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Routes in High Meadow Wall
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Asphyxiation S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Bombshell S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Borg, The S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Captain Dinghy S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Choker, The S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Embryonic Journey S 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Erosion Control S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Hot Tuna S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Ito’s Eyesore S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Lone Pine S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a |
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Pollo Del Mar S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Pondemonium S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Pride and Joy T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b |
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Righta Rumpus S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Sarlacc S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b |
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Schnell S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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Science Project S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Senior Project S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b |
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Stranglehold S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Strung Out on Laser Beams S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Tak and Jib S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Thunderhead S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b |
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Two Nuts For You S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b |
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White Meat S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
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Wild Rumpus S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a |
| Type: | Sport, 100 ft (30 m) |
| GPS: | 44.24944, -70.96504 |
| FA: | Ray Rice (and see "History") |
| Page Views: | 337 total · 11/month |
| Shared By: | Ryan DeLena on Sep 23, 2023 · Updates |
| Admins: | Ladd Raine, Jonathan S, Robert Hall, Chris Duca |
Access Issue: BOTH the trails and the cliffs are on private property. Please "go lightly" and read the details.
Details
It's surrounded by W.M.N.F but the Shell Pond Crags are located on private property subject to a conservation easement held by Greater Lovell Land Trust. The owners and easement holders of the property have been gracious enough to allow climbing to occur on their land, but access is not guaranteed in the future. If you show up and there are numerous cars in the parking lot consider climbing at other nearby Evan’s Notch locations
Description
This long and sustained route shares a start with Embryonic Journey 5.11b. Where that route moves left around the low roof, break right, following a line of bolts through a series of overhangs. Fight the pump to reach the two bolt anchor.
FA History
NH & Maine MtnPrjct Admins get about 350-400 "Page Improvements" a year to review and either approve-and-post-as-written, edit and post, or delete ( very rarely done). 95% of these are for routes/areas that the Admin hasn't climbed or been to. Very, very few request a "page improvement" change to the name of who did the first ascent, especially when the change "conflicts" with the guidebook.
But such was the case with Hot Tuna when Sam Bendroth indicated that he, not Ray Rice, made the FA.
Inquiries were made and and when all was said and done I decided to make no change in the FA listing. My reasons were: 1) No one, not even Sam, disputes Ray did ALL the work on the route. 2) Ray states that he had climbed the route in its entirety to the anchors previous to the ascent with Sam and that they were only working on a slight variation and I see no reason to doubt this statement. BUT, for those with an interest, here are the responses.
Initial response from Sam - . " I thought Ray and I where going climbing at Shell one day. Turns out he was working on Hot Tuna most of the day, so I was stuck there on the ground with nothing to do. After hours of this, I was pissed. Ray said I could give it an honest shot after he gave it a go. He almost sent but broke a hold going to the anchor. I wasn't going to let an opportunity like this go. I had to pull the rope so hard through the GriGri to clip the anchors. He did not want to give it to me but I took it! "
Ray's reply to my e-mail - "Sam"s story is mostly true , except the fact that I had already sent the route before and this was a re-route/extension that I was improving because of rock quality and the longer the better...
Did he mention the short rope belay when I was clipping the chains, resulting in the hand hold breaking??
Anyway, all in good fun!
Later Ray added "He [Sam] was sitting around impatiently waiting on me for a belay on other climbs.
I think I gave him a go at it because I felt bad that he had to wait around. Didn't think he would carry on through the final moves.
Sam's always been my biggest fan!
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