Me climbing the Waterfall (NEI 5) at Poke-O-Moonshine
I've been climbing ice
in the Adirondacks for the last three winters, mostly with the usual
suspects (Juan Valderrama, Matt Bialowas, Felix Danila, and my
brother). During these visits, I have climbed many of the area's
most classic routes and, in the future, I hope to knock off as many
other routes as possible. The routes I've completed are listed
below (all led
complete by me unless otherwise indicated).
|
Route Name
|
Grade
|
Pitches
|
Date
|
Partner
|
Comments
|
| Quinn the Eskimo |
NEI 2+
|
1
|
2/19/01
|
J. Valderrama
|
|
| Crystal Ice Tower |
NEI 4
|
1
|
2/23/02
|
J. Valderrama
|
|
| Chouinard's Gully |
NEI 3
|
3
|
2/23/02
|
J. Valderrama
|
|
| Positive
Reinforcement |
NEI 3+
|
1
|
2/16/02
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Pitchoff Left |
NEI 3-4
|
1
|
2/18/02
|
F. Danila
|
Led 3 Different Lines
|
| Roadside Gully |
NEI 2-3
|
1
|
2/18/02
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Multiplication Gully |
NEI 3+
|
2
|
2/24/02
|
J. Valderrama
|
|
| Waterfall |
NEI 5
|
1
|
1/6/01
|
Top-roped
|
|
| Pitchoff Right |
NEI 3-4
|
1
|
12/7/02
|
J. Valderrama
|
|
| Buster |
NEI 2+
|
1
|
12/7/02
|
J. Valderrama
|
|
| Arm and Hammer |
NEI 3+
|
1
|
12/8/02
|
S. Fralich
|
|
| Roaring Brook Falls |
NEI 3+
|
3
|
2/7/03
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Lions on the Beach |
NEI 4
|
1
|
2/7/03
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Hot Shot |
NEI 4
|
1
|
2/7/03
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Cascade |
NEI 2
|
2
|
2/8/03
|
|
Soloed
|
| Bowser |
NEI 2-3
|
1
|
2/8/03
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Green Gully |
NEI 3+
|
1
|
2/8/03
|
F. Danila
|
Followed
|
| Tendonitis |
NEI 3-4
|
1
|
2/22/03
|
M. Ong
|
|
| Weeping Winds |
NEI 3+
|
3
|
2/22/03
|
M. Ong
|
|
| Moss Ghyll |
NEI 3-4
|
1
|
2/24/03
|
M. Ong
|
|
| Midnight Cruiser |
NEI 3+
|
1
|
1/20/04
|
E. Aldenhoff
|
|
| Sisters Left |
NEI 3+
|
1
|
1/24/04
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Dogleg |
NEI 3+
|
1
|
1/31/04
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Chouinard's Right |
NEI 3+
|
2
|
2/1/04
|
F. Danila
|
|
| Screw and Climaxe |
NEI 3+
|
3
|
2/18/04
|
E. Aldenhoff
|
|
| Cascade Ice Dance |
NEI 4-
|
2
|
2/19/04
|
E. Aldenhoff
|
|
| Tahawas |
NEI 3
|
2
|
2/29/04
|
F. Danila
|
|
|
Three Flows (Left) |
NEI
3 |
1 |
2/5/05 |
E.
Aldenhoff |
|
|
Three Flows (Center) |
NEI
3+ |
1 |
2/5/05 |
E.
Aldenhoff |
|
|
Whales in the Jungle |
NEI
3+ |
1 |
2/6/05 |
E.
Aldenhoff |
|
|
Haggis and Cold Toast |
NEI
3+ |
1 |
2/14/06 |
J.
van Sickle |
|
|
Hammond Egger |
NEI
3+ |
1 |
2/16/06 |
F.
Danila |
|
|
Ice Slot |
NEI
4 |
1 |
3/19/06 |
F.
Danila |
|
|
White Line Fever |
NEI
3 |
3 |
1/20/08 |
B.
Ayers |
|
|
Rule of the Bone |
NEI
3+ |
1 |
1/21/08 |
B.
Ayers |
|
|
Chiller Pillar |
NEI
4 |
1 |
2/10/08 |
F.
Danila |
|
|
Lilith |
NEI
4 |
2 |
2/11/08 |
D.
Greenhouse |
|
|
Seldom Scene |
NEI
3 |
1 |
2/23/08 |
M.
Chen |
|
|
Shipton's Arete |
NEI
3 |
1 |
3/15/08 |
M.
Chen |
|
|
JW |
NEI
3+ |
1 |
3/29/08 |
B.
Ayers |
|
|
Unexpected Pleasure |
NEI
4 |
1 |
3/29/08 |
B.
Ayers |
|
|
Central Pillar of Pitchoff |
NEI
4 |
1 |
3/30/08 |
B.
Ayers |
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Photos
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My
first ice lead in the Adirondacks in February 2001
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| Stephen (my brother) walking between routes at Pitchoff North Face | Me starting up Tendonitis (NEI 3-4) at Picthoff North Face | On the lower section of Three Flows |
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| Climbing on Three Flows (Left) | High on Three Flows (Center) | The joys of ice climbing - bloody gashes in the forehead and frozen snot. |