Sunday, September 2, 2012

August on the Homefront

        This summer's home tour featured a two-week visit from Monsieur Olivier, the first of our grenoblois friends to leave the Alps for the greener hills of the Northeast. His Franklin The Turtle honed English allowed him to integrate seamlessly into our world of family and friends, and his incredible laybacking skills allowed him to surmount even the most splitter of cracks...

Adirondacks, NY

Noonmark Mt. - summit crag

Buke and the Gubb rounded out our climbing excursion by bringing bee bee shotgun to the summit

The Cabin
Left to right: Gus, Lyle, Sambo, Olivier and myself fireside lounging 

Spider's Web - On the Loose, Esthesia, Slim Pickins, TR and Dacker Cracker

Hillary finds the jams on On the Loose 


Pete Hyson making social climbing look good 



                                           
Les grimpers, lisez bien, ce panneau est pour vous!


Poke-o Moonshine - Fastest Gun & Casual Observer 
P4 Fastest Gun, 5.10a
Olivier following P2 Fastest Gun, 5.9+++ on a muggy day
Turning it to eleven on P2 of Casual Observer, 5.11a

White Mountains, NH

Cannon - Vertigo, Reppy's, Slow and Easy & the Whitney G in a day


Heading to the pendulum on P2 (5.8) of Vertigo

He's jamming! P4 (5.8)
Following the money fingercrack on P3 (5.9) of Vertigo




Whitney G                                                Reppy's                                                   Slow & Easy


And a few non-climbing photos after all.... 

Team Carlson on top of Marcy during a three-day backpack together. 
Big thanks to Jesse and Shira for providing an enjoyable basecamp in Boston for
departures, arrivals and visa appointments...

A parting shot from Yarmouth Island, Maine.

And now, back to school!

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