Repentance, Cathedral Ledge, New Hampshire
A guides day off, Grant Simmons climbing with Alexa Siegel on one of the most classic ice climbs in New England. Three pitches of variety and challenging climbing within in a short drive from coffee shops and outlet shopping..... Ice climbs are fickle on Cathedral Ledge, temps, cloud cover, and the stars align for a few days or weeks if we're lucky to create these remarkable lines of ice dropping straight off the top of the cliff down to the forest below. Well, almost from the top. The ice stops just below the infamous chock-stone, making the top out notoriously awkward, strenuous and a trick move for even strong climbers like Alexa and Grant. So it's pretty fun to hang by a rope and be so close to the grunting, scraping and wrestling for those last few mixed climbing moves.