The Diamond and Black Dike Go: As Told by ShredDawg

This story begins benignly enough on 12/15/07 at 8:06 AM: a forum post on NEice.com by ShredDawg querying, “Dike ski decent?” 

About nine pages of comments and responses later, ShredDawg had his answer, “the Dike,” better known as the Black Dike ice/mixed climb on the flanks of New Hampshire’s Cannon Mountain—a classic—was descentless. In other words, no one, at the time, had sent on skis, snowboard, monoski, snurfer, or blades. A blank canvas waiting for the Dawg and his mark making.

Not trying to brag, its just that it’s been my experience that when you’re makin’ history, you just have to establish the facts or people won’t take you seriously.

Our team of gritty investigative journalists tracked the Dawg down, where he resides, mostly, off-the-grid, and mostly, on the backside of Colorado’s Front Range. Being somewhat evasive, ShredDawg, when we made contact through his MySpace account, said he lived at the intersection of the high peaks and the foothills, in view of the Diamond on Longs Peak.