Rock Climbing in New Hampshire.

ward smith wrote:The new Rumney guide will be out this spring....I promise!

ward smith wrote:It WILL be out this year, hopefully by Summer, or I will solo Predator (just kidding).

Here's some updated info...

Areas covered:

Kinsman Notch
Zealand Valley
Franconia Notch (Cannon)
Crawford Notch

A Tiny Bit of an Example:

I bought the book. I have little experience climbing in all of the areas listed-- I have climbed Moby Grape at Cannon, and that's it! So I can't vouch for the book's accuracy. But it is a vast improvement over the prior edition of Secrets of the Notch. So much more information and lots of areas covered, some of which have never been documented before. I am salivating over a lot of the stuff in the book and hope to make several visits to NH this year.

One glitch that I hope the author may be able to correct on future printings (if there are any): the star ratings were left off of the routes in a couple of the chapters, including the Franconia Notch chapter. So although the key at the front of the book mentions that the highest star rating is reserved for uber-classics like Whitney-Gilman, when you actually look at the routes on Cannon there are no star ratings for any of the climbs. But you can get an idea of which climbs the author thinks are the best ones from the descriptions.

ward smith wrote:No, north of Rumney. The new Rumney guide will be out this spring....I promise!

Morgan Patterson wrote: Didnt you just release a new Rumney guide a few years ago?

I talked to Jon over the weekend and he says he will put a star rating list for Franconia Notch together and we will post it on various climbing sites. With that you could print it out, buy a bunch of colorful star stickers, and stick them in your book!

He is the table of contents to the book:

Looks good Jamie, thank you. :)

That looks really good! Congrats to Jon Sykes and others who worked on it!

There is a book release party at the North Country Climbing Center in Lisbon NH on February 25th at 6 pm.

Book showed up yesterday in the mail. Looks great!

I am putting together a slide show for the book release party at the The North Country Climbing Center in Lisbon NH on February 25th at 6 pm. All are welcome!!!

Also, if anyone wants any of their images included in the slide show please email them to me at jamiecunninghamphoto@gmail.com. They must be color correct and sized at 1,024 pixels for horizontal images and 768 pixels for vertical images. Time is running out so get them out today or tomorrow. I will put "©2017 Your Name" on any images I use that gets selected for the show.
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Jamie--please limit any close ups of Sycho !!!

john strand wrote:Jamie--please limit any close ups of Sycho !!!

Ya,,I got a copy last week and was a bit suprised since I didn't do that much in the Franconia area.

Maybe the next edition will get the Captain in?

john strand wrote:Ya,,I got a copy last week and was a bit suprised since I didn't do that much in the Franconia area. Maybe the next edition will get the Captain in?

If any of you folks are within striking distance tomorrow to the Littleton/Lisbon/Franconia New Hampshire area, come to the Book Release party: