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2012 Smuggs’ Ice Bash

In late January the Vermont ice climbing community gathers for its social event of the year, the Smugglers’ Notch Ice Bash, organized by Sunrise Adventure Sports. The Alpinist staff teamed up with our neighbors at Climberism to put together this video of the 2012 Smuggs’ Ice Bash. (Props to Ray Kania for editing this on short notice.) Between two nights of free beer, a dry tooling competition, one day of climbing hard and another day spent sharing the joy of ice with new friends who had never climbed before, we had an absolutely stellar time. See you next January at the Smuggs’ Ice Bash!

Grosvenor Sees Third Ascent

First light revealed our next challenge; an eight-inch strip of ice transecting the rock band above. We packed up, and I started climbing. A few delicate tool placements and some dry tooling allowed access to the more moderate slope above. Shortly after Jeff began to simulclimb with me, I found myself at another intimidating challenge, another section of vertical, rotten “snice.” I did my best to not pull the pitch down on myself and, fortunately, was able to place a cam halfway up.

A Desert Life – A Film About Alf Randell

“I met Alf, the first day I was in the Creek on a recent road trip. He was kicking it in his camper out in the desert by himself. and it just struck me as an extremely intriguing story. I mean here is a guy who actively decided to live out in the desert as much as he can. I wanted to explore why that is, and what it is that he loves so much about that place.”