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
Tumbledown Mountain via AMC Route (5.6) Eric and Matthew Gilbertson 9.22.2012 Tumbledown mountain falls under the radar of a lot of hikers and climbers since it’s not on any major peakbagging lists, is only ~3000ft tall, and is farther away than the Presidentials from Boston. But it’s definitely a worthwhile… Continue reading
Newfoundland and Labrador Jacob, Matthew, and Eric Gilbertson August 7-16, 2012 3,726.3 miles driven Tuesday: leave boston 5pm driving north Wednesday: drive straight through quebec into Labrador, camp in central Labrador after 28 hrs of driving Thursday: Drive to Lodge Bay, Eastern Labrador, packraft to island to camp Friday: packraft back to car, drive to L’anse Aux Meadows Viking site in northern Newfoundland … Continue reading
Pico Peak (3,957ft), Vermont Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, Garrett Marino, Jake Osterberg June 23, 2012 If you define New England to be the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and set a mountain prominence threshold of 200ft, then Pico Peak in Vermont is the 71st… Continue reading