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hamish f
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squamish
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Apr 25, 2012 - 10:31am PT
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Pretty sure he had to go for shoulder surgery after that enduro-corner.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 25, 2012 - 08:27pm PT
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C'mon guys, how can we take over this Californian website if we don't keep the Canadian content bumped
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Apr 25, 2012 - 08:56pm PT
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Hamish -you're recall is excellent- that's pretty much how it went down.
Bummer drive home in the VW. Got it fixed and had a few more separations but has been good for years.
Been to the valley a couple of times since- climbed the Nose a few years back but a date with Astroman is still front and center.
Speaking of gf and snacks- a year before that- maybe 90?- we headed up the Salathe during a heat wave with not too much water.
We bummed sips from folks bailing.
I was a vegetarian at the time and pictured us snacking on a huge chunk of blue cheese and crackers on El cap Tower (or Spire?). Well we made it just below that feature and were so parched that the blue cheese never made it out, and sat festering in the bottom of the pack till we got down. Even Greg didn't touch it.
I do remember guzzling from an ancient bottle of brown sludge we found stashed on the summit-didn't contract anything nasty. It was like nectar.
Ya Bruce- grizzlies not gondolas! Jumbo Wild!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:33am PT
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This thread is titled "Squamish Photos and Stories. So, in the spirit of that title, here's a Squamish Photo. It shows a well-known and much-respected Supertopian Squamishite about to...
Well, that's the question, isn't it? About to what?
I supply the photo, you make up the story...
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2012 - 12:38am PT
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Try and squash a cameraman?
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Apr 26, 2012 - 01:09am PT
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Execute a 10.0 Apron swan dive?
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 01:10am PT
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Swan dive off burgers n fries??! That is a wierd photo.
Cool shots everyone! Thanks. Mike it's cool to see PY getting on the sharp end.
I'll try to keep the photo thing going, not exactly
Squamish but close enough I'd say, taken a few years
Back by Henkel on a sunny February day when everyone
Was cryin about no snow. I think there may already
Be a shot of this climb on this thread, it's a classic for sure.
Ps, speaking of climbing on the hill, Bruce I see that ur responsible for the climbing up on showcase spire, hopin to get up there before blackcomb shuts down, does that sport rig up there dry pretty quick or is it a seeper?? As well do you know what time of day is it in the sun?? Thanks!
Edit: haha just saw scrubbers response
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Apr 26, 2012 - 01:10am PT
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Sacrifice a virgin to the sun gods in hopes of more dry days?
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 01:11am PT
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Are u saying he looks like a virgin?
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Apr 26, 2012 - 01:11am PT
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Silence the masses who have assembled to hear his plans for a new world order?
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Apr 26, 2012 - 01:14am PT
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He's in the process of being arrested for having the audacity of continuing to use a rack of ridgid stem Friends.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 01:30am PT
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That's funny Tami I totally thought you were the one that Tim knocked up, thanks for clarifying!
How long have you & Ghost been together?? Jk
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2012 - 02:17am PT
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You mean this one Ryand?
Kyle on Blister in the Sun, 5.9
a Jim Franken Dary Hemmons joint 1999
As Bruce will surely tell you Finestone Cowboy is a excellent route and it seemed quick drying. It's fairly overhanging so it doesn't get wet if it starts to snow. :)
We went up there last year with intentions of climbing Darn Gendarm the 5.9 crack, but it was far to early and the snow patch was still soaking it.
Dave and Luke made the best of it and tried Finestone Cowboy
a Mike Cowper picture taken with Dave's camera.
http://thekidcormier.blogspot.ca/2011/12/showcase-spire.html
Locker style edit: Jim B HaHaHaHaHa ROFL thanks. :)
edit2: Ryand it's good to get PY on the sharp end. He's placing pretty good gear allready... we'll see how skaha goes. We should go climb soon.
edit3: edit
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 09:28am PT
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Oh woops, didn't mean to mix up the Tamis. I can't remember Invermere's Tami"s last name but she had a big Hart. She may even spell her name differently than coastal Tami. My apologies....
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 26, 2012 - 10:26am PT
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How long have you & Ghost been together??
We used to get together every 16 months or so, but we've been separated for a while now.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
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I say ditch the day job. You should be a photographer. Outstanding Dog picture.
Then you can be a starving artist, instead of a starving athlete.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 26, 2012 - 12:18pm PT
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Are your rivers starting to flood? Looks like our first real melt of the season.
The great thing is the trails are finally greening up nicely.
No floods yet that I've heard about, and the rivers by Hwy 2 and I-90 are still fairly low (as of last w/e).
As to the greening of the trails, I can live without that. Although it is beautiful. We were up at Zeke's on Sunday, and I posted a shot of the glowing green moss on the approach a few pages upthread. But the base of the wall hadn't greened yet, which made for easy exploration. There's enough snow crashing off the main wall in the winter to create a 15-to-20 meter tree-free zone at the base, but once the snow is gone, the shrubbery goes mad. It was nice to be there before that happened this year.
We expected the walls would be pretty wet, so we didn't even take any climbing gear, just went exploring. Pretty magical place -- I'll start a separate thread about it once this month's print deadline crush is over.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2012 - 01:05pm PT
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Nice pic indeed Bruce.. Awesome colors. I am going to escape the rain, and seek dryer pastures in the okanagan..
Skaha!!
Peace!
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Apr 26, 2012 - 03:57pm PT
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Ya, I was kidding about the starving part.
You are an athlete however. One day you're climbing grand wall, next day it's skiing the tantalus, then off to crag at Penticton.
Soon you'll be riding up the gondola, cranking off habrich and sky pilot, then back to the tram station for a beer at sunset. You're living the dream.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Apr 26, 2012 - 08:47pm PT
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Andy at the no hands rest on Poultry in Motion?
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