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Whitehorse ledge view

Cathedral & Whitehorse ledges, October 2007

Quick trip up to North Conway to try out the famous ledges. Multi-pitch rock-climbing is a challenging environment for photography, so there aren't many photos here and they aren't all of the best quality.
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you should see an image here A climber from another group leads the way up "Funhouse" on Cathedral Ledge.
you should see an image here Zoomed out so show more of the "Funhouse" route.
you should see an image here Brian gears up at the base of "Funhouse."
you should see an image here We quickly realized that climbing with a duffle bag (here still clipped to our belay anchor after Brian has re-shouldered it) was a dumb idea.
you should see an image here Fall foliage at Cathedral Ledge.
you should see an image here Self-portrait with shaky hands - partly from fatigue, partly from realizing that we were off our planned route (Funhouse, YDS 5.7), and on the Prow (YDS 5.11c).
you should see an image here Another party had no trouble coming up below us (by a harder route than we'd taken).
you should see an image here Later that day, a view to Cathedral Ledge from a belay station on Whitehorse Ledge.
you should see an image here View over Echo Lake to Cranmore Mountain from the same ledge.
you should see an image here Classic "past the toes" view from the ledge.
you should see an image here Brian re-racking in preparation for the next pitch.
you should see an image here Posed shot - I think I'm better at candids.
you should see an image here Last glimpse of the rock after rappelling down in the dark. Actually there was a bright half-moon, which you can't see in this flash photograph.