Entries by NEice Admin

Mount Washington Valley Ice Festival 2011

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February 4th-6th, 2011 North Conway, NH The Mount Washington Valley Ice Festival, aka Ice Fest, was started 18 years ago by local climbing legend Rick Wilcox. One of the premier climbing events in the country, Ice Fest brings together climbers of all abilities to celebrate the adventure, the fun, and the comradery of ice climbing. […]

Spray Ice, Quick Report

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“This is going out from Tim Hortons in Salmon Arm, BC. I wanted to post Pondella’s photos and some words. Yeah!” “I am sure of little in life, but of this I am sure: The Helmcken Falls spray ice cave is absolutely the wildest, best, most insane ice climbing area I’ve ever seen.” “The metal […]

Smuggs Ice Bash 2011

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The 5th annual Alpinist / Smuggs Ice Bash takes place this weekend. Friday, January 28: Kick off the Ice Bash weekend at Petra Cliffs in Burlington! 6:45 p.m. Matt McCormick presents “Climbing & Culture” – world class photography and video from Pakistan’s alpine playground, the Charakusa Valley. 7:00 p.m. Drytooling Competition begins – watch the […]

New M8 at “The Lake”

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Tiny Dancer Lake Willoughby, VT FA: 01-21-11 Ryan Brooks and Josh Hurst “Tiny Dancer, It’s between Plug and Chug and Call of the Wild.  It’s a modern mixed route that deserves to see a lot of traffic due to it’s accessibility, reliability and rock quality” -Josh Hurst P1: M7  Climb 20′ of Plug and Chug […]

13th Annual Catskill Ice Festival

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January 21, 22, 23 & 24 Last year was  great fun! This year again will have multiple clinics on all the skills and techniques you need to get out on ice – from basic skills, to dry-tooling, to glacier travel techniques. Slide shows on Friday & Saturday evening featuring ice climbing in the Catskills, and […]

"Rollies"

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Mountainfest FUN! Sunday night after Matts slide show, we all went to the Bivi. Visiting climbers Matt McCormick, Bayard Russell and Freddie Wilkinson played “Rollies with the Legendary Joe Szot. Well you live and you learn, the boys definately got schooled! “Most of the crowd made it to 4 and some cranked into the 5th […]

Will Gadd – Ice Climbing

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Marble Canyon   ARC’TERYX Will Gadd Ice Climbing in Marble Canyon from ARC’TERYX on Vimeo.Arc’teryx athlete Will Gadd climbs a thin ice pillar in beautiful Marble Canyon, British Columbia. Find out more about Will Gadd on his Arc’teryx page: http://arcteryx.com/Athlete.aspx?WillGadd

Endangered Species

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Video Endangered Species from Matt McCormick on Vimeo. On Friday January, 14. Bayard Russell, Matt Horner and I climbed a line on the “Big Wall” section of Poko-Moonshine in the Adirondacks. The line paralleled the legendary Jeff Lowe route Gorillas in the Mist which hasn’t seen a 3rd ascent since Alex Lowe and Randy Rackliff […]