millsclimber
01-08-2009, 07:17 PM
Well I had a noob from corporate in the Northeast asking me to take him to do some ice. He's a cool guy so we decided to go do the stairway last night. It turned out to be a very beautiful night. I was cursing myself all night for not having brought my tripod. :frustrated: So, as a consequence I didn't get too many great shots. But just being there and getting on the ice made up for any photographic shortfall. :2thumbs:
By the way, the ice is still fat even with the warmer weather yesterday. The west side of the 1st pitch is getting a little slushy in some of the less vertical steps where the snow has accumulated. But it's still making for good topos. The east side is in fantastic shape for leading or topo. The far east route under the tree still hasn't filled out much. It's been thinner and thinner these last few years for some reason
All in all it was a very enjoyable evening and it was an awesome night to be out.
Here are a few shots.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWUT6GGEMI/AAAAAAAAAI0/3jYP_ggL7L8/s400/IMG_9508.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWUhos1ZxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/5KOA71By6y0/s400/IMG_9509.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWVXKqjolI/AAAAAAAAAJM/vmOOR4o2Sms/s400/IMG_9511.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWV5-Lv6FI/AAAAAAAAAJk/7GJjvJplQC8/s400/IMG_9515.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWWTWpuORI/AAAAAAAAAJw/7Sia94jMNjo/s400/IMG_9516.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWXxx-skTI/AAAAAAAAAKg/k-hdif63amM/s400/IMG_9542.JPG
By the way, the ice is still fat even with the warmer weather yesterday. The west side of the 1st pitch is getting a little slushy in some of the less vertical steps where the snow has accumulated. But it's still making for good topos. The east side is in fantastic shape for leading or topo. The far east route under the tree still hasn't filled out much. It's been thinner and thinner these last few years for some reason
All in all it was a very enjoyable evening and it was an awesome night to be out.
Here are a few shots.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWUT6GGEMI/AAAAAAAAAI0/3jYP_ggL7L8/s400/IMG_9508.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWUhos1ZxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/5KOA71By6y0/s400/IMG_9509.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWVXKqjolI/AAAAAAAAAJM/vmOOR4o2Sms/s400/IMG_9511.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWV5-Lv6FI/AAAAAAAAAJk/7GJjvJplQC8/s400/IMG_9515.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWWTWpuORI/AAAAAAAAAJw/7Sia94jMNjo/s400/IMG_9516.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QCPCtkl_Do/SWWXxx-skTI/AAAAAAAAAKg/k-hdif63amM/s400/IMG_9542.JPG