Andrew made the journey up to my neck of the woods for some ice climbing. We headed over to High Falls, which is only about 30' high. The ice looked OK but not great. We set up a top rope anyway. Our first route was on the right side of the main flow, where the ice looked best. The problem was it was only about one body length from the mound of ice on the ground to the top and was not very much of a climb. I then switched the top rope to the other side of the falls and we climbed some more questionable ice. It certainly felt like it was questionable ice. So rather than down climb the first time up I decided to get lowered. Well, not sure what happened but I got banged into some ice and ended up well behind the falls. I have a nice bruise on my hip to show for it.
Great time ice climbing, I really see why some people enjoy it so much and can't wait to go again. With 60 degree weather, I'm not sure I'll get out again until my trip to the Adirondacks.
