Howie and I set out from Mink Hollow road to climb Plateau mountain in the Catskills. The first three miles were along an old eroded road. We reached the lean-to in the notch and then started the real climb. There was not a lot of snow, but it was icy. Caught up to a couple with a dog who were also on the way up. They had yak trax (they are like snow chains for your boots). Continued on and it was getting steeper and slippier.
A woman coming down with crampons (those sharp pointy things that attach to your boots), said it was "gnarly" further up. (Who uses the word gnarly anymore?). I got to about elevation 3250 (600 vertical feet shy of the summit), and decided to call it quits. I could of made it by going off trail, using trees to pull myself up, crawling, etc. But, it wasn't much fun at that point.
Started back down and caught back up to the couple with a dog. They had decided to turn around also and said the woman with the crampons didn't make it either. Oh well. On the bright side, it was a nice sunny day.
Round-trip Distance: 6.5 mi
Elevation Change: 1750 ft
Mink Hollow lean-to
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"crampons" is an unfortunate word, isn't it?
what the .... does crampons mean? from jonathan! i like to use bad landuage but my parents dont kie it when i do!!!!!!!!!
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o i get it sorry i made a selling error in the last comment i ment to say like ur nephew
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First failed attempt out of a gazillion hikes. That's not such a bad ratio. Was Howie having problems too?
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