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Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/RBnawkQ5DnVKGNheA Partner: Steven St. Pierre Mileage: 17.5 Duration 4:20 AM – 12:20 AM (20 hours) Rain, rain, rain was the theme for the summer of 2017. Weather thwarted efforts to climb in the backcountry most of the weekends since mid-June when I was last in the...

Well, it's been awhile since I posted and figured this might be a good one... Partner: Alan Wechsler Duration/Mileage: 17.5 hours (4:15 a.m.-9:45 p.m.), about 17.5 with meandering Temperature: 10-20 Fahrenheit Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/7KBbg53VjQdaqEy79 Video...

Video: https://youtu.be/EO9J8k9KAmw Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/rQFTbhK7MD7d1jeM6 Time/Duration: 4:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. / 17 hrs. Partners: John Pikus & Jaryn DeShane Approach: Garden to Marcy/Haystack col, follow cliffs to Feline Wall and bushwhack through talus to Marcy Brook where terrain...

Duration/Mileage/Elevation Gain: 14.50 hours/17+ miles/5,300 feet Partner: Nolan Huther Pack Weight: 55 pounds Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_4fELobDuw Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/1043263...ing2016March5# Prior Panther Gorge Explorations: Grand Central Slide (w/Mark Lowell)...

Location on Marcy. Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/104326342886107653436/PantherGorgeByToothAndClawWI42016January30 Duration/Mileage/Elevation Gain: 15.75 hours/18+ miles/5,300 feet Approach: 8.5 miles from the Garden Trailhead, Keene Valley Partners: Bill Schneider (lead climber), Devin...

Had a great day out with Devin Farkas (Assistant Director of the Outdoor Program at St. Lawrence University). The primary goal was to find ice during a season that’s warmer than normal. But where? My best guess was at higher elevations on the northern/northwestern aspect of the mountains...

***Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/1043263...2015November21 ***Video: https://youtu.be/UyYj1NIytw4 Duration/Mileage/Elevation Gain: 18 hours/20.75+ miles/ 6,000+ feet Bushwhack Mileage: 1.7 miles Time: 5:10 a.m.– 11:10 pm Partners: Adam Crofoot/Allison Rooney Prior Panther Gorge...

PHOTO SET Forest Ranger Scott van Laer (Azimuth) approached me with an idea back in 2014. He wanted to find the wing wreckage of the B-47 that crashed into Wright Peak on January 16, 1962. I too had similar aspirations, but no real incentive until his email. The piece would give him valuable...

Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/1043263...Land2015Sept19 Video: https://youtu.be/LMwsgQA31OM Duration/Mileage/Elevation Gain: 19 hours/18+ miles/5,300 feet Time: 5:30 a.m. Saturday – 12:30 a.m. Sunday Partner: Dan Plumley Route on Adirondack Rock and Mountain Project Prior Panther Gorge...

PHOTO SET VIDEO (COMING SOON) HIGH RESOLUTION MOSAIC Above, mosaic with route details. Below, the Huge Scoop from the base. 3rd photo, pitch 2 of 4 pitches or the crux of the route. New blood surged into Panther Gorge during the summers of 2003/2004 when rock climber Bill Schneider...

Some of you are already members, but I started a Facebook slide climbing group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/slideclimbing/ Feel free to join if interested!

Duration: 9 ¾ hours Mileage/elevation gain: approx. 12 miles/ 4,000 feet Weather: Clear, 8 – 40 degrees Fahrenheit Partner: Nangaparbat (NP) PHOTOS VIDEO Over four weeks, I’ve taken four long duration backcountry climbs on Gothics East Face, Panther Gorge and Colden’s west face. This trip...

Background photo taken in 2011. PHOTOS VIDEO Adirondack Almanack Article With big days on technical ice in Panther Gorge and Gothics as the last couple outings, I wanted something a bit more relaxing. After eyeing the Wine Bottle Slide (name derived from QAM1’s list from 2005) for several...

Duration: 12.5 hours; 6:15 a.m. – 6:45 p.m. Benchmarks: Begin Bushwhack: 9:20 a.m., Rainbow Slide Base: 10:50 a.m., Route Base: 11:00 a.m., Done putting up route: 4:15 p.m., Weld Trail: 5:00 p.m. Route: 13 miles/~3,600 feet elevation gain. St. Huberts – Ausable Lakes via Lake Road – Alfred W...

Duration: 8 hours Mileage/Elevation Gain approx.: 8.5/3,100’ Pack Weight: 40 lbs. Gear: various layers, puffy down jacket, rope, harness/a few slings and biners, helmet, lynx crampons, ice tools. Location: http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=44.151289&lon=-73.838922&z=16.1&r=0&src=hl PHOTO SET VIDEO...

Mileage: 19 Pack Weight: 50-55 lbs. Duration: 13.25 hours Views: Priceless! PHOTOS...more below. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exploring Panther Gorge: Previous Bushwhacks, Routes & Reports; Grand Central Slide (w/Mark Lowell) Down Grand Central...

Adirondack Almanack Article Photo Set Video East Face Solo Climb 2013 The hunt was on; we wanted ice not wind blown snow like many of the faces seemed to be. This included the slides of the western aspect of Giant (Eagle, Diagonal, Bottle). Upon arrival, we found our target was entombed...

Photographs I say this every now and again, but some days defy description. Words seem far too shallow and photographs capture only a fleeting moment in two dimensions. The setting of Wallface combined with the personality and expertise of my partner created a day that I won’t soon forget...

"Map" of Panther Gorge with insets of some areas we visited during the three days of our exploration. Aerial taken autumn of 2013. CLICK HERE FOR THE MONSTER SIZED JPG. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IikUlLdD5ng&list=HL1401930090 Photo Set...

Full Photo Set Route & Mosaic Chapel Pond Slab.—Bushwhack up another 900 or so feet of elevation gain to the summit.—Bushwhack southeast to an obvious SW-NE fracture.—Folllow a line northeast to the King wall, a vertical cliff with established technical routes—Close the loop by following the...