When will the snow GO???

Well, the southern portion of the Adirondack State Park in still completely snowed in.  I had a chance to hike into Nine Corners Lake briefly this past weekend with Ron to check out its' current state and there was still about 3'-4' of deep snow pack lingering in the boulder field.  The crux pinch on the Nick Stoner Arete which is usually unreachable from the ground was at eye level thanks to all of the snow.  The weather forecast looks like this all might change in the near future, so let's keep our fingers crossed.

Ron and I were able to climb on some actual dry rock at Nine Corners despite all of the snow.  We were able to run laps on the Popadropolis Traverse, Pop or Drop, and Try or Cry...all of which could not be topped out in the current snow conditions though.  I think I ended up doing all three variations maybe 6 times each to the lip...which was still a lot of fun and a great workout for the fingers and skin!

Here are a few pictures from this past weekend.  You'll notice that Ron had his snowboard with him...I think he was able to make it from the dam up at the lake down to the cars in about two minutes on the descent!  I had to run behind him on my snowshoes to try and keep up...great excercise, deet!!

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Archived Video: Andrew Cieply on "Super Spores"

Last night I was going through my multiple external hard drives looking for quality Adirondack Bouldering photographs to use in the upcoming guidebook and I stumbled on a nice video from a late November session at Nine Corners Lake.

Below is the raw video of an absolute crusher, Mr. Andrew Cieply climbing the low start to "Spores" which was established by Nyle Baker and dubbed "Super Spores" in 2009.  Although Andrew makes this climb look effortless in the video, it is demanding from the start to the full value top out finish.

I am anxious for Spring to finally arrive, as I am sure everyone else is as well.  Enjoy the video clip.

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Bouldering Outdoors Despite the Relentless Winter!

Some images from a quick afternoon session at Moss Island in Little Falls, New York.  Once the wind died down a bit, it was actually quite comfortable climbing in the 30 degree temperatures.  All of "Profile Rock" was dry offering tons of traverse and eliminate opportunities to keep anyone desperate for dry rock occupied for a couple of hours.  It felt really nice to climb on actual rock and I am patiently waiting for Spring to finally come around.  I always forget that Moss Island is climbable almost year-round.  Due to the blackish rock and the continous sun exposure, this is your local place to climb outdoors after a rain event or snowfall...

Here are some pictures of a short crimp classic, "Mr. Smiley".

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