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thekidcormier

Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
Nov 18, 2012 - 10:55am PT
Thanks for sharing those awesome picture Harry!

Awesome links Greg. I met Jasmin at the top of elcap, her and Evan insisted helping us carry soaking wet gear down from my epic.

Very nice people.
climblight

Mountain climber
Northern NV
Nov 18, 2012 - 01:43pm PT
From 2004
Tom Descending from Serra V

Waddington from Serra V summit
harryhotdog

Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
Nov 18, 2012 - 02:33pm PT
Great action shots Bruce. I'm guessing that shot of Mike down is around '89 and Jean, where she at these days. Thanks for sharing. Thanks to climblight also. I guess your next Drew.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Nov 18, 2012 - 03:20pm PT
Wow guys amazing shots! I can't believe I missed this thread!!
Todd Eastman

climber
Bellingham, WA
Nov 18, 2012 - 03:44pm PT
Looks like some great adventuring! Does all the sunshine make those glaciers so big?
Synchronicity

Trad climber
British Columbia, Canada
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2012 - 04:37pm PT
Wow great photos and stories, glad this was resurrected, I hope it continues.

I spent the summer listening to epic Coast Range stories from members of the Heathens Mountaineers Club. They did a big trip into Tidemann Combatant area and theres talk of another in the near future. I'm gonna throw my name in for a spot in the heli
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Nov 18, 2012 - 05:33pm PT
I got stiffed by a 3 day storm and iffy routefinding on this thing but would like to go back.


This big rig beside it is very nice too. Bruce Fairley and Brian Cruikshank climbed a route up the east face but the real deal on the NE pillar (right skyline) is still up for grabs.


And then to the south across Doran you have this range of granite spires where Clarke+Croft and then the Heathens have been scooping nice routes


The real good rock is on the south sides, and this pic is of the north sides. Sigh.
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Nov 18, 2012 - 05:40pm PT
Wow, as big Mike would say:

amazon shots

Some very cool stories too, beautiful peaks & looks like a bushwackers Mecca.
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Nov 18, 2012 - 05:46pm PT
Oops. Stupid auto correct...
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Nov 18, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
I did a couple trips into the Niut Range in spring with Don and Gord Betenia. Some good times there too. Rock is mostly sh#t but pockets of solid granite can be found.









I sure would like to get back in there sometime. It's a great spot for spring mountaineering and a very cheap flight since it's right in Whitesaddle's back yard.
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Nov 18, 2012 - 06:49pm PT
Ya but what time of year was it? I hear in July it's a real slag pile.
Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Nov 18, 2012 - 07:29pm PT
So last night there was a special presentation at VIMFF on the new biography of John Clarke, by Lisa Baile. This John Clarke, that is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clarke_(mountaineer);
http://www.nsnews.com/news/John+Clarke+lived+climb+every+mountain/7558391/story.html

The book is called "John Clarke Explorer of the Coast Mountains" - which he most certainly was, with perhaps 600 first ascents from the mid 1960s to 1996. But also many first traverses, plus a lot of conservation work, for all of which he was awarded the Order of Canada shortly before he died in 2003.

You can read about, and order, the book at http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/JohnClarke

There's a mountain named for John, which you can learn about at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WYMs7v0_B4

Also a 1995 documentary, called Child of the Wind, but it doesn't seem to be on the net.

The author, with the book.

MH2

climber
Nov 18, 2012 - 08:24pm PT
Great stuff.


Not having any of my own ain't gonna stop me (I did ask permission, a few years ago).





Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Nov 19, 2012 - 12:21am PT
John liked to take 4 - 5 months each year, first for a long ski traverse, then for long foot traverses. As he commented, it tended to leave gaps in one's employment resume, although he often worked for his parents' stained glass company. Anyway, once he was in a more conventional job, and on leaving in May was asked by his boss "How come you work here, I own the company, but you get four months off a year?"
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Nov 19, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
Sadly the closest I've been to Wadd is flying over it. The YVR to Terrace afternoon flight gives you some great lighting in the summer.



Going up you see one side and flying back down you see the other sides


Sometimes the lighting is very good

MH2

climber
Nov 19, 2012 - 10:48pm PT
Cool pics!!!
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Nov 19, 2012 - 11:14pm PT
Bruce - I clean them off with my tongue.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Nov 20, 2012 - 12:08am PT
John liked to take 4 - 5 months each year, first for a long ski traverse, then for long foot traverses. As he commented, it tended to leave gaps in one's employment resume, although he often worked for his parents' stained glass company.

Here's something not really Wadd-related, but definitely John Clarke related.

It's true, he did work in his parents' glass business from time to time, but he occasionally also worked on a landscaping crew. On one of those gigs, his partner was a relatively recent immigrant from Hong Kong, whose main interest was clothing and fashion.

Those of you reading this thread who don't know John, probably don't understand the gap here, but John's idea of being well-dressed was to wear long underwear that had been washed within the last month. And his idea of sophisticated conversation was "I got a look at Pk 2,125 last year from across the valley, and it just HAS to be climbed."

So, of course, he told stories to his work partner. And the work partner -- whose idea of adventure was going to a nightclub featuring a band he hadn't heard of -- was completely baffled.

This went on through most of the winter, until one day, after yet another lengthy description of a climbing trip but with the added bonus of a description of a bivouac, his partner said (channeling John's imitation of a Cantonese accent here)...

"Ah! Now understanding. You sleep... IN DIRT!"

How I miss the man

RIP brother
Timmc

climber
BC
Nov 20, 2012 - 01:26am PT
Fantatic thread!

Thanks for all the great photos and stories.
harryhotdog

Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
Nov 20, 2012 - 03:48am PT
Like the aerials Drew with that forming see through lenticular over the summit. It shows a great view of your route on Serra II Bruce and your shot is a good angle of it also.Jim has some good pictures of the south ridge and I have a little video of it. Jim has tons of great pics we just have to get on his case about scanning them.Yes I'm talking to you, Jim.Nice story about JC Ghost and that's not your usual butt shot.
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