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September 19, 2024
Hi Folks,
Sunrise is coming much later and Sunset earlier... [sheesh] And the weather has just been too too nice not to be climbing. Last Wednesday I got on Cormier-Magness with Matty Bowman, a blast as always. On Friday I hit Jockey Cap with my new-ish neighbor Michael O'Brien, and on Monday I hoofed down to Wolfeboro to climb at Rines Hill with George Hurley and Jim Nupp. SWEET...
I've loved to play around at Jockey Cap ever since I moved here, in '97. The left side wall are great in the early spring and late fall when the leaves are off the trees and it's sunny. Both the fall and all the other boulders are a perfect place to work on your skills. There is also a couple of nice trad lines, my fave being the one that starts at the left toe of the Cap, wanders up the left side of the slab, steps around the arete to some amazing flakes and continues up to the upper dish. There are a half dozen interesting bolted lines that Brad White was involved in that will provide you with a couple of hours of 5.6-8 fun. You can also access them from the anchors at the top.
Then on Monday I climbed at Rines Hill with George Hurley and Jim Nupp. It's always inspiring to get out with them and just poke around. Usually we don't do anything hard, just have fun. I led Dike Step and we threw a TR on Layback Crack to get started, Then Jim showed us a couple of very short new routes about 50' right of Dike Step that someone from Brewster Academy had cleaned. I tried to lead what was supposed to be a 5.4! I would say that the main part of it IS 5.4-ish. However I didn't like the mantle move top-out with your last year below your feet, so Jim finished it... George and I did it on a TR tho. The one to its left, 5.9 is much harder, also with an unprotected top-out. A single bolt below the top would make them both reasonable, but what do I know?
So here's a few pictures:
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20240919/JockyCap_1.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20240919/JockyCap_2.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20240919/JockyCap_3.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20240919/RinesHill_1.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20240919/RinesHill_2.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20240919/RinesHill_3.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20240919/George.jpg
The only times the bugs have bothered me has been in the very early morning and late evening. There were no bugs at Jocky Cap or Rines Hill. That said, a man in Maine has been diagnosed with EEE from a mosquito bite!
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This is CRAZY week and the weather looks to be good! I'm with the Jim McLaughlin Trio at Rosa Flamings's in Bethlehem on Thursday 5-8, The Majestic Cafe in Conway on Friday 6-9 with the same trio - this time playing jazz, at a private event on Saturday and then with my own band at Tuckerman Brewing Company on Sunday 3-6. This is absolutely too much fun! [WHEW]
If you're interested you can always see my schedule here:
http://www.alhospers.com/?PageName=2
The Valley trails are in great shape right now. Unsurprisingly everything is dry, even in some places that are usually wet. So this is THE time to get on it.
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.
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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
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