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Panther Gorge Ice Climbing 2020 - Passion and Warfare (WI5/M5)

Posted by Kevin MacKenzie,
North Country explorer from
February 22, 2020 —

This report details a new climb up a route that I've been chasing for 5 years; thin ice, overhanging smears, a brittle curtain...all parts of our 18.5 hour first ascent up Passion and Warfare in Mt. Marcy's Great Chimney.
https://www.summitpost.org/passion-and-warfare-wi5-m5/1049621