Metamorphosis Gets Second Ascent

Metamorphosis above Diamond Lake in Ontario was a breakthrough route when first climbed by Nathan Kutcher in 2012. The long M10 links lower ice with a hanging dagger through a steep crack protected by cams. Stas Beskin made the second ascent in January with one cam pre-placed in the crack. Beskin said after, “The crap gear getting further and further below me and the bolt seeming miles away. Finally nearing the top I found another pod that would take a cam, but the two pieces of the size I needed were far below as I tried to work in the next size up. It f inally slipped in just far enough to grab and I continued upward.”