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Well the weather in our Happy Valley has been spectacular for the past week, but a "hard rain's gonna come…" It looks as if there are even the possibility of a little snow next week!!! Nothing that's going to stick, but a sure indication that we're on our way to winter. I'm sure hoping there's still a bunch of nice weather yet to come. I have to buckle down and get on a couple of last projects and items on my tick list - not to mention getting my winter gear together. Work to do…
Speaking of work to do, I haven't done much this past week. I'm actually in LA visiting with friends and family. I don't travel all that much and it's fun, but it's tough not having all my music stuff handy and not being able to exercise like I normally do. I've been having a lot of lunch and dinner meetings with old friends and driving all over the place. It's always surprising to me just how far apart things are out here and how crazy the traffic is. As nice as he weather is overall, it's not someplace I could live year-round.
That said, I am going to get down to Joshua Tree to climb on Saturday. I was through there years ago, but haven't climbed there yet. Hard to believe, but it's always been on my tick-list so I'm excited. It's only for a single day, but even in a day I should get a good idea of what it has to offer. If things work out according to plan I'll hook up with Todd Swain, and I don't think I could have a better guide to the area. Now if it's just not 100+ degrees on my only day...
Sorry there isn't more, but I'm sure I'll have a lot to talk about next week. Use the upcoming couple of rainy New England days to get ready for what's coming.
Ice Conditions Report:
Selected Ice Conditions effective April 24, 2024
It's all over for 2023/2024.
Huntington Ravine
OUT
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
For the full current conditions report, CLICK
HERE
Instant Bug Report:
I would never have thought that I'd still be publishing a BugCON report in mid-October, but then it's been a funny season. The good news is that last week we had 2 hard frosts which knocked the mosquito population quite a bit. They all aren't gone everywhere, but they are a heck of a lot less than they were.
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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
Many have questioned the quality of this sort of achievement, deploring the use of pitons, tension traverses and expansion bolts, but the record speaks for itself. This is a technical age and climbers will continue in the future to look for new routes. There is nothing more satisfying than being a pioneer.
Allen Steck, justifying the 1st ascent of Sentinel's north face
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.
