Dreamcatcher, Canada's hardest receives 3rd ascent.

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Tricouni

Mountain climber

Vancouver

Oct 11, 2012 - 03:00pm PT

... but I don't think anyone is particularly close to freeing it?

Don't look at me...

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 31, 2012 - 03:17pm PT

Ok kiddies, here's some viewing enjoyment!

https://vimeo.com/52395576

Mike Bolte

Trad climber

Planet Earth

Oct 31, 2012 - 03:31pm PT

nice video and a really smooth ascent. The start is interesting with two extra moves that Chris didn't make, but that made the transition to the hand ramp much less dynamic.

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 31, 2012 - 03:45pm PT

Yea, Ben said he found a little hold up & left on the slab that let him do it Squamish style.

Edit- not my video dirtcloud

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Oct 31, 2012 - 04:37pm PT

Awesome send, clean and good style. TFPU
As mentioned before, great pics on your Flickr page.

Alpamayo

Trad climber

Chapel Hill, NC

Oct 31, 2012 - 04:43pm PT

Love to see him get on and flash Raliegh Collins's A-Hills .12a blank clean face testpiece or Henny's new totally blank clean face .13+ project next to Chief's line in Pine Creek

GDavis

Social climber

SOL CAL

Oct 31, 2012 - 04:58pm PT

Love to see him get on and flash Raliegh Collins's A-Hills .12a blank clean face testpiece or Henny's new totally blank clean face .13+ project next to Chief's line in Pine Creek

^^^^^^
lmao

Baggins

Boulder climber

Oct 31, 2012 - 04:58pm PT

There is a small crack that would take one piece of pro. Sonnie trotter and chris sharma decided to bolt that section, as quoted from sonnie's blog:

... The next day we went back out with a hammer drill and 10 bolts. We debated for a second about leaving it as a mixed climb, but we quickly realized that clipping 8 bolts and then placing one cam was a stupid idea so we slammed in the final bolt and called it done.

Read more here
http://sonnietrotter.com/2008/10/21/full-swing/

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 31, 2012 - 05:08pm PT

That would have been a funny conversation between Sonnie with his traditional outlook & Sharma probably goin uhhhhh i think we should uhhh. haha!

If u saw the line up close u would get it why it's fully bolted.

Marlow

Sport climber

OSLO

Oct 31, 2012 - 05:23pm PT

Awesome line.

Big Mike

Trad climber

Oct 31, 2012 - 06:42pm PT

If it had enough pro to go on gear I bet that butters would have sent it that way!!! Small gear doesn't seem to phase him much.....

Ben on 69. One of the hardest traditionally protected lines at Squamish.

GDavis

Social climber

SOL CAL

Oct 31, 2012 - 06:52pm PT

Stout! Was a great video, the dude is a TECHNICIAN. Really cool to see Granite masters ply their trade.

fear

Ice climber

hartford, ct

Oct 31, 2012 - 09:59pm PT

Looks kinda steep.

Oplopanax

Mountain climber

The Deep Woods

Nov 1, 2012 - 09:25pm PT

So in this video you can see where Rurp Riot joins in. About a minute after the camera switches vantages, and pretty much one bolt before he gets the two-handed pocket in the crack. Three bolts from the end of the route.