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News & Information 01/24/10
The 4th annual Smuggs Ice Bash, the local ice climbing festival at the foot of Smugglers Notch VT. Is This Weekend January 29-31, 2010. More… The Bossman Bayard Russell & Matt McCormick were crushing it in the “Dacks” during Mountainfest establishing “The Bossman” M9 Mountainfest Report The 14th annual Adirondack International Mountainfest was held on […]
Mountainfest Report 2010
The 14th annual Adirondack International Mountainfest was held on January 15-17, 2010. This year’s event featured a slide show by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and world-class alpinist Steve House. Steve is traveling the Northeast promoting his new book “Beyond The Mountain”. Steve said “this is my first and last book, I put everything I have […]
The Bossman
Bayard Russell & Matt McCormick were crushing it in the “Dacks” during Mountainfest True to Mountainfest tradition of establishing new climbs, Matt McCormick and Bayard Russell opened up “The Bossman” (M9) on the High Falls Crag in Wilmington Notch. This section of cliff had repelled some of the best ice climbers in North America recently, […]
Smuggs Ice Bash 2010
The 4th annual Smuggs Ice Bash. A local ice climbing festival at the foot of Smuggler Notch VT. Big news? Alpinist magazine has made Jeffersonville its new home and is helping with sponsorship of the Ice Bash this year. Come Join the Bash! # Socialize at the Brewski on Friday the 29th, 6pm # Demos, […]
Beyond The Mountain
by Steve House Alpinist editor-in-chief Michael Kennedy, calls Steve House’s new book “. . . a rare and profoundly personal glimpse of the drive, dedication and focus behind today’s light-and-fast ascents.” Steve said “this is my first and last book, I put everything I have into it.” I look forward to reading it. Steve is […]
The NorthFace Movie
Based on a true story, NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. In 1936, Nazi propaganda urges German Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif, the Eiger, bringing two reluctant climbers, Toni Kurz (BENNO FÜRMANN) and Andi Hinterstoisser […]
Ghost River Seasonal Access Secured
Alberta Canada / January 18, 2010 After four years of lobbying and negotiations the Climbers Access Society of Alberta (CASA) won a seasonal permit from the Alberta Government for access into the North Ghost. There are two elements to the access permit. First, the permit grants access to climbers right now. As of Jan 15, […]
New Petzl Tools
If you could change the Nomic, what would do? That’s easy; add a hammer and a spike. Well Petzl is working on this and the proto types are here. See photos at Escalade Quebec / Forum “The tools we are seeing at the show now and out climbing (Ueli Steck and the Petzl web page) […]
Photo of the Week 1/22/10
Jason Hurwitz leads the Advocate in the Black Chasm, Catskills, NY Photo byRyan Stefiuk See more Catskills action on his web site – Big Foot Mountain Guides
Tents Needed for Haiti Relief
Mark Richey, a past president of the AAC, is helping to organize a collection drive for tents and sleeping bags to send to Haiti to aid the hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of people left homeless by the recent earthquake. “Used tents, as long as they are functional, and sleeping bags are fine, and of […]
