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Alexa Siegel & The Sisterhood of the Rope
/in Blog/by Freddie WilkinsonCathedral Mountain Guides is proud to welcome Alexa Siegel to our guiding team this year. One of the most talented and psyched young climbers to arrive in the Mount Washington Valley in recent years, she recently capped her rock climbing season with a redpoint ascent of The Sampler, a stout 5.12d sport climb at Shell […]
In The Early Season
/in Blog/by Freddie WilkinsonI never know quite how to approach the early season. One year I started it off with a mellow romp up an area classic – Shoestring Gully – with good friend Elliot Gaddy. Thinking that got me dialed in, I then flung myself at some hard mixed pitch. Whoooa. That kinda backfired. Since then I […]
Tips for the Early Season Ice Climber
/in Blog, Technique/by Bayard RussellGetting back into the swing of it every year can be hard. The best thing to do is not think about the swing much at all, but instead, the kick. The fastest way to feel gripped in the early season is to not trust your crampons, and the most common reason to not trust them […]