Climbing
Fall in the Alpine Zone
Fall colors on the Alpine Garden Trail, September 24, 2009. After staring at the computer for most of the morning yesterday I had to get outside for some exercise. The weather looked like it would hold on Mount Washington for the afternoon; so my route looked like this: Pinkham Notch (2pm)>Tuckerman Ravine Trail>Huntington Ravine Trail>Henderson…
Read more...Winter hiking on Mount Washington
In mid December I joined writer Keith Mulvihill and climbing guide Paul Cail for a day trip up Mount Washington. This was for an article in the Travel>Escapes section of The New York Times. Although it was cold and windy, we lucked out with the weather and reached the summit under mostly clear skies. As…
Read more...Rock and Ice #161
If you’re walking by a book store or outdoor gear shop, check out the July 2007 issue of Rock and Ice magazine. Local climber and writer, Janet Bergman, wrote an article profiling 13 climbers in the North Conway, New Hampshire area. I have some photos on pages 50-52.
Read more...Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree National Park in California is approximately an 11 hour drive from Santa Fe and is one of the best winter rock climbing destinations in the United States. The first photo is from Amboy, CA where a company produces chloride products. I don’t know exactly what’s going on here with the canals, but I’m…
Read more...Tucson, AZ climbing…
It’s pretty cool that in the dead of winter you can drive a bit and experience summer temperatures (or at least what summer temps mean to a New Hampshire resident). Tucson is the place to be for winter rock climbing. The first two pictures are from the Rivendale crag on Mount Lemmon and the second…
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