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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Nov 16, 2017 - 08:38am PT
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link? i googled and i couldn't find squat
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wanderingcloud
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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If you're looking for some deets on Headwall or "The dark valley" as they are calling it head over to instagram, Austin Siadeck has some awesome shots. No route info as of yet.
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wanderingcloud
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Also, sick shot of The Dihedral Wall as Rob calls it. ;)
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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I looked at the Instagram and so far all it tells me is they climbed some rocks but not Klite.
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wanderingcloud
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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They did not climb Klite. They put up 2 big wall routes in Headwall.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Best thread EVAH! LESS JABBERIN', MORE PHOTOS!
How bout you Cognescenti posting up some more secret Munday stories?
Those people were amazing.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Tami, very nice story, and fits in with the Phyl Munday I remember.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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I have a vague recollection that the Vancouver Sun inadvertently printed her obituary several years before the fact. But maybe not......
A lesser known fact: She was an expert in treating blisters, and had her own 'system'. No doubt a result of many years of rough and wet travel.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 10, 2017 - 09:15am PT
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Thanks, guys and goils! I’ll grab me that bio fo sho. Living down here in LaLa Land I sure miss a nice stroll through the Devils Club. Probably lots better now with kevlar gloves and body armour available. Actually, did a wee reprise of such in Patagonia a few years back. They even have a close relative of Devils Club!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 30, 2017 - 10:23am PT
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Way upthread, and many years ago, I posted some coastal porn for Reilly. But that post was made in the days when many of us were using photobucket to get pictures onto ST, and the pictures are now gone.
So, since this thread has been bumped, and Tami's talking about a trip we did to the area around Mt. Sir Francis Drake, and about gnarly approaches, I'll post two of them again.
Drake is the highest peak at the head of Bute Inlet, from its summit you can look down almost 9,000 ft to the inlet, then north up the Homathko River valley to Mt. Waddington.
This is looking South from Drake to Needle Peak. Around 1986 or so, John Howe and Blake Robinson bashed their way in from tidewater and climbed the big buttress. We flew over the valley they bashed up, and it is just coastal jungle the whole way.
Looking east from high on the north Face of Drake, this is what we could see.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Dec 31, 2017 - 09:04am PT
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Very thought-provoking photos.
I asked Google Earth to go to Bute Inlet and did find a bunch of other named peaks around the Drakes and Needle.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 31, 2017 - 10:05am PT
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Couldn’t work in Mt Sir Francis Drake so I went to ‘is ‘ouse and saw ‘is drum...
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Peak and place names which might appear on Google Earth often have less credibility than presidential tweets.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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^^^^^
Yes, not only do they transpose the names of the 2 summits west of us on Salt Spring Island, they mis-spell Sullivan.
But they do know where K Park is.
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seano
Mountain climber
none
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Kathryn Bridge's book on Mrs. Munday is a well researched and well written bio. I strongly recommend it for persons interested in Coast Range history. Well, I know one thing that will be in my next order from the AAC library... Thanks for the pointer!
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domngo
climber
Canada
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Jun 22, 2018 - 11:59am PT
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Bumping this thread to try and tease out some more coastal stories....
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jun 22, 2018 - 02:52pm PT
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Eh Ghost, you guys climbed the East Ridge or SE ridge of SFD, right? Got any pics of the east face, or of the west face of that thing directly across the valley east of SFD?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 22, 2018 - 05:34pm PT
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Eh Ghost, you guys climbed the East Ridge or SE ridge of SFD, right? Got any pics of the east face, or of the west face of that thing directly across the valley east of SFD?
Some of us guys might have, but I didn't. Don and I climbed the big snow face on the North or northwest side one day, and Tami, Nikki and I climbed Superb Mtn and/or Mt Rodney (first or early ascents). And Don and Greg went off one day and did something more serious. Can't remember what it was, but it might have been what you were thinking of when you mentioned the E or SE ridge.
Greg is posting here, so he can chime in. Or you can check with Don.
As to pictures, I posted a bunch in "The definitive Canadian climbing and underwear" thread, but I'm not sure they're what you're looking for. There are more in a slide binder somewhere, but I won't be finding them tonight.
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Jun 23, 2018 - 08:11am PT
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Current conditions of Wadd and Bute
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jun 25, 2018 - 02:50pm PT
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how'd the face to the right of your line look Greg?
it looks pretty decent on Google Earth
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