Crystal Crag
An ascent of Crystal Crag (North Arête, I, 5.7), with Simon Wacziarg, August 16, 2016.
Timeline:
We departed the trailhead at Lake George at 8:30, and reached the base of the North Arête of Crystal Crag at 9:30. We broke down the climbing into 5 pitches in order to facilitate communication. I led all the pitches. We stopped for lunch at the top of the crystal pitch at 12:16 and set off to traverse the ridge leading to the summit around 13:00, simulclimbing most of it. We reached the summit of Crystal Crag at 13:52, with Simon leading the last few feet to the top. We were back at Crystal Lake at 15:15 and took a break. We were back at the trailhead at 16:00. Simon was a few days shy of his 11th birthday and this was his first alpine rock climb.