Start Your 2020-21 Ice Season Sharp!
Like you, we're already looking forward to next year's ice season...
Prep yourself for success with sharp picks, crampons, and screws. One ASG climber recently contacted me about this option and I'd like to share it more widely. Ship your items to me in VT and I'll hand tune them, apply protective lubricant, sanitize, and ship them back to you. Maximal pricing is as follows:
—Ice Screw, Steel Tip Sharpening: $10/each
—Steel Crampons: $40/pair
—Ice Picks: $7/each
By “maximal pricing,” I mean that I will sharpen the items, return them to you, and then you only pay the maximal price if you feel maximal tuning was achieved. You will—I have two decades of experience sharpening a range of brands and styles. I will tune them to optimal performance, while not over-sharpening and diminishing long-range performance/durability. PM me on IG/FB and I can answer any specific questions you have and to arrange for shipping/payment.

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“Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating”
- Denis Waitley . . .
For all those days you planned to start something new, make that day today. Then be able to look down at the mountain you’ve scaled proudly instead of looking up wondering what could have been.
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It’s been a great season over all. Not much in quantity but in quality it was awesome ! Thanks to all my partners, belayslave or ropegun, for the good times, shared laugh and confidence. I would have loved to add a few more lines but in the present times there is greater challenges... Moreover , it’s been a year of reflecting on my inner self, overcoming my fears and going slowly one step at the time, in harmony with the elements
Thanks to all the ice climbing community and ne_ice_conditions for the constant updates! ✨🤙🏻
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Une excellente saison en rétrospective! Pas nécessairement en quantité mais en qualité c'était génial! Merci à tous mes partenaires, belayslave ou ropegun, pour les bons moments partagés, les rires et votre confiance. J'aurais aimé ajouter quelques lignes de plus mais dans le contexte actuel il y a de plus grands défis ... Ce fut une saison de réflexion sur ma confiance personnelle, de surmonter mes peurs et de progresser lentement pas à pas, en harmonie avec les éléments. Merci à toute la communauté de l'escalade de glace et ne_ice_conditions pour les mises à jour constantes! 💫❄️☀️
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The outdoors are still open! As times are in a state of change, the great outdoors are still consistent through it all. Remember to get after it! Let the natural world be their for you. We will be closing our doors for the next couple weeks. But we hope till still see you this summer for some fresh air and relaxation! We will be posting content on here for the next couple weeks to get you through this tough time so be sure to share and like! This photo is from a couple weeks again of dewilfahrt and shoosconnor loving life in the sun! #mainething #ClimbTime #climbing_is_my_pasion #climbing_pictures_of_instagram #climbinggirls #climbinglife #getafterit #camdenmaine #camden #maine #207 #vivalosfunhogs #liveclimbrepeat #climb #climbing #makneclimbing #climblikeawoman #climbingnation #outdoorclimbing #iceclimbing #northeastice ...

Thoughtful Thursday#12: Doing Nothing Well: Finding Frogs—and Success—on the Summits.
An article with particular relevance now, far from the summits...
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Below, you'll find the start of an article I wrote awhile back about the proper mindset for mountain climbing. In this period, when people are taking responsibility and self-isolating, it seems like it could have new and special significance.
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Instagram has a 2200 character limit and the whole piece is 4300 characters, so just the intro appears below; if you'd like to read the full thing, go to the Adventure Spirit Rock+Ice+Alpine Experiences Facebook page. If you're not on FB, feel free to message me and I'll happily send it to you. And I welcome your thoughts and feedback.
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If you'd like a bit more background about what this whole “Thoughtful Thursdays” post is, check out my September 5, 2020 Instagram/FB post. In the meantime, here goes!... Frogs are not typically associated jagged, snowy, glaciated summits. Nor are the squishy creatures seen as nearly as impressive a mascot as creatures with teeth and claws—tigers, wolves, and the like. Regardless, as our climbing season begins they should serve as the mountaineering mascot for any aspiring summiteer—and also as a useful guide in the lower elevations. Consider the frog, sitting on its lily pad: If there are no flies nearby, there is nothing to do but sit and breathe. Impatiently swimming circles around the lily pad would only scare flies off...and there is no use trying to chase down a fly if you are a frog. So nothing is done, save sitting and breathing and waiting. Yet, all that “nothing” is a powerful, purposeful something. It is preparation for the precise moment when the fly does arrive. Suddenly, our squishy friend becomes the picture of complete readiness, focus, and action: Frog-tongue-fly-mouth. Task dispatched, it's back to sitting, breathing, and being ready.
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This is why the frog is the perfect—if improbable—mascot for climbers, the symbol for what we should aspire to be at elevation...
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[2200 character limit reached on Instagram. Continued on the Adventure Spirit Rock+Ice+Alpine Facebook page or message me for the full piece.] ...