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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Here he is "opening" a nice moderate.. Any guesses where?
Looks like the Commonwealth. I don't know any of the route names, but that does look like I remember the Commonwealth looking.
And I did hear you'd been up that way...
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2015 - 10:53am PT
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Yes sir! I ran into Mari there but i guess the heat was too much for them and they skiddadled home?? Maybe Andy knows the route name?
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markr
Trad climber
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Otto Mattock?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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The AZN woman next door has a couple of yappy little dogs that I've kind of been sizing up for the grill. But my AZN partner says she won't eat them even if I slow-cook them slathered with sweet sour BBQ sauce.
I suppose I could dognap them and deliver them anonymously to that new Korean restaurant that opened down in Pioneer Square...
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2015 - 05:20pm PT
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Markr you were so close.. It's the leftmost line, Fanfare for the common man, 5.7
Lol Eric. You and your AZN kick..
Lol Dave. I bet they'd be real tasty... Lol
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Saugy
Mountain climber
BC
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Greetings from Squamish
The hazy days of ...July? It was 35 today. 27 at 6am Never felt so hot in the 20+ years I've been hanging around here
A lotta fire smoke tonight, coming from either Sechelt or the Elaho.
Blacked out early this morning as well (NW winds from the Elaho
It cleared up quite nicely though to get a climb in... one of the best of the newer routes around here IMO.
It used to be called Snot.. Now known as Chewbacca :)
A five min scramble from the top gets you to here
Keep cool, people ;0
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Nice, Saugy.
Another way to climb and stay cool:
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maurop
Gym climber
B-dot
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Sweet pictures! The talk around my climbing friends is about deepwater soloing these days, it's been too hot out to climb without a bit of suffering.
Is anyone out climbing in this smoke?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2015 - 01:19pm PT
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Awesome shots Andy!
Yup..climbing ladders.. Sux! Go away smoke!!
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maurop
Gym climber
B-dot
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Ya seriously - if things keep up we'll be kept out of the backcountry like '04. And hopefully it doesn't come to mandatory rapps after p4/5, like JB mentioned.
From the Joffre area, showing smoke from what I'm assuming is the Boulder Creek Fire. It was totally clear only a half hour before this photo, when we saw smoke billowing over the skyline.
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TheSoloClimber
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Apparently the glacier never even formed on Slesse this year, and Yak is good to go.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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I'm trying to move toward the European perspective that a person's image belongs to them and not to the photographer unless permission is granted. Not quite there, yet.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Rainbows are hard to chase, and hard to climb!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 7, 2015 - 10:12pm PT
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Yes they are!!
This attempt wasn't clean...
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Mike, what route is this? Black Dyke?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mike, what route is this? Black Dyke?
Yes, and no.
Definitely one of the hidden gems of Squamish, though.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2015 - 07:14am PT
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The same route as Andy posted above. (Hint!) And yes as Dave has stated, the basalt is the exact same vein as the Black Dyke.
It makes so much more sense to start up the crack.. Lol
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Ah, so it IS the black dyke, but NOT the Black Dyke!
Thanks...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Ah, so it IS the black dyke, but NOT the Black Dyke!
Precisely.
It is also a real gem. Well, perhaps not the first pitch, but the second has a cherished place in my memory.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Chasing Rainbows is hidden. We could not find the trail earlier this year. However, the climb is a Squamish Select top 100. And there is an aerial photo showing the trail, which would help if you were coming in from above.
I took a fall Mike, and then had to go up and down several times before finding a way that worked. So many not-quite-sufficient handholds.
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