Lake Willoughby, Vermont
Climb Date: January 4-5, 2003

 

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Ice climbing base

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Saturday, climbed about 250ft of grade 3+; that's short vertical sections 10-15 ft with frequent rests, rappelled down a gully in the dark, then hiked
300m through hip deep snow across a 45 degree slope.  LOF (lots of fun)

On the second day, Sunday, we climbed  about 260ft from the bottom, 2 pitches, a short first then the whole length of the rope (60m, 200ft) on the second.   Pretty tuckered out arriving at the top.  This was full on grade stiff grade 4 (long vertical sections with rests). 
Sledding out was a fun finish to the day.


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