the pipe pitch mantel with lots of air below... its hard to tell but some of those blocks below are bigger than cars...

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the pipe pitch mantel with lots of air below... its hard to tell but some of those blocks below are bigger than cars...

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the 5.9 finish to the Whitney-Gilman...<br>
very fun...

Just a perfect September afternoon in New England!

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lee hansche

Jun 20, 2007

“the pipe pitch mantel with lots of air below... its hard to tell but some of those blocks below are bigger than cars...”

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Exposure anyone... looking about 400 feet down from the pipe pitch crux...

Just a perfect September afternoon in New England!

The Whitney Gilman Ridge, Cannon, NH.

Another beta of the route...

The normal (5.7) route is the green line... follow the red short cuts for a more direct and slightly harder route (5.8 and 5.9 variations)...<br>
large file, zoom in for detail...

Matt Ritter Belaying on Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

Dave Walters just below the 'Pipe' on a winter ascent of the 'WG' in 1980.

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Dave Walters above the 'Pipe' pitch on a winter ascent of the 'WG' in 1980

The Correct W-G "UP" trail

Bottom Section - W-G Ridge

Middle Section W-G Ridge

Upper-Middle section W-G Ridge

coming up the 3rd pitch. exposed!

Leading the "Pipe Pitch" in the "good old days" of vibram boots and pitons-and-hammer protection. Circa 1968, photo by the late Ed Nester

Shot of the arete

Top Section W-G Ridge

Looking down on the pipe pitch

Upper Middle section W-G Ridge

The approach to the Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

At the base of Whitney Gilman Ridge <br>

beautiful day on cannon!

W-G

My Wife having fun on the direct finish of the Whitney Gilman Ridge

The Pipe Pitch

Climbers On the 5.8 variation

Matt Bacalakis climbing up Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

Matt Ritter Leading up the 3rd pitch<br>

Full view of the Whitney Gilman Ridge<br>

The 5.8 Alternate pitch. Leader is just above the "pipe" pitch, while the 2nd is climbing, she is just above the 2" jamcrack.

Hannah above the 5.8 crack variation. I hand traversed left just before the crux of the pipe pitch and found (as always) a phenomenal belay ledge.

Tim about to top off

The W-G DOWN trail at the intersection with the bike path

A perspective looking down into the black dyke<br>

Clouds moving in on Whitney Gilman

Top of pitch 3

Whitney Gilman route

catching a nice stem while enjoying the sweet splitter crack on the WG

The Whitney Gilman Ridge as seen from Moby Grape.

Photo looking down on the last pitch (5.8 variant) of the Whitney Gilman ridge in November.

Last pitch: couple of 5.7 moves in the inside corner put you on a razor-sharp fin arete followed by an airy traverse to the left. From there choose your line left (easier) or right (harder).

Myself on top (5-8) variation 2nd pitch. Craig Young photographer, 2002

Just above the Crux Pipe Pitch

NOT the W-G trail...this goes "nowhere". The Moby Grape trail leaves from one of those paved picnic areas along the side.

Climbers on the 5.8 "Higher Exposure" Variation

Looking up at the talus field approach to Whitney Gilman. Photo by JH.

I had the honor of giving beta and belaying Tom while he climbed the Pipe Pitch! He's only 14 yrs old but he climbed it like a boss!

The approach to the WG. Not too hard to spot the line, eh?

Start of first pitch direct variation. Detailed beta in trip report here: http://nealpinestart.com/2015/11/05/the-whitney-gilman-ridge-cannon-cliff-11415/

Andrew Kaplan topping out in 41st anniversary reclimb.

Coming up on P2. I'm just a tiny speck on a big mountain!

Eric on WG in winter, Fafnir in the background.

Camera phone time

Kayte topping out on Whitney Gilman. Interstate 93 can be seen far below.

Overview of the climb. If you view the full size of the image you can find me building an anchor at the top of the "Pipe" pitch and my partner is on the ledge at the top of the p2. - September 2013

...about 2 min. up the correct W-G Trail

here im up high on the 5.8 variation... just below me is a bunch of steep loose flakes that you just need to weave your way through...

looking down at mikey korek on the pipe pitch...its a long way down...

finishing up the 5.9 variation finish... more solid rock and more exposed climbing...

the 5.9 finish to the Whitney-Gilman...<br>
very fun...