All the Approach, None of the Climbing:

"Fun" Times On Giant Mountain

The northeast has some great climbing and the Adirondacks contain some supposedly excellent slide climbs. Isaac and I went to attempt Eagle Slide on Giant Mountain, which is rated very highly and I'm sure it is a great climb, but we never got to it. The guidebook description was a bit vague and cryptic in that details such as "at the base of the hill" and " follow the stream" did little to guide us while we crossed multiple streams and were on the side of a mountain with countless hills. I consider my navigation skills to be quite good, but those skills were put to the test today. I am pretty positive that we were originally on the right path, but underestimated the scale of the mountain, thus we turned around too early and did not stay near the stream we were supposed to. I will be back to climb it, but honestly, I'm not sure how a 4th class slide climb can be so highly rated with a mediocre approach that is in the trees 100% of the time. Next time I'll climb it and see if it is actually as good as they say.

The "herd path" leading to who knows where

Isaac near the start of the "herd path"

The map, route description, & gps did not jive