{"id":2202,"date":"2019-02-08T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:08:44","slug":"mt-washington-ice-fest-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/2019\/02\/mt-washington-ice-fest-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt Washington Ice Fest 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two days of ice climbing hosted by IME out of North Conway, NH, February 2019. Saturday my clinic was on Frankenstein, Sunday at Champney Falls. I hiked up &amp; camped at Hermit Lake on Mt Washington overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-0.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-0.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-light fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom2\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-0\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;panel&quot;:{&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;download&quot;:false}},&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;src&quot;,&quot;srcset&quot;:&quot;srcset&quot;,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:200,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:2,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" 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out the door.\" data-attachment-id=\"2204\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174345393286\/1224556935.jpg\" title=\"Registration check-in line out the door.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Registration check-in line out the door.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343581916.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Sam giving some instructions before climbing up to a waterfall.\" data-attachment-id=\"2226\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343581916\/2562866766.jpg\" title=\"Sam giving some instructions before climbing up to a waterfall.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Sam giving some instructions before climbing up to a waterfall.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343247586.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Majka quickly reviewing belaying.\" data-attachment-id=\"2236\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343247586\/1629585277.jpg\" title=\"Majka quickly reviewing belaying.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Majka quickly reviewing belaying.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343651776.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Majka climbing up to set top anchors.\" data-attachment-id=\"2225\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343651776\/2106580194.jpg\" title=\"Majka climbing up to set top anchors.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Majka climbing up to set top anchors.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174344220636.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The middle of our three Saturday pitches.\" data-attachment-id=\"2211\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174344220636\/2473025086.jpg\" title=\"The middle of our three Saturday pitches.\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The middle of our three Saturday pitches.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174345188696.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Spencer belaying.\" data-attachment-id=\"2208\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174345188696\/1288281033.jpg\" title=\"Spencer belaying.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Spencer belaying.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174345293486.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The leftward of our three Saturday pitches.\" data-attachment-id=\"2206\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174345293486\/3824652636.jpg\" title=\"The leftward of our three Saturday pitches.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The leftward of our three Saturday pitches.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343666746.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Alan belaying.\" data-attachment-id=\"2224\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343666746\/3403585784.jpg\" title=\"Alan belaying.\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Alan belaying.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174345233606.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"The middle line.\" data-attachment-id=\"2207\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174345233606\/1721021620.jpg\" title=\"The middle line.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">The middle line.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174344250576.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Hiking out.\" data-attachment-id=\"2210\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174344250576\/2170413586.jpg\" title=\"Hiking out.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Hiking out.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174345348376.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Demo gear pick-up filling the second floor of IME.\" data-attachment-id=\"2205\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174345348376\/359783534.jpg\" title=\"Demo gear pick-up filling the second floor of IME.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Demo gear pick-up filling the second floor of IME.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343781516.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Hiking in on Mt Chocorua.\" data-attachment-id=\"2221\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343781516\/3193790220.jpg\" title=\"Hiking in on Mt Chocorua.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Hiking in on Mt Chocorua.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343806466.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Hiking in on Mt Chocorua.\" data-attachment-id=\"2220\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343806466\/3988803615.jpg\" title=\"Hiking in on Mt Chocorua.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Hiking in on Mt Chocorua.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174345153766.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Arriving at Champney Falls.\" data-attachment-id=\"2209\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174345153766\/289736224.jpg\" title=\"Arriving at Champney Falls.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Arriving at Champney Falls.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343392296.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Jordan climbing up to set top anchors.\" data-attachment-id=\"2232\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343392296\/1374484060.jpg\" title=\"Jordan climbing up to set top anchors.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Jordan climbing up to set top anchors.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343701676.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Lines being set up all along the falls.\" data-attachment-id=\"2223\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343701676\/1543410274.jpg\" title=\"Lines being set up all along the falls.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Lines being set up all along the falls.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343407266.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Jordan climbing up to set a top anchor.\" data-attachment-id=\"2231\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343407266\/3022221235.jpg\" title=\"Jordan climbing up to set a top anchor.\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Jordan climbing up to set a top anchor.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343277526.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Watching Jordan climb.\" data-attachment-id=\"2234\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343277526\/4162018826.jpg\" title=\"Watching Jordan climb.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Watching Jordan climb.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343966146.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Climbers on the rightward side.\" data-attachment-id=\"2216\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343966146\/546502742.jpg\" title=\"Climbers on the rightward side.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Climbers on the rightward side.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174344110856.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Angela giving instructions.\" data-attachment-id=\"2213\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174344110856\/1331875872.jpg\" title=\"Angela giving instructions.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Angela giving instructions.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343232616.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Angela giving instructions.\" data-attachment-id=\"2237\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343232616\/4077094980.jpg\" title=\"Angela giving instructions.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Angela giving instructions.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343831416.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Jordan climbing up to set another line.\" data-attachment-id=\"2219\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343831416\/2309299177.jpg\" title=\"Jordan climbing up to set another line.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Jordan climbing up to set another line.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343427226.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Three leftward lines.\" data-attachment-id=\"2230\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343427226\/3582795660.jpg\" title=\"Three leftward lines.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Three leftward lines.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343252576.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Cauliflower ice.\" data-attachment-id=\"2235\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343252576\/4287731252.jpg\" title=\"Cauliflower ice.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Cauliflower ice.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343911256.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Belaying and watching.\" data-attachment-id=\"2217\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343911256\/1359221942.jpg\" title=\"Belaying and watching.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Belaying and watching.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343861356.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Angela and Jordan holding a mid-day huddle.\" data-attachment-id=\"2218\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343861356\/2119145760.jpg\" title=\"Angela and Jordan holding a mid-day huddle.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Angela and Jordan holding a mid-day huddle.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343726626.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Jordan demonstrating foot placement technique.\" data-attachment-id=\"2222\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343726626\/68215709.jpg\" title=\"Jordan demonstrating foot placement technique.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Jordan demonstrating foot placement technique.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343497086.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Dave wandered into a cave!\" data-attachment-id=\"2229\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343497086\/259336916.jpg\" title=\"Dave wandered into a cave!\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Dave wandered into a cave!<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174344006066.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Dave climbing out of the cave.\" data-attachment-id=\"2215\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174344006066\/1194883219.jpg\" title=\"Dave climbing out of the cave.\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Dave climbing out of the cave.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343347386.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Climbing.\" data-attachment-id=\"2233\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343347386\/2530515745.jpg\" title=\"Climbing.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Climbing.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174344031016.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Climbing.\" data-attachment-id=\"2214\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174344031016\/2911202693.jpg\" title=\"Climbing.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Climbing.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343566946.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Climbing.\" data-attachment-id=\"2227\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343566946\/3257270832.jpg\" title=\"Climbing.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Climbing.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174343532016.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Climbing.\" data-attachment-id=\"2228\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174343532016\/895073925.jpg\" title=\"Climbing.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Climbing.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174344160756.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Hiking out.\" data-attachment-id=\"2212\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174344160756\/445177230.jpg\" title=\"Hiking out.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Hiking out.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/10103174345448176.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"3am diner stop and planning for March.\" data-attachment-id=\"2203\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/07\/10103174345448176\/3765535008.jpg\" title=\"3am diner stop and planning for March.\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">3am diner stop and planning for March.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days of ice climbing hosted by IME out of North Conway, NH, February 2019. Saturday my clinic was on Frankenstein, Sunday at Champney Falls. I hiked up &amp; camped at Hermit Lake on Mt Washington overnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[142,99,97,141,98],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mountaineering","tag-ice-climbing","tag-mountaineering","tag-mt-washington","tag-mwv-ice-fest","tag-white-mountains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238,"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions\/2238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tjkopena.com\/blogs\/outdoors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}