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| Seth Maciejowski | Linky with the Black Dike  Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2009 | |
| Fun link with the Dike. 5.8 crack filled with ice and 30 lb pack on the back made it quite hard! | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2009 11:43 pm | ||
| SteveMarr | Whitney-GIlman Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2006 | |
| Fantastic climb - long, moderate, great exposure and position along the entire route. The approach is fun, and the descent was brutal. Must do for New England. | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2009 1:59 am | ||
| chel3178 | Quite an experience... Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2008 | |
| I HATED the approach over the talus field. I think I just psyched myself out and plan to do better next time. Though I've read on other sites that there are times when boulders come loose. So, there is good need to worry but it's just part of getting there, I guess. The climb itself was awesome. I needed a little lift on that 3rd pitch (I seconded), but all in all did well. I added a picture of myself at that pitch with the Black Dike looming behind me. I LOVED that pitch, I could see a little waterfall that was starting to freeze and hear the ice crashing down on the ground. Also, I was climbing with Chris who posted below this and as he said Denny was our leader. He did great! | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2008 1:25 pm | ||
| Parenteau | A lot of fun Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2008 | |
| Beautiful weather and no rockfall made for an awesome time. My friend Denny lead the route and did awesome on the tricky 5.9 variation at the finish. I can't wait to go back and lead it myself. | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2008 9:41 pm | ||
| Isaiah | New England 5.7 Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| Well, It was a great day but the belay station at the two square foot ledge with two hundred feet of exposure toward the main wall and like 400 toward the highway was a lot of fun for half an hour!If you stay on route it is a solid 5.7 but every corner holds fixed gear leading astray to harder variations. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 9:46 pm | ||
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| AlexeyD | Re: whitney gilman ridge | |
| See, when I wrote the description for this a couple years ago, I was following the last pitch so I didn't remember the route too carefully; as a result, my original description to go right at the bulge was a bit off. Now that I led it, I know you're actually supposed to go quite a bit left; then it really is 5.7. I nearly did the same thing you did, but my belayer, who had done it many times before, talked me out of it. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 3:08 am | ||
| AlexeyD | cruising the WG Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| Decided to make a quick run up the WG after climbing the very burly Duet Direct (hard 5.10). Discovered that it can be done in three full 60-meter pitches if you follow the 5.8 variation. Waited for a total of at least 40 minutes at various ledges for parties ahead of us to get moving, but still made it in around 3 hours. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 2:51 am | ||
| eric b | whitney gilman ridge | |
| first attempt we ran out of time due to climber traffic and had an epic rappel when the rope got snagged. The second attempt was a charm. Route finding can be difficult and we did the 5.9 variation near the top. Of course we didn't realize it until i was commited to the move and freaked, but made it. We walked off and the trail down is steep and loaded with loose material-scarier than the climb itself!! | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2006 11:56 pm | ||
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Cannon-Kinsman and Moosilauke Range
