Your humble poseur, uh, I mean poster, on the second ascent of the elusive and mysterious "Bachar Cracker Of New England." After I conned Sherman into the mandatory six-hour deforestation project required to clear the lip-and-slab topout, he bagged the first ascent(sonofabitch!) and I jetted up first thing the following spring determined to go full-on sendfest. To my knowledge, Verm and I have the only two ticks, but by now ya gotta figure the Franconia homeboys have been keeping busy on it...New England climbers, can you correct me on this?

Greg, Andrei, and Dana (taking photo) prepare to climb the infamous Whitney-Gilman Ridge. Even 30 degree weather couldn't stop us! Amazing views all the way up the only ridge in the northeast. Hugely recommended for anyone visiting NH. Ice and snow gathered on most pitches. It was so cold we had to warm our hands on every move. The last pitch is the crux (a tough overhang with 1500 ft. exposure) - We did it in the dark as the sun quickly descended. Thankfully Andrei (the last one up) had a headlamp. Advice: start early!

This route is very slabby. The lichen on the granite doesn’t help. As far at the Crux goes...it sometimes feels like an ocean and you have no flotation device.

This photo was taken from Eagle cliff one sunny summer morning. Cannon is a favorite place of mine.

A beautifull mix of climbing techniques need to be practiced to climb this very classic line, including a pendulum, off width chimney and the classic finger cracks shown here.

As we climb up we nust also find a way to get back down to the mother earth, Rapelling is one of the fastest ways to get back down.

After a day of climbing on Cannon Cliff, we saw the classic shot of the Old Man of the Mountain on the way back to Vermont. Photo by Robert Todd.

Jon Sykes, Gareth Slattery, Eric Pospesil, Jake Urban, & Larry Boehmler climbed Consolation Prize up Cannon. We carried and drug a 20' iron wood pole and carring a 9' by 12' flag donated by the VFW of Littleton, NH. When the flag was hung over the Old M

A few short days before leaving for CO, Chris heeded the call for one more New England route. Here, he is pulling through the crux of the final pitch of Whitney Gilman.

cant wait to go back

Pulling through the Fickle Finger high up on Moby Grape (III, 5.8) during a beautiful autumn day.

Getting my groove on the top of Cannon's Moby Grape, a delightful climb. Hard to believe that I was up there two days earlier with ursasaur on Whitney G in thick clouds, wind, drizzle, and constant shivering.

try this climb both ways crack gaming feet smearing or stay on the left and lb the crack fun both ways lol

Beautiful day, beautiful views

Ya babay ya

Me leading after the 5.7 corner on pitch 1

Micheal on the finger of faith

whitney gilman

I actually topped out just fine. This is the top of Whitney Gilman Ridge an awesome 5.7 at Cannon. Full of loose rock, good exposure, and fun climbing. Just leave the giant backpack at home.

Nice long 5.8 crack.

good times

Greg tops out after a nervous day on WG - sun, rain, thunder, and lightening, oh my!

Ratherbe fights the rain on p5 of WG