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Saugy
Mountain climber
BC
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Mar 16, 2015 - 10:35pm PT
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Dolphins!
This sizeable pod was hanging around a few years ago now.. would be nice to see a return visit.
Video taken just around the bend from your seaside crag. I gotta visit that place one day! (Since I frickin drive by it every other day!!)
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Mar 17, 2015 - 07:48am PT
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Andy, nice shot of the orcas! Very cool.
Sweet video Don.
Edit Lol Andy! Thought it looked kinda "fishy"..... Lol
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 10:37am PT
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I was sitting in Benares one morning contemplating the infinite while gazing out at the glassy surface of the Ganges from the bank when the glass moved.
I saw a beautiful curve and dorsal fin and suddenly knew that a Ganges Dolphin had just said hello and have a nice life. You always have to look twice in India as things are never what they seem but the memory is crystal clear and I felt blessed to have seen such a rare and exquisite creature. How it could survive in that situation is beyond me but then the Ganges is no ordinary river.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2015 - 10:50am PT
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Thanks for that, Steve.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 10:55am PT
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Always a pleasure to add to this marvelous thread.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 9, 2015 - 09:17pm PT
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2015 - 06:41am PT
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Joey Williams in the air. Both photos courtesy of Joey Williams.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Dec 29, 2015 - 06:56pm PT
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Amazing photos Josh! Thanks for sharing Andy!
The sunset on the ferry was awesome tonight!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 29, 2015 - 07:15pm PT
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The sunset on the ferry was awesome tonight!
Hard to reconcile that photo with what you were posting just a day ago.
Southwestern BC is an amazing place.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Dec 30, 2015 - 09:58am PT
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It certainly is that Dave!
Thanks Tami! Andy's stuff always deserves a bump!
Crazy outrigger canoe in the Nanaimo harbour
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 30, 2015 - 10:27am PT
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Tied up for the send on the Rock Of Ages, Beagle Channel.
Got a pic of the anchors somewhere. This water would make that
water in the Salish Sea seem toasty.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2016 - 08:33pm PT
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Great to see the additions, folks.
This is a good time of year on the traverse, though perhaps an equally good time of year on Fluffy Kitten.
My most recent visit on 20 Nov
A few days later I saw dolphins from the shore for the second time.This time I had a camera though the lens was the one that had taken a 40-footer on Squamish Buttress.
Heading for Vancouver
Me traversing in a no traversing zone
The dolphins heading back out.
There were more than one this time.
December 31 was just right. As I left the house it felt way too cold, but when you got into the sun the rock was warm. This was not THE traverse but nearby. Another Squamish old timer was enjoying the rock too.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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That we are related to those wonderful sea creatures is rather delightful when you think about it.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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The OP counts as poetic photography... a beauty!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Plenty of seacliff climbing in Norway I would think.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2016 - 10:00pm PT
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Always maintain 4 points of contact.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2016 - 08:07pm PT
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I made my first traverse of 2016 this evening. Someone else had been there, too, either earlier today or perhaps yesterday. Seeing the chalk improved my morale, although going south to north I did not notice it until about half-way, just past the crux. Whoever it was took a couple harder variants, so it could have been Sean. We've had a couple of dry days but recent rains were still draining down parts of the rock. The sun was weak when I was there but the rock was warm.
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