East Coast Adventures: Transition Time

Time to transition between skiing and climbing. February, March and April have been incredible months of skiing but the sun is getting too strong and the snow is melting rapidly.

We tried to get out Thursday night. Unconsolidated mush. The sun is setting on winter.

I tried again to go out on Saturday morning. 60* at 9:00 in the morning near Piseco. There was two feet of base that was completely rotten. There hadn't been a refreeze the night before. I headed home to enjoy the sun and get some yard work done.

We went down to Moss Island on Sunday. The island was jammed with people climbing so we went to the Wind Wall to try some sport routes. We tried a route that was over our heads and we didn't make it far but it was fun to climb again. Katie solved the first problem on the wall and climbed up to that point cleanly on her first try after I had flailed away at it three different times. Nothing leaves every muscles in your body shaking like rock climbing, even telemark skiing all out. Unfortunately, I forgot to get the camera out as Kate climbed so just a few of me. Kate always does an excellent job of photo documentation. The remains of some of the commercial signs painted on this cliff in the early 1900's that were visible from the railroad tracks below can be seen in the section I'm climbing.