In 25 seconds…….the 2010 Ice Fest! by Anne Skidmore “Well, as though things aren’t busy enough for a full time photographer, I make myself even busier with an event I love. In my spare time (haha, laugh now) I also help put together an Ice Climbing Festival here in North Conway. It is 3 days […]
News & Information Hydropower M9 WI5- Erik Weihenmayer Climbs Ben Nevis Home Made Tools Hydrophobia at “The Lake” Mahoosic Notch, Maine – eguide –
Possibly the hardest mixed route in the Catskills FA Matt McCormick 2/22/10 “On my first attempt of the day on the new route I made it all the way to the ice before elbowing my ice tool out of a hook while clipping! AAAHHHH! I couldn’t believe it. I had the route in the […]
Off the Beaten Trail by James Paradis Over the past several years, Dan Cousins, Dave Custer, Jim Paradis, and Susan Ruff have extensively explored the ice climbing in Mahoosic Notch on the Appalachian Trail at the border of New Hampshire and Maine and climbed some 40 pitches of ice there. We find the ambiance in […]
by Ian Osteyee Adirondack Mountain Guides Blind Climber Erik Weihenmayer had a couple of talks to give in London, so he decided that it was a good time to visit Scotland and climb the legendary Ben Nevis. The blind climber may have summited Everest, but that seems only to have wet his appetite for climbing […]
Rolando, a Romanian artist living in New Paltz, Ny has put his sculpting skills to work. The tools are modeled after the popular Nomic and made from hickory and old lawn mowing blades. This is the 2nd generation. They look incredible. I wonder how well they climb? Nice work Rolando. Source: Nancy Savickas
Aurora Direct Lake Willoughby VT “Larry and I rapped back to the ledge and Matt had just started the next rap when all hell broke loose! Tons and Tons of water cut loose at very high pressure over the big wall for about ten minutes. It was just ten feet to our right. I cant […]
Celebrating Valentine’s Day? Ice Climbing, of Course! The U.S. Census Bureau listed ways that couples celebrate Valentine’s Day. The bureau listed household participation rates as: Greeting Cards at 65%, Date Night at 44%, Candy at 38%, Flowers at 32%, but oddly enough, ice climbing on the traditionally romantic day was not among the listed activities. NEIce […]
This Weekend! Join NEice at the 12th Annual Catskill Ice Festival – February 19, 20, 21 & 22nd This has been a good year for ice in the Catskills and the Catskills hold some of the best ice climbing in the Northeast. Visit Ryan’s web site for a sample of the great climbing this area […]
More than Easy Gully’s Dave Rioux mixing it up on Mt. Webster, Crawford Notch, NH Photo by Doug Millen Trip report by Alfonzo .
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