Leader – John Stevens Participants – Howard Gaston, Michael Lafleur, Paul Stinson, Doug Laidlaw, Rick Laidlaw, Tom George, Ben Litchfield During a winter where snow has been at a premium and after a torrential rainstorm three days prior to the climb, I was not sure if we could pull off such a challenging climb. My first […]
Archives for February 2016
2016 Adirondack Ice Climbing – February 19-22
Leader: Jim Nupp Co-leader: Zach Coburn Participants: Ben Litchfield, Pat Murphy, Per Frost, Rick Laidlaw The weekend began with some concern over the weather forecast for the Keene N.Y. area, which included temperatures in the 40s and rain. Four of us met at the Concord Park and Ride around noon and drove two vehicles to […]
2016 – Baxter State Park
Leader: Per Frost Participants: Ben Litchfield A few additional participants had to pull out of this trip due to work and/or family reasons. Hence, Tuesday morning, February 9, Ben and I – just the two of us – headed north in winter-conditions as the roads were being cleaned up after an overnight snowfall. At the […]