We finally got out to climb some Pennsylvania ice today. The Gemini Gullies has the only climbable ice available in the Lock Haven area. Roadside and Hidden still look pretty bleak. It is definitely worth the extended trip down the 7 mile dirt road approach. The road has been plowed and is easily passable by 2 wheel drive. Tom Mrotek and Jon Lawrence started up the left gully and Wayne Barnard and I headed up the right.
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Tom and Jon at the mid height belay station, Left Gemini Gully. |
After scoping out the thin and detached conditions on the right gully headwall, Wayne and I crossed over to join Tom and Jon in the better formed left gully. Wayne led the right gully headwall and then graciously belayed the rest of us to the top. We rapped out on the fixed stations and called it a day.
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Wayne on the sharp end, Left Gemini Gully. |
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Headwall, Left Gemini Gully. |
Dave in General, 2/24/2008 •
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