fantastic and being able to demo all kinds of gear is a great opportunity. And oh yeah, looks like it's going to be perfect weather this weekend. It's an event that you most certainly do not want to miss.
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Mystery Achievement -
5.11d
The second pitch is quite good stemming up the steep groove and is worth doing even if you use one point of aid to pull past the lower crux.
The route is named after the Pretender's song of the same name, which has the line "...nobody's perfect, not even a perfect stranger...".
The thrashing movements gave me the shuddering thought that if the stitching came apart, I would burst through the bottom and plunge two thousand feet. My life was hanging on the threads of an Oldham seamstress.
—Peter Boardman
Looks like we'll will have to wait for another day...
Omega, Cannon Mountain
Selected Ice Conditions effective February 4, 2010
While some ice still looked OK last Thursday, especially at the top of the Notch, in a week the cold snap has really done wonders. In fact the ice has been steadily building all this week and I would venture to say that the ice is in about as good a shape as one could ask for right now.
Huntington Ravine
good
Repentance
IN
Standard Route
fantastic
Dracula
huge
For the full current conditions report, CLICK
HERE
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