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.
A.J. LAFLUER ON THE FA OF 'BLACK PUDDING GULLY' AT HUMPHREYS LEDGE - JAN 1973
RICK MULHERN IN CLASSIC 70'S ICE CLIMBING GEAR AT WILLEY'S SLIDE, CRAWFORD NOTCH, WHITE MTS, NH
AJ LAFLUER LEADING THE FIRST PITCH OF 'DRACULA' AT FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS, CRAWFORD NOTCH
LOOKING DOWN AT AJ LAFLUER AS I START THE 2ND PITCH OF 'DRACULA' AT FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS, CRAWFORD NOTCH
A J LAFLUER LEADING THE 1ST PITCH ON THE FA OF GULLY #1, MT WILLARD, CRAWFORD NOTCH
AJ LAFLUER STARTING THE 1ST PITCH ON THE FA OF 'GULLY #1' AT MT WILLARD, CRAWFORD NOTCH, WHITE MTS, NH
AJ LAFLUER LEADING THE 1ST PITCH ON THE FA OF 'GULLY #1' AT MT WILLARD, CRAWFORD NOTCH
JOHN BRAGG LEADING THE 1ST PITCH ON THE FA OF 'GULLY #2' NEI 3+, MT WILLARD, CRAWFORD NOTCH
JOHN BRAGG BELAYING AT THE TOP OF THE 1ST PITCH ON THE FA OF 'GULLY #2' MT WILLARD, CRAWFORD NOTCH, NH
JEFF PHEASANT DOING AN EARLY SEASON ASCENT OF 'CENTRAL GULLY', HUNTINGTON RAVINE MT WASHINGTON, WHITE MOUNTAINS, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER CLIMBING THIN ICE ON THE 1ST PITCH OF 'GARCIA-VEGA' NEI 4+ ON THE FA, FRANCONIA NOTCH, WHITE MTS, NH
JOHN BOUCHARD ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE BLACK DIKE, CANNON CLIFF, FRANCONIA NOTCH
JOHN BOUCHARD STARTING THE FIRST PITCH OF THE BLACK DIKE NEI 5 ON CANNON CLIFF, FRANCONIA NOTCH
RAINSFORD ROUNER LEADING THE 2ND PITCH OF 'THE SMEAR' NEI 3-4, FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS, WHITE MTS, NH
THE 'DROP LINE' LATE WINTER 75 AT FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS, CRAWFORD NOTCH, WHITE MTS, NH
TIM ROUNER ON AN EARLY ATTEMPT TO CLIMB THE 'DROP LINE' AT FRANKENSTEIN, CRAWFORD NOTCH, WHITE MTS, NH
MARK RICHEY CLIMBING NEAR THE TOP OF THE 1ST PITCH OF 'ACE OF SPADES' NEI 4, FRANCONIA NOTCH
JOHN BRAGG WITH 70'S ICE GEAR ON ONE OF HIS MANY ATTEMPTS TO CLIMB 'REMISSION', CATHEDRAL LEDGE, WHITE MTS, NH
AL RUBIN CLIMBING ON THE 1ST PITCH OF 'PINNACLE GULLY' NEI 3+, HUNTINGTON RAVINE, MT WASHINGTON, NH
AL RUBIN AT THE TOP OF PINNACLE GULLY NEI 3+, HUNTINGTON RAVINE, MT WASHINGTON, WHITE MTS, NH
REPENTENCE AND REMISSION AT THE TIME OF THE FWA OF 'REMISSION' EARLY IN THE WINTER OF 75/76 NORTH CONWAY, WHITE MTS, NH
SUNRISE ON THE ICE CLIMBS OF CATHEDRAL LEDGE EARLY IN THE WINTER OF 75/76, NORTH CONWAY, WHITE MTS, NH
TIM ROUNER STARTING THE 1ST PITCH ON THE FWA 'REMISSION' NEI 5+ CATHEDRAL LEDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
RAINSFORD ROUNER STARTING THE 2ND PITCH ON THE FWA OF 'REMISSION' NEI 5+, CATHEDRAL LEDGE, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER JUMARING THE 3RD PITCH ON THE FWA OF 'REMISSION' NEI 5+, CATHEDRAL LEDGE
RAINSFORD ROUNER LEADING THE LAST (4TH) PITCH ON THE FWA 'REMISSION' NEI 5+ CATHEDRAL LEDGE, NH
RAINSFORD AND TIM ROUNER CLIMBING ON THE FWA OF 'THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS' NEI 5 WHITEHORSE LEDGE, NH
CONDITIONS AT FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS ON THE DAY OF THE FA OF THE 'DROPLINE', CRAWFORD NOTCH, WHITE MTS, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER LEADING THE 1ST PITCH OF 'HE 'DROPLINE' ON ITS FIRST ASCENT, NEI 5, FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS, WHITE MTS, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER LEADING THE CRUX COLUMN ON THE FA OF THE 'DROPLINE', NEI 5, FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS, CRAWFORD NOTCH, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER LEADING THE CRUX COLUMN ON THE FA OF THE 'DROPLINE', NEI 5, FRANKENSTEIN CLIFFS, CRAWFORD NOTCH, NH
LOOKING UP THE 3 PITCHES OF 'REPENTENCE' NEI 5 AT CATHEDRAL LEDGE, NORTH CONWAY, NH
RAINSFORD ROUNER STARTING THE 1ST PITCH OF 'REPENTENCE' NEI 5 AT CATHEDRAL LEDGE NORTH CONWAY, NH
LOOKING DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE 2ND PITCH ON 'REPENTENCE' NEI AT CATHEDRAL LEDGE NORTH CONWAY, NH
CONDITIONS ON HUMPHREY'S LEDGE AROUND THE TIME OF THE FA OF 'THE SENATOR' NEI 5, MT WASHINGTON VALLEY, NH
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