Post Rain Ice Climbing Parasol Gully 12.13.24 | New Hampshire

[@MichaelSongCamping]

Dude your belay building is absolutely textbook!

[@davidgiampietro3567]

Phat ice LOL. Good thing you had a quantity of those Blue Ice shorties. More concerning than thin ice is crusty snow which sometimes makes it easy and other times is treacherous. Nice video, great lead !

[@MattyBowman]

How to make an easy climb feel hard 101: crusty unbonded snow/ice. I’ll take thin ice over that any day! 🙌🏻

[@dougdobkowski]

Nice work, Matty 😮

[@MattyBowman]

Thanks Doug! Hopeful we see ice conditions improve over the next couple weeks!

[@georgialiu3678]

This looks so fun! Just curious what camera did you use?

[@MattyBowman]

I use a GoPro Max 🤘🏻

[@abstract7710]

I'm an ice climbing noob, how do you gauge if it's safe bc to me that looks sketchy but I'm assuming you have a high degree of confidence if you're putting your ice screws in it

[@MattyBowman]

I have quite a few years of climbing experience, which helps with reading ice conditions. This climb alone I’ve done more times than I can recall, in all sorts of conditions. While that won’t prevent me from getting hurt, it does help with my risk/reward decision making.

[@abstract7710]

@@MattyBowman that makes sense, thanks for the reply and the video!

[@MattyBowman]

@ anytime! Hope you have a great season!

[@jamesbarnum3592]

Rating? I think the camera really skews the angle at times.

[@svenmccalljr.4268]

It does - it is normally rated as a WI2+ but I think in these conditions it is climbing a bit harder/more mixed