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Typical upstate NY winter weather. Rain, snow, freezing rain, thunderstorms, dramatic temperature shifts, 60° one day and now -8° the next, 45mph winds, ice storms, blizzards. What else did I miss?😂😂😂
Look what I found!
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Perfect. Winter. Day.
A little chilly, but that's what I like! 0° at the trailhead, -11° at the summit with a wind chill of -18. Stunning blue skies with the rime ice and snow making everything pop!
Even though this rain is much needed, it's going to create some extreme conditions in our mountains. The thick snow has melted, then froze again, then melted again with a decent amount of rain and will freeze again, creating basically one massive frozen waterfall. The steeper areas will be extremely hazardous. Microspikes won't cut it. Hillsounds might get you there, but coming down will be the challenge.
This video is when I summited Plateau Mountain with my @hillsoundequipment crampons but came down with full on ice climbing crampons from @petzl_official . It was probably the scariest moment of my hiking life. But I got out. My hillsounds had good grip going up, but going down didn't feel safe, so I threw on the petzls.
If you're going out this weekend, be fully prepared for all out extreme ice conditions. It's going to be messy and dangerous.
A video of my exploration of the Pepacton Reservoir yesterday.
Plotter Kill Preserve for the wife's birthday. Beautiful weather. I've never been to this place when the water is flowing. I bet it's a stunning place! We had to take it super slow because there were steep descents and the leaves were super slippery. The last time I was here was over 10 years ago and they had nothing but ropes to get to the lower creek 😬😬😬
Happy birthday Jessica!😘❤️
Fall is magical here in the Catskills ❤️🍁🍂
Sound on please😂 Awesome hike up Mount Mansfield in VT today. Didn't get much views on the summit, but the insane 50-60 mph wind gusts made up for it🤘
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Funny thing is, I have no clue why they waved at me😂 Maybe it's because I had to hike up and they probably felt bad😂
But for real, I'm glad they had the perfect weather to get the view on the top of Mount Washington!
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Miss you both☹️
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