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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jun 23, 2017 - 11:58am PT
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Epic. It's not free soloing El Cap, but close.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Jun 23, 2017 - 01:35pm PT
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Very cool. There sure are a lot of inspiring people out there!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 23, 2017 - 04:23pm PT
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Holy cow! I'm surprised their matrons allowed them out for so long.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 23, 2017 - 07:15pm PT
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Epic. It's not free soloing El Cap, but close.
Dude, you have no idea.
Or, so it seems. I don't want to dis your post based on assumptions I can't verify, so I'll ask: Have you ever traveled any of this country? Do you have any idea at all what the Coast Range is?
I can tell you what it isn't: California.
This is not to take anything away from AH's trip up El Cap, but this is an entirely different thing. Comparing them is silly.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jun 23, 2017 - 07:15pm PT
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I hope you are right,Tami. Great accomplishment none the less......really,ghost you are correct.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jun 23, 2017 - 07:43pm PT
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Ghost, take a puff and chill out. I'm talking about the amazing things humans can do, not comparing the 2 very diverse accomplishments. They are both awe-inspiring. Your post was obtuse. I know what El Cap is and I've backcountry skied in the coast range.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 23, 2017 - 08:09pm PT
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and I've skied in the coast range.
You have? Well then I apologize if what I said insulted you.
But, since this is a Coast Range ski thread, drop in some stories and pictures. I never spent time in the northern section, but the southern part (Vancouver to Bella Coola) is my spiritual home. Where did you do most of your skiing?
And for those who don't know the BC coast, the line they took may not be exactly 2,300 km as the headline suggests (it's 1,500 as the crow flies), but it's a long, long journey, and in the entire length of it, it crosses only three roads that I know of. Truly wild country.
Like this...
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jun 23, 2017 - 08:21pm PT
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Ghost, just the Spearhead and some Whistler side country. It will be cool with huts. Bella Coola is on my bucket list.
http://www.spearheadhuts.org
The Halik's adventure, like Honnald's solo, boggles my mind. Tania's training included a 3-month solo canoe trip. Navigating that technical wilderness in bad weather...wow.
Full details and journal here. http://coastmountainepic.ca
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Jun 23, 2017 - 08:49pm PT
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Wow, what an awesome journey!
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nah000
climber
now/here
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Jun 23, 2017 - 09:36pm PT
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thanks for posting this...
while words mostly fail, in the truest senses of the words: what an awesome and proud adventure.
fUck yeah!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 23, 2017 - 10:23pm PT
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Sometimes a great notion will take you very far...
Amazing trip into the heart of so many things splendorous and deep.
I love people that dream big and then get to work.
Thanks for sharing this inspiring accomplishment.
I still have a blue Class 5 60/40 in my closet to remind me of simpler times.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jun 23, 2017 - 11:03pm PT
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Woah.
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Jun 24, 2017 - 12:12am PT
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Now we are talking!!!!
Double Tough. What an effort.
What a dream!
Congratulations!!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 24, 2017 - 06:15am PT
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Incredible, such vast BIG country.....hats off to them for getting it done.
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2017 - 07:23am PT
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Martina is a professional photographer so there should be some good pics to see sometime somewhere.
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domngo
climber
Canada
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Jun 26, 2017 - 07:53am PT
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In my minds eye this was one of the most groundbreaking feats in BC coast range exploration in the last decade or so. Can't wait for the photos/writeup
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Jun 26, 2017 - 08:13am PT
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Ground breakng indeed but imagine all the trail breaking.
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Barbarian
climber
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Jun 26, 2017 - 08:35am PT
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Wow! Full value. Absolutely qualifies as epic. Total Respect.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 26, 2017 - 10:30am PT
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Thanks for the links and mentioning the prior traverses, F. The two Fernie women, in their blog, do say they incorporated Ryan B.'s GPS track into their planning.
I agree that the biggest props for this route go to the pioneers, Vance Culbert, Guy Edwards and John Millar, the latter two of who were never seen again after setting out on a climb of Devil's Thumb in 2003. It's obviously much more difficult to be the first on a route of this magnitude, not knowing if its even possible.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jun 26, 2017 - 10:30am PT
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Worth noting that the 2001 crew skiied the whole thing.
The Traverse the Coast 2013 had to packraft a significant component due to low snow that year, and did a shorter traverse as a result.
The 2017 traverse skipped a couple sections (including the entire Waddington Range, and the ski and walk out from the edge of the Monarch to the Bella Coola Valley) using a helicopter. At least they were honest about it though.
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Jun 26, 2017 - 04:23pm PT
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Had a chance to help these cool women out on their journey. Very inspirational.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jun 27, 2017 - 03:09pm PT
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From their final blog:
"This was a hard day for me. The biggest storm of the whole trip had kept us tent bound as around 2oo mm of precipitation dumped on us over 3.5 days. This was the day after it finally cleared and we got our first look at the Devil’s Thumb rising up from the Stikine Icecap. The infamous mountain claimed the lives of two of the most heroic and tough mountaineers in Canadian mountaineering history, Guy Edwards and John Millar. It was hard to see this sacred place and think of them still out there somewhere under the ice and snow. As huge slab avalanches released all around us that day when the sun hit the slopes for the first time since the storm, I vowed to stay as safe as I possibly could for the rest of the journey. They were the first pioneers of the Coast Range Traverse and while we came close, we could not accomplish what they did – traversing the entire coast range in a single winter season (we skipped a couple hundred kilometers including Terrace to the Nass River and Whiting Lake to Juneau.)We made mistakes, we got lucky. It’s so unforgiving out there. I firmly believe our greatest accomplishment was surviving in those mountains for 5.5 months, over all that terrain and never having to pull out the first aid kit for more than a band-aid. I hope people never forget the two brave men who accomplished so much in such a short time. Guy was the same age as I when he climbed the Devils Thumb and John was even younger. They will always be my personal heroes and I feel a great privilege to have been able to visit their final resting place."
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