Adam came home from climbing last weekend with something called a Haul bag. It’s a bag used in big wall rock climbing to carry along all the things you need for a multi-day excursion. For example, you aren’t going to keep 4 days worth of water on a backpack while you are trying to cling [...]
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Ice climbing
It’s brutal cold in New Hampshire today. I looked at the weather at one point and saw a windchill of -17 F. So I wanted to share some pictures from last weekend, when we spent the morning ice climbing under blue skies and relatively mild temperatures. I hadn’t been out ice climbing since 2008. I’ve [...]
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Whitehorse Ledges – Begineers Route
A few weekends ago my hubby took me rock climbing on this cliff. It’s a relatively big cliff called Whitehorse Ledge. It’s one of two prominent rocks near Echo Lake State Park (where these pictures were taken). The other being called Cathedral Ledge. He took me up a route called Beginner’s route in the Slabs. [...]
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Cannon Cliff
I’ve been driving to Canada a lot this summer. I used to do a lot of hiking in the White Mountains. When I see Cannon Mountain I know I’m well on my way to my destination. It’s always beautiful scenery. But when my husband sees Cannon all he sees is the cliff. Full size here. [...]
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Top 15 For Outdoor Kids
New Hampshire has once again topped the list of Best place to raise kids in the United States. It’s the fifth year in a row that we have earned that honour. The article cites the relative wealth and education of residents of New Hampshire as a factor. In addition Manchester, New Hampshire, the closest city [...]
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Rest Area Boulders
Sometimes I get a little behind on things I want to Blog about, especially on very eventful weekends, so I apologize that I’m blogging a week behind these events but I wanted to share. So as we drove Southbound on 93 we managed to outrun the thunderstorms for a short while. Then my husband decided [...]
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Bouldering in Pawtuckaway
I love this picture of my husband climbing a Boulder problem called the essentials in the Pawtuckaway’s Boulder Natural Climbing area. I actually climbed up the back of the boulder and was perched up there (with the dog because all dogs like to be stuck on top of a large rock with no room to [...]
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My Monkey Man
I like monkeys. I find them humourous and I love to watch them climbing all over things. So somehow I turned my husband into a Monkey. When I met my husband he was frightened of heights. So to help him with his fear I brought him to a climbing gym. He quickly developed a passion [...]
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