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June 13, 2024
Hi Folks,
Everything I can see calls for a great weekend for anything you might want to do outdoors. I don't see how you can miss on Saturday and Sunday, and probably the rest of the upcoming week. That said, next week looks to be hot. But hey - it's summer, right? Get out there...
I posted the following on the FB page, but in case you missed it:
There is a very interesting interview with Joe Lentini about a new short film 109 Below that looks very interesting. In it he talks about the Albert Dow tragedy and more. I hope it becomes available to see soon.
https://www.conwaydailysun.com/interviews/joe-lentini-on-mountain-rescures-and-the-new-short-film-109-below-part-1/video_cb642bb0-229a-11ef-ad27-e3816e26cc29.html
There have been a number of things written about it, but sadly photographer, guidebook author and climbing icon Stewart M Green passed last Thursday from a heart attack at his home. A huge loss to the outdoor community. The following article in the Denver Gazette pretty well sums up his life and legacy:
https://gazette.com/news/local/stewart-green-climbing-pioneer-and-prolific-colorado-springs-writer-dies-at-71/article_dbda679a-2662-11ef-8010-33c5007043a5.html
A quick note about bears... Several people I know have had encounters with black bears recently. In one case a momma bear entered a house twice over a couple of days. In another the same bear trapped a man in his garage until the police and F&G arrived. Several friends have had bears on their decks this week! They are out and about and they are hungry. Don't leave food stuffs around where they can get at them. Close your solid house doors, screen doors do nothing! Thoroughly clean your grill after use. Take in the bird feeders until later in the summer. And of course NEVER feed the bears. For the most part, a fed bear is a dead bear!
Just sayin...
No better right now!
I'm with the Jim McLaughlin Group at Ledge Brewing on Thursday and again on Saturday at Big Day Brewing. Most of the band gigs this summer are early and outside which is really great. I promise that the music is great, please come out...
We are very good to go now pretty much everywhere. The downhill in the Hurricane Zone is kicking, cross country trails on east and west sides are good and Cranmore opens Wednesday - Sunday starting the week after Fathers day. Get out and ride!
Up on one of the Mount Washington Valley's finest crags and want to know what that climb you're looking at is? Or maybe you're on your way up from Boston and want to check out the Ice Report for your upcoming weekend plans. Or more likely, you're at work just want to daydream about your next adventure. Well if you have a smart phone handy, you can get to NEClimbs from anywhere you have cell service. While it doesn't offer every single feature of the site and it's not an "app", in mobile form, it does do a whole lot and is very useful. Here is the live link to the mobile version of NEClimbs:
http://www.neclimbs.com/mobile
Check it out and if you have issues on your specific phone, please feel free to let me know.
Join us and LIKE us on Facebook. I'll try and post interesting pix every Thursday and the latest Ice Report in the season, tho certainly not the whole Report. Here's where you can check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/NEClimbs/
Remember - climb hard, ride the steep stuff, stay safe and above all BE NICE,
Al Hospers
The White Mountain Report
North Conway, New Hampshire
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