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Adirondacks Notes

Ann and I had just gotten back from our summer road trip, and semi-settled into our respective Tri-State area jobs. We took a small trip to the Daks, went hiking and climbed some of the longer slab routes there. Catharsis is a quality climb. The last pitch was a bit of a scarefest for me, but has excellent climbing nonetheless. It features 5.6 face moves 50 feet above the belay with no pro in between. And the belay is nothing to write home about either ... Lots of great moves after that, although still pretty run out ... You get the drift. The climbing up to there is reasonably well protected, at least the way we went.

On the last day, under threat of rain, we did the Chappel Pond Slab Regular Route. According to Ann, this is the fastest she has ever seen me lead, and we completed the 7 pitch route in less than 3 hours. It started drizzling midway up, however I felt committed to the climb, so shortly thereafter I was making some 5.7 moves above the p4 anchor (the easier moves were wet), and led the rest of the pitch on friction with no gear. The headwall (crux) pitch is quite easy, no problems even though we were getting completely soaked by then. The mandatory hard moves on this climb are much better protected than on Catharsis, so overall easier going.

Catharsis. Belay spots and our approximate route shown.

List of Climbs

  • Catharsis (5.6 **) 6p
  • Chapel Pond Slab Regular Route (5.5 **) 7p

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