Let's face it, October sucked big time. Or at least the weather did. And honestly the first several days of November have as well. But amazingly yesterday and today, were both stellar. If there ever was a thing called Indian Summer, these were certainly it. a truly balmy 67 degrees and sunny yesterday, and 64 today. [WOW] Both with bluebird skies and few clouds. Even tho I couldn't go climbing on either, they both were days to be savored, like a fine cognac.
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February 1-3 in North Conway, NH.
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The Unicorn -
WI 4+
When it comes in, a steep and strenuous effort. In 2004 it was done many times as a full length route starting at a runnel right of Child's Play and continuing all the way to the top of the cliff.
Yup, it's from Thursday October 15 and most probably the first ascent this season.
Standard Route, Frankenstein, Crawford Notch
Selected Ice Conditions effective November 15, 2018
The ice is really starting to form up now. While I wouldn't call anything IN, there ARE some possibilities and they are only going to get better. Standard Route was done today, as was the Dike. Below are a few pictures from this morning's drive. I didn't comment about every climb. The pictures say it all. Enjoy...
Huntington Ravine
possible
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
The closest thing to IN, but not really
Dracula
OUT
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One Of Our Articles: Another Day At Ducks Head (a.k.a. Trollville)
Duck's Head (Trollville) is a great place to toprope or to get your mixed climbing skills in order. This day was a particularly great time...plus we ran into a couple of mixed-masters and got to watch them at work!
Climbing is a very dangerous sport. You can get hurt or even kill yourself. When you go climbing, you do so of your own free will. Everything on this site is to be taken with a grain of salt. Don't blame us if you get up some totally heinous route, in over your head and fall and hurt yourself.
