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So Thanksgiving it is...YES. I am grateful for my health, the family that I have even when I don't see them as much as I would like, for the ice and the rock that I can still climb and the friends and partners I climb with, for the bike trails that I can ride right out my back door and my buds that I ride with, for the music that I am still able to play after 51 years and for the friends that I am so very privileged to be able to play with. And for all the friends, loves and lovers I've known in these 71 turns around our yellow Sun.
For me, Thanksgiving is a special day to be grateful for what I have been given. But the gratitude is something I try to do every day. Happy thanks giving to you all. Savor this day my friends. Remember, this is the only November 22nd, 2018 you will have. Love to you all...
THE 2019 FUNDRAISER:
So here is how I spent my Thanksgiving morning. Up at 6:30, coffee and breakfast, get things ready to have people over for dinner this afternoon, and head out at 9 AM to take the weekly winter pictures. And now I'm back in my office at home writing up this week's White Mountain Report. It was 4 degrees here in the Valley this morning when I left the house, and 0 with a chill of -15 at the top of Crawford Notch at around 10.
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I can't actually say that there is nothing out there that can't be climbed. That would be foolish. But for the average, or a little above average climber, that's probably correct. That said, I did hear that there is climbable ice on Parasol in Dixville Notch. Not sure how that will be after we get a foot of heavy wet snow on Saturday. Regardless, here's a few pix I took today just to document things.
Huntington Ravine
AVALANCHE
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
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That said, there is fun to be had and here are some pictures taken today:
YES - A NEW CAMERA:
Last week I broadcast my plea for a new camera to replace my broken and ancient EOS Rebel DSLR and it was answered by Ron Birk. He very generously donated his old used 30D to the cause, a major step up from my Rebel. YUGE thanks to him for his kindness. The Ice Report SHALL go on!
ICE FEST 2019:
Mark your calendars & book your clinics folks! IT'S THE 26TH YEAR of the 2019 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest: February 1st-3rd, 2019.
VALLEY CYCLING:
The snow has made a mess of everything right now so I haven't been out riding this week. We need some snowmobiles and snowshoers out there packing things down so we can ride, but that will be happening soon enough.
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