Adirondack Ice Climbing and Winter Camping 21/22 January 2006

Plans...

Gear check out: Thursday 6pm, Japes. Be there. Contact me NOW if there is a problem.

Leave 5:30pm Friday 20 Jan 2006

Return evening Sunday 22 Jan 2006

Climb ice both Saturday and Sunday unless it ends up raining on Saturday in which case we may have to resort to a hike on Sunday if gear/clothing it wet/icy. Camp for Friday and Saturday nights (expect temps down to ~10F)

Eat own snacks in car Friday eve, lunch Sat/Sun, in car on return. Cook as a group for breakfasts Sat and Sun. Eat out (bring $$) in nice warm place Saturday evening.

Bring $$ for share of gas money, of order $20 each.

Weather forecast as of Tue 17Jan: Fri night: 25F; Sat: high 40F, chance rain/snow; Sat night: 20F; Sun: high 30F.

Roster

• Simeon Warner (truck, 2 people, own ice gear, experienced)
• Leslie Ackerman (car, 4 people, own ice gear, experienced)
• Don Barry (car, 4 people, own ice gear, experienced)
• Rayko Halitschke <rh239@cornell.edu> (no car, own ice gear, experienced)
• Herdis Schopka <hhs22@cornell.edu> (no car, own ice grear, experienced)

• Alexandra Denby <ajd45@cornell.edu> (car?, no climbing experience?)
• J.R. Skok <jrs222@cornell.edu> (no car, no climbing experience, vert cave trained)
• Bob Jung <raj34@cornell.edu> (car?, no ice experience, rock experience??)
• Nicole Ceci <ngc4@cornell.edu> (car for 4, old, no ice experience, old rock experience)
• Jason Dietz <jed62@cornell.edu> (no car, no ice experience, some rock experience)
• Zhao Li <zl53@cornell.edu> (car? no experience)
• Simon Gravel <sg324@cornell.edu> (no car, ice climbed once before)

Personal Gear

(shamelessly copied, with a couple of tweaks, from Ari's list last year)

(asterisk indicates an item you SHOULD be able to obtain from the club) Please alert me about what you don't have and we'll improvise as best we can. It can get VERY COLD this time of year and it is important that you bring enough warm clothes to handle such a contingency. Please note that insulating clothing should be a non-absorbing fiber such as wool, polypropylene, or polyester. DO NOT WEAR COTTON! JEANS ARE COTTON!

• *flashlight or headlamp with extra batteries
• *backup light
• broad-mouth waterbottle
• thermos/insulated bottle (if you have)
• *0 deg F or better-rated sleeping bag
• *winter-thickness sleeping pad or 2 summer-thickness pads
• mid/heavy-weight long underwear for sleeping/bad conditions (top/bottom)
• fleece or other warm pants
• water-proof (preferably breathable) pant shells
• water-proof parka, breathable fabric recommended
• at least 2, preferably 3 fleece or woll layers including one 300 weight OR 2 fleece layers and a good down sweater
• warm wool or fleece balaclava and/or hat (balaclava strongly recommended)
• for hands - at least two sets: one thin, one heavy-duty set of mittens or gloves (thin gloves inside big mittens are a warm/flexible option)
• 3 changes wool or fleece socks, or 2 changes with vapor-barrier socks
• *boots appropriate for ice climbing
• *crampons appropriate for ice climbing (light hiking crampons are not suitable)
• 2 days lunch, snack, gorp - bring a lot, bring stuff you won't mind frozen, that requires little or no effort to prepare
• small tupperware with lid (or bowl), spoon for eating
• small, durable cup, preferably insulated for drinks
• chapstick

-- SimeonWarner - 17 Jan 2006