New Hampshire October 2016

Sean and I went to Conway, NH for his friends' anniversary party.  While we were there, we couldn't help but check out the local climbing.  Cathedral Ledge is the mountain face, visible from town and easy to get to.  We parked on the side of the road, then it was a 10 minute hike to the crag.  Lacking any guidebooks, I perused the rock, found bolts, and said, "I'll climb this."  So we set it up.  It was mostly slab, and here was my first fall while lead climbing.  I was nearly to the second bolt when I slipped and rolled halfway past the first bolt.  Finding no major injuries, I headed back up.  Once I made it to the anchors, I saw that the bolts continued.  We had never done multi-pitch, but I didn't want to stop, so I persuaded Sean to come up to continue it.  Three pitches total and we were both at the top.
There are no multi-pitch sport routes listed on Mountain Project, so if it's named I don't know it.  I would estimate it to be a 5.9, with some easier and harder spots.

But there we are at the top, figuring out how to get down, and we could no longer see our friends at the bottom.  Local climbers gave us some tips at the first bolt as we were leaving.


We stayed in Conway for nearly a week, so here we are at the party cabin.

And watching the sunset over the lake behind the cabin.