The first Fossil Icefest was held back in our youth. In 1979 Mike Brochu, Michael Franklin, and Hock climbed this classic New England test piece, the Black Dike on Cannon. At the top - shortly before dark - Franklin was so hungry he chomped into my fruitcake and ate it wrapper and all. On the descent by headlamp he decided to bypass the trip to the bottom of the route for his pack, assuming we could come back on our rest day ... of course the pack held the car keys!
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