Eric, Katie, Anna, Aaron April 12, 2014 Saturday we climbed an unnamed gully up the west side of Mt Washington, just south of the cog railway. We found about three rope-lengths worth of WI-fun ice, and topped out on the summit midday. Katie and Eric had the foresight to bring… Continue reading
Cave Ridge (920ft) Highpoint of Mammoth Cave National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, January 4, 2014 We were home in Berea, Kentucky for Christmas and New Year’s break, and decided to visit Mammoth Cave. We’d been to the cave before, but this time we added an additional objective of tagging… Continue reading
Mount Moosilauke 4,802 ft Dates Climbed: 1/29/05, 1/11/07, 10/4/09, 12/7/2013 Mt Moosilauke via Jobildunc Ravine Alpine Ice Climbing Dec 8, 2013 Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, Dave, Susan Second from the left gulley, 3 pitches, WI2-3 There exists a secret ravine on the side of Mt Moosilauke that hold numerous multipitch alpine ice routes, but isn’t in any… Continue reading
Keith, Matthew, and Eric Gilbertson October 19-21, 2013 2526 miles, 42 hours driving 3pm Friday–leave Boston 1:30pm Saturday–arrive at Chisasibi after almost non-stop driving 4:30pm Saturday–packraft ½ mile to Island officially owned by Nunavut, camp on island 9:30am Sunday–packraft back to mainland, drive back to Boston taking 400-km gravel North… Continue reading
North Bald Cap Ice Expedition March 1-3, 2013 Heikki Ruuska, Keith Reherman, Eric Gilbertson, Aaron Yahr Friday: Ski 7 miles in to base camp Saturday: Climb “Where’s the Ice?” WI2, M1 to summit of North Bald Cap Sunday: Climb “Gold Mine” WI4, ski back to car Friday afternoon we drove up to Berlin, ME and… Continue reading
Eric Gilbertson and Elliott Fray Jan 21, 2013 10-miles hiking 2 miles bushwacking 2 pitches climbing WI2-3 14 hrs Mt Lowell is a super-remote mountain on the edge of the pemi wilderness close to the better-known Mt Carrigain. There’s no trail to the summit, but it has a large set… Continue reading
Dec 2, 2012 Elliott Fray, Keith Reherman, Eric Gilbertson We knew we had to get an early start with the sunday higher summits forecast of “in the clouds under cloudy skies with chance of mixed precipitation in the morning, and rain likely in the afternoon.” We left the WS leaders… Continue reading
Eric, Noah, Veronica, Nadine, Elliott, Will, Minwah, John Oct 13, 2012 4am – 10pm ~20 miles Though it was technically October, our presi traverse felt a lot like winter! Mt washington set a new record low of 7F Saturday morning, and it was probably a similar temperature for us on… Continue reading
Pinnacle Buttress Eric Gilbertson and Elliott Fray October 9, 2012 By all accounts the weather Tuesday should have been terrible for an alpine rock-climb on Mt Washington – it had just snowed several inches on Monday, was staying below freezing Monday night, and forecast to be in the clouds with… Continue reading
North Bald Cap Climbing Eric Gilbertson and Elliott Fray Oct 7-8, 2012 I first spotted the enormous cliff on North Bald Cap during a Mahoosuc Traverse back in 2008, and vowed to one day climb it. North Bald Cap is a mountain in the Mahoosuc range near the NH-ME state… Continue reading