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Mt. Washington and Harvard Cabin Christmas 2012

December 26-29, 2012 Not wanting to miss a chance to do some more climbing in the White Mountains while I’m home for Christmas, I headed up to Pinkham Notch early the day after Christmas.  I’d packed a light climbing rack, both rock and ice, one of my twin rope set up, the necessary clothing, food, […]

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Cannon Mtn. Christmas

December 23, 2012 Sunday I was able to get out with Boris for some climbing.  The original plan was to head to the Black Dike on Cannon Mtn, but since Boris hasn’t gotten any pitches of ice in under his belt we decided perhaps doing something on Mt. Washington would be better.  That was until […]

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Bozeman Ice Festival 2012

December 5-10, 2012 It’s warmer at 26,000 ft in Pakistan. -Kyle Dempster commenting on the weather at the parking lot in Hyalite Sunday afternoon. The first week of December I had the great fortune to get a paid trip up to Bozeman, MT and the ice climbing festival in Hyalite Canyon.  Never having been to […]

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Indian Creek with Paul and Lauren

December 1-2, 2012 I had the great fortune to get a call from Paul Brenner–West Virginian, goat herder, chicken raiser, and climbing hardman–to say that he and Lauren would be travelling to the Southwest rather than Mexico for their annual month-long break from farming.  One of their first stops on their trip would be Indian […]