Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Jan 19, 2013 - 11:28am PT
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Musta been freaky when that spire lurched to the right like that. I'd get the hell off if I was you!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2013 - 11:58am PT
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Haha Bruce! That thing is thin up top eh? It's like a
Huge fin or something!
Anders, Sunday is my birthday and I will be climbing with Sandra so i suspect it will be a mellow cragging day.. We are going today? Come Join!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2013 - 06:13pm PT
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Anders you deleter!!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2013 - 08:40pm PT
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Yup. Lots of ice falling the past couple days also and getting warmer tomorrow, with still more ice to come..
Just bugging you about the post of course.
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Jan 19, 2013 - 08:52pm PT
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Actually it would only be icy and dirty right now. You should certainly wait until it comes into its prime as wet and dirty ( not as much need for Tricouni nailed boots then)
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 19, 2013 - 08:54pm PT
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Well this just totally sucks. As soon as I saw the picture, I was ready to hit the reply button and say "Cream of White Mice."
But since I'm a day late, I guess I don't win any prize.
We're stuck in a total inversion down here. No rain, but the fog hasn't lifted for the last five days, and the temp hasn't gone more than a couple of degrees either side of freezing. Inversions aren't quite as bad here as they are in Vancouver, but it still sucks. So I'm glad to see that Squamish is in the clear and you guys are taking advantage of it.
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Jan 19, 2013 - 09:16pm PT
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actually we had the same for 4 days. It just cleared yesterday. T shirts today, even in the shade.
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bmacd
Trad climber
100% Canadian
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Jan 19, 2013 - 09:33pm PT
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Major ice fall hazards today, bk took a whopper ice block to the head again fortunately he was still able to put the rope up for the tr. On Yorkshire Gripper
I think he's posting from the hospital. Hang in there buddy.
South gully is definitely out of condition Anderson.....
I am presently bivied on Penny Lane, just phoned in a pizza order
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harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 19, 2013 - 09:50pm PT
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Where were you guys ice climbing? Inquiring minds want to know. Pics?
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Jan 19, 2013 - 11:49pm PT
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Boulders tommorow. C'mon down. Unless your thetans are acting up. If so, you are excused.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jan 20, 2013 - 07:38am PT
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First hand investigation of Squamish friction capacity scheduled for today. Gotta look for that mysterious gravity shift evident in Mike's Showcase photos.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Jan 20, 2013 - 10:06am PT
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The South South Gully expedition didn't go. Mysterious illnesses and headaches... It will be rescheduled.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2013 - 10:08am PT
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Probably for the best. Too much ice falling at the moment!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 20, 2013 - 10:20am PT
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Cool photos, thanks Mike- good thing skulduggery isn't as bad as it looks!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2013 - 01:48pm PT
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Yup. If it were it would be run out as hell!! Pink cliff is a go!
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jan 20, 2013 - 08:24pm PT
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Everybody and their dog and their baby was at the Bluffs today.
Pretty soon one of those crag dogs is gonna go all dingo on a baby and there will be a made-for-TV weeper a few years later.
I enjoyed the sunshine and the good sending temps but I enjoyed even more hearing the huge cannonades of ice falling into the gullies on the Chief and echoing and re-echoing across Valleycliffe.
Still not sure but what the mountains might have been a viable option, conditions sound like they were highly variable depending where and how far above treeline you were.
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Jan 20, 2013 - 08:33pm PT
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Good thing Anders and Tricouni didnt't go gully climbing today. It was thunderously loud while we were in the north wall boulders. All sorts of falling death chunk sounds eminating from the chief shaking off it's debris.
Beauty day in there.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2013 - 10:00pm PT
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The ice was coming down today for sure! Loud rumbles did indeed eminate from the chief's walls and the last one around 5:30 or so was quite significant!!
Sunset was pretty sweet..
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