On Saturday, Aimee and I drove to Stonehouse Pond in Barrington, New Hampshire to check on the conditions. Stonehouse is the closest ice climbing to Boston that I have found so far. It's not much, but made a great spot for Aimee's first time out. I took a risk and left the 60-meter rope in the car, opting instead for the lighter 30-meter rope. By extending an anchor to the top of the cliff we were able to set up a top rope, leaving a few meters of spare rope, making the cliff about 13 meters or so.
The surface ice was quite aerated and took a lot of clearing to get to the better ice below, but we each got 4 or 5 climbs in. Aimee did great for her first time out. Her gloves proved to be too bulky to allow for a good grip on the tools, and left her with cold, tired hands. After switching her into a pair of thinner stretchy gloves that I had brought her hands warmed up and she was climbing like a pro.
We made a journey to the ever-awesome Kittery Trading Post afterwards to look for some better gloves for future climbing.
The surface ice was quite aerated and took a lot of clearing to get to the better ice below, but we each got 4 or 5 climbs in. Aimee did great for her first time out. Her gloves proved to be too bulky to allow for a good grip on the tools, and left her with cold, tired hands. After switching her into a pair of thinner stretchy gloves that I had brought her hands warmed up and she was climbing like a pro.
We made a journey to the ever-awesome Kittery Trading Post afterwards to look for some better gloves for future climbing.
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