I arrived in North Conway at about the same time as Chouinard Equipment did. Well at least rigid crampons, piolets and alpine hammers. Improvements to ice screw design were still to come. For the moment the best thing on the market were Salewa tube screws. They were soft but held well. Problem was their cores were too narrow and would freeze up immediately. On many an occasion the only remedy was to slowly put them in your mouth and wait for the core to warm up! Chouinard screws came along in 76' and overnight Salewa ice screws became an anachronism.
JEFF PHEASANT AT THE TOP OF THE CHIMNEYS ON THE 'BLACK DIKE' NEI 4+, CANNON CLIFF, FRANCONIA NOTCH, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER SOLOING ON THE APPROACH TO 'FAFNIR' NEI V, CANNON CLIFF, FRANCONIA NOTCH, NH
TIM & RAINSFORD ROUNER AT A BELAY ON AN ATTEMPT OF 'FAFNIR' NEI V, CANNON CLIFF FRANCONIA NOTCH, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER STARTING UP THE LEAN LAST PITCH ON AN ATTEMPT OF 'FAFNIR' NEI V, CANNON CLIFF FRANCONIA NOTCH, NH
SUNSET VIEW EAST DURING AN ATTEMPT OF 'FAFNIR' NEI V, CANNON CLIFF FRANCONIA NOTCH, NH
JIMMY DUNN LEADING THE CRUX 2ND PITCH ON THE FA OF AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS, KANCAMAUGUS HWY, WHITE MTS, NH
JIMMY DUNN LEADING THE CRUX 2ND PITCH OF REPENTENCE, CATHEDRAL LEDGE, WHITE MTS, NH
BRYAN BECKER LEADING THE TRAVERSE PITCH OF THE BLACK DIKE, CANNON CLIFF, FRANCONIA NOTCH, NH
MARK WHITON FOLLOWING THE 3RD PITCH OF FAFNIR, CANNON CLIFF, FRANCONIA NOTCH, NH
ALAIN COMEAU LEADING ON THE FA OF THE FANG, FRANKENSTEIN CLIFF, CRAWFORD NOTCH, NH
JAY WILSON CLIMBING ON 'COCAINE' AT UPPER FRANKENSTEIN CLIFF
RAINSFORD ROUNER AND GUSTAVO BRILLEMBOURG ON THE APPORACH TO 'LAST EXIT' AT FRANKENSTEIN CLIFF IN 1978
RAINSFORD ROUNER GETTING STARTED ON THE FA OF 'LAST EXIT' AT FRANKENSTEIN CLIFF IN 1978
BRYAN BECKER GETTING STARTED ON THE FIRST PITCH OF OMEGA IN MARCH 1979
BRYAN BECKER ARRIVING AT THE TOP OF THE 2ND PITCH OF OMEGA IN MARCH 1979
BRYAN BECKER STARTING THE CRUX 3RD PITCH OF OMEGA IN MARCH 1979
BRYAN BECKER GETTING IT DONE ON THE CRUX 3RD PITCH OF OMEGA IN MARCH 1979
BRYAN BECKER BELAYING AT THE TOP OF THE CRUX 3RD PITCH OF OMEGA IN MARCH 1979
LOOKING DOWN OMEGA FROM THE TOP OF THE 3RD PITCH IN MARCH 1979
BRYAN BECKER AT THE TOP OF OMEGA IN MARCH 1979
KEN SIMMS LEADING AT ARETHUSA FALLS, WINTER 1980
MARY ERDEI AND KEN SIMMS AT THE TOP OF THE BLACK DIKE, WINTER 1980
ALEC BEHR LEADING CHIA DIRECT AT FRANKENSTEIN, WINTER 1980