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'...like a see saw baby, going up, down, all around, like a see saw - da da dum dum dum.' I don't know about you but I've felt as if I'm being jerked around on a string this past month. The ice is IN, it's OUT, it's OUT, it's IN. It reminds me of that old joke about cat Hiku: Wanna go outside. Oh, crap! Help! I got outside! Let me back inside! Just when you think it's safe to get on the ice, it's not. [sigh] Well regardless, the ice is IN right now.
I haven't had a lot to say the past couple of weeks over these holidays. Just too much family stuff and business to wind up and the like to have time for cogitation. Sorry 'bout that folks. Regardless I have gotten out for some personal climbing here & there and it's been a lot of fun. I just have to be sure to grab the fun days when I can & not put it off. Of course I always urge everyone in my family to make a New Year's resolution. "Don't put things off" is a popular one. But for all of us climbers I suggest "Do More Ice Climbing" for our New Year's Resolution. The ice is there for us, now let's just get out and enjoy it. Sounds an awfully similar to "Don't put things off", doesn't it?
Happy New Year
Ice Conditions Report:
Selected Ice Conditions effective December 15, 2025
Took a quick ride into the Notch Monday morning. There was a lot more climbable stuff than on Thursday. At this rate by the weekend many things will be in normal IN conditions.Weather permitting of course. NOTE - possibility of rain late Thursday! FWIW In many placed right now, including my yard, the ground is simply NOT fully frozen. Please don't count on getting those solid turf-shots... Protect early and often!
Huntington Ravine
got some good stuff
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
looks good
Dracula
very close, possible
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Remember - climb hard, ride the steep stuff, stay safe and above all BE NICE,
Al Hospers
The White Mountain Report
North Conway, New Hampshire
I think a lot about climbing still, but not during the daytime. I think about it mostly at night, and on special occasions. I think about climbing when I am fed up with life in general. When I whish I could go over to the rocks or the trees. I enjoy my dreams about climbing.
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.
