Hydropower M9 WI5-
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 bag only to knock my own tool off the route!
After climbing 90+ feet of drytooling to get there it was hard to motivate to get back on but I rallied and sent on the next try. After pulling onto the icicle I moved above the attachment point and fired in a screw about 3/4 of the way when a high powered stream of water cam shooting out the back of the screw! I had never had this happen to me and was startling to say the least. I moved quickly to avoid being totally drenched and climbed to the trees to top out the line” – Matt McCormick.
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Read all about the FA and more Catskills action on Matt McCormick’s Blog
Video by Ryan Stefiuk of Bigfoot Mountain Guides
Read more about “Hydropower” and the Catskills Ice Fest 2010
