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April 4, 2025
Hi Folks,
I was down in DC for a family event from Sunday through Tuesday evening. It's been quite a while since I have flown, so that was -uhhh- I might call it entertaining. [wry grin] The sheer volume of people in both airports, but most especially in Dulles, was something I haven't experienced in quite a while. Not to mention the traffic on even the local roads down there. It was in the 40's when I left on Sunday morning. On the wonderful side it was 80 degrees on Sunday and Monday, 70 on Monday afternoon. It was SO very nice to be warm!
[FROM THURSDAY MORNING]
So the power just flipped off and then right back on again. It took a few minutes for the internet to reset. We have a half inch of frozen slush & ice on the ground and now it's raining! I just spoke to a FIDIUM installer who had driven down through the Notch from Littleton around 8:30 and he said it was a real mess. I have an appointment today at 2, and unless it clears off by the time I'm done around 3, I will put off driving up to take my documentary pictures until tomorrow. It's not like there is really any ice to climb up there. At this moment (10:45am) it's so foggy I can't see Cathedral Ledge from my back deck!
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Pictures from today, Friday, are here & on NEClimbs. Obviously the lower elevation ice is done. Here are also some pics of Cathedral & Whitehorse. It's almost time for warm granite folks...
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/CathedralLedge.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/UpperRefuse_Recompense.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/ThinAir.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/Whitehorse_slabs.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/Whitehorse_SouthButtress.jpg
Here are some of the pictures from Thursday. For ALL of the pictures and latest Conditions Report go to the Ice Conditions page on NEClimbs.com.
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/Frankenstein_Amphitheater.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/Frankenstein_RightSide.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/smear.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/MtWillard.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/MtWillard_UpperTier.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/StandardRoute-cave.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250404/flumeCascade.jpg
I am off this weekend, and then playing on Saturday 4/12 at Ledge Brewing as a duo with Jim McLaughlin. That should be a fun and creative evening.
If you're interested you can always see my schedule here:
http://www.alhospers.com/?PageName=2
I think it's time to get out the road bike until things dry out and find some clear and quiet places to ride. I don't have a gravel bike, so the roads out in Chatham and some of Fryeburg come to mind. If the Fryeburg Rec Path is clear that might also be nice. The Walmart end of the Conway Rec Path has been clear, but the Cranmore side is in the shade and still has snow.
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
| As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how. |
| Edmund Hillary, referring to the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay |
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