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Maineline, Mt. Kineo, Moosehead Lake, Maine
A classic New England ice climb in a beautiful setting.
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Maineline 5+
Maineline consists of 350+ feet of climbing over three pitches of steep, sun-baked ice with cave belays on shaded screws.
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Doug on pitch 1
This pitch is steeper than it looks in the photo; the sun-baked ice made for slow, strenuous climbing.
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Doug on pitch 2
Doug prepares to step around the corner to launch onto the steep column on his right.
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Jeff follows pitch 2
Very steep, sun-baked ice -- a forearm burner.
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The shaded cave belay at the end of pitch 2
Our belay coats go on now (air temp was about 10F). Note the snowmobiles on the open snow below -- at times it sounded like the Daytona 500 down there.
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