Trip Report
Tour of NH Moderate Classics
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Friday October 17, 2014 11:22pm
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Jess and I headed to New Hampshire for a week in mid-September to check out some classic New England climbing. We stayed in North Conway: highly recommended for its ridiculously easy access to great climbing, abundance of accommodations and handful of great food options. We had perfect weather (except for one day of intense rain) and explored a bunch of classic climbs at Whitehorse Ledge, Cathedral Ledge, Cannon Cliff and Rumney. Some highlights are below.
timmaly
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About the Author
timmaly is a trad climber from Menlo Park, CA. |
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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Oct 18, 2014 - 12:08am PT
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You need to wear brighter colors.
Bump for NH.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Oct 18, 2014 - 03:51am PT
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Noice pics, did Whitney gilman have good pro????
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Oct 18, 2014 - 04:14am PT
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Awesome! I've done everyone of those climbs multiple times because they are so fun. Thanks for posting!
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Oct 18, 2014 - 06:01am PT
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Looks like fun
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Oct 18, 2014 - 06:28am PT
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It's great fun to visit an area where every classic is brand new to you. Glad the weather played along too!
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
New England
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Oct 18, 2014 - 01:31pm PT
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Nice to see some highlights from my home areas!
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Oct 18, 2014 - 06:30pm PT
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WICkED MINT!
Love NH. My folks had a house in Madison when I was in high school. Cathedral was the first encounter with climbing. Went back a number (over 10) years ago and climbed for a couple of weeks. Had a blast and ticked off a number of classic routes. Whitney gillman is by far the most classic route I've ever done.
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Oct 18, 2014 - 08:46pm PT
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Thin Air was my second climb ever. Awesome. Love NH Granite. Never got to do the Whitney G - looks like you had a great day!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Oct 18, 2014 - 09:05pm PT
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It's easy to be a California climbing snob, but there is some good climibng out east.
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perswig
climber
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Oct 19, 2014 - 03:35am PT
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there is some good climibng out east.
Internet rumor. Disregard.
Dale
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JohnnyG
climber
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Oct 19, 2014 - 08:53am PT
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woot woot
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Edge
Trad climber
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Oct 19, 2014 - 01:37pm PT
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You certainly hit a great cross section of the classics! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane...
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timmaly
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Author's Reply
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Oct 20, 2014 - 10:20pm PT
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Thanks, all! @Ezra, the WG has good pro. It was a touch loose in some sections but no more so than any alpine route. The most challenging part may actually have been finding the approach trail (we hiked halfway up the descent trail before realizing our error, which sounds like a pretty common occurrence). Here is the pic of the "trail sign" for the approach.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Oct 20, 2014 - 10:47pm PT
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Your first photo, of Whitehorse Slabs, was the first climbing of any kind I ever did in my whole life! I was blown away by how exciting it was to move over stone and go up and up! Still climbing, 34 years later, but I have never been back to North Conway.
One of these days...
Thanks for the TR!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Oct 20, 2014 - 11:01pm PT
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Best thread of the week.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Oct 21, 2014 - 06:05am PT
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Agreed.
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Oct 21, 2014 - 10:37am PT
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ttt for pics of somewhere I've never been but will some day. Thanks
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 21, 2014 - 10:49am PT
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Trade you one snob-overrun Nutcracker for one week of 'intense rain.'
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kainboy
Social climber
Philadelphia
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If I might ask where did you guys stay? My girlfriend and I are heading up there in October with some similar objectives in mind.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Glad someone bumped this, because I missed it the first time. Even with the abundance of superb granite to climb within a two hour drive of my house, you've convinced me that it would be worthwhile to take a trip rather farther east than I normally go to sample some of those goodies. Thanks for an excellent TR.
Oh, and what Mouse said.
John
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timmaly
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Author's Reply
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Sep 12, 2015 - 05:22pm PT
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@kainboy: we stayed in one of the Northbrook condos in North Conway. We found it on VRBO/Homeaway. Convenient location and decent price. Would definitely recommend it. Have fun!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
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Sep 12, 2015 - 05:26pm PT
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Beautiful looking moderate climbs and scenery
Ritwik buddy, if I ever make it out that way you have to give me the grand tour.
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Sep 12, 2015 - 05:57pm PT
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Looks like some great stuff, wish I was there-lars
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susu
climber
East Bay, CA
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Sep 12, 2015 - 10:45pm PT
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Aww nice! Brings me back! Beautiful shots.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Sep 12, 2015 - 11:26pm PT
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Sep 13, 2015 - 06:58am PT
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Sweet stuff. Thanks for putting this up! These photos will help convince my wife we need to get on these areas.
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slabbo
Trad climber
colo south
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Sep 14, 2015 - 10:08am PT
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The amazing thing to me is that you seem to have these routes to yourselves ?! Crazy, was everyone sport climbing at Rumney ???
If you want, hit me up for some other classics that may be less known..I spent many years in the area
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Sep 14, 2015 - 12:11pm PT
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Awesome! Brings back great memories. Did all of these climbs; many multiple times. I was fortunate enough to be able to tie off the 'pipe' on WG Ridge for protection. We got so lost on the descent. Good times.
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