Ice Climbing Photos

Departure

Alfonzo — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:44:55 -0400

by: Alfonzo

Description: The end of a brief life.

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4/20

greenmtnboy — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:40:21 -0400

by: greenmtnboy

Description: Boot love from the AK.

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April 13 Lock Ness

gunkiemike — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:30:48 -0400

by: gunkiemike

Description: Plastic fantastic.

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Ragnarock - Smuggs 04/14/2013

Broken Spectre — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:16:52 -0400

by: Broken Spectre

Description: "In" for the properly motivated party. Be in an out of there by 9 am tomorrow if you want it. Supposed to be 60s here tomorrow.... Might even snag the latest season ascent of it!?!?

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EHG p2 Smuggs 04/14/2013

Broken Spectre — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:16:51 -0400

by: Broken Spectre

Description: Fat, even brittle sticks on the second pitch, nice frozen turf at the top out. Beautiful glissade in the woods.

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Elephant Head Gully - Smuggs 04/14/2013

Broken Spectre — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:16:49 -0400

by: Broken Spectre

Description: Still Winter in the notch! Good climbing cold, spindrift, snow full on. Should be this way through tomorrow afternoon when it's supposed to hit 62 around here ;) . Grand confusion - in good, ent in good, terrortory in good, Ragna in for a motivated party, Work out wall looked good though I be very suspicious about detached ice at this point.

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Mt. Hood

leaf — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:47:10 -0400

by: leaf

Description: My nemesis (4.3.13)

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Vantage (4-6-13)

leaf — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:40:12 -0400

by: leaf

Description: A quick detour to the desert before I go back to the NH snow and ice. (photo by Veronika Glukhova)

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Black Dike 4-8-13

Jacon — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:59:56 -0400

by: Jacon

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Moby Grape 4-8-13

Jacon — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:41:32 -0400

by: Jacon

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Moby Grape 4-8-13 (afternoon)

Jacon — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:41:28 -0400

by: Jacon

Description: #onlyinApril

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Black Dike 4-8-13

Jacon — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:41:26 -0400

by: Jacon

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Black Dike 4-8-13 (morning)

Jacon — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:41:24 -0400

by: Jacon

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Jeffs Slide 4-7-13

tfarr3 — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:43:04 -0400

by: tfarr3

Description: "What's that you say?" ..... oh ya, one swing sticks and super fat.

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Quartz Crack 4-7-13

tfarr3 — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:43:01 -0400

by: tfarr3

Description: Decided to stop over and do the first bit of Quartz crack in our gloves and boots after finishing Grand Confusion.

Grand Confusion 4-7-13

tfarr3 — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:37:08 -0400

by: tfarr3

Description: Plenty of ice on Grand Confusion.

Hidden Gully 4-7-13

tfarr3 — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:37:06 -0400

by: tfarr3

Description: Early morning run up Hidden Gully's central line. Nice sunrise this morning.

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Black Chasm, Catskills April 3

gunkiemike — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:43:11 -0400

by: gunkiemike

Description: I like this shot. It's the upper pillar of Dan and the Devil showing why it was especially challenging. A great pitch to end the season on.

Dave leading up Blind Fate 4-5-13

Jacon — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:16:23 -0400

by: Jacon

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Blue Room / Doug's 4-5-13 (!)

Jacon — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:16:21 -0400

by: Jacon

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Smuggler's Notch, April 4, 2013

rockytop — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:32:34 -0400

by: rockytop

Description: Blue Ice Bulge pillar was friendly and fun this morning!

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Smuggler's Notch, April 4, 2013

rockytop — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:32:32 -0400

by: rockytop

Description: Good conditions on Blind Fate this morning. Thin stuff started coming down by 11am. Probably still good if you get it early in the morning.

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Smuggler's Notch, Thursday, April 4

rockytop — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:32:31 -0400

by: rockytop

Description: Steep and fun! There's still a fat solid crux pillar at the top of Blind Fate but the route's probably best gotten in the morning before things warm up too much.

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Black Chasm, Catskills April 3

gunkiemike — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:22:02 -0400

by: gunkiemike

Description: Loads of solid ice back there. April...crazy! This is Dan and the Devil in challenging condition (upper pillars weren't totally there)

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End of season boot shot

KZKlimber — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:47:53 -0400

by: KZKlimber

Description: Winter's over- deal with it

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Renormalization: Good sticks, but bad feet and scary screws

Jacon — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:42:54 -0400

by: Jacon

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Black Dike 3-31-13

Jacon — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:00:19 -0400

by: Jacon

Description: Sill looks good! We were headed for Moby Grape though.

Renormalization: Willoughby is toast 3-31-13

Jacon — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:58:25 -0400

by: Jacon

Description: We hiked up Mindbender to get to Renorm, which was straight snice. I backed off halfway up, we thrashed around and TRed. Amazing difference from four days earlier.

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Smuggs Conditions, April 2, 2013

rockytop — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:47:42 -0400

by: rockytop

Description: Origin of Intelligence in Children and Watership Down. looking very climbable.

Smuggs Conditions, April 2, 2013

rockytop — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:47:37 -0400

by: rockytop

Description: Good ice, some fresh, some refrozen and crystalized...still fat and solid

Smuggs Conditions, April 2, 2013

rockytop — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:47:36 -0400

by: rockytop

Description: Jeff Slide in fat condition. Rotted and refrozen crystalized ice but fat and good! 21F up there today.

Smuggs Conditions, April 2, 2013

rockytop — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:47:32 -0400

by: rockytop

Description: Easy gully area.

Positive Reinforcement

chrix — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:28:12 -0400

by: chrix

Description: Josh getting his easter weekend fix in. ADKs. 3/30/13

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Easter Sun Halo

leaf — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:08:24 -0400

by: leaf

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Pocket Kong

leaf — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:31:26 -0400

by: leaf

Description: Our new smaller quadcopter gets ready for the flight of its life in Huntington Ravine.

North Gully

leaf — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:24:52 -0400

by: leaf

Description: Nomics? The perfect gully tool. The upper reaches of North Gully. (3.31.13)

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Odells Gully

leaf — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:23:26 -0400

by: leaf

Description: Looking across at Odells left. (3.30.13)

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Damnation Gully

leaf — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:22:12 -0400

by: leaf

Description: Finishing through my favorite groove.

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Damnation Gully

leaf — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:21:18 -0400

by: leaf

Description: Finishing through my favorite groove. (3.30.13)

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Huntington Ravine

leaf — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:01:44 -0400

by: leaf

Description: A little breezy.. but warm all weekend.

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Buttermilk ravine on March 30

gunkiemike — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:55:00 -0400

by: gunkiemike

Description: The right pillar on the top pitch - fat and solid.

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North Gully on 3-30

Ridgerunner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:05:51 -0400

by: Ridgerunner

Description: A party on North Gully. Nice talking to you in the Garden !

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Pinnacle Gully on 3-30

Ridgerunner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:51:47 -0400

by: Ridgerunner

Description: The end of P3. Full on conditions at times but the crossing of the alpine garden was the easiest I ever had. Lion's Head was in perfect conditions on the way down.

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Pinnacle Gully on 3-30

Ridgerunner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:51:45 -0400

by: Ridgerunner

Description: A very snowy P2.

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Pinnacle Gully on 3-30

Ridgerunner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:51:44 -0400

by: Ridgerunner

Description: Diane on P1. Her first time on the route : finally !

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Pinnacle Gully on 3-30

Ridgerunner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:51:41 -0400

by: Ridgerunner

Description: We met Doug and the choppa' on the way up. Tough flying conditions today for sure ! Chatted just long enough to clear the route for us.

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Shoestring Gully on 3-29

Ridgerunner — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:45:01 -0400

by: Ridgerunner

Description: Direct Finish. Diane's first time on the route. Fun !

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P1011234

tfarr3 — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:04:02 -0400

by: tfarr3

Description: "Spring Fling" and "Sociophobic" in Nabesna. Found ourselves with a couple days of Wrangell - St. Elias NP cragging after weather and time spoiled our plans of flying into the Eastern AK Range.

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Grand confusion

slink — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:29:15 -0400

by: slink

Description: DWT leading a wet and slushy grand confusion

Grand confusion

slink — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:29:13 -0400

by: slink

Description: DWT leading a wet and slushy grand confusion

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