AOC Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 A Canadian climber died on Saturday 2/23/02 when the ice collapsed on Positive Thinking, a route on Poke-O-Moonshine in the Adirondacks. Here are some links to the story in the Plattsburgh, N.Y. press. http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archive/2002/02_2002/022320021.htm http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archive/2002/02_2002/022420029.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegetablebelay Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 There are a couple of pics of the route here - very steep: http://users.erols.com/espina/Climbing/Ice98/Slide_Show.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 This is a sweet route. The ice is low angle for the 1st 10 feet then it gets steep. It is typically thin in the middle of the route. I bounced my tools off the rock (ice thinner than it looked)a couple times. I used stubbies and screamers on 3 placements (one was not all the way in). It is typical because the sun hits this face and the rock is dark so it does delamiante.The second pitch starts off low angle and then you hit the vertical pillar. 450 of fun! It had my full attention and is still my proundest ice climb (don't mind saying I was a little scared). Jeff Lowe can be seen soloing it at the end of "Waterwall Ice: Jeff Lowe's Climbing Techniques"Sad to hear about the Canadian. It has been a extremely bad year for ice in the Northeast with a major drought and very warm temps. Hardly anything was in halfway through Jan and most was gone mid Feb with some climbs not even forming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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