RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Feb 27, 2013 - 08:18pm PT
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Hehe the secret is lady's muiras apparently. Imagine no name covered in ice in the middle of the night Harry-in the rain- that's how this thing felt on TR!
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Feb 28, 2013 - 09:40pm PT
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Hi to RyanD and Big Mike.
I had decided to take a break from winter/skiing and was down in Potrero for 2 weeks, and so missed your Feb 12 posts about The Terror. Good to hear that you enjoyed it. That's a big roof, and an impressive FFA by Finlayson. No, Tim and I didn't name it. It was prolly a Culbert name.
Big Mike. Very sorry to read about your accident. You have been "paying it forward" for some time, and should have a good karma bank account built up by now. All the best.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2013 - 10:54pm PT
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Thanks Hamie! Too cool guys!! It's all just too much for me to keep up with at the moment. I've actually been quite busy here!!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Cool stuff Harry! I think I've seen the video before, just can't remember where?!
Hamie! You lucky guy, Potrero is so much fun. Are you gonna spin up a little TR for us??
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2013 - 07:07am PT
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Wow Ryan!! Super cool video!! Remi is so smooth and precise! It's beautiful to watch.
Dave, Thank you.
As depressing as my future had looked before, I now didn't know if I'd ever walk again, let alone ride or climb or ski. Which is pretty much where Mike is going to be in a week or so. His close friends will be there for him, of course, but I can't stress enough how important it will be for all of us in the Supertopo community to continue to support him during his rehab period. I had strong support from my friends, but what really made a big difference was to hear from so many people in the internet climbing community (rec.climbing, back then).
Truer words have never been spoken, and I didn't truely understand them till tonight!!!! I will get through this, hell or high water. I realized tonight it is going to be incredibly tough and I need every hand I can get. Every message, call, and visit helps me immensely at this time..
Am really looking forward to Scrubber, Glen and Harry's visits, and hope life will not interfere but totally understand if it does.
It's funny, I see people get flustered and feel like they cannot accomplish small tasks because they are somewhat difficult for them. I wonder at these times if they truly understand the meaning of difficulty.
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MH2
climber
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Good to see Mike post on this thread especially now. Gives meaning to navigating through difficulty.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Time for a bump. Let's keep BM's thread going.
I'm not sure how many people following this thread still climb in the alpine, but if you do......... Davey Jones' new guide to Rogers Pass is now out, and available at your favourite non-profit retailer. That's the one which specializes in trendy upscale urban/outdoor clothing, and bicycles.
Usual quality text. Usual quality photos. Ha ha!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Looks cool Hamie! What that peak on the front & how's the bushwack out there??
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Ryan - Its Sir donald and there is practically no bushwacking to speak of. You drive to 4000 feet and walk up perfectly engineered trails to immaculate quartzite. Its the closest thing we have to the eastside experience, but with grizzlies and real glaciers. There's quite a huge pile of cragging down in the low lands now as well.
good to see a dedicated guide book finally.
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bmacd
Trad climber
100% Canadian
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That NE Face of Sir Donald on the cover looks crazy ....
From every perspective
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harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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I was wondering where that pic was from Bruce, now I know:)
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KabalaArch
Trad climber
Starlite, California
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Yeah, I know already...
But for a Yank, Squeemish approaches took some getting used to.
Nothing like yarding from vine-like roots, or doing the “shiver me timbers” log traverse to get to the start of your climb.
So, on my drive back home one road trip's afternoon, I decided to visit Murray Falls Provicial Park to check out a slab alongside Shannon Falls – maybe I've got these place names mixed up, but, anyway-
Between the parking lot and the foot of the slab is a “creek.” Now, in the Sierra, a creek is a proposition normally handled (or 'footed') with stepping stones, unless a fallen tree log happens to be nearby.
There were plenty of stepping stones here – all of which resembled gigantic bowling balls, except more polished.
There was also a fallen log, about 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter, spanning the 75 feet or so across what was actually a raging Canadian torrent at the foot of Shannon Falls. But it was suspended, bank to bank, about 15 feet above the river.
“This can't be right!” thinking of my local partner, who described the first day of a backcountry trip as spent trying to merely cross the inlet to Howe Sound...
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Between the parking lot and the foot of the slab is a “creek.” Now, in the Sierra, a creek is a proposition normally handled (or 'footed') with stepping stones ...
You're not in California any more! Many creeks here are rivers in most other places in the world.
You don't cross either of these easily; they are a lot bigger and swifter than they look.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Thanks Bruce. Looks & sounds very worthy, could this Sir Donald be our version of the w ridge of conness?
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Out_of_bounds
climber
Squamish/Revy
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long time lurker here... Thanks for the heads up on the new guide Hamie.
I think that picture also shows the North Face route, which is a Fred Beckey and Yvon Chouinard route, and around the corner to the east is a Hamie and Bruce Fairley route, which sounds like it might be a good first ascent story.
There is some good sport climbing in Revy, and over the past few years there has been a number of long adventurous sport routes put up on Boulder Mtn and
Victor Lake Wall, which are all within close proximity of the Trans Canada Hwy.
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Photos of the Elvis fish coming soon.
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bmacd
Trad climber
100% Canadian
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RyanD,
The quality rock of Rogers Pass and the Bugaboos are the Canadian versions of the Sierras Eastside, except the weather is unstable, the bears are huge, and nasty electrical storms almost every afternoon. California is much more fun.
Look up Mount MacDonald in Rogers pass if you really want your mind blown. Or ask Bruce Kay about it. One thousand meters of hard fifth class climbing, in direct view of the highway the whole time, fa'ed very recently, 2010, "The North Pillar Direct " 5.11c A0 1000m x? "Sustained" is one descriptor used, minimum 5.9 every pitch for 25 pitches, lots of 5.11
In comparison, both the Seventh Rifle and the Watchtower on the North Howser Tower felt shorter, easier and less committing than the north face of MacDonald. - Jon Walsh
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