whitehorse

Over the fourth of July weekend, I was out playing in North Conway. On Saturday, Greg, Wanda and I headed for Whitehorse and hopped on the Standard Route. Its a classic-- long, slabby granite where you can protect with tricams in solution pockets and the occasional cam under a flake. Its pretty run-out and, from the bottom, looks outright sketchy. But the friction is phenomenal! You can just step from knob to knob on the slab, working your way up the face. On Saturday, it was pretty hot and the skies were threatening. When Wanda and I joined Greg at the second pitch belay, the skies opened up. The hot rock was steaming in the rain and the water streaming down the face felt like bathwater. We had no choice but to bail and rapped down in the warm rain. I'd like to get on this route again-- the upper pitches look like a lot of fun.

On Sunday, the weather was threatening so Amy, Wanda, Greg and I decided to stick to single pitch stuff. We headed over to Whitehorse and set up some ropes on the Echo Roof area. I'm not entirely sure what we climbed but it may have been Relic Hunter, Holy Land and Bulletproof. Anyhow, the rock is steeper there, but still mostly slabby. One of the routes we climbed was a nice crack. Also, Greg and I climbed Short Order. Anyhow, whatever we did, it was fun and here are some pics.