Climberism (2x Images)

Published in Climberism Issue 11: The Road Trip Issue.

I am pleased with how Climberism Magazine is churning out more and more content from New England/ the Northeast. Represent!

These images are from Climberism Issue 11: The Road Trip Issue. Please read it here: http://www.climberism.com/issue-11-road-trip-issue/

Published in Climberism Issue 11: The Road Trip Issue.

Sharma Shaman

To paraphrase something Chris Sharma says in this video, climbing isn't necessarily a sport, it's an complex activity that happens to be athletic. I thought that was really cool and I think Sharma is particularly insightful and articulate in this video. Well done guys, I found this more substantive and inspiring than other "climbing porn." Okay. Back to the grind. Peace! Pat.

AAC "Guidebook" (photos 2x)

Psyched to see the American Alpine Club use these my image of Daniel Grady Jackson at Farley and Daniel Woods competing in a Dark Horse event. Please check out the American Alpine Club; they do a lot for climbers and are campaigning to become increasingly relevant to all climbers. The money they could have paid photographers (wink, wink) is probably going into grants that fund climbers on expeditions large and small.

Also, shout-out to my friend Bryan Rafferty; his first published image is in this 90+ page AAC magazine-style advertisement. Looking forward to seeing more of your work Raff!

Thanks Tim!

Thanks for the shout-out, Tim! Exposure Section in Outside. June, 2012.
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Six Pack Looming

I suppose when a climber talks about a six-pack they are referring to beer or abs. When my friends and I talk about six packs at the sport cliff, I suppose our definition is something in the middle. The goal, we say, is to send six of the proudest 5.12s at a cliff and polish the day off with a sixer, in the name of glycogen-replacement of course. Gotta hit that recovery window, right?

Mark trying Yellow Matter Custard (5.13a). Sundown Ledge, NH.

The other day at Sundown we came no where near the sixer, but the quest remains. Stay tuned!

NEW HAMPSHIRE CLIMBERS PLEASE READ

Wash DC w my Brother

"Um, Sam. I got bad news..." I sheepishly told my climbing buddy that I had to bail on a four-day mission to climb in the Adirondacks. I don't know about Sam, but for me it was worth it. I had a wonderful time visiting my Brother in Washington DC. Not rock climbing, but I did take some photos:

start.

I used to hate cities. I used to think natural venues were way more interesting. But, it may be cliche to say, I really find cities to be a type of wilderness. I love finding ways to order chaotic arrangements, so cities do, in a way, provide an endless source of fascination to me.

Hail to Chief

My brother was a great host, he knows all the rabbit holes in the city and we walked around forever. Walking around a city felt harder than five pitches of 5.12, but I pulled through. Thank God!

My brother beating feet.

Steve-O

Here are some photos from around the city. Enjoy!

Bouldering Albert Eintstein

SUPB.

Fourwheeling

Heaven 1

Heaven 2

Finish.

More images:
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Wierd Weather "Weekend"

Route 25b, just above Lake Winnipesauke as seen on a rainy morning driving from Rumney to Shell Pond.

Sitting around at Rumney, a friend of mine said "God, this is wonderful, huh?" I said yes, it was. She went on "I wouldn't need anything else, this place has it all." She meant that Rumney, the climbing area, has it all. But I got to thinking that really, New England has it all.  And no one place has it all. In terms of climbing, Rumney has gnarbar boulder problem like routes, Cathedral has cankle-burning granite pitches, and yaddayaddayadda. You gotta play the field, as thier are great pitches everywhere in this weird little corner of the state. But more than anything, I am beginning to see New England has it all in the sense that tractors ramble down "highways" and some high-flying committees give awards to some enterprising New Hampshire climbers.

Freddie Wilkinson's, Mark Richey's and Steve Swanson's Piolet d'Or on display at IME, North Conway

 I suppose what I am really getting at is that New England is a great collection. It has a great collection of pitches, and a great collection of characters. For instance, on any given day of the week you can chat in French with Quebecois that hang at Rumney. Then you can speak nearly intelligible English with a hyper girl working at the bumpkin dinner after you tell her your buddy loves reading the Twilight books (sorry Aaron).

A Quebecois climbing crushing Black Mamba (5.11c) at Orange Crush, Rumney, NH,

Flowers at Rumney.

And climbers have to be by far one of the best collections of characters. This "weekend" that I took on Thursday and Friday I got to climb with Chad at Rumney and Will at Shell Pond. Chad teaches outdoor education at Plymouth State and Will runs a one-man Oyster Farm in the New Hampshire seacoast.

Chad murdering some banana-peanutbutter sandwiches

Will hiking out from Shell Pond in Baltic wind conditions...so cold that holding a PBR was almost unpleasant.

New England was has to be one the oddest parts of the region. Shell Will and I climbed in tee-shirts while snow rushed southward, funneling through Evans Notch and eddying it's way into our protected and sunny alcove beneath the cliff. We watched below as whitecaps crested all day across Shell Pond's namesake body of water. Hiking down after 10 pitches of steep juge-pulling, I made sure to put on my puffer jacket, because the wind was brutal walking across the flat, open field to the cars! Such is life and it's all interesting.

Crazy lenticular clouds from jet-force winds seen from the walk out from Shell Pond. The snow flurries that dusted our tee-shirts must have blown from the Presidential Range. Great day!

Thanks Trango!

Great gear from Trango Equipment. www.trango.com

Thanks for the new gear Trango! you guys hook it up! Looking forward giving the Flex Cams a whirl.

Thanks Trango!

Great gear from Trango Equipment. www.trango.com

Thanks for the new gear Trango! you guys hook it up! Looking forward giving the Flex Cams a whirl.

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