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Outside of the economy, the crazed mechanizations of the stock market and the roots in England, the big story of the week was an amazing fall off the Prow by local climber Hans Bauer. To say he's a lucky man is a real understatement. To fall 100 feet off the Space Station belay and get away with more or less uninjured is nothing short of a miracle on the order of the kid who drowned for 20 minutes and lived. Go figure…
I was going to write it up, but the article in the local Conway Daily Sun by journalist and local climber Erik Eisele was so well written there really is no need. It's great to finally have someone writing this stuff that actually KNOWS what the heck they're talking about, and Erik sure does. Here's the link -
Interview With Hugh Herr:
This week there was a great interview on NPR with local legend Hugh Herr. Thanks to another legend, Todd Swain, for the link. DO NOT miss this one -
Selected Ice Conditions effective February 19, 2026
Just as you would expect following Ice Fest AND a week of truly balmy temps, going to be upper 30's today, the ice can be a mixed bag. I saw someone post about how things are terrible. But digging into it, I realized they were talking about places like the North End that are very well used. It probably gets the most use of all. There are only a few places that have really easy access to moderate climbing and where you can set up a bunch of top-ropes. So that's not unexpected. And of course the climbs that are getting a lot of full sun are getting somewhat punked-out. On my way back from Wolfeboro mid-afternoon a few days ago I took a look at Rainbow Slabs which look as if they are getting pretty funky. And I watched a hunk of the bottom of Way In The Wilderness fall down! IMO it's really the time to start paying attention to what you're walking underneath, any time of the day. Enjoy this weather, but keep paying attention...
Huntington Ravine
numerous options
Repentance
iffy
Standard Route
GREAT conditions
Dracula
IN & very fat
For the full current conditions report, CLICK
HERE
All That Glitters - A Climber's Journey Through Addiction And Depression:
I haven't read this tell-all-confessional book by Margot Talbot, but I was really impressed by the article Alison Osius wrote about in her recent blog on Rock & Ice. I figured since I was putting lots of links in MY blog (yes, I admit that this is pretty much a blog) this week I would include this one. Check this out -
As an aside - I've always been impressed with the way Alison writes…she's real, she's down to earth, she tells things the way she sees 'em and she writes about what she knows. I'd love to be able to write that way. Anywho...
Instant Bug Report:
Mostly the bugs aren't bad except in the deep woods. We'll see what happens after this upcoming spout of wet weather tho. Stay tuned...
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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:
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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
Naked male sport climbers? No! I want naked male trad hogs! Pushing 50 or over, very hairy chest and back, front tooth missing (no dental insurance), wrinkled yellow toenail fungus, sunburnt dome with long gray ponytail (sparse curls will do), fingers the size of Polish sausages, torn-off nipples due to offwidth damage... Now there's a man, an image to behold, every climber chick's dream. And when he says: 'Hey, honey, wanna do the DNB?' you just melt into a heap of adoring lard.
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.
