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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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Adios, Ghost. Congratulations on your retirement. Nice place to get away from 'all that.' Whatever that is. I plan to relocate upon retirement in a few years. Heartily support that move.
See you on the internet!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2018 - 06:00am PT
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Thanks to all for the good wishes and kind words.
And, yes, the internet is available in Canada, so leaving the US doesn't mean leaving Supertopo.
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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what is the novel???
It's an excellent and compelling read with climbing as the subtext. It is one of those novels that manages to walk the line between not too much indecipherable jargon that a non-climber would be confused by, and letting the climbing reader know that it's written by an actual climber. Not a thing that's successfully pulled off that often.
I believe it was up for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, at one point.
Sorry for the crappy screen grab:
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jstan
climber
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In the late 50's Powell River's pipe band, MacMillan Bloedel Limited put out a very fine album. Grade 1! Look them up.
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Winemaker
Sport climber
Yakima, WA
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Hey Ghost, congratulations!!! I just bought your book on abe.com; a couple of places are asking $200 for it!
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Bye Seattle, it was nice to know you. It was a nice run.
Speaking of runs, I'll come up when the Steelhead run. Powell River looks like fishing Heaven. See you soon I hope.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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You're gonna like being retired-every day is your day to do what you want
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Congrats on making it to the (semi) finish line David!!!
Come visit the sun sometime!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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There will be a pop quiz at the border, you must name one Canadian supreme court justice
Just flash a pic of this guy in the Santa suit.
Nice duds, but it would never work here. We don’t do right honorable any more.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Canadian supreme court justices wear Santa suits? Can they find out who's naughty or nice? I love it!
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Ghost, after you get settled, you might want to look into buying a motorhome and joining the vast number of other Canadian snowbirds who come to the SW USA for the winter. Lots of great climbing down here too!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Canadian supreme court justices wear Santa suits? Can they find out who's naughty or nice? I love it!
As I think of it, you could just flash a pic of Santa. Do it quick enough and nobody will be the wiser.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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An airplane and a climber. Is it like The White Tower?
Welcome back to Canada, Dave.
I was remorseful when we left Seattle for Toronto but things worked out ok. I hope to hear more from you through internet or otherwise. Salt Spring Island is crazy good and you should come visit. Remember to get a through-fare on the ferry, and the senior discount if you are traveling M-T-W-Th.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Wait.
Is the senior discount available to ‘Murkins.
How about Argentines, and would it be a señor discount then?
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Is the senior discount available to ‘Murkins.
How about Argentines, and would it be a señor discount then?
Check with BC Ferries but tell them you are from Byzantium and they will take you as one of their own.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 10, 2018 - 01:00pm PT
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Retired 20+ years. The key is having plenty of money, toys and younger friends.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 10, 2018 - 09:00pm PT
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A couple of very full days have now drawn to a close, and I can post a brief update.
First, and most important, are the wildlife sightings. All the bumpf about how great the sea kayaking in this area is includes lots of blather and photos of whales. Well, yeah, on the ferry as we approached, we were treated to a bunch of whales surfacing and blowing whatever it is they blow up into the sunset sky.
And, that night, driving down from our new place toward a Japanese restaurant, we passed through a herd of deer.
But the wildest of all wildlife sightings was this morning. We don't have anything to eat or drink in the house yet, so we drove down to the far end of town to an espresso bar/yuppie food market to get coffee and breakfast. With breakfast over, I...
...okay, back up for a minute here. While we know a fair bit about our new hometown, we don't actually know any people here. Except one. Most of you probably remember Bruce Kay. Posted a lot on ST, and then overdosed on the politard crap and left. We don't know him well, but, based on our ST acquaintance, he joined us for a day of climbing when he passed through Seattle about four years ago. And I'd heard that he'd since moved to Powell River...
...okay, so I finished my coffee and breakfast burrito and wandered into the adjoining yuppie food mart. Pretty empty at that time of the morning, but when I rounded the end of one of the aisles, there was this old guy, shopping. WAIT. IT'S NOT JUST SOME OLD GUY, IT'S BRUCE!!!!!
Serendipity to the max. Turned out we were both fully occupied for today, but an evening in the Townsite Brewery is on tap for tomorrow.
So far, so good.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Oct 10, 2018 - 09:18pm PT
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tell Bruce he was great when he posted here...
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Oct 11, 2018 - 07:00am PT
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Nice, Ghost. I think I met Bruce way BITD when I was climbing in Canada. Yer new location looks awesome. Post more pics of the crib and environs.
BAd
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