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zealotnoob
Nov 19, 2009, 7:44 AM
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How about it? Is there any ice up there yet?
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jaablink
Nov 19, 2009, 7:52 AM
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Not yet from what I am told. If it comes in at all like last season, it will be fucking fantastic….
Im in NH now, the ice in the notch is starting to form and 3 weeks ago the first assent of the season, Panicle on Washington was done , though it was mostly mixed…
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Alpine07
Nov 19, 2009, 8:13 AM
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jaablink wrote: Panicle on Washington was done , though it was mostly mixed…
I like it. Especially since the last time I was up there the guy I was with freaked out... Complete panic, it was great.
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jaablink
Nov 19, 2009, 8:43 AM
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lol
One of my mentors always said to me," you need 3 things to be a good alpine ice climber".
A high tolerance for pain.
A bad memory.
I don’t remember the third….
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Alpine07
Nov 19, 2009, 9:04 AM
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jaablink wrote: lol One of my mentors always said to me," you need 3 things to be a good alpine ice climber". A high tolerance for pain. A bad memory. I don’t remember the third….
Haha, I love that quote.
I have to say, it was quite the experience seeing a grown man reduced to the mental state of a upset child after following one pitch of grade three ice... I now choose partners with a little more care.
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brownie710
Nov 20, 2009, 6:37 AM
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we only have some patchy ice on some of the summits in the higher peaks, nothing is in yet as we have had a really mellow fall/early winter here. Ian at Adirondack Mountain Guides keeps the conditions updated on a near daily basis over on NEICE for future questions.
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zealotnoob
Nov 20, 2009, 7:15 AM
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Any speculation on how it should be by the first weekend in Dec?
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brownie710
Nov 20, 2009, 10:07 AM
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zealotnoob wrote: Any speculation on how it should be by the first weekend in Dec?
i don't expect any climbable ice then
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cfnubbler
Nov 20, 2009, 10:35 AM
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I climbed rock in a t-shirt yesterday, and it looks like I'll be able to again this weekend, if that's any indication...
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tradmanclimbs
Nov 23, 2009, 5:30 AM
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Unfourtunatly we have had 3 consecutive real winters here in the North east with full snow cover from late november through april. that pretty much gaurentees that this winter is going to be warm brown and wet
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freezeus
Nov 23, 2009, 5:53 AM
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The cold is coming the end of this week
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