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VMC 3rd attempt: Send!
- Date:
- 12.09.2015
- Characteristic:
- Climbing
- Duration:
- 8:30h
A few introductionary words. After moving to Boston in january 2014, buying a trad-rack the following spring, discovering that New Hampshire is called "the granite state", and further discovering that granite is incredibly fun to climb, I quickly put aside bouldering to focus on learning the ropes with gear. I was lucky to run into some good New England climbers (Dan, Kevin and Phil) who showed me how it's done. I was quickly facinated by Cannon Cliff, the tallest and coolest of the New England Cliffs. Multi-pitch climbing up there was almost too fun. I felt like a real "fjellklatrar"! Last fall I bought the training-manual "Training for the new alpinism" by the groundbreaking alpinist Steve House. There are thousands of manuals and methods out there, many of which >>>