Shipton's Arete anchor damaged

adkeditor · 05-10-2014, 12:05 AM

Anyone interested in climbing Shipton's Arete should read this.

fvrwld · 06-25-2014, 09:19 AM

I noticed a lot of fresh rock-fall in that area while descending via the Chapel Pond Gully this past weekend. Seems that whole area is a bit less stable than usual. Extra caution is advised.

TCD · 06-25-2014, 10:05 AM

In some past winters, I've rapped through the area between the top of Chouinard's and the top of Tilman's (the "diagonal rappel"). Everything was frozen in place, but there were a lot of nasty looking very large loose blocks. I would not go into that area in summer; I would expect stuff to continue to fall off there periodically.

05-10-2014, 12:05 AM	#1
adkeditor Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Saranac Lake Posts: 400	Shipton's Arete anchor damaged Anyone interested in climbing Shipton's Arete should read this. __________________ Adirondack Explorer www.adirondackexplorer.org

06-25-2014, 09:19 AM	#2
fvrwld Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Sand Lake, NY Posts: 2,220	I noticed a lot of fresh rock-fall in that area while descending via the Chapel Pond Gully this past weekend. Seems that whole area is a bit less stable than usual. Extra caution is advised. __________________ “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” ~ Aldo Leopold

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06-25-2014, 10:05 AM	#3
TCD Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,990	In some past winters, I've rapped through the area between the top of Chouinard's and the top of Tilman's (the "diagonal rappel"). Everything was frozen in place, but there were a lot of nasty looking very large loose blocks. I would not go into that area in summer; I would expect stuff to continue to fall off there periodically.

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