Petzl has announced a recall of certain batches of NOMIC (U021AA00) and ERGONOMIC (U022AA00) ice axes due to a risk of breakage at the handle that could cause the climber to fall. The Petzl warning advises climbers to stop using the affected ice axes immediately and contact its customer service department for a handle replacement. Please refer to the English version official recall information for full details. Includes: technical details, products impacted, how to submit a recall and FAQs.
Say it ain't so Joe, PLEASE! It has assuredly been warm this week, now it's very foggy and drizzling. What can I say? It sure feels a lot like it's the end of the 25/26 ice season, at least in the lower elevations. Of course the warm up won't last, but it has been wonderful.
AVALANCHE DREAMS: A Memoir of Skiing, Climbing and Life
Louis Dawson describes his life in six sections with each one representing a different era of his life. The forty-three short chapters flow smoothly and keep the reader wanting to explore one more episode at each reading.
Last Gentleman -
WI 5 IV
One of the Lake's mega-classics. It's generally done in 4 or 5 pitches, depending on the quality of the ice or the length of your ropes. The direct start usually isn't in so you head up below the Promonade and traverse left on a obvious ledge to where the ice begins. The next pitch usually ends at a cave. Continue up a couple more steep hard pitches to the trees.
As far as I'm concerned, if someone eliminates the mental part of climbing, then we might as well all go play miniature golf.
—Greg Opland
RIP George Hurley. 91 years young, a truly good soul.
Here @ 80, leading CCK (5.7+), October 2015.
Selected Ice Conditions effective November 26, 2026
The past 3 warm days, Tuesday upper 60's in Crawford Notch, has really decimated the ice. Almost everything has come down on Cathedral Ledge, with even the top of Goofers gone! I have been hearing lots of crashing during the day and at night. EVEN tho my house is closed up! The right side of Whitehorse has also sloughed. I was riding my in Crawford Notch Tuesday afternoon and heard big crashes from the Amphitheater. It's going to get cold again, but the climbs that are gone will. likely not form again.
Huntington Ravine
numerous options
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
possible
Dracula
possible
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One Of Our Articles: Getting Your (Ice) Rack Together
Ice racks are personal, like fine cars and wives. Every climber's rack is different, and putting one together can be as easy or as complicated as you like. Here's a few tips on putting one together that will do most of what you'll need here in New England.
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.
